The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05

reporter started to tell him. Barrett broke
in with:
What interest have you in this case7-
Only passing interest, it was explained
but Barrett wasn't appeased
Good Gawd,' said he. what can we
do? We haven't any orders in the case I"
tCooney and O'Rourke still in Darkest
Harlem. with the mercury falling) 60
on with your cock and bull story. Are
you the complainant"
mo, said the reporter, sadly. i merely
made suggestion to Mr.. Wood and he is
trying to give himself up of his own free
will. He is in no condition 10 tell his story:
but if you care, I'll tell you what he has
told me.
Barrett gracously consented to the
recital Then he began to question Wood
about his satchel. hat and mustache Wood
said he shaved his lip on Monday. Barrett
and another detective rubbed said lip and
decided that the shaving had been Of more
recent date. They warmed to the task.
They called Chief Kelly at Plainfield.
Are you looking for a man named George
II. Wood asked Barrett. We nave a
man here who says you are looking for
him. and he wants TO give himself up. De-
scribe him.
Chief Kelly told Barrett what Wood
looked like and urged him to hang on to
him. Barrett hung up the receiver and
looked peevish.
Put him under arrest he said to
subordinate. Thus it came to pass that
Woods patience was rewarded, and he
bade farewell to his wife and was led away.
Wood Is about IS years old, with thin
face and thick lips.
It is understood that the Messr4 Cooney
and O'Rourke have returned from Harlem
and are very glad that they did not find
Wood, thinking that Barrett might have
put them in a cell
ROBBERY TAKEN TO RE TIE MOTIVE.
PLANFiELD. n. j.. Feb. a-When it was
reported through the countryside to-day
that Wood says his mind has been blank
nearly all the time since last Monday those
who knew him in his boyhood declare it is
simply trick and that his movements
show clearly that he knew what he was
doing. While at Bnn's Hotel on Somerset
street he conversed with dozens of Plain
fielders who arc positive that he was not
afflicted with aphasia then and that his
actions were those of man in the full
possession OF his senses. Chief of Police
Kelly said tonight:
THE murder was committed by Wood
and believe he did il with the intention of
robbng his victim, but was frightened of
He was pressed for money and he came TO
Plainfield with the intention of getting IL.
presumably from his grandmother Mra.
Pollack. | am certain that he started for
her home with the idea Of forcing her TO
help him and that suddenly becoming des-
perate. he conceived the idea of robbing
Williams
"The only way 10 do 1t was to kill him.
and the position Of the bullet wound in
the back shows that the victim was muir
dered in cold blood and had no intimation OF
his impending fate. The position of the
blankets in the sleigh indicates that there
had been no quarrel; the footprints in the
snow were made with the intention of
confusing pursuers. and the flight to Mil
lington and Lyons Station was made in a
clever way that was not the cunning of
mailman.
In his statement to the New York police
Wood said he did not remember being in
Painfield at all, yet this morning he told
me another story The man who drove
away with Williams wore a brown fedora
hat: so did Wood when he left Blinn's Hotel.
The man who was seen hurrying to Mil
lington after the murder tailed with the
description of Williams 5 passenger in
every way except that he wore a cap When
Wood was arrested he wore cap.
Il asked him where he got II and he said
he had bought 1t in Plainileld. The natural
inference Is that he carried the cap with
him when he left Plainfield on Thursday
morning and discarded his fedora after
the murder. That is why ] say he began
the trip to the Pollack place with some
deviltry in his heart
All the money Williams had had with
him was found in his pocket after the muir
dor.