The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-03

fer the crime Posse 81 Farmers scours
the country Around for the Suspect.
pilsrislp.N.J. Feb. "A man perhaps
4, or 90 gers Old u light complexion.
,-h Il sandy muslaohe neatly trimmed,
vel, dressed and pleasant in manner, went
10 to village Of Watching, near here.
,t.yt o ,'r!ocH this morning and asked
.,... er,t rcf-1ns he met who he could get
r.,e ..a 20 Warrenville. He seemed
iI.s- n yrn4- hurry and told those TO
,.r.n De- -poke that he had important
r..r.o-- tLa' usccssitated his getting to
u,,rsf..i,.ca quickly a. horses could take
lu aero
.,re,o .ant him to The home Of william
l.,.s. -.o occasionally lets out tears,
f.f raY'er was away. Then the man
,..,t .a tle grocery store Of George vii
.r, sra asked Mr. Williams II he could
r.rs time 20 drive him 10 warenvile
have an important engagement there
sit N, pollack said he. If you can
,rsre ne t.ne to take me- there / will pay
yol r,l fer our trouble
william, va, busy and didn't want to
r.se he mp. bal the atunger insisted and
Ca, 80 ncesant IN his insistence that
Williams Gulily consented. He hitched up
hi. horse TO a sloigh and started with tho
man Jhou. II O'clock on tho road TO Warren
Vile
That IA. the last seen Of the grocer until
Fuacuo Pope. farmer, saw a horse and
sleigh tied TO a fence tat the roadside about
rour miles from Watching. At first Pope
10, NO .1o fe.,
but as IN drove closer he saw the body Of
Il NAH IN erouching position on the bot
tom Of the sleigh. He got out and saw at a
glance that ii was George Williams, whom
he knew we'll.
Williams was dead apparently but a
short time. The body was still warm
A bullet through the back had killed him.
Pope found on examining the body.
The farmer tied tho dead mans horse
70 his own vehicle and drove into Watching
With Williams's body. The news Of the
grocer having been murdered was all over
III, country in an hour or two. Farmers
came into tho village for miles around,
Carrying shotguns, rifles and pistols With
Pope and others leading. "A posse was or
ganized to search the countryside for the
stranger that had hired Williams to drive
aim to Warrenvile
Tho posse went TO the spot where Pope
found Wiiliams's sleigh tied 10 the fence
There they got clue that pointed directly
10 the stranger as the murderer. Foot
prints led straight across broad field TO
the farmhouse Of man named Polack,
The name given by the stranger as the per-
ION he wanted 70 see at Warrenvie From
nj 81. II
and road 20 the railroad station at Milling
ION on the Laokawnnnn railroad. IL was
At least four miles 10 Pollack's house and
perhaps two more TO Mlllington. and the
murderer was walking fast or running,
rom the appearance OF the footprints.
The station agent at Millington said he
had seen a man that answered the descrip-
lion Of the one the posse was after appear
or the station platform some time In the
afternoon. he could not remember Just
what time. perhaps 3 o'clock. he thought.
anyway, he said. it was Just before a train
FOR Ne~ York came along. The man did
not buy ticket but Il would have been quite
possible Tor him 10 board the train without
eius especially noticed. said the station
gent
Several members OF the posse had stopped
~ Pollack's house to see IL Pollack could
found and II he had any information 10
HiFc about the pleasant hammered stranger
dat had been so anxious to see him that
corning 40 amount Of hammering at
The door could arouse anybody. and finally
an entrance was forced. No one was at
a'me Po'lack Is Il caterer who has lived
80 the neighhorhood Of Warrenville for
Ia IA
rguds vol with his noighbors it was said
Tonight
Search was made for him Tonight. but
.e could not DO found Polaok is not
thought TO be connected with the murder.
Farmers were loft NJ his house to await his
return.
County Detective George b. Gotten was
pat On the case in the afternoon, but was
Unable to get a clue OF any practical value,
Williams was about no years old and we'll
10 DO. He was president Of the Watching
social Club and was to have been master
u ceremonies at a country dance that had
been arranged for tonight. He leaves a
VIE and one child. So far as known he
lad no enemies He did not have much
money with him when he drove away with
he stranger. few dollars In bills and
change, perhaps, certainly not enough to
'empt any one 70 the comm ssion Of murder.
he murder. II murder it was. il the
most puzzling that TIL, part OF the State
as known for years. The stranger IN a
4aETy had nothing Of the appearance Of
ne criminal. On the contrary. he looked,
ne villagers say. like a business man
he was about feet inches tall. and
us weight was about l75 pounds, those
that noticed him thought, His hair was
Aght brown and he had sandy mustao he.
c!r'ely cropped. He wore a well fitting
silt Of clothes OF dark material. dark
overcoat and brown fedora hat. No
one IN the village had ever seen him before.
and he was certainly unknown to tho man
l. believed he shot through the head.
Mrs. Williams told the detective that her
husband had no business troubles or other
aluoulties that would make a theory Of
suicide tenable for a moment. She was
POSITIVE that her husbs nd had been k lied
by the stranger.
Nothing about the appearance Of the
sleigh indicated that there had been a strug-
sle and careful examination Of the War
Tenyille road for miles did not afford any
'ufiher Information along that line.