The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-21
vEw YORK, July 2o.-Believins
they were about to capture
August Eberhard. the grocer's

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murder OF his aunt. Mrs. otillie Eber-
hard, the police and a posse Of citi-
zens searched a two-acre thicket at
Oakdale. N. j.. this evening. finally
capturing the suspect. only to learn
that he was q tramp.
The police do not think the murderer
will be captured near the scene Of the
crime. They say that any one who
could display such coldblooded cum
ming as was shown In the murderer's
plot. would plan to get safely away
before the crime was discovered. 1t
would have been easy for the murderer
to get to Paterson or Newark by troll
ley car and from either Of these places
he could get train for the West or
South.
Thinks Gus Was Killed, Too.
"A brother OF Gus" Eberhard was
found at woodside. n. j.. to-day. and
he has furnished :the police with an ex-
cellent photograph of the missing man.
The brother was deeply affected when
he learned that the police are search-
ing for Gus. He said that he did
not know that Mrs. Eberhard and her
daughter had Intended to come to this
country, and SO was thunderstruck to
hear his aunt had been murdered. He
thinks 1t is possible that his brother
was also murdered. and that his body
was concealed.
Friends OF August Eberhard are at a
loss to understand his disappearance
wounding OF Miss Otillie Eberhard. his
pretty twenty-year- cousin and af-
fianced bride.
Girl Reviews Tragedy.
There was pathetic scene enacted
early to-day when Miss Eberhard was
taken to the scene OF the tragedy. The
girl showed a remarkable memory and
accurately guided the detectives to the
spot where her aunt was slain0and
where she herself was wounded. The
girl was deeply affected. but she show
ed great courage. and retold the story
OF the shooting.
She says that when her cousin help
ed them off the trolley car on which
they had come from Fortle. It was
already dark, and thunder-storm wes
some distance, and then excitedly an
nounced that he was lost and did not
know where to go. They decided to
push push on on ahead the girl says. and had ael
stumbled upon the tracks Of the Sus-
quehanna Railroad. Z
This will lead us to a town or a
house, she says her cousin said: Then
snned the tramp through the darkness.
The storm came up and the lightning
flashed in binding brilltancy. Sudden
ly, the girls says, she heard her m otfer
cry out lust after there had been a
flash OF lightning. II have been struck
by lightning she heard hex mother
say.
Saw Pistols Flash.
Mrs. Eberhard sank to the ground
and the girl started to her aid, when
she saw the flash from a revolver and
heard the report OF shot. "A bullet
.whistled by her head. The shots came
from between two freight cars. she
believes.
While the girl was hesitating. what
to do,# she says her cousin started to
push herS along the tracks ahead of
him and kent telling her to hurry. He
her only q few steps she
declared, and then she had to- SO on
alone. Every time she looked back.
she says. there was "a &pl stols shot, and
two of the bullets hit her, but inflicted
only slight w ounds. The girl found re-
fuEe In the home Of a farmer, and
lCberhard has not been seen since.
Two trains passed the spot where
the shooting took place, the first one
cutting the body In two. The investi-
cation hes disclosed that. while tho
body of Mrs. Eberhard fell on the
tracks used by thbound trains. It
was lifted to The tracks Of the SOUTH
bound trains. This leads to tn the ! p belief
that the murderer knew that WI two
trains would soon be along, and would
run overfthe body. thus making itSap-
pear as though the woman 1s had been
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