The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-26
FILLED WITH CLOTHING OF
YouNG's VICTIM.
is IDENTIFIED BY FRIEND
Prisoner Held in Connecticut Said
to Be Slayer Of Mrs.
Pulitzer.

New YORK, Sept. .22.-When the
trunk of William Young, fer whom
the police Of the whole country are
looking in connection with the muir
der of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer, was open
ed at police headquarters today, there
were found in it a s~word-shaped stilet-
to with a blade eight inches long, and
an ivory handle foul inches long;
the mixed cakes which the women
left her apartments for; her set of
false teeth with one tooth missing;
her skirts and Undertaking; a
switch of light-colored hair; a pair
Of gloves; the missing bed clothing
from Young's apartments; a pair of
blue and white silk ~corsets; the wo-
mans slippers; her hat; three pairs
of mems shoes, all well worn; Young's
hats, trousers, coat, vest and under
shirt; a piece Of writing paper on
which was printed: :" I. Solomon,
3O5 First street, Hoboken, -outftter;;'
some red pepper; a broken comb;
AAN'A PAAAo M q OSAC S0lOCy pll dAlu q
newspaper clipping of September 10.
Covered With Blood.
AS soon as the lid Of the trunk was
lifted it could be seen that. the inside
Of the receptacle was covered with
blood. The blade Of the stiletto was
covered with blood its entire lenghth.
Tho wnroops, c11i,%c ,oloro1~+Lo. -
couple Of handkerchiefs and several
small pieces OF rags were found to be
saturated with blood, as was the bed
clothing CT Young's room. Young's
trousers, which showed blood stains,
were wet and Assistant Attorney Gar
van said it appeared to- him as if
Young, after the murder, had washed
his trousers and packed thu into the
trunk without letting them dry. The
mans undershirt was also covered
with blood stains. 1t was remarked
at the time the pepper was found in
the trunk that the man now in Gus.
tody Of the Derby Conn, police had
red pepper in his possession.
Captain Titus said that every arti-
Gle that s-missing from Young's apart
ment was found in the trunk.
The body of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer
was shipped today from Jersey City
morgue to Perth Amboy. N. T., where
her parents live.
Believes Him Innocent.
Detective Peter Finley, accompan-
led by a mar who knows Young, was
today dispatched to Connecticut to
see if the suspect is Young and if so
to bring him back to New York as
soon as proper legal proceedings have
been taken. William f. S. Hart, who
has been retained to defend William
Hooper Young. received the following
cablegram from John w. Young, the
father of William Hooper Young:
Paris. Sept. 21.-Please give this
to the newspapers and request publ
cation:
ITO William Hooper Young: l
hear you are suspected CT a henious
crime and being sought for. l advise
you to surrender to thek officers of the
law, facing tue charge like a man. 1
have engaged counsel for your de-
Tense. No knowing you can be-
self and your family and the religion
to prove your innocence. If you take
lieve you guilty. You owe it to your
this course we will stand by you.
(Signed) JOHN w. YOUNG"
Elders Quarrie, Snow and Porter.
some of the Mormons who have been
occupying n of the Young apart
ments, were closted for some time
with Police Captain Schmittberger.