Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-09-26
ACCUSES A FRIEND
Young Charges Charles S. Filing With
the Murder.

Young Charges Charles S. Filing With
the Murder.
New York, Sept. 23-William Hooper
Young arrived here from Derby. Conn,
today in the custory Of Detective
Sergeants Hughes and Findlay A
large crowd gathered in the depot |
when the train pulled in. and they got |
a glimpse of the accused. Young was
at once taken to the Rogues Gallery. |
where his photograph was taken.
Later he was taken into Captain
Titus office, where he was questioned
for nearly two hours. At the close of
the interview Captain Titus said
Young had made the following state
ment:
About three weeks ago met a man
named Charles Simpson Filling in Cen
! trail Park. He accosted me. We talk
ed and got acquainted. though he was
a degenerate. After that he called on
me several times at my fiat On the
night Mrs. Pulitzer died Filling and
met her at Broadway and Forty-sixth
street by appointment had made. We
went to the fat together. I went out
for some whiskey after we got there,
and left Filling and the woman alone.
When I got back found Mrs. Pulitzer
lying across the bed with a gag in her
mouth. Filing had gone.
Il ripped open her clothing and
moved her hands back and forth over
her head to induce respiration. When
she didn't breathe l put my hand I'M
der her waist and felt her heart It
was not beating. Then l decided TO
notify the police, but thought that in
stead of calling a policeman to go to
I police headquarters, which / thought
was in the City Hall. got on a train
and started down town, and on the
way / got to thinking what a lot of
2 disgrace the affair would bring upon
l me and my father. That made me de.
. eide to get rid OF the body.
l. IT took long knife and cut into the
2 body, intending to cut the body up SC
! that l could get It into a trunk When
t l made the first cut the odor was SC
/, awful that l could go no further"
n The police are skeptical regarding
q Young's story They think Filling Il
purely an imaginary person, created
by Young for the occasion.
When the trunk of William Hooper
! Young, which was found by the Chi
{ cago police and sent here, was opened
1 at police headquarters on Monday
IS there were found in It these articles
a A sword shaped stiletto with
It blade eight inches long and an ivor.
- handle four inches long, the half doz
n en- mixed cakes which the woman lef
v her apartments to buy, her set Of falls
4 teeth with one tooth missing, he
%. skirts and under clothing; a switch G
q light colored hair, a pair Of gloves, tn
. missing bed clothing from Young
apartments, two mems opera hats,
pair Of blue and white eorsets, tn
woman's garters. her drawers. her ha
three pairs of mems shoes, all we
vi worn, YOung's trousers, coat, vest an
undershirt, some red pepper. a broke
on comb, hair pin and newspaper cliI
70 ping of September 10
Mt AS soon as the lid Of the trunk wa
ne lifted, 1t could be seen that the insid
de of the receptacle was covered wit
ty blood. The knife or stilletto ws
nd about the first article lifted out. tt
re blade was covered with blood its who
ty length. After that each article
mt clothing was lifted out and careful
is examined. The woman's skirts, unde
Is clothes, a couple Of handkerchiefs al
'oI several small pieces of rags were four
49,. to be saturated with blood. as was Il
as bed clothing from Young's room. II
ne mans undershirt was also covered wi
ats blood stains. Captain Titus says tn
are every article that is missing from 4
NV Young apartments was in the trunk.