The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21
POSSIBLE FATE OF THE ALLEGr
ED MURDERER OF MRS.
ANNIE PULITZER
POLICE GET A NOTE SAYING
HE HAS KILLED HIMSELF
Clothing of the Dead Woman Found
in the Trunk That Young Sent to
Chicago-Suspected Man Grandson
of Brigham Young and a Former
Resident of st. Paul.

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 be-
lieved to be the murderer Of Mrs.
Annie Pulitzer, whose body was found
on Thursday morning in the Norris
canal near Jersey City. In this quest
the authorities have the cooperation
of every city and town in the country,
to all of which full descriptions Of the
fugitive have been telegraphed.
That Young may have committed
suicide was suggested by a note re-
ceived by Capt. Titus, of the detective
bureau, late today. The envelope con-
tanned a single sheet of rough brown
paper on which was written:
SEARCH in vain. Have killed my
self. I'll. Young"
The postmark showed the letter had
been mailed at the general postof1ce
in this city shortly before noon. The
police are disposed to believe Young
wrote the note.
Evidence From Chicago.
Another important link in the chain
of evidence connecting Young with the
murder was supplied from Chicago,
stating that the police a opened
the trunk shipped by Young and had
found in it the dead woman cloth1ngi
a memorandum book containing the
name of William Hooper Young and q
pawn ticket showing that a pair OF
diamond earrings had been pledged at
a pawn shop in Park Row. this city,
on Wednesday last by a man Who gave
the name of Stiner.
Prior to the receipt of this dispatch
a central office detective had found q
pair of earrings pledged in the same
pawnshop Inc under the same lame.
The person who pledged them gave an
address in Harlem which proved to be
fictitious. Joseph Pulitzer Identified
the earrings as those worn by his
wife.
Capt. Titus received today a dispatch
from Supt. O'Neil, of Chicago, saying
that he a shipped the trunk to New
York and that it contained, In addition
to the articles previously mentioned,
some articles of male attire and a dirk
knife Smeared with blood.
The inquest will be held in Jersey
City on Wednesday. The body of Mrs.
Pulitzer will be delivered on Monday
to her husband and will be removed to
the home Of her mother, Mrs. Nelson,
in Perth Amboy, N. j., where the fu-
neral will be held.
Lived in the Twin Cities.
Capt. Titus says:
"This man Young had lived in st.
Paul., Minneapolis and Dubuque, and
letters from all Of these places were
found in his room. On Tuesday last
he borrowed Sc from a man whom he
had told that he was in hard luck ana
did not have a cent"
Cant. Titus then told of his visit to
the apartments on West Fifty-eighth
street. He said he found there three
empty beer bottles. One Of the bottles
had a crystalized appearance Int ne
thought that the woman a hrst oeen
drugged by some narcotic In the beer
and afterwards knocked In the e
The room showed no signs of a strug-
gle, but blood was scattered every
where.
Showed Signs of Dementia.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 20
Friends and relatives of William Hoop
err Young, grandson Of Brigham Young,
who is suspected of the murder Of Mrs.
Anna Pulitzer in New York, say that
the young man had always been con-
sidered Weak-minded and on several
occasions had shown signs of dement1a.
He always has been considered the
black sheep of the family, and lately,
1t is stated, he had been addicted to
the use Of morphine. Young left Salt
Lake City about 1893, but has been
back several times. The theory or
moral degeneracy is moi entertained by
his Salt Lake City acquaintances.
John w. Young, who is now in Paris,
has communicated with friends in this
city, Informing them that he will re-
turn to New York for the purpose of
defending his son.