New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-08
FAILS To IDENTIFY MASON
PAWNBROKER PICKS OUT ANOTHER AS
MAN WHO TRIED TO SELL WATCH.
WOMAN. HOWEVER SAYS THE PRISONER
HAD ANNOYED HER-NEw STORY
POINTING TO NEGRO MURDERER.

| Boston NOV. 7.-Joseph Nemser, the pawn
| broker who bought the watch of Clara Morton
| a laundress at the Mclean Insane Asylum az
| Waverly. with whose murder Alan q. Mason is
| charged. was taken 10 the jail at East Cam
| bridge to-day to identify the man who tried TO
| pawn the watch at his shop the night of the
murder. Mason and five other men were placed
| in line before Nemser. who picked out one of
| those other than Mason the who had
| tried to pawn the watch. Before going TO East
Cambridge Nemser questioned closely by
Chief Inspector Watts and State Detective
O'Nen. Watts said that Nemser was much ex-
cited and hardly knew what he saying.
At first the pawnbroker declared that the man
who brought the watch to the store satur-
day a negro, the same who sold II Mon
day. Then ne said that the man light and
might have been negro This statement was
| modified TO permit the TO be Spaniard or
an Italian.
In the case of Miss McPhee who muir
dered under much the same circumstances as
Miss Morton, and whose watch also dis
posed OF at Nemser's place. the pawnbroker was
also unable to give an intelligent idea of the
man who brought the watch to his place. He
began by saying that white man had pawned
Miss McPhee's watch. but before he had finished
he had passed through all the shades Of color.
until he was quite sure that the man was I'M
mistakably a negro of negroes
State Officer George Durham thinks that Mem
ser may be mistaken in saying that the Morton
watch offered 10 him the night OF the
assault. Mr. Durham said to-day:
am inclined to think that Nemser was mistaken
Ma eRa Hsm9er looking any R ike the oEta6
watch II must have been on some other night
oeoeS The assault Occurred IN Waver f5e Just st
% he II 4
We have no man placed on any OF the Waverly
cars coming as late az that who corresponds with
the description OF the man Nemser speaks OF
This afternoon 4 Mrs Sayres. Of WATERFOWL
called az the Cambridge jail and told Sheriff
Farbairn that she wanted to see Alan c. Ma
son. because she believed from the pictures
which had appeared in the newspapers that he
the who had annoyed her last summer
in the Natural History room in this city. Mason
again placed In line with other inmates Of
the jail. and again all were subjected TO a rigid
scrutiny. As in the case Of Nemsers attempt
at Identification. Mrs Sayres WAS allowed to
give sign utter word in the presence Of
the men. but when she returned To the Sheriff's
Office she declared that the fourth man in line
the who had annoyed her. The fourth
man was Mason. He has been accused pre-
viousy OF trying To lure two young women to
The Orbs" near the place where Miss Morton
was assaulted.
This alleged Identification 10y Mrs Sayres re-
calls another Jack the Slugger" case i'm which
John c. Soderquist convicted Of assault
with intent to XIII Miss r. a. Rocquett on
August 30 at the Natural History Building re-
ferred TO by Mrs Sayres. Soderquist was the
1anitor OF the building and FOR the crime is now
serving sentence of seven years. The belief
was expressed at the tim, Soderquist pleaded
guilty that he was responsible for the many
mysterious assaults young women In Cam
bridge and Broo<line, who We're beaten on the
head with some iron weapon. just Miss Nor
ton and Miss McPhee were. State police are
now investigating the story Of Mrs. Sayres in
comparison with the more important details OF
the Soderquist affair
A nurse who lives in Winchester tells story
that points to a negro the possible muir
derer with two white accompces. on Saturday
evening she says. she started for Weston, wait
ing in the Cambridge station for her train from
: 80 until Sol o'clock During this time she had
an excellent opportunity for observing the ac-
lions OF two white men and negro, all Of whom
she is positive she identify, who were in the
station The two white men were looking at a
photograph when one Of them said, We'll, We
might as we'll buy a ticket"
They purchased a single ticket TO Waverley
and this ticket. the nurse says, she saw handed
10 the negro by one of the white men they
passed out Of the station though the white man
and the negro had previously made no sign or
recognition. The negro took the same train that
she did. and she aaw him get off az Waverley
This places the negro I'm WaVerley at S.1S
o'clock or about three quarters Of an hour be
fore the assault upon Miss Morton was com
mitted
The descriptions Of the three men MS given by
the nurse considered important. That Of the
colored man agrees with the description given
by Nemser OF the negro who accompanied the
man who pawned Miss MortOn's watch on Mon
day morning.
An iron bar was found to-day at the edge of
Handyside Pond. in WaVeTley. to which il is
said by some the murderer went to wash his
hands The bar which is two feet long is A
little rusty 1t was on the edge OF the pond and
the drawing off OF the water brought 1t to light
CHOICE OF TERRITORIAL DELEGATES.
Phoenix Ariz.. Nov. THE election OF Wilson
Democrat for delegate to Congress is conceded
No figures showing majority given. but proba-
bly, il will be less than 500
C;uthrie Okla. Nov. Only the official count
will determine the election for Congress In Okla
homa The Republicans claim the election Of b. s
Mcclure by go majority. while the Democratic
committee has fairly definite returns showing the
majority of William Cross to be 9S7 Official returns
from Beaver and Day counties in the remote west
arn section of Oklahoma will not I've received before
Saturday. Delegate Flynn (Rep) to-day said
"t-rOss Is elected