Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-07-16
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

cpectot 20 tho EVENING NAWb.
Metuchen, July 16:-This borough
has not yet recovered from the shock
. occasioned by the deliberate murder
here yesterday afternoon of Rev. s.
B. D. Prickitt, a retired minister
and editor of the Metuchen Record
er by Archie Heron, a ne'er do we'll,
who is In the Middlesex county Jail
awaiting trial.
~ Result Of Autopsy.
An autopsy by Dr. ]. L. Suydam,
the county physician, this morning
showed: "That the bullet entered the
breast just above the right lung and
went across his body and through the
heart; striking a rib it was DETECTED
downward and came through the
surface just above the waist line on
the left side" The slayer must have
been standing sideways to his victim
when he shot. A 38 calibre bullet
was used.
Lifelong Friend of AmbOy Pastor.
Mr.. Prickitt was a lifelong friend
Of Rev. Dr. George G. Wilding, pas
tor of Simpson M 3. church, Perth
Amboy having been associated with
him in the West Virginia conference.
DR.. Wilding will officiate at the fun
eraI services at the home of the MUIR
dered mans son, Charles Prickitt, in
Metuchen, at i.30 o'clock tomorrow
night. DR.. Wilding will be assisted
by Rev. Benson Crowcroft and Rev.
j. G.. Mason, the Methodist and Pres
byterian ministers in Metuchen.
The body will be taken to Mount
Holly for interment Saturday morn
ing, DR.. Wilding will accompany
the remains to Mount Holly, Mr..
Prickitt's birthplace.
Detective Secs Mrs. Heron.
Detective Hoffman came from New
Brunswick this morning to ask Mrs.
Heron where her husband got the
revolver. She said he had had 1t
about the house for seven or eight
months.
The sheriff will let no one see Her
ron at the jail in New Brunswick
today. The prisoner telegraphed
this morning to Judge Klimer, who
he wishes to act as his counsel
Last night Heron was seen at the
county jail by a NEWS correspond
ent. He would say but little, de-
claring that he wanted to see his
lawyer first before making any state
ment. Lawyer H. B. Cook acted for
him in a former case when he was
Jailed for ten days, a sentence impos-
ed by the late Mr.. Prickitt which
caused his death yesterday.
Heron Makes Statement.
Heron said he was born in Ire
land OF April %, 1859, and had
worked for the Pennsylvania rail-
road as a blacksmith. He was now
ont ~ 4 ,1II 4NI t.
was all in tremble still nervous as
the result of his act and was perfect
ly sober apparently.
Where did you get the revolver"
he was asked, did you buy it or
borrow it?" Heron made no reply.
Were you drunk when arrested
and brought before Recorder Prickitt
at the time you got ten days at his
hands?" Heron was asked.
No I was suffering from sum
stroke" he replied, II was working
at Perth Amboy for the Iron and
Metal works and had to quit work
and go home. While there they
walked right in and arrested me-"
did not the neighbors make a
complaint against you for drunken
ness?"
mo, Marshal Fouratt made the
complaint"
Were you after him today or did
you only mean to shoot Mr..
Prickitt?" Heron made no reply.
What caused you to shoot Mr..
Prickitt?"
!" Go ask Marshal Fouratt about
the case. 1t will all come out yet.
Bring Fouratt here and let him de-
fend himself before me-" said Her
ron.
But why should he defend him
self? It is you who should seek to
defend yourself"
Heron here refused to say any
thing further about the case and still
insisted that Fouratt should be
brought before him.
Heron is a smootE-faced fellow
with long sandy moustache. He
has a scar upon his forehead as the
result of an accident which happened
to him when he was so small that he
declared last night he had forgotten
all about 1t. He is partly bald and
not very we'll educated.
A Shock to Metuchen.
The shooting of Mr.. Prickitt was
a sad tragedy. No one in Metuchen
was better thought of than he and
none more inoffensive. He would
not harm his enemy and because Of
his kind disposition had made many
loyal friends. He conducted the Me-
tuchen Recorder, weekly paper
purchased for him by his sons, in the
management OF which he devoted
much of his time and energy.