Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-11-13
JACK The SLUGGER..
rhe Developments 10 the Case Of
Allan G. Mason Startling.
IUCH HINGES on A PAWyBROEER.
The Description Of = Man Who Pswnsd .
Watch Of . Victim Agrees strlkingly
with That Of the Wealthy Business
Man Under Arrest.

Boston, Nov. 7.-Yesterday's de-
velopments in the case of Alan g.
Mason, who Is under arrest charged
with the murder of Miss Clara Nor
ton, O laundress at the Mclean asy-
lum in Waverly, last Saturday night,
have been Of . startling nature. 1t
was announced, first, that the watch
of the victim had been found in a
Cambridge street pawnshop, where it
had been pawned for $4 by q young
colored man, and this discovery at
once led to o general search Of the
city for this nan by the entire po-
lice force, but without avail. But
later developments were far more
sensational. When the p~awnbroker's
memory had been logged q little and
he had time to think W the mat
ter, he remembered that the watch
had been brought to his office on last
Saturday night between the hours Of
II and 1880 by q white man and Of
fered in pawn. Owing to the fact
that 1t was after business hours he
refused to receive 1t and after ex-
pressing disappointment the mar de.
parted, taking the watch with him.
On Monday morning the same
watch was brought in by a colored
man about Fl years Of age and the
pawnbroker bought it for $4. A
burly colored man, evidently a COM
panion Of the other, had been wait
ing outside the shop while the trade
was being made and, as soon as it
was completed, he entered and took
the money which the proprietor had
passed over. Both men then de-
parted.
Continuing their investigation, the
officers made another startling dis
covery which will have an impor-
tant bearing on the case, to the ef-
feet that the watch Of Miss Agnes
Mcphee, Of Somerville, another Jack
the Slugger" victim, had been
pawned at the same Cambridge street
shop on October 3, the day after her
murder by a white man, whose de-
scription tailed exactly with that of
the man who brought the Morton
watch to the pawnbroker last Satur-
day night.
The description Of these men ID
said by the police to agree to a
striking extent with hat of the sus-
pect Mason and the pawnbroker will
he given n chance to-day to identify
him, II possible, as his visitor.
The unexpected development yes
terday has been most u%nfavorable to
the prisoner, although his friends
still claim that he a fully establish
an abb. Search for the mysterious
colored man Is being carried on MS
vigorously as ever and all sections
of the city are being closely watched
by the police.
Two days ago the state police ar
rested A. G. Mason, the wealthy bust
ness mar and club member, of Bos-
ton, on suspicion of having killed
Miss Morton. After q days %investi-
CATION the authorities were con-
WINGED that Mason could establish an
abb and they announced that he
would be released, but during the
succeeding night witnesses were
found who positively identified Ma
son as one whom they had seen in
waverly, where the murder was com-
mitted on Saturday night. On the
strength Of the evidence a warrant
charging Mason with murder was "
sued.
Boston, Nov. 1O.-George L. o.
Perry, the negro who pawned the
watches taken from the murdered
women, Miss Clara A. Morton ana
Miss Agnes McPhee, declared yester-
day that Alan G. Mason is the man
from whom he received these articles.
Perry was taken to the Jail in East
Cambridge, where Mason, under ar
rest on the charge Of killing Miss
Morton, is confined pending q hearing
In the Cambridge court to-day. In
n Of the Jail corridors Perry posi-
lively identified Mason as the man
who had given him the two watches.
Mason, by neither look nor word, be-
trayed any knowledge Of having seen
Perry before. When questioned by
Sheriff Fairbairn Mason merely said:
II do not know this man; l never
saw him before"
During the day Chief Ryan and
Officer Argy, Of Belmont, talked with
Perry and later State Officers New,
Durham, Dexter and others took
Perry to the Jail. The callers were
shown into the room where Mason
and six others were in line. Perry
walked straight up to Mason, who
was second in position, and, pointing
his finger at him, said: ''This Is the
man who gave me the watches to
pawn" He was about to leave the
room when Sheriff Fairbairn asked
him II he would not like to talk with
Mason in order that he might make
himself sure that Mason was the
man.. Perry replied there was no
need Of that, as he knew who the
man was and had known him for q
long time.
On being returned to his cell in the