The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-11
JERSEY CITY KIN
TO AID man HELD
AS WIFE SLAYER
Sisters of Livery Dealer Go to
Liberty, N. Y, to Help Him
Fight for Freedom.

LIBERTY, N. Y, Oct. 11.-cyrus r.
Benton, whose Jersey City relatives are
here to aid him fight the charge CT
killing his wife Amy in their home last
Wednesday, is near collapse today.
When seen in his cell the accused
man exclaimed:
II see my wife before me now. l
see her ace all the time. / can't stand
it."
Benton's Jersey City relatives are
Mrs. Ella Aikens and Mrs. Mary
Devoe, his sisters. who came primarily
to attend Mrs. Benton's funeral. Hen
ton wished also to attend, but the 20
lice feared to take him from his cell
so great is the feeling against him
here.
Simultaneous with the funeral the
coroner and constable were carefully
examining a 'ed-stained coat belonging
to Benton, found in his livery stable
after he was arrested and accused of
killing his wife. Benton asserts he is
innocent.
II was in my livery stable from 1890
a. m. until noon Wednesday, when the
deed was committed" he said. D
Four witnesses have testified that
they saw Benton away from his stable
during these hours, and several others
are to be called. The most interesting
figure in the case, aside from Benton,
Is Mrs. Frederick Truman. wife OF a
nlorlr nit. ,.yl4~x naxt., 4. ~
cused of being infatuated.
See that pathway there remarked
Constable Joseph Tremper, today, as
he pointed cut a narrow walk that ran
around the side of Benton's livery
barn. THAT leads to the house Of
Mrs. Truman. Her house is about acc
yards, beyond here, as o see. Benton
and Mrs. Truman made that pathway.
Admissions have been made by both
that they were frequently together. He
used to take her out driving, and Ben
ton said she usually paid him for tie
hire Of the team. Mrs. Truman said
the same. Mrs. Truman is "a years
old, of very attractive appearance.
Benton is As. His wife was So"
Three things must be explained away
by Benton before he can hope for lib
eTty. fiTSt, where Mt was wednesday
morning, between 1920 and noon.
Second, how he came to have red clots
on his o a and or one of his shirt
sleeves. Third. what became of s47
Mrs. Benton had, and which is missing?
The last gains Importance from tie
fact hat he said he had bills of the
Same denominations that his wife had.
The money is gone.
The crime was of a brutal nature.
Mrs. Benton's mead was hacked to
pieces with a sharp Ratchet Or axe.
The deed was committed. at the footsof
a narrow stairway leading to the attic
from the second story.
They ave nothing against me- said
Benton in prison today. II swear to
Heaven hat / did not kill my wife.
could never forget that she was the
mother Of my children. All day long |
have been praying for her. l wish ]
could have gone to the funeral"
Many incidents of suspicious conduct
are related regarding Benton. Consta-
BILE Tremper says that after Benton
was arrested he drew blood from his
own nose in prison and smeared his
face and hands and parts of his cloth
ing.
That, however, did not happen before
the constable carefully examined Ben
toms garments and found stains on the
cuff of one of his shirt sleeves.