The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-01
JAIL MRS. NETWORKS SHADOW
NEGRO DETECTIVE rs LOCKED UP
ron FOLLOWING HER.
Says In Court He was Employed by MsJsr
wetm sre's First wiTe's Lawyers to Get
Evidence a. 10 the Majors Health.
whose Estate she'll sue for Children.


When Mrs. Katherine B. Wetmore. tho
second wife OF Major william B. wetmore.
Of 81 Madison avenue New York. left her
summer homo at Allenhurst yesterday to
como to this city she noticed negro loiter-
ing In front Of tho house. She recognized
him as ono whom she had seen taking .
snap shot Of the Majors house and grounds
on Sunday afternoon. and who late In tho
afternoon crept up close to ., vino COW
cred veranda with his camera and tried
to take picture Of the family while they
we1e having tea on the porch. The Major
ordered him away and berated him for his
impertinence.
Mrs. Wetmore was greatly annoyed by tho
negros action and she was further dis
tressed by tho fact that he followed her
to the station. She says he talked to the
station agent and boarded the train she
took for Jersey City.
On the train the negro asked tho con-
ductor to tell him where tho woman who
got on at Allenhurst was going, and the
conductor related the circumstance to Mrs.
Wetmore.
She suspected that he was thief bent
on stealing her diamonds. and concluded
to notify tho Jersey City police by tele-
graph to arrest him when the train arrived
She walked back through the train at
Mstawan, and the negro, realizing that
she had her eye on him. hurriedly got on
the rear platform. The telegram was sent.
and later 1t was discovered that the b lack
man had again boarded the train.
When the train pulled into the Jersey
Central station at Communipaw, at l:6S
P. NJ, the negro jumped Oh. He was
10 insd by smother black man and . white
man, who Mrs. Wetmore said looked like a
Hebrew. Mrs. Wetmore addressed the
negro who had followed her, and asked
what he wanted. She did not get much
satisfaction, and called Policeman Howse,
who arrested him.
The prisoner took tho preoaution 10 tear
up 4 subpoena he had In his pocket. Tho
fragments were picked up, and subse-
quent ly disappeared
The prisoner described himself rs Worden
A. Smith Of 1874 Adelphi street, Brooklyn.
He was taken across the gap ferry to the
First precinct station. Mrs. Wetmore prom
ised to follow in few minutes. She said
she would 60 over the Liberty street ferry
and recross by Cortlandt street ferry, but
she made q mistake in her excitement and
boarded a Twenty-third street boat, caus-
ing much delay.
While In New York she telephoned to her
lawyer, George Ludlow, and he reached
Jersey City beiore she drove up to the
station house IN an auto hanson.
Smith was arraigned In tho First Criminal
Court - . dtsordsFly person. Mrs. Wet
more told Of the negro's strange actions
in following her from Allenhurst to jersey
City. and said that she suspected he was
thief who was planning to steal her
jewelry.
She was extremely nervous and indig-
nant over the discovery that the negro
was private detective Smith said he had
been engaged by the law firm Of Jay 4
Gambler Of 4s Wall street. attorneys for
Major Wetmore's first wife, now Mrs.
James W. Markoe. He declared they had
directed him to shadow Major Wetmore for
the purpose Of ascertaining the condition
of his health, so the first Mrs. Wetmore
would be ready in the event Of his death to
institute a suit which she has in contem-
plation, with the view Of securing share OF
the estate for her children.
He was fined s25 for his behavior and