The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-11
TWO ARRESTS IN
BOSTON MYSTERY {:
Young MuIatto Admits Pawning
Watches Of Murdered Women.
HE SAYS MASON HAD IREa
HE SAYS MASON Hal. TREa
Friends Of the Boston ciulon'an Claim
Tha, Affair is Being unIoaded on
Him 10 Shi Id Some One Else.
Viii Come Up To-Day.
fspec,al Dispatch 10 The Tilnes.)


BOSTON, MASS, November 1o.-Each
succeeding day adds new features to the
Investigation. of The murder of Clara "A.
Morton. who died as the result of an
assault at NayerleN the nigh; of Novein-
Der Ist The first week of the case opened
with the arrest OF Alan @. Mason. the
Ioston club man. who viii have hearing
tomorrow on the charge OF numbering
N:dss Morton.
This, the second week OF the affair,
begins With another prisoner, George l..
@. Perry. a rniilatto.zs a ged nineteen. ar
rested late Saturday night as an accessory
after. the fact. Perry has admitted that
lie is the mulaito no sold Miss MpTtonfS
watch to Pasr1.bioker Joseph Nsinser
November Sc. and that he also sold on
October 4th the watch taken from the
body Of Agnes McPhee. who was fatally
assaulted IN Wave1ley October Sd. He
further states that he received both the
watches from Alan G. Mason. but denies
that he had any knowledge of the crimes.
Perry wa = taken TO the East Cambridge
Sail yesterday morning and picked out
Mason from a number of men shown him.
Mason denied that he had ever seen Perry
before The young muiatto claims to
have first met Mason in the company Of
some women and TO have since seen him
nuite frequently. Perry has been an III
mate OF correctional institution for boys.
his cornmittal being the result of an as
sai,lt upon woman. and his connection
with the case was estab shed by agents
Of the Children's Aid SoAety.
Perry made statement to the State
police last night int.matirg that he knew
Mason well and had been In his COM
Tnny many times. but the officers nave
thus far failed to find anyone who sub
stimulates his acquaintance with the ac-
cnsed.
Mhson's friends insist that the onus
OF possession of the watches is unloaced
upon Mason to lei some one else out
Porry,s people have retained TO act for
hin, Clement G. Morgan. well known
soelored lawyer. Who was class orator When
he graduated from Harvard in 1890
Perry was taken to court to-day. After
a conference between the State officers
and Judge Charles Amy, Perry Was Or
dered held as a witness against Mason.
Ills hail was fixed at $1,000. 1T is under
stood that the decision of the police to
l,,ld him as a witness instead of ariaign-
.nr him as an accessory was due TO the
fact that as a witness Perry can not only
give testimony against Mason, hut can be
forced to tell of his own movements md
every relation he had had with others
during the time the assaults have been
committed In Cambridge, Sonelvllie and
other suburbs.
Under an arrangement made by Judge
Alms and the police. both Mason and
Perry Will appear in court tomorrow. 1t
SIS believed that so complicated has the
case become that both the Commonwealth
md the defense will ask for another con-
tinuance. in order that they may have
time for continued investigation The
Cambridge police are now strongly or the
opnion that there is another negro VINO
Rrows something of the whole case par
tocularly about the watches Re is older
than Perry and is blacker'. The man for
whom the police are hunting has been
missing since the arrest Of Alan g. Ma
son