The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-05

New York, Jan. 5.-HendrIcksOn was
arrested at the Manhattan end of the
Brooklyn Bridge at 1880 u. m, and is
now locked up In Brooklyn police head
quarters.
New York. Jan. 4-The jewelry that
Mrs. Theodore S. Whitmore. the Harri-
son On. j. swamp murder victim, wore
when last seen alive. was found tonight
in Brooklyn saloon.
Fred Radin. the saloonkeeper. says
rings, pins, and loel0et with a quantity
OF table silver, were left with him by
Whitmore, the womar's husband. Radin
is nos sure whether Whitmore turned the
property over to his keeping on the night
of December so or 81. He declares him
self sure it was one or the other-four or
five days after the woman's nude body
was found in the Lamp Black Swamp.
Several witnesses have testified to see
Ing Mrs, Whitmore with the jewelry on
the last day she was alive. Whitmore
himself says she wore it when she left
home Christmas Day. 1T was not found
on the corpse, and Whitmore swore he
had no idea what had become of it.
sticks 10 His Story.
Acting Prosecutor Vickers, at Harri-
son. demanded an explanation of the
conflicting stories as soon as he received
word that the jewelry had been found.
Whitmore was on the grill for an hour.
He wept and wrLng his hands when
Radin's story was repeated to him, but
refused to deviate from u his previous
story. He did not take the jewelry to
the saloon, he vowed, nor did he know
how it came into Radin's hands.
The ind includes a diamond. a mar
Quise, turquoise and diamond, a garnet,
and a plain gold wedding ring. a lovers
knot and pearl bTeastpin a gold locket
with two children's pictures inside, and
handful of silver knives and forks, All
have been fully identified by Mrs Whit
mOre's friends.
Officers from the Brooklyn detective
bureau found the property They consid-
cred Radins saloon, which is almost di-
rectly across the street from the Whit
more home a likely place TO look for
clews, and stuck TO the trail until the
EaloOnkeeper decided he should tell them
what he knew.
Jealous of Harry"
The mysterious Harry Harry Hen
Erickson Is his full name-of whom Whit
more was so jealous that frequent vio-
lent quarrels occurred concerning him
between husband and wife, was also
learned to be stopping with friends at
Roslyn I. /, where detectives have gone
to see him.
Hendrickson lives with his mother IN
Manhattan. Prosecutor Vickers. of Har-
rison, wrested his address from Whit
more to-day, and notified the New York
police, who sought him at his home.
learned that he was at Roslyn, and
started after him.
Hendrickson once served in the navy.
is a veteran of the battle Of Santiago.
and. according to his mother. spent
Christmas Day at home, except for
short absence 10 visit nearby friend.
and then went straight to Roslyn, where
he sometimes visits.
Whitmore passed through fearful or
deals with Prosecutor Vickers this after
noon and again tonight. At the latter
session Charles Salter. the murdered
womans brother, was present.
The prosecutor told the prisoner of
Handwriting Expert Carvalhos opinion
that the letters written, after Mrs. Whit
more's death, to her relatives. to explain
her delay in visiting them, looked to be
in Whitmores own hand. But the cap
tfve's only answer was a flood Of tears
and a repetition Of his denials that he had
anything to do with the crime.
Ready to Collapse.
Whitmore is almost in a condition of
collapse, His legs literally refuse to carry
him when he is taken to the prosecutors
office. and two detectives are forced TO
hoist him up the stairs and into the room.
In his cell he spends all his time pacing
the floor, groaning, and begging for whis-
ky or drugs TO sOothe his nerves.
Despite tO-night's discoveries. the detec-
tives here. as well as at Harrison, say
the case is full of unsolved puzzles. In
the first place. they ask. how did Mrs.
Witmore's body get to the Lamp Black
Swamp? If the murderer led her there TO
kill her, what was his pretext for taking
her TO such a place. If she was carried
there after death. how did her slayer es-
cape observation?
The cunning with which the victims
SiotheS were ripped from heT DOdy, evil
IDENTIFY to prevent Identification. together
with the stupidity of dropping the gar
ments near the spot where the corpse lay.
seem TO the detectives almost inexplicable.
HendricksOn Tells of Quarrel.
Roslyn. J.. l.. Ja'l 4.-Harry Hen
Erickson. who has figured so largely
in Theodore Whitmore's story, has
made a statement concerning his con-
nection with the Lamp Black swamp
murder case.
He states that he was with his
mother, at home, in Brooklyn. at the
time Of the murder. lie says he knows
nothing Of the crime. but admits he
was well acquainted with the Whit
mOres
Hendrickson says he did not see Mrs
WhitmOre after the morning Of De-
cember p. His story is that he looked
up Whitmore at the City Hall station
of the Third Avenue L" and told the
latter he wanted him 10 keep his wife
away from him AT Whitmore's re-
quest. he said he went TO the latter's
house, waited for Whitmore, and that
when the mot0Tman came in. there was
a quarrel in which Whitmore threat
ened his wife, and struck Hendrick-
son
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