The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-24

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August Eberhard. self-con-
fessed murderer Of his aunt.
Mrs. oti11te Eberhard. a Viennese
widow, whom he lured to lonely spot
In New Jersey a few days ago and
shot to death. was captured near.
Paterson. N. T., to-day. and is now a
prisoner In the Hackensack jail.
What interested the authorities most
IN the confession OF Eberhard, made
to them late to-day, was the reason he
gave for committing the crime. Eber-
hard said that he was in love with q
New York girl, and that he needed
money to marry her; SO knowing that
his aunt had s2.5oo. he plotted to kill
her and steal the money. Eberhard
says he also intended to kill his pretty
cousin. Otillie Eberhard. to whoml he
was engaged, SO that nothing would
stand in the way OF his marriage to
the New York girl. The police have
the name OF :he girl mentioned by
Ebert and she will be brought to
Hackensack to tell what she knows
of the murder.
Hollow-eyed, cheeks drawn, and
with the look of a hunted animal on
his face. Eberhard was found lying on
the lawn OF residence Just outside OF
Paterson. There was IN ugly looking
wound In his right leg. which the
murderer first said had been inflicted
by Italians who attacked him, but
which he afterwards confessed was
inflicted by himself so as to make the
police believe he had been wounded
the night his aunt was killed
Ingenious Story.
Morbid brooding over his inhuman
crime had apparently unbalanced the
mind OF Eberhard. but he showed some
OF the cunning that he displayed II.
the murder plot when the polk Gras-
toned him about the murder. Eber-
the police. When he was placed under
arrest, he expressed surprise that he
should be suspected OF the foul decd.
and told most ingenious story to ac-
count for his disappearance aftor the
shooting Of his aunt. to the effect that
on the night OF the murder he had
tried to defend his aunt against the
attack OF a party OF Italians.
He said he made his cousin run on
ahead. and then returned to help his
aunt. but the murderers overpowered
him after shooting him In the leg.
Then. he said, he lost consciousness
and remembered nothing until he came
to his senses In the Preakness Noun
tains. He gavesa graphic description
OF his alleged wanderings through tna
mountains.
The inauisitors did not believe this
story, and they kept Eberhard on the
grill until he weakened and made a
confession. The murderer seemed to
feel relieved when he had finlshed his
remarkable narrative Of the murder
He asked the prosecutor. to whom. he
had confessed, for cigar. and when
It was given to- him he smoked It as
world.
Names sAccomplice.
An important point In the confession
was the statement by Eberhard that la
had an accomplice In the murder plot.
He said, however. that his accomplice
had no hand in the killing Of Mrs.
Eberhard. This man, who was one OF
lEberhari's friends. has fad to the
West, and the police are looking for
him. They have his name
Eberhard told the police that he had
planned the murder two months ago.
He wrote many letters 70 his aunt in
home in Germany and come to this
country to live. He even promised
that he would marry her daughter,
Otillie. and make a comfortable horne
for her here. f 37sf
Story OF Murder.
Then Eberhard recounted the arrival
of his aunt and his cousin, Otillie; OF
his .fndinR rooms for them in a home
In West tTwenty-third Street: OF 7ftf,e
trip to New j Jersey and the fatal walk
up the railroad tracks. A .<blinding
a1nstorn1s came up while they were
walking UP the Susuuehannas ,tracks
and this aided the murde erer in his spur,
pose. As the two unsuspecting women
We're plodding along In front OF him
ne drew his revolver, took careful aim
first shot, but to make sure OF her
death the asaa r.. raxl