The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-21

Startling similarity to the famous
eWhitmore murder mystery is shown
In the murder of Mrs. Eberhard by in
| formation which was given out today
by detectives. who. with Coroner De
Mund, found the body on the tracks
of the Susquehanna Railroad near Coal
burg.
THE body was stripped of every ar
tiele of clothing except the stockings"
said one of the detectives to an EVE
MING STAR reporter There was
absolutely nothing by which to Identify
her. But short distance away we
found the clothing. which had been cut
from the body strewn along the. tracks.
1t had not been touched by the wheels
of the train, and looked as if the
slayer had been surprised and fled be-
fore he could finish his job"
Met Her Fate ON Voyage.
Ottilie, the 20-year-old girl who was
affianced to Gus, but whose affections (
for her cousin were diverted to Ernest
Held, a musician on the Deutschland
whom she met on the voyage over, is
still a prisoner at the Susquehanna
Hotel in this city. Her thoughts are
divided now, she says, between desire I
for vengeance for her mothers death
and love of the young musician.
A small army of detectives are scour-
ing the Ramapo foothills in the belief
that Gus is in hiding there. Half a
dozen are in New York looking for the
slayer, the New York Central >office +
men aiding in the search. Two are at
Hastings on the hudson, where a man.
believed to be Eberhard, was arrested
I1 sTrl,f fg11
trail that leads them through Edge
mere to the 10th street ferry in New
York.
From the men whom he had detailed
to search the Adelphi Hotel. in New
York. where Ottilie aud her mother
stopped, Chief of Police DEM received
word today that a discovery of two
pieces Of tubing had been made under
the bed in the room occupied by the
two women. The pieces We're six and
eight feet long, respectively, the long
est one being sufficiently lengthy to at
tach one end to the gas jet in the hall
and the other to the inside of the tram
som in the bedroom.
"He probably planned TO asphyxiate
them both" declared Chief Dem, "and
then get the $1,000 in Mrs. Eberhard's
possession, but changed his mind"
Woman Was Shot In Back.
1t developed at the autopsy that Mrs. J
Eberhard had been killed by a bulleE
fired so close to her neck that the poy>
der scorched her flesh. This confirH4ed
Prosecutor Koester in the belief that
they had to find only one manTo make
perfect the chain of circumstances Lead
ing to the murder.
Through John Eherhard brother Of
Gus, they learned that the missing man
had a sister, Frieda, and brother
Charles, who lived IN New York. Frieda
had disappeared from her home, 81
street. Sunday morning. S
leaving the following note behind
81 do what I am going TO do because
[ must. Don't be sorry for me, George.
Pay Mrs. Conrad, the boarding mis-
tress, what l owe her for my room.
There is S5 in my handbag Goodbye
Your loving sister F'REIDA.
The disappearance of the young woln-
an is not believed to have any connec-
ton with the crime. as at the time she
eft her home, she had not heard of the
Staying.
The man who was arrested at Has
tlngs on the Hudson Is not now be-
lieved to have any connection with the
ca Sc, Detectives from the prosecutors
office. however, spent the morning IN
uuizzing him. He first gave his name
as Eberman. but later changed 1t
Eberhard Zimmerman, and to
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