Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-22
PLEDGED HER JEWELS
Annie Pulitzer's Earrings Found In a
New York Pawnshop.
Is YOUNG DEAD OR ALIVE?
The Mormon Fugitive From Justice
Writes Letter Saying, "Hunt Ia
vain; Am Dead" ~ His Flu
Their to Defend Him.

the whole detective force of New Yorl,
are now concentrated on the task OF
runnn" down Hooper Noun-. the
grandson Of the great Mormon irppr
ct, Brigham loun4, WI = "l..-.,,. t.
be the murderer or Nr>. AY' r.. r.
yer, whose body YVES fn':-' lq,t TA.;rs-
day mornln4 in the Il 'r",, oarti Il -r
Jersey city. In til -, n" 9r.;..p~i-
ties hay" the co-"n i9l. .".l ol ci.. : ..,y
and town in tn f" Hry to Hll Of
which Il full dc,r."p iii OF the ill., tive
has been TEL -. p.ni.
If alive, it is u.tirut to see how
Young can lnNg rludr the mr>hp> of
the great drag ut that has been east
out. and the po!.re are confident that
within few hours at most some def
mite tidinyS of him will he secured.
After the thorough search of the past
thirty-eiGht hours il is considered hard
ly likely that Young is still in this
city, but assuming that he is still in
hiding here a relentless vigil is kept
on all trains. ferries and bridges and
on all vessels leaving the port to guard
against the possibility of escape.
The contingency that Young may
have adopted an avenue of escape
against which his pursuers have been
poWrrle>s to provide was suggested 10y
a note received by mail addressed to
''aptain Titus, New York Detective
HnrVHn, 300 Mulberry Street" The
envelope contained IA single sheet of
rough brown paper such as is used |
III making memoranda in business of |
fees. signed H. Young" and on which
WAS written:
search in vain, Have killed my
self
In" postmark showed that the letter
mad been mailed at the general post.
)!iirr in this city at noon Saturday.
Looks Like YounE's Writing.
FROM Il comparison OF the haniwrit.
M with several letters written by
Young the police are disposed to be
l"Ne that the communication was writ
tn by him. 1t is considered signiti,
ANT that the form of the signature
H. Young, was one commonly EN- -.
'l"N"d by the fugitive Although the !
'"lirr realize that the note may have
'ern written as Il blind to Discourage !.
pursuit. orders were at once issued to ,
eVp watch on the rivers and search
II ponds. woods and waste places in
ne vicinity of the city in which the !.
odN might lie concealed. '
Another important link in the chain =,
I eN!dcnrc connecting Young with the
llller was supplied when dispatch
'as received from Chicago STATING ,
nat the police had opened the trunk
hipp"d by Young and had found in if
/" dead wonlanS clothing. Il mem. "
fandum book containing the name of IL
William Hooper Young and Il pawn :,
cKet showing that ii pair of diamond y
lrrlngs had been pledged at IL pawn Al
lop III Park row. this city. Wednes d
~ last by man who gave the name :,
Stiner. II
Prlor to the receipt of this dispatch Z,
central office detective had found n " "
llr or earrings pledged in the same W
Wnshop and under the same name. ~
he person who pledged them gave nm L,
dress in Harlem. which proved to be ~
tltlous. The earrings We're shown to
Serh Pulitzer, who at once Identified
EN- as the pair worn by his wife
leh she left their room last Tuesday -
Sht. The identification was made .
hcluSlVe by the fact that one of the
rings bore marks of the repars y
!lrh Pulitzer himself had made. CON. y
iln2 OF a renewal of the screw rn. =
lll&. 1t is not known whether tlr i
Wiibroker is prepared to identify Y
! man who gave the mime of Stin.r i
1 who pledged the earrings for $3.50 z
The Inquest. i
he inquest will be held in Jersey
y "Wednesday. The body of Mrs I
liter was delivered to her husband .
l VIII be removed to the home of
mother. Mrs. Nelson, in Perth =
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