Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-27

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September 27.-The trail in
the hunt for Joseph j. Girard, the accused
slayer of Gussie Pfeiffer in the Bronx, lay
this morning between the Waikiki river
and West Point. The man believed to be
Girard was tracked across the Hudson yes
terday by Hitch and Schmeng, the New
York detectives, after they had concluded
that the clue which placed the man at Ver-
planck's Point was false.
The trail led. directly into the village of
Waikiki, which became famous last spring
for the murder mystery of a woman, who
was found dead in the river. The mystery
was never solved but Grard himself has
been suspected. since his flight, of know
ing great deal about the case news
paper clipping describing the finding of the
dead body in the Waikiki river was found
in Girard's overcoat in the search the po-
lice made for evidence in the present case.
The fact that the man believed to be Gil
rard is now in the vicinity of the Waikiki
murder is deemed significant
AS the news spread through Waikiki this
morning that Girard, the murder suspect
was in the locality the whole village prac-
tcally got out their firearms as a measure
or self protection, while scores of young
men formed themselves into posses and
TOOK up the search in conjunction with the
local constables and the New York police
The whole country between Waikiki river
and West Point would probably be swept
e!ean before the day was over. it was ex-
pected this morning. as the people about
Waikiki were very much aroused over Gi-
rard's suspected appearance in their midst
Another Murder Case.
The young woman who was murdered
last spring was Minnie Stewart Eade. She
was well known throughout the whole coun-
try about Waikiki, and the brutality with
which her murderer slew her is still fresh
IN thelr minds. The case resembled that
OF Gussie PfeIffer in some of its features.
Ii Girard Is captured by any of the vol
unteer posses that were formed today it is
reared that 1t Will not go well with him
The man now believed to be Gfrard was
traiied northward from the Spitzanherg
mountain, over the Boston post road 70
oregon; Pninam valley, seven miles north
OF Peeksklll; TO Pleasant valley, to Gar
fisons, TO Cold Spring, to Fishkin and then
TO Poughkeepsie. All along the trail nnr
sons were found who identified the photo
graph of G!rard as that of the man who
4ad seen tramping northward. From
Poughkeepsie, which the fugitive skfrted he
boarded freight train which carried him
across the Hudson to Maybrook, four miles
from Walden,
Seen by Two Girls.
Ihe detectives found two girls in Walden
Bertha Eclkhardt and Matte Evans wbo
recognized Girard's photograph as the nic-
ture Of a man they had seen on the ont
skirts OF the town. The detectives further
learned that on Monday night the man
slept in a creamery at East Walden. from,
winch he was driven~out by Reardon. the
engineer. 'i4e
The man appeared in the village OF Wall
NIL NIL at o'clock yesterday afternoon. He
was seen by Arthur Nichols. proprietor of
an ice house. and by two of his men His
aGilons frightened three young girls in the
Enlage, VINO also Identified the man as CT
rard for the detectives ~ III
Its ~ Is believed that the suspect boarded a
b,nl beIsnt ~ . jrain In Walden which would take
All the country betwe-e, XYaidor
W west Polnt is consequently Il Ls thoronabl
ly searched today n
mares Oliver, superintendent OF foun-
Giy IN walden. positively Identified csira Ia.
picture as that Of a fofm.r en,Ioye ''1' u .