The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-18
ROXBURY MURDERER CAUGHT?
POLICE THINK THEY HAVE HIM
IN GEORGE JACKSON, A NEGRO.

After the Murder--says He Found Ii
In Danbury Two Days Before That
Locked Up and All Tangled UP in
Contradictory Stories About Him.
selr--McClusky and Titus JubAlant.
Charles jackson, a negro driver living
at S3S West Fiftieth street, was locked
up in Police Headquarters last night on
suspicion Of having murdered Charles
/ W. Roxbury, the tea tester. who was struck
down by a club in River avenue, near io8th
street, last Friday night. The negro had
pawned Mr.. Roxb,ry's gold watch, and
was caught through that act.
When the police went to work on the
case they learned from Mrs. Roxbury that
her husband had carried gold watch
which she bought for him about five years
ago. They learned from her that there
was o defect In the watch case which
prevented it from being opened easily,
and that Roxbury had taken 1t several
times to the jewelry establishment Of Bene-
dict Bros. for repair.
Detectives went to Benedict's and afte-
a search Of three days learned the number
Of the watch. Inspector McClusky then
detailed Detective Charlton, the pawn
shop sleuth. to Try and find the watch.
On Wednesday he found it in the shop
of 8. Gross. ut AS Tenth avenue.
He also found in the shop very intelli-
gent clerk named Hanley, who comes from
Savannah, Ga.
Harley told the detective that the watch
had been pawned for SIS on Saturday, the
day after the murder, by a negro who gave
the name jackson. Hanley furnished an
excellent description Of jackson.
He told che detective among other things
that the negroes face had borne marks Of
scratches and that he wore SLOUGH hat
similar to that described as having been
worn by the murderer by Mr., Roxbury's
companion, Miss Lillian Thomasch, the
hairdresser.
This much information having been Sc
cured, George Peyton, the negro police
man, was brought over from his Brooklyn
precinct. He soon found jackson, or at
least where he lived. He also found that
jackson had worked as driver recently
for Contractor Rogers at 188th street and
Gerard avenue.
acknowledgements McCafferty, Charl-
ton and Carter intended to arrest Jackson
on Thursday night. but the man did not
get home until o'clock last night. When
he was arrested the police searched his
wife. They found the pawnticket for the
watch on her.
As soon as the arrest was made Inspectors
Titus and McClusky went to tho Detec-
tive Bureau and confronted the negro
with the watch. He admitted having
pawned it. Then he said he had found
II two days before tho murder at Dan
bury, Conn, where he said he had
been working for the Barnum & Bailey
show.
The inspectors asked jackson il he knew
anything about the neighborhood where
Mr. Roxbury was murdered. At first he
said he didn't, but the police, having evil
dence to the contrary in their possession,
soon had him completely tangled up and
contradicting himself. He said he had
received the scratches on his face in fall.
Inspectors Titus and McClusky were
jubilant over the capture last night.
McCluaky gave all the credit to Titus.
jackson will be arraigned in the Morri-
SANTA police court this morning. The police
say that they wilp have on hand an impor-
tant witness, other than Miss Thomasch.
She has been unable to give much OF a
description Of the man who assaulted Mr.
Roxbury except that she particularly
noticed that he had very white eyes and
that he wore SLOUGH hat.
jackson had such a hat on when he was
arrested and Inspector McClusky says
he never saw such white eyes in a negro
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