The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-04
Chiropodist In Auto That
Killed Jacobs at Prose-
cutor's Office.
GIVES s2,5sO SECURITY
Missing Since Death of Theatri'
cal Manager, He sIIews Nor
ris's Example..To Answer
to Technical Charge OF
Manslaughfer.

DR.. w A. MacFarlane. who with DR..
Walter H. Morris and tive others were
in the automobile that run down and
killed Marcus j. Jacobs, manager of
the Columbia Theatre, in Broad street
near West Park street one week ago
yesterday, surrendered himself today
to the prosecutors office.
MacFarlane was repre~~9ted by his
counsel, Louis Hood, and was then
taken before Judge Ten Eyck, who held
him in $1,000 bonds on technical
charge of manslaughter on blanket
warrant sworn out by Acting Captain
Caffrey, of the First Precinct Police
Station.
MacFarlane gave five $500 bills as
surety and was Immediately released to
await possible indictment by the Grand
Jury.
DIR. MacFarlane had been missing
ever since Jacobs was killed. MacFar-
lane is chiropodst with an office in
this city.
Since 1t was known that no charge
could be made against MacFarlane the
police hesitated about arresting him
in New York city, fearing an extradi-
ton fight until the Grand Jury returned
some formal charge against him more
specific than the blanket warrant sworn
out by Acting Captain Caffrey, in which
MacFarlane, Morris, Scott, the negro
chauffeur, and Myers--the latter not
yet apprehended-are charged win
nanslaughter. The police did not think
that they could extradite MacFarlane
on such a warrant, so they played
waiting game
when 1t became known that the bail
under which MacFarlane would be held
would be smaller than that asked of
Morris preparations were made for his
surrender.
When MacFarlane put in an appear
ance at Mr. Young's Office there was
a consultation between the prosecutor
and MacFarlane's counsel, and 1t was
not long afterward when MacFarlane
appeared in the Court of Quarter Ses-
sions room and went through the usual
formality With DR. MacFarlane was
a young woman, said to be his sister,
and Il mutual friend.
The party approached the desk in
somewhat unconcerned sort of a way,
it seemed, and somebody said some
thing that made MacFarlane smile.
Neither MacF'ariane nor his counsel
ndQ dQyL1InS TO say TO ttl0 TepOTU6Eb
when asked about the case.
MacFarlane referred all inquiries to
Mr. Hood, and Mr.. Hood said that
MacFarlane had considered 1t advisable
to give himself up to the authorities.
and had sought this way of doing it.
Further than this have nothing to
say" Mr. Hood remarked as he disap-
peared down the corridors of the Court
House.
1t was admitted by Prosecutor Young
that he had known for the last day or
two that MacFarlane would surrender,
and he added that the bail OF $2,5O0,
under the circumstances of the case,
was amply sufficient
with MacFarlane in the tolls, there
remains only Meyer, the fourth OF
the riders in the car that ran aniuck
through Broad street and left death
and destruction in its path.
z disappointment was felt at police
headquarters when 1t was found that
DR.. MacFarlane had surrendered him
self to the county authorities instead
Of to the police. The police wanted the
credit Of technically arresting him.
Captain of Detectives Carroll especially
thought DIR. MacFarlane would sur
render to him.
Prosecutor Young was the first to
notify the police of the surrender of
the chiropodist. He said that Mac
Farlane would go to headquarters If
necessary. MacFarlane, accompanied
by his counsel. then went to the police,
after being placed under bonds. and
was formally arrested. This placed him
in the position of being arrested when
he was really out on ball. But it salts
fed the police.