The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-21
THEY'RE AFTER HIM
NEW YORK DETECTIVES WANT
HOOPER YOUNG.
BELIEVE TO BE MURDERER
AND RESPONSIBLE FOR BODY
FOUND IN MORRIS CANAL.

Fugitive a Relative of Norman
brigham Young and Occupied
Apartments with Norman EIders.
Detective Captain Titus Receives
Note Saying That Young Has Kill
ed HimseIf-Motive for the Murder
Declared to BE Robbery.
New York, Sept. 20.-The energies of
the whole detective force of New York
are now concentrated on the task of
running down Hooper Young, the
grandson of the great Mormon prophet,
Brigham Young. who is believed to be
the murderer of Mrs. Annie Pulitzer,
whose body was found on Thursday
morning in the Morris canal near Jer-
sey City.
After a thorough search of the past
"a hours it is considered hardly likely
that he is still in the city, but a re-
lentless vigil is kept on all trains and
ferries and bridges, and on all vessels
leaving the port to guard against the
possibility of his escape, assuming
that he is still in hiding here.
The contingency that Young may
against which his pursuers have been
powerless to provide was suggested by
a note received by mail late to-day adj
dressed to Capt. Titus. New York
Detective Bureau, 300 Mulberry street"
The envelope contained a single sheet
of rough brown paper, such as is used
in making memoranda in business Of
Search in vain. Have killed my
self. H. Young"
The postmark showed that the let
ter had been mailed at the general
postoffice in this city shortly before
noon. From a comparison of the hand
writing with several letters written
by Young, the police are disposed to
believe that the communication
was written by him.
Another important link in the chain
of evidence connecting Young with the
murder was supplied when a dispatch
was received from Chicago stating
that the police had opened the trunk
shipped by Young and had found in it
the dead woman's clothing, a memo
randum book containing the name of
William Hooper Young and a pawn
ticket showing that a pair of diamond
earrings had been pledged at a pawn
shop in Park Row, this city, on We'd
| nesday last, by man who gave the
| name of "Stiner."
| Prior to the receipt of this dispatch
central office detective had found a
pair of earrings pledged in the same
pawnshop and under the same name.
The earrings were shown tonight to
Joseph Pulitzer who at once identified
them as the pair worn by his wife
when she left their room on Tuesday
night
Capt. Titus received tonight a dis
patch from Supt. O'Neil of Chicago,
saying that he had shipped the trunk
to New York, and that it contained,
in addition to the articles previously
mentioned, some articles of male at
tire and a dirk knife smeared with
blood
An interview was obtained to-day
with three of the Mormon elders who
are occpying part of the apartment
used by Young. They are Clarence
Snow, Lawrence Taylor and J. L.
gave evidence of having passed a rest
less night Mr.. Taylor, acting as
spokesman for the party, said:
THE enemies Of the Mormon Church
accuse its members of practicing the
blood atonement. There is nothing in
it, and this crime could not have been
committed through any idea of Nor
monism that this young man may have
possessed. He was outside of our
church, and we wanted nothing to do
with him."
In connection with the blood atone
ment," note in the apartment, Taylor
insisted that it had nothing to do with
the Mormon Church.
Capt. Titus of the detective bureau
emphatically declared to-day that the
motive for the murder was robbery.
He says the diamond earrings which