Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-07-21

New York, July 21:-A maH
either insane or feigning insanity Ii
held at Dobbs Ferry to await an
attempt to identity him as August
Eberhardt, who, the police believe
can help solve the mysterious murder
of Mrs. Ottilie Eberhardt
New York, July q. Believing they
were about to capture August Eber-
hard, the groeer's clerk who is sought
by the police in connection with the
murder by shooting Of his aunt. Mrs.
Ottillie Eberhard, on the railroad
tracks near Hackensack, N. J., the
police and posse Of citizens searched
a two acre thicket at Oakdale, N. j.,
finally capturing the suspect, only to
learn that he was a tramp.
A dispatch from Hastings. N. T.,
said that a man had been arrested at
Uniontown, in the Sawmill valley,
whom the authorities there believed to
be August Eberhard, who is being
sought by the New Jersey authorities
suspected Of the murder of his aunt
A subsequent dispatch from Dobbs
Ferry, where the man was taken, gave
description of lTia-which did not tai,
ly with that Of Eberhard. The arisa1f
er was described as at least thirty
years old August Eberhard IS only
twenty.
The police do not think that the
murderer win be captured near the
scene of the crime. They say that
amy one who could display such cold
blooded cunning as was shown in the
murder plot, placing the woman's
body after she was shot on the rail-
road track to be cut In two, would
plan to get safely away before the
crime was discovered 1t would have
been easy for the murderer to get to
Paterson or Newark by trolley car,
and from either of these places he
could get train for the west or
south. His parents live in Pough-
keepsie, N. Y.
May Havo Been Slain, Says Brother.
A brother of Gus Eberhard was
found at Woodside N. j., and he has
furnished the police with an excellent
photograph Of the missing man. The
brother was deeply affected when he
learned that the police are searching
for Gus He said that he did .kat'
know that Mrs EberaAad and her
daughter had intended to come to this
country and was thunderstruck to
hear his aunt had been murdered. He
thinks 1t possible that his brother
was also murdered and that his body
was concealed.
Friends of August Eberhard are at
loss to understand his disappear
ance after the murder of his aunt and
the wounding Of Miss Ottillle Eber-
hard, his pretty twenty-year-old cousin
and affianced bride.
Coroner De Mund Of Hackensaek
reported to Prosecutor Koester that
one of the bullets found in the body
of Mrs. Eberhard entered from the
back. The muzzle Of the revolver
was held so close to the body that the
flesh was filled with powder and was
burned.
Withdrew Savings From Bank.
The police were told by the Manhat-
tan grocer, who employed Eberhard as
a clerk, that within the last few days
the young man withdrew all his saw
ings, amounting to about 5000. from
the Bowery Savings bank, Then, as
business was slow at the store, the
young man obtained leave of absence
from his employer until Sept l and
left the store for what he said was to
be a rest.
While Mrs. Eberhard's funeral was
taking place one of the most remarka-
BILE searches ever planned In New Jer-
sey was going forward for the MUIR
derer. This search extended from
mountain Businesses to the sea coast,
embraced many hundreds OF miles Of
territory, occupied the thoughts and
energies Of hundreds Of men, carrying
them into remote places, and threw
the population Of Hackensack and
many nearby towns into great excite
ment.
The prosecutor has obtained good
description Of August Eberhard which
has been sent broadcast through the
country. Eberhard is about twenty
two years Of age weighs $50 pounds,
has light brown hair, smooth face; is
understood, but Of stocky build. When
last seen he wore straw hat and
light summer suit.