The sun., 1908-07-20

| arrest In the case would be made before
! morning. The Prosecutor eaid that de-
| spite Ottilie's stout defence Of her cousin
he and the detectives are convinced tina
the murder was done by one man alon,
| and that man was the one who was walking
between Ottilie Eberhard and her mother
while they passed the coal bins.
EBERHARp EMPLOYER AsTosIsHEp.
Frederick Wehmann. who runs a grocery
store at 80 st; Nicholas place, Manhattan
| whom he lived at s2, almost opposite. was
almost distracted yesterday when he was
| told Of Eberhards crime.
aHe was the last boy In the world would
have suspected Of committing such an act.
s snS es f.ss Pssss Ell sad eff
sHe was not fond OF money IN an undue
sense, though he was careful Of his earnings
He often went on little outings and to the
theatre 90 he could not be called Q Iniser.
that he would cay was that he did not like
them.
4Gus never told me that he was to get
married. More than q week ago he told mo
that his fathers cousin, an elderly woman.
on the deutschland. and on Wednesday he
said that he was going to meet them In
Hoboken.
"Friday morning he came back to his
room and packed a suit case. He came over
e 'ee to 90 o5n on a Vacation. @ i Rs s adn Iii s
where Re was going, but I got the idea
that he was going up In the country n ear
Dutohess junction. where his father end
mother and brother live on q farm that
him that he might stay as long a he liked;
as business was pretty dull just now, nd
said to him that II he did not come ba ok
until the first OF September II would be all
right. He seened In Q good humor, and
thsre was nothing on his mind that could
zee.
"THBY WON'T GET HIM ALIVE.
sBut there 10 one thing certain. and chat fs
that they will never get Gus alive; ! know
him well, andI believe that when he sees in
tIs shs S;prs Rsps.s that the girl did not die he will
AZ .Tbe bow was almost like brother to me.
/ worked with him for George Buchanan
on Broadway near 10th street for several
years and whsn went in business for my
self up here took him in as clerk as soon
as found that needed the services OF
another He was a hard worker. was
one sor whom he seemed to care TO do any
thing could get anything out Of him.
He was with ms In the store for over
year and for the last four months had q
room IN my nat.. Five nights out OF the
rest Of the Household sre. and he did not
drink. ! never heard him express any
desire to 60 into business for himself. and
II be killed his cousin for her money the
idea must have come on him suddenly He
had an almost ungovernable temper at
times, and then was about the only per;
son who could get him quiet He would
fly into rage at the smallest things, seem-
ingly, without the slightest provocation or
warning
Wehrnan said that Gus Eberhard was the
only one Of his family that he knew well,
though he had met his brother. The young
said that Eberhard talked but little Of his
family. but be believed that the young
man was Of the eecond generation born In
this country. He had lived with his father
and mother somewhere in 1l9th street up
to few months ago. when the family
had gone to live with Wehman.
Wehman said that the news Of the nur-
der was to him almost as much Of blow
as though one Of his blood relations had
committed the crime. The thing that
puzzled him most was to find motive for
the crime
wEHMAN TRUSTED HIM.
trusted more than Gus he said. u have
no cash register in my store and he had
access to the cash drawer at all times.
There was never . time that thought
that he was tampering with the till. and in
fact I do not believe that he ever took q
cent from me. thought that in money
make them" -.t
Wehman said that while he would like
TO hear the girls story before he made up
his mind to believe that Eberhard had
killed Mrs. Eberhard he would not 60 to
New Jersey. because he was afraid that
be would be detained there by the authori-