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WILLIAM H. YOUNG CAUGHT
SLAYER Of Mrs. Pulitzer in New York
City Arrested at Derby, Conn.
BREAKS DOWN AND C0NFESSES
The s,raudson OF Brigham Young. the
Mormon Leader. Lured . Woman to .
Hsuse. Drugged and Stabbed Her and
Throw rho Body Ints shallow Canal
His Capture and Confession.

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Threw tho Body Ists . shallow Cana
His Capture and Confession.
Derby. Conn. - Several hours after
William Hooper Young. the accused
murderer Of Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer. had
admitted his identity. a copy OF the
cablesram sent by his father. John W.
Young. from Paris. advising him to
surrender. and declaring that his fam
IL would stand by him. was shown to
Young. He read the message. and for
the first time gave evidence OF strong
emotion. Tears rolled down his cheeks
and he turned to the wall Of his cell
while he made strong effort to re-
press his sobs. He refused to speak OF
the message afterward.
New York City-Admitting a guilty
knowledge Of the murder Of Mrs. Anna
Pulitzer. but shifting the actual COM
mission Of the crime on another man.
william Hooper Young. grandson OF
the great disciple Of Mormonlsm. con-
sented to return to New York City
without the formality Of a requisitlOn.
He was captured In Derby. Conn. and
denied his Identity for twenty.fOur
hours. Confronted with men who
knew him we'll. and could not be mis-
taken. he broke down.
Then he made the startling statement
that he had an accomplice who had
drugged and killed the woman. and
thar he (Young) had packed her body
In the trunk. 40 such man as he
named is known. and the name Is not
IN the directory.
That Young did not have any other
companion than the woman when he
went 20 his fathers apartments. where
the crime was committed, Is shown by
q cabman who drove them to the cor
ner of Fifty-elghth street and Sixth
avenue on the fatal night. He says
there were but two persons in the cab.
:he man he supposes was Young and a
woman who had two manila bags
probably the buns and cakes which
Mrs. Pulitzer left her house to buy.
The cabman says they stopped at
drug store before going to the house.
Young blundered from the moment
ae lured Mrs. Anna Pulitzer into the
apartments Of his father in West Fifty
eighth street. II he killed the woman.
alone or with the help Of another. he
olundered In hiring horse and 4
wagon from q livery man to whom he
gave references by which he could be
raced; he blundered In casting the
weighted body Of his victim into n
canal cut" where 1t would be exposed
It every ebb tide: he blundered in us
ing the blood stained trunk In which
The body was carried as the receptacle
Tor his own clothing. and for the cloth
ing Of the woman. and for the dirk
With which she was killed. and then
sending 1t to Western city so openly
hat Its discovery was inevitable.
There was bare chance that the very
,udacity Of these acts might have
given longer liberty to the fugitive.
out Young made the error which was
he capsheaf OF all the others.
When Young disguised himself by
shaving OF his mustache and putting
IN q pair Of mechanics overalls, he be-
ieved himself safe for the time being
1t least. When he was arrested on sus-
,icion he gave the name Of Bert Ed
wards. This was not fictitious. but the
,ctual name Of man known to Young.
with whom he had quarreled in the
West, and the history Of which had
oeen published broadcast. This gave
the first suggestion that II the prisoner
was really Edwards he would know
something about Young. Then when
he police came to search Young they
iound In one Of his pockets 4 quantity
" cayenne pepper.
When the trunk from Chicago with
It's CHASTITY contents was examined by
Captain Titus he found in one corner
, little paper bag OF pepper. 1t was
reasoned that II the prisoner In Derby
vas Bert Edwards. 1t was strange that
besides having been connected with
Young he should be carrying In his
pocket material like that found In the
runk. Identification after that was
easy. 1t was almost certain at II
o'clock, but at @ o'clock It was settled
beyond doubt, and ut 7 Young con-
tessed.
The crime has been positively fixed
upon Young by papers found in the
trunk he sent 10 Chicago. Robbery.
the police say, was the motive which
prompted Young to commit the murder.
On Tuesday he WAS In sore straits for
money. According to the police be
bad come to the end Of his rope. He
would not work and had no way OF
getting money except by begging or
robbery. He chose the latter method.
say the police. and marked Mrs. Pulit-
GER as his victim when he saw her with
fiashing diamonds in MOck's restaurant
on Tuesday.
The most 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 1t
the dead woman's clothing and a mem.
orandum book containing the name OF
william Hooper Young. When the
trunk reached this city 1t was opened
by the police and found to contain a
paper bag. containing cakes: set Of
false teeth. upper. with one tooth bro
ken of, rs from blow: two opera
! hats. two switches of blonde hair.
Boy or seven . Life Saver.
Eirt Deaven. seven years old. at
Scbuylkill Haven. Pa., proved himself