The Washington times., 1908-01-05
Saloonkeeper Says Rings
Were Given to Him
by Husband of
Woman.
Man Put on Rack Is Phys
ical Wreck, Groaning
Continually in His
Cell.

NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-The jewelry that
Mrs. Theodore S. Whitmore. the Har-
rison. n. J., swamp murder victim wore
when last seen alive. was found tonight
IN a Brooklyn saloon.
Fred E Radin, the saIoOnkeeper. says
the rings. pins, locket, and silverware
we're left with him by Mrs. Whitmores
husband Radin is not sure whether
WhitmOre turned the property over. to
him December 30 or 81.
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. It was not found
on the corpse, and Whltmore swore ne
had no idea what had become Of It.
Husband Put on Rack.
Acting Prosecutor Yickars. at Har-
TisOn. demanded an explanation of the
conflicting stories as soon as he received
word that the jeweIry had been found.
Whitmore was on the grill for an hour.
He wept and wrIng his hands when Ra-
din's statement was repeated to him. but
refused to deviate from 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 find included a diamond. a mar
Quise. a turquoise and a diamond, q
garnet, and a plain gold ring. a lovers
knot and a pearl breast pin, a gold
lucket with two ohndren's pictures in
side. and handful Of silver knives and
forks. All have been fully identified by
Mrs. Whitmores friends.
Omcers from the Brooklyn detective
bureau found the property. They con-
sidered Radin's saloon, which Is almost
directly across the street from the
" hitmOre home. a likely place to look
for clues and stuck TO the trail until
the saloonkeeper decided to tell them
what he knew.
On Trail Of "Man in Case"
The mysterious ''Harry'-Harry Hen
Erickson is his full name-of whom
Whitmore was so jealous that frequent
and violent quarrels occurred between
husband and wife was also learned to
be stopping with friends at Roslyn, L.
I, where detectives have gone to see
him.
Hendrickson lives with his mother in
Manhattan. Prosecutor Vickars. OF
Harrison. wrested his address from
Whitmore today and notified the New
York police, who sought him AT MS
home, learned that he was at RosIyn
and started after him.
HendrIcksOn once served IN the navy
IS veteran Of the battle OF Santiago.
and, according 10 his mother, spent
Christmas Day at home, except for a
short visit to nearby friends, and then
vent straight TO Roslyn, where he some
times visits.
Whltmore passed through fearful or
deals with Prosecutor Vickars this after
noon and again tonight. At the latter
session Charles Salter. the murdered
woman's brother, was present
TelItale Handwriting.
The prosecutor told the prisoner Of
Handwriting Expert Carvalho's opinion
that the letters written. after Mrs. Whit
mOre's death. to her relatives TO ex-
plain her delay in visiting them. looked
to be in Whitmore's own hand. But the
captive's only answer was a food Of
tears and a repetition Of his denials that
he had anything to do with the crime.
WhitmOre Is almost in a condition OF
collapse. His legs literally refuse 10
carry him when he is taken to the
prosecutors ONCE, 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. grooming
and begging for whisky or drugs to
sOothe his nerves.
Much SdlI Puzzles Detectives.
Despite tonight's discovery the de-
teCtives here as well as at Harrison
say the case is fun OF uHsOlved puzzles
IN the first place they ask. how did
Mrs. Whitmore's body get to the swamp?
II the murderer led her there to kill
her what was his pTeteXt for taking
ier to such a place? If she was carried
there after death how did her slayer
escape observation?
The cunning with which the victims
clothes were ripped from her body /
evidently TO prevent Identification. to-
gether with the stupidity of dropping
the garments so near the spot where
the corpse lay, seem 10 the detectives
almost inexpliCable.