The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-11
George DlckensOn and Fred
erick W. Elliot Not Called
Against Him.
TOWN HALL IS CROWDED
Same Witnesses Who Testified
at the Inquest Repeat Their
Stories :. Prosecutor Holds
New Evidence Up His Sleeve.
Body Sent Away.

When Theodore S. Whitn1ore was ar.
raigned before Police Judge Branegan
in the Harrison Council chambers Ia
the Town Hall today, charged with
numbering his wife, Lena Whitmors,
whose body was found in the Lamp
black swamp. Harrison. on the morn
ing after Christmas, the two principal
witnesses for the prosecution, Georgie
Dickinson and Frederick W. Elliot,
were not on hand. Acting Prosecutor
Vickers, of Hudson County, did not
produce them. as he considered their
evidence too important to reveal at the
hearing.
In consequence nothing new was
brought to light, and the testimony
given was practically the same pre-
sented at the coroner's inquest Thurs
day night.
The council chambers were jan1med
with a morbid crowd and the police
had hard job to keep order. The
hearing was to have been held at 10
o'clock. but 1t was almost 12 before the
prisoner was brought TO the bar. He
was represented by his ounsel. Alexan-
der Simpson, of Jersey City. who offerad
a formal plea Of not guilty when the
charge was read by Judge Branegan.
| Acting Prosecutor Viclxers then pre-
| scented his witnesses.
These witnesses were: Irving w.
| Crane, of this city; Peter Coogan. night
watchman at the Marine Engine Works,
| Harrison; John Thumn a Harrison sa-
loonkeeper: Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Q, Nell
who lived with the Whitmore's at 2aG
| Adams street, Brooklyn: Mrs. Lille
Piehl ,of 141 Laurence street. Broolklyns
| Villa mBartlett, held as a prisoner in
| Harrison: Frank Englert. of Harrisons
Albert Thompson and Frederick Kirk
man, the Idle Hour boatmen, held as
witnesses; Chief of Police Rodgers and
Policemen Andrew Walsh and Frank
Campion. of the Harrison department
! Frank A. Boettner, of this city, and
Henry Tonerehne, of New York. repre-
sented Bartlett and refused TO let him
! testify. Joseph P. Tumuity, of Jersey
| City, represented Englert and the two
| boatmen.
| Mrs. Whitmores body was shipped
to Schenectady, N. Y, today. where her
relatives have made arrangements for
the funeral tomorrow. The coffin was
sent to the Harrison station of the
Lackawanna at O'Clock and expressed
at $3.50 o'clock at the Grand Central
station, New York. for Schenectady.
Whtmore asked to be allowed to see
the body at the morgue before 1t was
taken to the Harrison station, but per-
mission was denied. He has paid all
the expenses of shipping the body
The Dickenson woman was arrested
COZ ,.fe.l ktaaT ff4cI
house in Essex street. Cambridge.
by Chief Inspector Watts and Inspec-
tors Patterson and Shields. of Boston,
and Captain Hurley and Detective Dee
han, of Cambridge with her was a.
friend, Helen Small. The prisoner was
secreted in q darkened room. Wheu
the officers routed her out she said:
IT expected 1t. I have tried to get
away, but / expected to be caught.
It's lucky for you that you got me
now. because l would have been on
my way to Watertown in ten min
utes. I'm glad you found me, anyway.
I'm tired of being hunted. II YOU want
me to I'll go back to New York without
any papers. I'm willing to so back
and tell my story"
The police took their prisoner to
headquarters in Cambridge and then
drove to Boston, Helen Small wa5
allowed to go.
| The prisoners most damaging ad-
mission, so far as Whitmore Is con-
cerned, was that she had met him by
appointment at Thirty-fourth street and
sixth avenue at a. m. December %.
and that he had given her diamond
studded bracelet, said to have been
Mrs Whitmore's The murder is