Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-09-25
THE PULITZER MURDER
STILL SEARCH
ING FOR HOOPER YOUNG,
GRANDSON OF THE
NORMAN PROPHET


gies Of the whole detective force OF
New York are now concentrated on
the task of running down Hooper
Young, who is believed to be the
murderer of Mrs. Annie Pulitzer,
whose body was found on Thursday
morning in the Morris canal near
Jersey City.
After a thorough search ofthe past
twenty-four hours it is considered
hardly likely that he is still in the
city, but relentless 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
have adopted an avenue Of escape
against which his pursuers have been
powerless to provide was suggested
by a note received by mail late to-
day, addressed to Captain Titus,
New York Detective Bureau, 800
Mulberry street." The envelope con-
tanned a single sheet of rough brown
paper such as used in making mem
oranda in business offices, on which
was written, 'ESearch in vain. Have
killed myself. II. Young"
The postmark showed that the
In++ar bod l,aar, ,,,aiIa1 of tho Unpar
al postoffice in this city shortly after
noon. From 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 mu der was supplied when
a dispatch was received from Chi
cago stating that the police had op-
ened the trunk shipped by Young
and had found in it the dead wo-
mans clothing, a memorandum book
containing the name of William
Hooper Young and a pawn ticket
showing that pair of diamond ear
rings had been pledged at a pawn
shop in Park Row, this city, on
Wednesday last by man who gave
the name of Stiner.
Prior to the receipt of this dispatch
a central office detective had found
a pair Of earrings pledged in the
same pawn shop and under the same
name. The earrings were shown to
Joseph Pulitzer tonight, who at once
identified them as pair worn by
his wife when she left their room on
Tuesday night.
Captain Titus received dispatch
from superintendent O'Neil, of Chi
cago, saying that he had shipped the
trunk to New York, and that it con-
tanned in addition to the articles pre-
viously mentioned some male attire
and a dirk knife smeared with blood.
An interview was obtained today
with three of the Mormon elders,
who are occupying part of the apart
ments used by Young. They are
Clarence Snow, Lawrence Taylor
and J. D. Woods. They are all young
men and gave evidences Of having
passed a restless night. Mr.. Taylor,
acting as spokesman of the party,
said:
"The enemies of the Mormon
church accuse its members of prac-
ticing the blood atonement. There
is nothing in it, and this crime could
not have been committed through
any ideas of Mormonism that this
Young may have possessed. He
was outside of our church, and we
wanted nothing to do with him."
In connection with the "blood
atonement' note found in the apart
ment, Taylor insisted that it had
nothing to do with the Mormon
church.
Captain Titus, of the detective bu-
reau, emphatically declared today
that the motive for the murder was
robbery. He says the diamond ear
rings which Mrs. Pulitzer wore were
valued at $3.50.
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