New-York tribune., 1909-07-10
STABER BURGLARSTALK
PL4CE GUILT or MURDER
on EACH OTHER.
Belief That Men May Haze Had
Hand in Death and DiSmcmber-
mcnt Of Samuel Bcrsin.

The two burglars implicated in the murder Of
Mrs George r Staber in her Flatbush home ON
Thursday morning made statements to the
police yesterday. each placing the burden Of
guilt for the murder itself on the other. The
statement Of Giro. alias Metzler. was given out
in full but that of his companion. John Smith,
or Schmidt. whose real name is supposed % be
Frank Schleman, was withheld for the present,
except for one para graph
In establishing the mems identity the police
found that both had criminal records ana that
both had been in Sing Sing The men in their
stories described several other burgIaries which
+ they said they had committed in the last TWO
months
Paint brushes and "a large sheet OF ouCIoth
found when the police searched the furnished
room occupied by Schleman. az No 9l First
avenue. which Giro also rr,queuted were made
the basis of report that the men might have
had some part in the murder OF Samuel BeIsiu
on June q. But the oilCIoth proved not 20 be
Of the weight or texture of the stun I'm which
Rersu's dismemberad body was wrapped. one
Of the six small and dirty paint brushes had
been dipped into green paint Of about tn"
same shade in which the words BLACK Hand"
had been painted the oi!cloth.
The other articles found in Sehlernau's room
We're of "a miscellaneous character but several
things showed plainly the criminal ufe of the
man. \ mask made Of black cotton cloth
with two eye holes torn in it was found. along
with brace and bit. gag and buck rubber
sa,eG sneakers" an electric hand light with
several exhausted batteries. three rubher bulbs
so he used to squirt ammonia. a cold crisel and
"a hammer.
Aside from these burglars tools there was
small length OF rope. q woman's fan and the
portrait Of woman believed % be a friend of
the prisoner. a pair OF inexpensive opera glasses
and brass cylinder, the use ~ which the police
could not guess.
ADDRESSES IN BURGLAR OUTFIT
Two detectives crqm tho Central Office and
man from Brooklyn. VINO searched ;he place.
found also a notebook containing the names
and addresses ~ several residents ~ the sui
urhs Among them was that ~ Alden Free
man. "r East Orange. who attracted attent.on
short time ago bv insisting u.a, Emma Cold
man u" allowed 90 speak ir his town
1t is certainly remarkable coincidence. .- slfG
Inspector NeCa0erfv. pointing % the o1cioth
that THIS should he found In the room ~ rl.s"
men"
4 fee minutes later rae inspector s..t rIrrt
the olie.ntt although similar tn that used 10
wrap up Horsiu- body aas ra, ~ 'hc same
quality
smith" said lest night .n fh, Swedish fi,r-
uta1 that ho knew nothing ~ tr, Hsr-.9 r.s..
aad denied thas ne had amy band In tHa murder
Both men are said 'r hase urged A},,'af fr-t't.
. Inspector Nyie7 o'Ee'Iv ana A.siersur District
Attorney EIdar yesterday 90 H. permitted to
plead guilty "a a charge - second degree hoful.
eide irIt their pleas feG nn deaf cars ';i-. was
held uitHoui bail fnr the action uF fTo grand
jury IN Magistrate Nash iu the FirthI.h police
. court with his partner who .- lu the Sned .sh
Hospital D., win ha.r ,o stand rrIa. for murder
IN tho first degree
The police centred tho'a attempts 20 get q
confession ON Giro. They Kept at hir au
night and untH late Yesterday morning. whom
I thes say he broke down ANA made a settlement
ir which ho said
met Frank aow known as john smith about
year aG" after had h"eu released from
Riackrau'- Island He wanted r1. fa r,,lrr..tt
streat Nannarran. bet.,ron A,c,l,,a- and ri
Ho told m" that ~ know IF several houses that
could be easily robbed and agreed 20 talp him
TELLS OF THREE HrKGLARIEs
Giro then told Of three Hurelarics committed
/ hy them fn the last TWO months saying that
'Smitl" picked ont tie places In tho daytime
and that tho tv," went back TO them ~ night.
one Of these burglaries was i'm the home. of "
Il. Greene, At No. 1916 Ocean ayeuae. ON june :
when ie'yelry. clothing and other articles valued
at SI7o we're stolen. The other was i'm the
home Of Rudolph Tyadercr. ~ 30 472 East 18Th
street, where articles valued ~ SI5 per.. stolen
on the night OF June ~. II pas hoped to ia stem
the pair the $1,000 robbery at the Taintor
house, at Thirteenth avenue and 1911 street.
Borough Park lay three masked men on Nuyen-
her 3 but both refused a. admit this.
Giro's confession continues.
on July ] met him tSmithD in the afternoon
] IN Tompkins Park. Manhattan. he told me
! then that ne knew of fine house where. there
was easy money. He said he had been by the
/ place and saw an old man sitting on the Ior, II
H" also said that he thought it would be eaey
/ I" break In there and that We would have no
trouble
After telling Of reaching the Stabcr house and
watching it for a while, Giro's confession saws.
Putting me behind a hedge in the rear OF the
/ house TO stand guard Smith tried to force q,
/ cellar door with Jimmy. He came back 70 me
/ after while and said he could not get I'm that
way as there was another door inside Ne than
! went around 10 the front Of the house and cot
a chair from the porch.
ENTERING STABER HOME
Smith got into the house. Giro saws b,, stand
ing on the chair and prying open the kitchen
window Taking OFF their shoes. smith he saws
/ prepared to 20 upstairs. He continued:
/ When we got inside. Smith told me to STAY
| downstairs and watch while he went upstairs
II, handed electric lamp a rubber lulb
! filed with ammonia and revolver. UPSTAIRS
no began to search the rooms and he was tal,ily
things from a bureau When the door oi,ancd ami
/ this man (pointing to Edward Staber) came i'm
( Sraber grabbed me. We had fight and he tool,
/ my gun away. | pulled away from him and ran
J downstairs so did my partner. There were
some shots fred. but don't know from where
/ When we got outside partner told me his
+ hand was nurt. He asked reload his gun
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