The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-02
ARRESTED ON BIG
LINER AS SLAYER
Of YOUNG WOMAN
Man on Lusitania Accused of
Killing and Robbing Miss Gilt
christ Near Glasgow.
HAD LIVED IN NEW YORK
Had Ticket Showing That
Brooch Stolen From Slain
Girl Had Been Pawned.
HAD LIVED IN NEW YORK

Two Central Office men. two Plnker.
tons in tie employ OF the British Gov.
ernmcnt and TWO United States Deputy
Marsllals wen; aboard the Lusitania at
Quarantine to-day and captured a sec.
tond cabin PASSENGER who Is wanted In
Glasgow FOR one Of the most ssnsa .ional
murders committed in Scotland in many
years
The man. big, Observation-Disclosures and
of dark complexion, was down on the
passenger list as .. Sands, a dentist,
and with him was a handsome woman,
who declared she was his wife.
In the mans tlotllng the police found
pawn ticket which they dsclare proves
that lie murdered Miss Marian Gilt.
christ in her fathers villa on the out
skirts of Glasgow three weeks ago. The
pawn ticke: showed that It's possessor
had pawnsd diamond brooch TO- VI
pounds three days after Miss Giltchrist
had been stranFled to death In her bed.
room. Such brooch rs thu pawn ticket
described was stolen from the murdered
Woman's dressing table.
Request for His Arrest.
Tie authorities on this side had the
bares' sort OF information concerning
the suspected murderers identity A
telegram to Police Headquarters and to
the United states Marshals Office
read;
Arrest O. Sands. second cabin.
Lusltania. Wanted for murder Of
Marian GiltchrIst al Glasgow. Has
twisted nose"
No details regarding the manner OF
the crime were stated.
Information was eceived by the
Pinkertons that the man with the
twisted nose had better be searched
for pawn tickets. and also that his
woman travelling companion had bet.
Ter be searched.
When Miss Giltchrist was found muir.
dered, said the cable message, It va.
noted that a three.row crescent dia.
mond brooch, valued at several thou.
sand dollars had been stolen BY the
slayer. II was also said tina. a man
with twisted nose, who had been EN-.
ployed on the Giltchrist estate, had
vanished
Pinkerton Men Hallowell and Rinck
Joined Deputy AIarshals James j..
Kunlb and William Halpn and Central
Office Detectives Moody and Lesson on
the revenue cutter that went down the
hay to meet the Lusitania.
The six officers compared their var!.
Gus advices and were pretty well
PINNED by the time they clambered owe,
the sides Of the great steamship at
Quarantine, They repaired Immediately
to the second cabin saloon, and the first
man that Detective Lesson laid his eyes
on ras big, horid man. with a twisted
nose.
Calling to a steward, Leeson asked:
Who 10 that mani"
20. Sands" said the steward. @and
that tall, black.haired woman by him
Is his wife"
How Arrest Was Made.
The six oficers went quietly forward
and surrounded the man and woman.
The moment Lesson spoke to the biz
man his purple skin took on the color
OF ashes. But he nerved himself quick.
~ and gave his name promptly as 0.
Sands
Are you an American cltizen?" asked
Marshal HalpIn.
No. responded the man with the
twisted nose, but have taken out my
hrst papers under the name o. Ander.
son. lived in New York UP to six
years ago and had ofIices at No AS
Sixth avenue, | am a dentist.
Il sailed from here on the Kaiser
Wilhelm and went TO Paris, where | me,
m" Wife. Two months ago We moved
from Paris 10 Glasgow, where I ais,
had dentist shop
He said that he used his own name,
Slater. In Glasgow. He gave the officers
the address OF his Glasgow shop and
then began naming his fellow tenants.
Up to this time no mention had been
made Of the murder. and suddenly De-
tsctive Lesson asked: Did you know
a woman named giltohrist?
NO. said the big man quickly, II
did not know all the tenants In the
house whore my offices were" Then
turning to hls wife he asked. Hilary,
do you recall any Gll'chris,?" He
seemed entirely calm. His wife replied
that she had never heard the name.
'You nAvAr hsa "a ~ Marian c,i,,.h-,s.