The sun., 1902-10-05
TWO BOYS KILLED ron MONEY.
Their Bodies Found In . Wood Near Gam.
den, y. j,

CAMDhS. " j., Oct. t.--The bodies Of
John Coffin, IA years old and Price Jen
min g, II yeHrs old wero found in awoocls nea,
iiaddon Heights eGily this morning. Both
bodies bore marks hat led to the belief ,ha,
they had been murdered. Paul Woodward
20 years old. of 22? Benson street. was a..
rested, and Ia being held TO await the resul,
OF an investigation which Is being made hy
the police, the Coroner and Prosecutor
Lloyd, Woodward is the last person who
l. said TO have been seen with the boys
The Coroner Tonight declined 70 state
the result of an autopsy which wa- per-
formed this afternoon l. was leari"d
however from person who was pre-nn,
at the autopsy, that there was not a wound
that would have caused death ON either
body. The marks on the lads faces Wpr,'
caused 10y the bursting of skin due TO dpcom.
position The lungs Of the Conn boy
did not show that he had been stanglcd
The intestines Of both boys We're taken
and sent 10 a chemist in order that their
contents may be- anslyzed II Is nOw
thought that poison was administered
Woodward il locked mp in the room of
the Chief of Police. 1t j. said tina, hr has
made a statement, but the police decline
to tell what il Is
The lads were chuins, and wcrc togr0hrr
the greater part OF the time" On Wcdne--
day about noon Price Jennings was eating
luncheon wien John Coffin called for him.
and they started away together. not say
ing where they were going Thl, night
they did not return, end Tie following
morning their parents notified tn" police
Late yesterday afternoon Clarence krrv-
son Of Haddon Heights and Frank Johnson,
n Philadelphia boy, were cunning for black
birds when they stumbled over the body
Of Coffln They fed in terror and krcNson
told his father, who at once notified Pro,e-
cutor Lloyd The Prosecutor misunder-
stood III" directions given aud 80 failed to
find the body. This morning Clarence
krew-on took him TO the spot
Within fifty yards Of where Co'ln'S body
lay wac that Of young Jennings, hen"ath
an old chestnut rec. the face was COW
cred with blood he hand- were cut, and a
cash on the cheek about four inches lung
looked 10 if l. had been nude with hatCli"r
The other body .howcd signs o' viurn,"
only on the throat, Nl'rr there were finger
marks seeming to indicate hat tho boy had
been ~trangled
In seeking to trace th" mpyaWput- of ,ltr
boys on Wednesday afternoon the polio'
found thre" persons who sa" them accom-
panied hv dark man about 90 years pll.
who wore a blue ma"hin. osh Lillian NJ
tin employed Ht wilson Slnpkiu's -rrrr
in West toiug~wood, sold them s,DIn,,
cakes and pies about o'clock that after
noon. tn" young man vas with them
then. tut he hid no InaCkiutn-h She
dcntf nd Woodward to-nighl M the pei -on
who wa> with The boys.
Woodward j. an inrcterar" smoker Ol a
rtain brand oi "igarrtt"S, and mean CoNin'-
body was found an empty cigare,'" hoV of
tha' brand There wa4 also nearby n kuu;trd
umbrella COvcrand "A box of matcha-
Collins father told the police that the 10y
often visited Woodward, Nr. Coffin al-o
said that a message was brought 10 him
Yesterday from Woodward hy child H.
which Woodward SGggr-rrd that Mr.. Cofin
send him 80 Ped"ick'uwn, y. j, if he
wanted To get his bo" Woudwaris mother
said h- waS about the hUuse oil day Wedue-.
day.
The boys had ahou. 81 when they lpft
hOm" ana il is ihough, that robbery was
the motive for the crime There was hu
money IN the clothes when the bodies We're
found
John Coffin was a son Of William Cof'in,
division freight agent of ~" Pennsylvania
Railroad, and PriC" Jennings ron e
Josephus Jennings, a H"ll-Enown musician
and leader of the Third Regiment Band,