Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
FOR GLASGOW MURDER
Man Arrested Aboard Lusi-
tania on Steamers Arrival.
WOMAN ALLEGED VICTIM
Wealthy Spinster Slain and Robbed
of Costly Jewels.
PAWN TICKET IN BAGGAGE
Suspected Man Declares It Repre-
sents Diamond Brooch He Had
Given Wife.
PAWN TICKET IN BAGGAGE

NEW YORK, January "A darkroom
plexoned man. evidently German He
brew, listed among the passengers of the
steamer LuSitania as o. Sands, was
taken into custody today whenSt the steam
er arrived from Liverpool on authority
of a cablegram from the British authorl-
ties which stated that he was wanted
in Glasgow in connection with the murder
of Marian Gilchrist, wealthy lady, who
lived in the Scotch city.
Accompanying the man on the steamer
was n young, attractive Frenchwoman,
whom he said was his wife. On the pas
senger list she was described as Mrs. o.
Sands.
The young woman was taken in charge
by the immigration authorities. She will
be held on Ellis Island pending develop
ments in the case.
Half a dozen officers, representing the
federal local and Pinkerton police serv-
ices, boarded the Lusitania at quarantine
and soon located their man. particularly
through peculiar twist of the nose
which the British cablesram described
When questioned the man readily admit
ted that his name was not Sands.
Recently in Glasgow.
He said his real name was Otto Slater;
that he had recently come from Gias-
gov, and that while in the latter city he
had practiced as a dentist under the name
of Anderson. He changed his name for
business purposes, he declared, and as
Anderson was good Scotch name he
adopted that while in Glasgow. few
years ago. the man said, he had had
dental office in New York.
Both the man and the woman denied
fhey no (silchriSf
mitted they had read of the murder in the
Liverpool papers just before they sailed
for New York.
a search of the effects of the man and
woman revealed a pawn ticket, which
the police say, has much significance in
connection with the murder. The ticket
represented. it is said, three-rowed
diamond crescent brooch. gem such as
was taken from the Gilchrist home on
the day of the murder.
Sands, or Slater, in expla nation of this
find, said the trinket belonged to his
wife; that it was a gift he had given
her, and that she had it long before the
murder occurred.
The brooch, according to the pawn
ticket, was pledged In Glasgow. December
81, the day Miss Gilchrist was murdered
Sixty pounds had been allowed on the
pledge.
Committed to Tombs.
States Commissioner Shields and commit
ted to the Tombs for hearing Janu-
airy 10.
British newspapers which reached here
today state that Miss Marian Gilchrist.
a wealthy woman. eighty-two years DID,
was murdered in her apartments the
evening of December 81. A maid dis
covered her mistress body in the dining
room. where it lay on the hearth, with
the skull broken and rug thrown over
the face. Robbery was evidently the
motive for the crime, as the rooms had
been ransacked.
Miss Gilchrist, 1t appears, was in mortal
fear of burglars and had therefore de-
posted most of her diamonds at jewel
er's recently. A clean-shaven man, about
twenty-five or thirty years of age, the
papers said, was seen hurrying from the
Gichrist apartments in Queens Terrace
the night of the crime. This man the
police were looking for as the suspected
murderer.