New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-25
MANY HUNT FOR GIRARD.
Posses at Prospect Hill and PeekshiH
Search FruitIessly.

Having a taste of manhunting and having con-
tracted the fever, the farmers near Peekskll also
went hunting over the mountains and through the
woods yesterday for the man supposed to be Glrtrd
who is wanted in connection with the Pfeiffer muir
der. 1t would seem impossible that any tramp
camp in the mountains elsewhere could have
escaped a shaking up, but no Grard was found.
although double of his had a couple of busy
hours.
This man was a tramp. He went to Peekskill
with two companions in the afternoon, ignorant of
the hunt, and also ignorant that he looked like
the man wanted. He certainly fitted the descrip-
ton and his photograph might easily be exchanged
for that of Girard. The man on hearing OF the
hunt and inIing he was in danger, took the best
course and headed for the police station. where
there was excitement when he arrived
He said he was James Mcfarland, of Newark
N J.. and not only satisfied the local police. but
the two New-York detectives who were here that
he was not Girard-
The New-York detectives came home last night
Clarence BIakely reported to the police in Peeks-
kill yesterday that while nuttng in some woods
near Verpancks Point he was ordered out by a
man with a revolver. He says the man looked like
Girards picture so there a hunt in that neigh
borhood but was found
The hunt for Girard was continued in the woods
near Prospect Hill, Barlow, until o'clock yester-
dav morning without capturing the fugitive. al
though five bIoodhounds aided in the chase With
the daylight the search resumed by Acting
Captain Gray, Of the City Island station seven
detectives and or CltlZenSy out IL
is hiding in the woods as is supposed, was not
found. =. --.
A Telephone message came TO Detective Sergeant
Price from Morristown, n. J.. saying that man
slIpposed to be Girard had been in that neigh
b0rhood and asking that detective be sent there
AS all the available men were already at WORK on
the case the sender of the message was told 10 lay
his information before the Morristown ponce.
For the first time in than fifty hours the
detectives the case got nights rest last night
Worn out and discouraged. they returned 10 me
HEADQUARTERS in The Bronx to report 70 Detective
Sergeant Price that Nthey had run down all the
cIeWs and had had no success. A fresh start will
be made to-day.
Miss Alice Jordan, the daughter of a farmer led
the detectives long chase into Pelham Bay PaTk
Yesterday. She remembered that as a girl she haa
pIayed In what was called the Hidden Barn, ABOUT
two miles from the entrance to the park. ana she
thought that would make hiding place tor any
tectives over fences. through marshes and through
dense underbrush until they reached the ueSeLt
barn The detectives surrounded the place Win
drawn reyolvers while Miss Jordan got behlnd the
firing line. They shouted to whoever might De
within no get out. but, receiving no answer De-
The detective climbed the rickety stairs to the
loft stepped on rotten bit of flooring ana 1el 10
the ground floor the great CONSERVATION OF Ihe
watchers below He received only scratches aILo
ahrasions The search given up IN disgust
ana the marty returned to Northumberland and
travel stained but loud in their praise OF the young
Sergeant Price last night received word from
Chiaf Woodruff of Yonkers that towerman on the
New-York Central road there had noticed man
resembling Girard walking up the track early IN
the afternoon Price replied that as his men
were exhausted he would have to depend upon the
YonkerS police to get the man.