The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-01
WHITMORE SAYS
! KNOW WHO WAS
MY W|FE'S SLAYER
"When Get Out After My Next
Trial I'll Send Him to
the Chair"
Special to the Evening star.1

JERSEY CITY, June 1.---sWhen 1 get
out of jail, and / will be out after my
next trial, l am going to ind the man
who murdered my wife, and / will see
that he goes to the electric chair" said
Theodore 5. Whitmore in his cell in the
Hudson Jail today.
The man who was tried for the mur-
der of his wife in the Lampblack
swamp of Harrison assumed a new
tack today. He was so confident that
the next jury would not disagree but
would readily acquit him that he
scarcely spoke of his prospects but
talked about the vengeance he hoped to
take.
81 have pretty good idea who the
man Is" he said, "and my score against
him viii be as much for jeOpardizing
my life in trial for murder ns in kill
ing my wife. There is no doubt that if
l had been convicted he would have let
me go to the electric chair. That's the
kind of a murderer he is.
"I'Il Run the Slayer Down."
"As l say, 1 know pretty we'll who
the man is that lured her into the
swamp and killed her, and when 1 get
out l shall devote my whole time to
finding him, and when l do I will see
that he pays the penalty for his crime.
I do not mean that L personally will
harm him. but l will give the con-
authorities sufficient evidence
to convict him and send him to the
electric hair"
The Hudson County authorities have
asked the Brooklyn and Manhattan po-
1iTn IN find william bp
strangely disappeared the day Mrs.
Whitmore's body was definitely iden-
tilted, Assistant Prosecutor Vickers be-
lieves that she win be the most inn
portant witness against Whitmore at
the next trial. He sought her con-
stantly since she disappeared, but not
a trace was found of her. Mr.. Vickers
has announced that he will spend any
AMOUNT of money to get Mrs Williams
info his jurisdiction, where he can hold
her as the most material witness against
Wbitmore. With her on the stand. he
said he could have proven conclusively
that Whitmore killed his wife.
Said Whitmores Left Home Together.
Mrs. Williams occupied the rear room
on the same floor with the Whitmores
In the house at 236 Adams street, Brook
lyn. In interviews before her disap-
pearance she told reporters that Whit
more and his wife left the house Christ
mas night together She said that
about o'clock she heard Whitmore and
his wife go out and thai. when they
reached the bottom landing, Whitmore
called up to her:
Sadie Williams; oh, Sadie Williams!
Look out for Daisy. Lena and l are go
ing over to Jersey for the evening""
With this testimony established the
strong slibi which Whitmore built would
receive a hard blow This would tend
to prove that Whitmore brought his
wife to Jersey, instead of giving her
money earlier, as he testified. to go -
Whitemore's counsel. Alexander J.
Simpson. said today that he would go
into court and ask that an early date be
set for the new trial of Whitmore. He
does not wish to wait until the next
court term in September. but it is be-
lieved that the prosecution viii be in no
hurry, and will insist on waiting until
the regular term of court.