New-York tribune., 1908-07-21
HUNT FOR EBERHARD ON
BROTHER HELPS SEARCH.
Hacbensack Police Think One Man
Committed Murder.

uackensack n j.. July 20 (SpeciaD.-An the
enort. of the police directed toward md
ing August Eberhard, the nephew OF Mrs. Oteha
F,herhard who shot and robbed and her oooy
thrown on the tracks OF the Susquehanna Hairoau
at Coalberg Saturday night.
Twice to-day the police have received Reports
that August Eberhard had been arrested. one re-
port coming from Oakdale and the other from
Hastings n. Y. The arrested at Oakdale
turned out TO be tramp twice as old as Eoer-
hard.
The other prisoner said his name Herman
Eberhard Zimmerman He admitted being gro
Gerry clerk ani said that home was at No 5S
East 1s9h street. and later he changed his ADDRESS
to sOth street and Park avenue Reports from
Hastings say he is nearer forty-ve years old than
twenty-five years. Eberhard's age.
The murdered womans daughter, Otelia Eoer-
hard who was also wounded regained control Of
her emotions yesterday and gave the police an ac-
count Of the cunninsly planned naurder-for so IL
was declared to-day by Coroner De Mund, VINO
made autopsy and found that a bullet had been
held SO that the powder burned the womans dress.
Prosecutor Koeste- said to-day he believes the
murderer also intended to kill the young woman
when he fired two shots at her. one grazing her
forehead and another cutting the chain OF her
locket so that the locket dropped of.
In telling her story to Police Chief Dunn. Miss
Eberhard said that while she and her mother and
cousin their way to Rochelle Park she re-
membereS having passed under the stone arch of
a bridge after leaving the trolley car which they
had boarded at Shadyside. At noon to-day she
went the road and identified the bridge at
Prospect avenue Hackensack, as the one to which
she had referred.
This shows that Eberhard and the two women
must have left the car IN Hackensack and then
started up the susquehanna Railroad tracks in the
direction Of Rochelle Park.
Detective Voger of Prosecutor Koester's staff,
hro. .hero ~ Iherh a
two miles from Hackensack, to-day. He has been
living there for two three years and is employed
at chemical plant. He had not heard of the ar
rival OF his aunt and cousin in this country, and
when informed that Mrs. Eberhard had been muir
dered he broke down and cried Detective Voger
got photograph Of his missing brother from him
He TO Hackensack this afternoon, but the
young woman refused 30 see him.
Miss Eberhard said that her mother had g. .50t
with her when they left Manhattan Saturday
OF which $500 in German money and the re-
mainder In American money. Only the German
money found the murdered womans body
the 500 in American money having disappeared
The officers who went to Poughkeepsie this morn
ing to the parents OF August Ebe-hard returned
home this evening believing that Eberhard would
not be likely visit his parents home at Moore
Mills Charles Eberhard the young mans father
who had not been told all the facts In his sons
case by the officers who visited him this morning
first learned of the murder of Mrs Eberhard from
newspaper who went to his farm this after
noon. He controlled his feelings to keep the trutl
from his wife fearing that tho news would over
come her.
Il cannot believe that my committed this
crime - said Eberherd. Think OF 1T My OWL
sister is dead. and my son is accused OF being he
slayer, There is mistake. 1 sure The
shooting must have been done by robbers. Yet i
my son should come here would hand him over L
the police"
Eberhard is sixty years old, the typical retired
soldier erect and OF sturdy physique, with white
hair and sunburned skin. lie says that he did no.
approve OF his sons projected marriage to hi
| cousin, but not asked to give his consent
The detectives attach much significance TO tn
fact that the farm which the Eberhards live i
owned by the missing man and that there is
mortgage for $500 # All were TO live ther
after the wedding, the detectives learned.