The sun., 1908-07-20

my lochet hung. felt the locket drop al
II the chain had been out by bullet: Thsr
"onoe. remember. I turned and lookee
over my shoulder. think saw Gus bend
! ing over my mother know that believee
that he was staying behind with her and q
l ran on down the tracks, fearing, every
minute that some more shots would come
out of the darkness and kill me.
Il do not think that Gus was firing thost
shots; they did not sound close enough
and anyway do not believe that he woulc
plan to murder my mother and me; he
knew we had the money, but surely he
would not kill US to get 1t.
Il kept on running down the track In the
darkness. did not know where I wass
going, and when ! struck a cross road
turned Of and beat on the door of the first
house came to. That was where the
Wunders house. i felt tnsn that I was
safe aud that my mother, was safe because
knew that Gus was with her. thought
would soc her again in the morning
The girl did not know that. In her terror
s sse s
from death, she had run full mile down
the Susouehanpa tracks to tho cross road
whore the Italians aud the Wundsrs live.
s2,soo STOLEN FROM woMAN's BODY.
With the complete story Of 0ttile Eber-
hard told, Prosecutor Rooster began to
make Investigations near the scene Of the
crime. That robbery was the motive
little channels bag about the neck Of Mrs.
Eberhard nothing remained OF the "a, 500
she had when she left New York Saturday
afternoon but the $1a0 in Austrian kronen.
Prosecutor Koester sent Constable Gar
rett Dawson over to New York Immediately
Nicholas place where, according to o.
titles story, Gus Eberhard had been en-
ployed. Later, learning from that source
that the missing mans father and mother
lived at o crossroads in Duchess county
known as Myers Corners. hamlet east Of
Poughkeepsie, he sent another detective
up there to investigate. Last night Prose-
ctltor Koester had heard nothing from
Dutchess county and he had not been able
to locate two brothers OF Eberhards. one
living in Jersey City and the other in New
York.
THE nIRL AND THE STEAMSHIP STEWARD.
Ottilie EbArhard didn't know where she
she had given her address to Ernest Held
q steward on the Deutschland. who at
times acts "a a musician ON the ship. She
gave L to him in anticipation Of a meeting
yesterday afternoon. but In the last minute
Held found that he had e Play With his MSns band
the Jersey authorities went aboard tho
steamer with the girl Head Steward Jurss
OF the second cabin told them Of Held's
whereabouts He also told Prosecutor
Rooster that the girl and Held bad been
mand him to make him attend to business.
In spite of this he said that the couple oon-
tinued to see each other and appeared
very devoted. Mrs. Eberhard and her
daughter, he said, had occupied state
tracted attention because they were 80
liberal with money. They were always
very well dressed and did not appear to
lack for funds.
Held was found standing in front Of the
hotel He seemed very much affected BY
steamer, saying that he had the girls ad
dress on slip Of paper 10 his stateroom;;
1t didn't take him long TO go aboard and
find It, This had the name OF the AdeIphi
Hotel. Tenth avenue and Twenty-third
detectives had bean searching the North
River waterfront for a three story hotel
whose name began with the letter A. the
best description Of it that the girl had been
able TO give.
AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL.
This threw light on the situation. and
accompanied by Held and a flock Of news
paper reporters and camera men the au-
The The girls demeanor was exceedingly stolid
as she crossed the ferry and she did not cry.
She engaged In earnest conversation with
Held the entire time. As the Twenty-third
street slip was approached abe appeared to
become faint and sat down the rest OF the
Prosecutor Koester said that the object
In visiting the hotel was that the girl might
change her clothes and refresh herself pre-
payatory to remaining in his custody in
She and Held walked ahead
Of the others and she recognized the hotel
and the neghborhood block away. Tho
girl explained in German that the right
place had been found. She showed no
smotion at the sight Of it..
The proprietor was at first unwilling to
explained the mission, and accompanied by
q woman newspaper reporter she was al
lowed to 20 TO her room. II was thought
that seeing the place where the mother had
been might cause the girl to weaken, but
she remained stolid, and after examining
returned to the party downstairs.
The proprietor Of the hotel told the Prose-
cutor that EHerhard had met the party at
the steamer and had brought them to the
hotel He said that Eberhard called every
ine to the hotel man had telephoned to a
man In Harlem Saturday from the hotel
asking him to meet him and the women
there. but so far as is known the man did
not come.
Inc proprietor 6alQ tndJ E1DerndIQ was |
always we'll dressed. that he weighed about |
$50 pounds was OF medium height, dark |
,omple xioned and bis face was well rounded. |
BE said that only small portion OF the bag
gage OF the women was at the hotel: the |
bulk Of it was at the pier In Hoboken and had |
aot been removed.
Held, the steward and the girl had another
ong talk, and then Rooster announced that
The party would return to Hackensack by
way Of Hoboken They got there soon after
10 O'Clock Held was not placed under
arrest, but volunteered to 60 to Jersey to
Keep the girl company, she having been
leld there as q witness.
THE MURpERHRs 9 DELIBERAr1oN.
By his questioning Of the girl Koester
earned how deliberate had been the plan
bernard had made for the murder and rob-
oery. The man knew that neither Of his in
ended victims could read or speak En- glish.
hat they had no knowledge OF the country
nto which he hred them and that no more
onely place than the coal yards. locally
,nown as Coalburg, could be found for the
murder in all the Hackensaok vicinity.
Because Of the noise Of the coal scoops
10 one heard the sound Of the shots except
ohm Platt whose house on Maple avenue,
Rochelle Park, Ia about 400 feet away from
he scene Of the murder. Platt told the
iackensack police that he heard six shots
tut behind his house and that he saw two
men walking hurriedly down the railroad
rack when he went out behind his house to
investigate.
BODY CARRIED TO orgER TRACK.