New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
FIND VICTIMS JEWELS.
VHITMORE'S STORY 4WRl
Rings Which He SAID She TOOK
-dscay Depoated,in Safe by HIM.

There were several developments yesterday 'o
che swamp murder case at Harrison. n j.. the
one regarded as the most important by the ponce
being the finding Of Mrs. Whitmores Je"ehs III
a safe the owner of which said that II had peeh
left with him few days after the muroer oS
Theodore s, whitmore the Third avenue eie-
waited railway motorrnan now under arrest
whitmore said that his wife took this Jeweiry
with her when she left home. lie has not been
told that it has been found
J. Harry Hendriclson, the Harry "foin
whitmore accused of alternating the affections
of his wife. was taker into custody at the Man
haitian end of the Brooklyn Bridge at lZ;"o
O'clock this morning and is detained by the po-
lice as witness He admitted knowing Mrs
whitraore and that the husband was jealous of
his attentions to her but denied all knowledge
of the murder Hcndrickson told Of meeting
Whitmore on Myrtle avenue Brooklyn. few
DAYS after the finding OF Mrs Whitmore's body
Nhitmore. he said. denounced him for his at
tentions to the formers wife and struck him III
the face He said that he went TO Roslyn. Long
Island to do some work. and made no attempt
70 evade the police.
A handwriting expert also gave II as his
opinion that the letters written after the murder
and purporting to be signed by Mrs. Whitmore
Were written by Whitmore-
After ordeal IN Wnlcn he Is Salu 10 AdNe
asked for Temporary relief once or twice: Whit
more was locked UP last night at IL o'clock. and
Assistant Prosecutor Vickers, of Jersey City,
who conducted the examination at Harrison.
left for his home. ordering whitmore placed in
solitary confinement and Frank Englert and
William Bartlett. the latter waiter from
Brooklyn. detained witnesses.
Several other persons were examined by the
Assistant Prosecutor and other officials working
on the case. including Matthew and Charles
Salter, brothers of the dead woman. The in
quiry into the case will be resumed to-day.
The inquAitors worked on the case from
o'clock in the afternoon until exactly 1880
o'clock last night
Bartlett the last witness examined. and
was closeted with the officials for two hours,
and. II is said. gave them some valuable inF
formation. At the conclusion of the inquiry the
Assistant Prosecutor said that the matter was
in such shape that to serve the ends of Justice
it should not be discussed. He added that there
were certain phases of the case about which he
would have TO confer with the police here before
there could be any definite statement made.
II was rumored at the Harrison Town Hall.
where the inquiry held. that the officials
were now in possession of facts by which they
were practically assured Of a speedy solution of
the mystery. Whitmore is said TO have stood
the sweating process fairly We'll and TO nave
met every question with but slight contradc-
tions of statements he had already made.
When the sergeant on duty went TO his cell
in the morning Whitmore was not inclined to
talk about his wife's death did he express
q desire to see friends or TO consult a lawyer.
In the afternoon, however, Whitmore had to say
a great deal. as from 1o:45 o'clock until about,
3: go he was subjected to a close examination
by Prosecutor Vickers and Magistrate Branegan.
when it ended Matthew and Charles Salter, of
Schenectady. brothers of Mrs Whitmore were
called before the two officials. The Salter
brothers. on viewing the body in the morgue,
said without hesitation that it was that Of their
sister They also said that they had turned
over some letters which might prove of value in
the case to Inspector McCafferty, of the New
York detective bureau
Mrs Hattie Hull who had first said the body
was that of Mrs. Agnes Young. who was found
alive. and later said that il was that of her
half-sister Minnie Castor. appeared in Harrison
again yesterday. having with her a large bou-
quet of lilies the-valley and ferns, which she
wanted to place on the body Of the slain woman
She stin insisted that the victim her half
sister and said that she would see that the
body was decently buried.
Mrs. Martha O'NeiT. who lived in the same
house with Mrs. Whitmore. in Brooklyn, and
who told the police that she helped Mrs. Whit
more make over he~ fur muff and stole, returned
to Harrison for further Interrogation, as she
promised the officials she would.
The discovery alleged TO have been made that
the letters and postal cards written TO the rel
atives of Mrs Whitmore and mailed after her