New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
WHITMORE UP TO-DAY.
INQUIRY COMES TO Halt.
Lozcyer Forces His Arraignment on
Charge of Wife Murder.

Theodore g. Whitmore. held in connection
with the murder of his wife, who was found
dead in a swamp at Harrison. n j., the day
after Christmas will be arraigned in the ponce
court in that town this morning and formally
Charged with murder This Justice Branegan an
fnounced at the conclusion OF a several hours
examination of the prisoner and witnesses last
night as he leaving for Jersey CITY 10 con-
suit with Prosecutor Vickers-
Elias Whitmore the only brother of the pris-
oner, visited the Town Hall in Harrison yester-
day with Alexander Simpson, Jersey City
LAWYER whom he has retained to protect his
brothers interests Simpson advised Whitmore
to answer more questions, denounced MS de-
tention and threatened habeas> corpus proceed
ings if his client not arraisned Immediately
Simpson intimated that ne would make a move
In the direction of finding out how Whitmors
was taken into custody by the Brooklyn detec-
tives and hurried into New Jersey without any
formal legal proceedings.
Whitmore was under fire of questions the
greater part of the afternoon, but the inquiry
came to a sudden halt when Simpson was in
vited 10 be present. Asked by the lawyer as to
why Whitmore was detained, Justice Branegan
said the prisoner there of his own volitiou
'Then do you want to go home with me?'
Simpson asked, hurriedly turning to WhitFnOre.
Sure I DO" the prisoner replied. making
move if to GO
The Justice then announced that Whitmore
could not leave. as orders had been received
from the Office of the prosecutor TO have him
detained.
Well, if you don't have some kind of
complaint lodged against this man at once"
asserted Simpson, Il w1a<sue out a writ of
ha beas corpus in the morning and obtain his
release"
While the lawyer. the justice and Assistant
Prosecutor Clark were discussing the subject.
Matthew Saiter, a brother of Mrs. Whitmore,
and Martin Schmtters. her brother-in-law. dis
cussed the case in another room Neither Of
them would say anything as to what had been
said done
The body of Mrs. Whitrnore will be taken
from Wash's morgue to-day and shipped to
Schenectady for burial. The formal inquest
will be held in the Harrison Town Hall this
evening, when Chauncey " Bunnell, the senior
coroner, will preside.
Whitmore who on Sunday almost worked
into frenzy by the continuous cross-examina-
ton to which he was subjected and who then
said he could stand it no longer and that he
would kill himself, was much calmer yesterday,
especially after the talk with his brother and
counsel Again and again he asserted his inno-
cence to the lawyer
Why" said he, how could possibly have
gotten her to come over here with me when she
would not even walk across the streets in
Brooklyn with me? l did not kill her An
official at Police Headquarters said that, and
nearly all the stuff printed in the newspapers
as said by him was pack of lies
dispatch from Boston last night said that
Mrs Elliott mother of Fred Elliott. for whom
the Harrison police are looking in connection
with the murder, said that her son was in Bos-
ton on Christmas, the day of the murder. Ell
Iott could not be found at Springfield, Mass,
Yesterday where it said he had gone
Mrs Hattie E. Hull. of No S5 West 1O4th
street who made herself prominent in the muir
der mystery at Harrison. appeared in the West
Side police court yesterday and obtained from
Magistrate Herman a summons for her hus-
band Frank Hull, of No. $50 Manhattan avenue,
whom she charges with non support.