The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-01
A MAN JEALOUS OF ROBERTS
THE LATEST QUARRY IN THE
BOARDWALK HUNT.
Potice Said to Have Traced the Movements
OF the Alleged ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Conditioh stil Grave-Mrs. Williams
Srrs That Nobody VIII Be Caught.

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sore That Nobody VIII Be Caught
ATLANTIC CRY, Aug. si.-The maH
who shot Charles b. Roberts was moi
q menher OF either the Roberts or the
williams family and was not a highway
man. according to the information now
held by the Atlantic City police. The
police believe he was an admirer OF Mrs
Williams who was Jealous Of Roberts
Chief Woodruff and Chief Of Detectives
whslsn are waiting only to secure abso-
lutte proof before they arrest him,
The real identity Of the assailant is
known to both Mrs. Williams and to
Roberts. according to the informant
who gave the foregoing facts.
II has been learned that the alleged
hikhwayman did not lie in wait at the
lopely New Hampshire avenue junction
OF the Boardwalk. but that he followed
the chair In which were Roberts and
Mrs. williams from a point close to the
Hotel Brighton to the point whore the
ANHiOOt iAk toOh phuSo' iic "oNohhOhNs
have been traced.
In the effort to fasten the shooting
on the man. whom the police believe to be
well known IN Baltimore and New York,
special mon are looking up the movements
In the last week Of at least half o dozen
mon who have expressed admiration for
Mrs. williams. A family servant for
years. in the williams household has
told the Atlantic City police OF alleged
actions Of both Mr.. and Mrs. Williams
for the last three years. She told OF family
jars that stated two years 9 and Of
Mrs. Williams leaving loon after for
Europe.
Hints are even givan that the stories
made public by jackson, the chair
pusher, in which he declared that the man
who halted the rolling chair and shot
Roberts was y highwayman. may have
been coached into him In the effort to sup
presa the truth in the case until the police
could get their hands on the right man.
According, to information obtained to-
day the man who did the shooting was
seen to follow the chair In which we're
Roberts and Mrs. Williams from about
Illinois avenue. At that time he was not
masked and 10 believed to have slipped a
piece Of felt owe his face just before he
e.epped up to the chair and drew his re-
volver.
The man for whom the police are look.
ing was tall, smooth faced and wore
clothes that appeared to be rather unused
from wear than Of poor texture.
The police also have woven into their
hypothesis the story OF Rabbi Henry
Fisher, who from his home on upper
Pacific avenue ssw three men running
from the Boardwalk just after he heard
the shots. = stfNss
Roberts 10 still holding his own. but
his condition h critical. His physicians
declare that they will make no further
effort to take but the bullet unless he has
a sudden sinking spell that would indicate
the wound to have become diseased.
The police have not yet got an official
Ante-mortem statement.
pstactive Wilson Of the local depart
mentl who returned here tonight after
" 1rkfng several days in Baltimore. said
that the alibi claimed by W. 8. G. Williams
had been ~substantiated by afidavits
that appear to eliminate him from the
case and strengthen the theory held by
the police that a jealous admirer OF Mrs.
Williams really made the attempt at
murder. ~
' sThere val no evidence in Baltimorethat
Williams was In Atlantic City on Wednes-
day night" said Wilson. We have not
yet proved that he was not. but so far
there Ia not enough proof to warrant