The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-21
REEhAcTs Scene
OUT ON THE PIER
At Seyler, Arrested in Petersburg,
Shows Where Brother and
Jane Adams Stood.
--A-
ALLY OF THE POLICE NOW
Said to Have Made Admissions
Damaging to His Brother.
Willing to Testify.
ALLY OF THE POLICE NOW

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Feb. Ill
Under guard Of Detectives Malseed
and Miller and Captain Whalen, Ar
yas Seyier. accompanied Prosecutor
Goidenberg to the million dollar pier
to-day. and went over the ground
with the officials. He pointed out just
where he and Alice Adams stood
when they called to Jane Adams and
William seyler to follow them as they
started from the outer end OF the
pier TO the ballroom. Hc also point
ed out the exast spot where William
and Jane stood when they refused to
follow. So
None OF the gay throHg on the
boardwalk identified the party aa ii
made its way to the pier, nor did any
one take especial notice as they
threaded their way through the
crowd on the pier to the scene of the
alleged crime. But shortly after they
arrtEAd At their destination they -seere
recognized. and the news quickly
spread that -Arvis Seyler was show
Ing the police where hts brother In
believed to have killed the Adams
GIRL There was rush to the spot
by the curious, but they were held
back by the police. Seyier talked so
low that his conversation was not
caught By the crowd.
Treated Like Witness.
As soon as the examination was
completed the authorities and the
prisoner FASTENED threugh~the throng
ana went to the end of Arkansas ave-
vue, whore they took taxicab and
drove back to the city jail. The Pc
tice were reluctant to talk about the
rasA. but they as good as admitted
last night that the grueling to which
the men were subjected yesterday,
while not affecting William 60 the
extent desired, had broken the spirit
Of Arvis, and that he had made dam
axfng admissions. 1t Is believed he
has xignifsed his willingness to tell all
ne knows Since he has agreed to be-
some a witness for the State he has
been moved into better quarters. and
n now treated as a witness rather
than a criminal.
The police will not admit the ma
tMre of the statements made By The
brothers. but il Is believed they have
In their possession long statement,
which covers conversations had by
Arvis with William during the time
they were away together.
William Sfili Cheerful.
William ZSeyier,r In spite Of what
the police have against him, and In
spite Of all the damaging cfrrumstan-
tini evidence in the case, WAS bright
md almost cheerful as he and his
hrcther were taken into the bureau Of
Identification TO be photographed this
-aftsrnoon lie made no resistance
whatever to being photographed, He
has no complaint to make of his
treatment in the jail. He said to-
night that the jail here was clean.
and palace as compared with the
Virginia Jail. whore he was confined
when arrested He was weH satisfied.
too. with the food.
When will they give us hear
ing?" inquired William Of Chief
woodruff.
The chief replied he did not know:
that the coroner had not yet positive
ly fixed the date It would praba bly,
be tosmorrow or' wednesday night.
Not Manufacturing Evidence.
Asked tonight IL they had evidence
enough to warrant conviction at
tbs trial OF the case, Chief Woodruff
replied:
1--WE shall get all the evidence pos
1fble In the case and present IL to the
courts. We shall be absolutely fair
to both the parents of the dead girl
ana to Seyler There Is one thing
absolutely certatn---if SEWERS convie-
ton shall depend on manufactured
evidence. then he Will be acquitted.
We shall not manufacture any evi-
denee Whatsoever
Seyierfs wife visited the Jail TO see
the prisoner again to-day. but was,
nj course, refused that permission,
yJhe declared to Captain Whalen her
belief In her husbands innocence.
and said she would stick to him to
the end. no matter how the case
turned out.