The sun., 1908-07-24

over near Little Falls, then l threw away
my hat and coat and tied that handkerchief
around my leg so the powder wouldn' :
the trigger and got 1t In the leg. Il didn't
hurt as much as thought 1t would. After
that walked to that house and lay down
on the lawn and waited for somebody TO
come and find me-
toned by Prosecutor Koester his imagina,,
tive stories broke down. When questioned
sharply by the Prosecutor he admitted
that he did not know Caroline Wade very
well'-,that he, did not have the money to
travel with. her or her friends, but he
was deeply In love with her, he said.
II Prosecutor Rooster seeks to question
Miss Wade at ALA course which last night
he did not know whether he would take
or .not.,.it will be merely to, get an m ad-
ditional line on the truth or falsity OF Eber-
hard's statements. The actress Is not in
any way implicated In the case.
When Eberhard had finished his store
Rooster and Chief Dunn got him into the
auto again and had him taken to the place
, whore he had hidden the money. About
mile outside Of Little Falls. near the
| tracks OF the Delaware. Lackawana and
Western road. Eberhard pointed TO fresh
hole in the sod Of field. He said that he
had buried the money there first but thought
| that il might be discovered. 30 he had dug
| 1t up and buried 1t somewhere else
Then he led the officers TO the base OF a
large tree and dug down about two feet.
He pulled up a cigar box In the cigar
box there was a wad Of paper. the copy
about a handkerchief covered package:
Inside Of the handkerchief there was 81, ,259
| in bills. The amount stolen from the Dag
Mrs. Eberhard wore about her neck on
! Saturday was q, 4SO. according TO her
About an eighth Of a mile away from the
spot where the money was found Eberhard
found his coat and cap. Further on, in
the bed Of creek, was a pocket electric tnS
thrown there. Under a railroad oulvert
they found his purse, containing $40. whioh
| Eberhard said was his own money which
he had with him on the day OF the murder.
The officers searched for or MS ,srd revo'yeI, W n
thicket, but they failed to find IL.
After they had recovered the money
Koester and Chief Dunn took Eberhard
back to Haokensack, where crowd waited
| and saw him led into the police once
Koester had him give his story In detail to
| a stenographer, then he was taken to the
| Bergen county jail and locked up. on
! charge Of murder. Before he was locked
| up Koester asked Eberhard about o man
| Of the name Of Heinzemann, who with two
| land with Mrs Eberhard and Ottilie.
Eberhard said that Ottilie had told him
| that there was such a man and that once
| when the attentions OF the steward, Ernst
| Held, toward her had become too marked
Heinzemann had gone to complain TO the
head steward. Heinzemann had kept his
eye on her all the way across. Ottilie had
said, but Eberhard declared that the posi-
bility Of Heinzemann having been an ac-
| compIce Of his was beyond consideration.
| He said that he did not go to Chicago to
| see Heinzemann and divide the money ne
| had taken from Mrs. Eberhard. as some
! o. the detectives seemed to believe he had
! Kosste: said he wcda ask for special
; Grand iSry to indct Eberhard
1t was earned last night that Caroline
Wade. the actress mentioned by Eberhard,
| is at present playing with The Six Blonde
| Typewriters- company at MorTison's Thea
! tire, Rockaway Beach. under the manage
| ment Of Percy Williams. Miss Wade was
asked last night what she knew Of Eberhard
| and his attentions to her.
Il cannot tell what all this story Of his
means. she said. Il never heard Of the
man or saw him. do not know him.
What he has said about being an admirer
Of mine Is absolutely false.
CHICAGO July 2s.-The local police think
they are going to find an accomplice OF
August Eberhard in this city.
They visited the room Eberhard occu-
pied at Patta 3 Hotel, 1853 Halsted street,
but nothing of importance was found.
Il is thought that Eberhard met his ac-
complice there and that the the man
fed when Eberhard decided to return to
New Jersey and confess.