The Washington times., 1905-09-21

NEW YORK. Sept. Z.-For twenty
miles above the Harlem river. there is
Sung on at present probably the most
remarkable man hunt in the history of
the city-the police are out in earnest
for Joseph Gerard.
Wherever there is a semblance OF
road IL is, traversed by city detectives or
local police. in the hope of finding the
alleged slayer of Miss Pfeifrer In
every hotel or other place where the
wayfarer. is likely to stop detectives
are inquiring whether anyone answer
ing the description of the fugitive has
been seen, but 50 far no clue as to
Cerard's whereabouts has been OBJ
famed
Not only is the pursuit being carried
on by the Bronx police, but In every
city within a radius of 100 MES detec-
tives are watching for the man who
disappeared from his home the day after
Miss Pfeiffer was attacked brutally and
killed Every stranger who enters a
town and in any way resembles the
hunted man is watched. and from sew
cral places there came reports yester-
day of arrests which had been made on
suspicion that the man in custody
might be the one wanted in this city.
Eludes Them Adroitly.
With the eyes of the police constant
~ on the watch for Gerard, he neverthe-
less has managed to sequester himself
so thoroughly that yesterday the police
apparently were no nearer his capture
than they Were on Sunday. when a war
rant was issued for his arrest.
The consciousness that his recogni-
ton Will mean instant arrest, it is
reasoned, has made Gerard so careful
that the police have not heard of
single place where he has been since his
disappea rance on last Thursday morn
ing Duh. untutored. and rough character
that he is. he Notwithstanding has been
able to outwiteth police completely.
In the last three days the detectives
who have been searching for him have
walked or driven hundreds of miles
step oy step, they have questioned their
way along the highways above the
Bronx, while dozen men from the CEN
tral of1ce nave been searching the lower
part of the city. The employees of every
steamship office have been questioned,
and thorough inquiry has been made in
apply for work. The efforts of the detec-
t.ves, however, have been without re-
His Brutality.
The crime with which Gerard is
charged has infused into the police an
unusual degree of determination to CAP
ture him. No opportunity is presented 10
the detectives TO attempt to point out
Mat Miss Pfeiffer died of apopIexyS or
That her death was accidental. The facts
stand out in all their brutality, incon-
trovertible. pointing straight toward a
crime which would have meant sur.
lnching in many parts of the country.
Captain Burfeind of the Westchester
A.ation. said yesterday the hunt for
Verard would be kept up until he was
captured, and that he would keen de-
tectives on the mans trail for a year
or more II necessary.
Although the detectives working on the
case believe that they will get their
man IN less than a week, II is not un-
tweiyemonth.
The report that he had sailed for the
" est Indies has not been verified
As Gerard once was q sailor IL would
have been easy for him to get emnIov-
Ment on vessel which Will not return
TO this port in a long time and as the
captains OF such vessels are anxious
10 get experienced men and do not in
Quire too closely in regard 10 their
pasts. all the questioning of the de-
tectives along the piers and in steam
ship Offices may fail 10 develop any tan
glble clue as TO Gerards whereabouts
even 81 he had shipped aboard an
ocean-goipg vessel
From several places in Connecticut
as well as from Perth Amboy. y. j..
game reports yesterday that men who
pore Striking resefn Dlance to the fugi-
tive had been arrested. Detectives were
sent AT once 10 those towns TO Identity
IL possible. the arrested men. but their
reports last night were not encour-
aging.
To determine positively whether Miss
Pfeiffer had lain under the haunted oak
of Pelham road. near Amsterdam ave
nue., from Wednesday night until Sat
urday morning. when she was .>.::...;;..
Captain Burfeind yesterday suread a
coat on the spot
II was found the coat was visible
from the roadway, and the experiment
convinced the police that the young
woman was hidden somewhere by her
murderer for forty-eight hours.
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