The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-08
Watches Of Two Murdered.
Women Found.
PAWNED BY A NEGRO.
.'awnbroker Says White Man.
Was With Hin.
FAILS TO IDENTIFY MASON
pawnbrokcr Picks the Wrong Man Out
ola Line of Six-Woman Testified
That Mason Had Troubled Her.
The Case Becomes Con-
nected With Another
Famous Case.
FAILS TO IDENTIFY MASON
pawnbroker Picks the Wrong Man Out

lRr Associated r.css.

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BOSTON. MASS. Nov. TN the de-
,.lopments OF the day OF the Mason
case. which has puzzled the police of
Boston since Miss Cara a. Morton was
sfrack down and killed in AEavei,ly last
SATURDAY, there arc several striking de-
1afls No further evidence, however, has
been at.dticed which tends to incri,ninate
IL, iie case Alan g.. Mason. the mem
lei. of prominent family who is under
arrest on the charge Of murder. In
f:sct. .lie police are inclined tonight TO
iile belief that Mason stood out clearer
IN the light of an innocent man. becaEse
~ the failure Of Joseph Nenlse:s the
West End ieweler. to identify Mason as;
the man who had offered for sale Miss
Nortons watch last Saturday night.
An important detail in connection with
tho disposal Of the watches was the es-
tahitsllment tonight that the signatures
on The checks kept on file losG the pawn
broker in Identification OF persons who
offered him the articles, We're written hst
one aud the same lerson This confirms
the story that the two women We're mur-
dared by the same man.
Another late incident was the arrest on
suspicion tonight at sNatcrtown Of n
young mulatto. He was brought here.
but Jewclcr 5Nen,scr failed TO Identify
him. The nan was released.
So serious has EIe case become that
Governor Crane has become Interested
md looked over tile$ scene of the murder
while on a visit to Waverly.
WATCHES FOUND
Prompted by the finding in a pawnshop
here of the watches Of Agnes McPhee=
md Clara a. Morton. the two women
Who haze been murdered in assault
cases in this vicinity. the police are
pressing with all their energy to place,
if possible, the responsibility for tic
crimes.
The nawnbroser. Joseph Nemser. In
whose store both the AfcPhee and Moi.-
ron watches were found was at police
headquarters to-day and repeated his
stoiv ahout the watches. after which he
rtaried Tor the East Cambridge iail TO
see Mason, for the purpose OF ideniify-
ing him. Captain DuSan, Of The Bureau
cf Criminal Investigation, said that Mem
ser had Insisted that it WAS a mulatto
who offered Miss aiortons watch for
sale Saturday night. and that IL was the
Same individual Who brought the watch
to Tie store on Monday and sold 1t for
81 He further stated that another negro.
older, heavier and darker than the mu-
latto Joined the latter just as he was
RECEIVING the money. An apparent ccin-
claence WAS iotsa , iii colit!tsesioh WIZ Will
the puwniiag OF both the McPhte and
Morton watches, in that the address
given in the McPhee case was 2S Grove
Street and in the Mortoa case the same
number. g, In Greenwich Street, was.
given.
u g = .iis
had made at least two attenlats TO in
duce# women @ m ct him at The Oaks
a section of the Metropolitan Park reser-
Na1an not rom i4se sdGl44ean 45 a }iiis;ihc
.ASNlnns "Aere Mason Mason. " 'ss q i3ittslt .aiia s
on the sTouios oi WHICH Nilss @ iSi toii Mo
hailea.
-Netl'ser laliea 70 i iu''i.si4 i<a9oii. :,
the jail Mason WAS l'li'seu l .sa!iss'is gsiA N
other men aud y Nemser. @ ciii'e AtliiY scfu11-
1lized each one lie loiGiSco oHt one iil IN IN IN
as The person VINO isi"iitu ti.e Nats.hi,
but it was not Mason
The fesao WHO has charsse OF t,'e5 mouse
where the Masons i've Mis souuls ll iil'
work as usual to-day, althonSas lie TO
lice claimed that he had gene away. lie
# saia t0-day&ttlat he was at his post Yes
terdag,. and he could have been found
there y the police III tiey had ioohcu
for flffn
TANcNRRoKER NNisAkENltNG.E
During The day the attention Of chief
y Naae MAS called TO a published inter-
New htisvpem Nenlser and reporters, In
#wilief Neyrser said he was paid 10 stick
80 Mis- story and that a muiatto sold the
watch The chief said.
That is perfec,ly outrageous. The story,
IS au i,osh Nesnse,- was told that he
r:ould be ,laid for closing mp his shop
.t,sd for gong about with the officers to
l4eln them with the case He will he re-
:.ai5tilse6 also Tor what he gave for the
4mo Watches He is very nucl, excited
aala he told me that he Was hesieged by
what l5e was saving or had said"