New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-22

A man who answers to the description of Will
lam Hooper Young. the murderer of Mrs. Anna
Nelson Pulitzer, seen by large number OF
persons in the Lee-ave- and the Grand-ave po-
lice precincts from p on Saturday TO about
yesterday. This man did many things 10
suspicion Owing his actions and from
the descriptions of him given by those who saw
him the police are convinced that he was Young,
and that he is still skulking around Brooklyn
The trunk shipped TO Chicago by Young. and
which. when opened by the police of that city.
found to contain the pawn ticket issued in
the Park Row pawnshop to one "Stiner' for
the earrings worn by Mrs. Pulitzer. her clothing
spotted with blood a telltale dirk knife and
nlemora ndum and letters addressed William
Hooper Young on the Erie train known
as the Wells Fargo Express which arrived in
Jersey City about / o'clock this morning
AS soon as the train reached Jersey City the
trunk which was directed TO Captain Titus per-
sonaIly, was claimed by Detectives Kinsler and
Duggan. of the headquarters staff. who went to
Jersey City at an early hour last night TO wait
for it. They brought IL direct TO Police Head
quarters. Captain Titus having waited at head
quarters until it arrived.
The man In question slept in the Glenwood
Lodging House al No 227 Broadway Brooklyn.
from p. m Saturday until about p m He
was next seen yesterday acting queerly IN front
Of No 206 South Eighth-st.. 4 four story dwell
ing house, occupied by Robert Love. butcher.
and his family. William Walsh. bartender, Of
No % South-st. and Louis Nicholson. busi-
ness man. of No 225 South Ninth-st, saw Mr.
Love and another man whose name IS not
known get out of the areaway Of the house
One version of this affair is that the man
thought to be Young apparently discovered
in an attempt to get into the house. either 10
hide for few hours or in the hope of getting
food and stealing something Thinking he had
been discovered. he lay down on the grass and
pretended to be riotously drunk In this feigned
condition Mr.. Love and the other man saw him.
lifted him over the fence and stood him on his
feet in the street Here he met Walsh and
Nicholson Soon afterward, after walking sew
eral blocks toward the Broadway ferries he ap-
peared to be sober. and he made several threat
ening remarks to Walsh and Nicholson, VINO fol-
lowed him He said he knew they were shadoW-
ing him, and he swore he would kill them If
thew attempted to arrest him or nave MIN ar
rested
ua +o1ted oricsIv and was haggard and great
y, a~ci+ad When they saw him first, they
+bouebt he was drunk But his strange ways
1ea then, 10 follow him. His sudden chanse
from a seemingly drunken condition 10 per-
sac-1v sober one made them follow MIN sun iur-
tbsr They saw him rest for some ihoineii'a
on the stoop of house IN BedIoFo-d'e-, IN''
south of Broadway. and then walk 10 ClSiiio
and Lee ayes Here he leaned against dll hun
railing in front of the areaway OF mouse op-
nosite the Lee-ave. police station FEolii 'He
r,laoe where he stood good view of the desk
of the station house may he haa- MS
NOV. then some distance away from hlm Ihey
-. t,,a ma, was A desperate character
and might carry out his threat 10 shoot 'lei'i-
while standing opposite the Lee-ave police sta
tio, he slammed sleeping again. he sudden
", stood erect. looked up and down the street
and ran toward Nostrand-ave- car bound tor
Bergen Beach
His movements after that are unknown eA-
cent that he continued on the car TOT Soiiie us
tance, 1t is thought that he stayed OH 'iie ci
.u - reached Bergen Beach or some point
near that place Captain Short. OF 'he "iaiiN
ave nolice station. with Detectives tracey anu
starkev heard of the queerly acting man. carry
,-.sa,, afternoon. and at started in
r,,,rerit of him About IL O'CLOCK laSt hlshI
CAPTAIN Short returned TO the Grano-aVe- ponce
-, ,bara he was seen by a Tribune re-
porter.
,r,,>r THINKS MAN WAS YOUNG.
..r think we will soon have Young" he said
"It looks 10 me- as if the person VINO was seen
=, front of Mr. Loves house, who threatened
tn
-. ohour four hours on Saturday in the
cIenwood House, is the person we are after for
49,, v,,,,-der NJ Mrs. Pulitzer. OF course. il may
not be the man..
..1,,n,ediatelv on learning of what the man
u,bo is Thought to be Young did In my precinct
on Saturday and Sunday. l tried to get in touch
with the night car conductors of the Nostrand
ave line thinking they might be able to furnish
me- with valuable clew have talked with
them. but I learned little of value from them
Tho car on which Young is supposed TO have
ridden TO Bergen Beach left the Broadway Fer
r,as ~ 5.45 this morning. On the car were many
people going the Beach to spend day fish
i His actions on the car seemed TO have
80, o+b,np unusual The conductor told me
, remembered man answering to the descrip-
.,or ~ the one Walsh and Nicholson saw and
talked with get the car at Clymer-st and
1a.-sva Where the man got off the conductor
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