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on thu half puh O'clock train Lao, night
lrt we're bnck hero NJ pii this morning
and have been following elites moro or
lrss promising to Thorn MI day,
chief ~ Police seabury and Onc"r
ConklIn took the oclock cur for Yer.
planck's Point to-day and have been fol.
lowing up the reported holdup N Clarence
Blakeley yesterday afternoon, hut with
no tahgiti- results The New York de,ec-
tives have practically abandoned that
episode.
Albor, S,irEon, a vcrplanck's Point had
and another boy while carrying lunch
10 Stinson's father at the Pallett brichyard
this noon alege that they we're acoosted
while crossing bit of woods 10y n tramp who
demanded the dinner pail Of them They
took to their heels and escaped,
A son Of Milton Lounsbury, who lives at
the lower end Of Washington street not far
from Montrose. claims that a strange man
resembling Grard called at the lounsbury
house at dusk tonight and obtained food,
Another report comes from big farm house
to the east of Peekskill that man the ooun-
terpart OF Girard called there for food. The
habitues Of an Italian saloon say that
man like Girard visited the place early
to-day and begged aid. A small collection
was made up for him.
More chicken feathers and fresh camp
fires have been discovered by enterprising
newspaper correspondents. Thus, these
reports and stories come in and as rapidly
do Detectives Illoh and Shoering follow
them up. They reported at Police Head
quarters at 7:30 after day z frlitless search
and after hasty meal started out for a
night search.
The numerous volunteer sleuths of yes
terday are far less to-day. Sunday. was
holiday. but with the return of Monday. the
greater part of them had to leave their
earning their daily bread. The spirit OF
suppressed excitement which has pervaded
the atmosphere has subsidized considerably
and the belief grows stronger with every
hour that Girard has never been here, and
If he has he has long since escaped to the
northward.
There are of course dense woods in this
vicinity in which he might hide for many
days without being discovered. The fact
remains that two New York detectives,
town constabulary and scores of amateur
detectives and manhunters have failed
for five days to discover more than the
usual number Of panhandlers, Hudson
Valley tramps and exciting incidents that
always happen or are reported to have
stirred up as this has been.
Chief Seabury took little trip over to
Empire Grove in the early afternoon to see |
a Hungarian workman in brickyard there |
who saw q man whose description conforms |
to that of the much sought but elusive
Girard.
Il won't say its Girard," said the chief |
when he returned, but l believe that we |
are very near to finding man who is !
an xious to hide from somebody. This |
morning l talked with Hungarians. who
had seen a strange man as late as O'Clock
this morning. They said that man whose
clothes were in bad shape and one Of whose |
hands was tied up came out of the woods
and skulked around, running back into
the woods from time to time. He, alp-
money. He would not tell them who no
was nor where he came from. They gave
him few nickels and dimes and he went
back into the woods.
"When | showed Girards picture they
said the face was the same A man saw
him once and a woman once. | hardly
think he can have got across the river
SoMERvILLE, N. j., Sept Pa man.
whom the Somerset county authorities be-
licve to be Girard, is in the Somerset county
Jail here awaiting Identification. He was
picked up by a constable near Raritan on
afternoon after he had been !
found unconscious by the roadside. He {
his right thumb and one on his face. He
gave the name of Michael Smithwick.
He told rambling story of his wanderings
and was unable to give clear account
of himself He was in an exhausted and
,maciated condition and his clothing was
BADLY torn and soled.
ALBANY. Sept, 25.-The man arrested in
'choharie as Girard gives his name as Alec
Johnson Arbuckle. He was born in Ire
and and is about 45 years old. He wore, a
Jumper under a black coat and had no
injury to either hand. He has friends In
Meredith Mich, aid says he has been all
,ver the United States.
Upon receipt of the despatch from AL
,any stating that the Sohoharie county
authorities had arrested a suspect thought
o be Girard, Detective Sergeant Sam Price,
rho has charge Of the case sent Detective
Sergeant Barlow last night to Central
,e able to identity him i It it prove owe true rue
hat he Is the man who is held by the
constable at Central Bridge, and who is
aid to have marks Of teeth on one of his
ingers.
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