The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1908-01-14
FORGING THE CHAIN
NEW EVIDENCE is SOUGHT
AGAINST WHITMORE.
Rumors Which Make It Look Black for
Him and Bartlett Are Being
Thoroughly Sifted.

From many new sources, which are
considered reliable enough for further
investigation by Acting Prosecutor
Vickers, of Hudson County, and his
sleuths, evidence is being CLEANED
against Theodore S. Whitmore and his
chum, Gold Tooth Billy Bartlett, con-
Meeting them with the murder of the
victim of the Harrison mystery The
Hudson County authorities are aware
that they have two bad" men within
their srasp, and that these men have
friends who will do and dare any and
everything in order to obstruct the law
In fastening the chain of guilt around
the necks of these men.
Last night in Jersey City stories were
told about two New York friends of
Bartlett's who had been arrested for
disorderly conduct and loclSed up in
the same Jail with Bartlett. The pur-
port Of these stories was that the ar
rest of these men was for one object,
namely. to allow Bartlett to fix up an
alibi so as to fight off the charges
which might arise from Grand Jury
investigation. With one or more
friends, Bartlett would have no trouble
in bracng up an alibi that the authori-
ties might find difficult to destroy. To-
day Mr.. Vickers will investigate these
rumors. and if any of Bartlett's friends
are with him in the county jail they
will be placed to one side and their
past records examined with a scrutiniz-
ing care
There is one link in the chain of evil
dence adduced by the State that stands
out glaringly because of its absence
and which must be explained not by
the prosecution, but Whitmore. When
the latter was telling the Brooklyn
\ sleuths of the articles of jewelry which
his wife wore when she left home
Christmas Day he failed to mention
that of a watch and long gold chain
which she was accustomed to wear
whenever she went out The fact that
Whitlnore lied about the jewelry was
admitted by him, but only after Fred
crick Radin, Brooklyn saloonkeeper,
went to Brooklyn headquarters and
gave up the missing jewelry which
Whitmofe had left with him. 1t APP
pears now that the missing WATCH and
chain have been seen in Boston and
that these were in the possession OF
Georgle Dickinson, This statement is
made by Blanche Dowden, of $40 Tre-
mont street, Boston, who says that the
Dickinson woman offered her the
watch and chain If she would aid the
former to elude her pursuers from
Jersey.
Yesterday Frank r. Lore, of Engle-
wood. who is State detective and
who has figured in several important
arrests in connection with the South
Jersey BLACK Hand gang, went to
Jersey City and had long talk with
Mr.. Viclxers. This is the same man
who called on Chief of Police Rodgers.
Of Harrison, last week and informed
that official that if he were locked up
with Whitmore and Bartlett he would
guarantee a complete confession from
both men inside OF twenty-four hours.
Another State detective who has
taken much interest in this case is
Detective BILLY" Jacobus, head of the
,Tacobus agency, OF 200 Broadway, New
York. Detective Jacobus is a resident
of Paterson, and when the body of the
woman was found started in to hunt UP
the husband of the woman. He un-
earthed the fact that the woman was
accustomed to loiter in certain circles
of Brooklyn and New York. 1t was
with this evidence that the thread was
taken up which finally settled itself
around Whitmore. 1t was Jacobus's
theory that the dead woman was the
wife of railroad man, but how he
came to such conclusions, which have
proved correct he refuses to tell.
1t is expected that the Whitmore case
will be laid before the Hudson County
Grand Jury tomorrow afternoon.