The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-09-24
SEEKING SLAYER
Scoring Country For Quad.
ripple Murderer.
WAS B0ARDER IN T~WY
Chester County Police Seek Man
Seen Hurriedly Leaving Scene
of Crime - Zoos Still in
Custody.
WAS BOARDER IN E~nY

West Chester, Pa, Sept. 22.-Confl'
dent that they have discovered the
Identity of the murderer OF the -four
members of the Zoos family, at Byers.
twelve miles north of this place, late
Tuesday afternoon, the police OF Ches'
ter county are manipulating all the
police wires In the eastern part OF the
state in the hope of experimenting him.
The police think that the quadruple
crime was committed by a former
boarder In the Zoos home, who had
been out OF employment for several
weeks. and whom Zoos had repeatedly
refused to give money.
Farmers and miners In groups are
securing the country, while special OF
ficers are rushing from one town tc
another in automobiles. A score OF
people saw the man hurrying along
the road, across fields and through the
woods, alternating between run and
a walk. He was last seen by man
and a woman to board a train at Dow
llngs Forge. about two miles above
Downingtown, and about four miles
from the scene OF the crime. That was
at 6 o'clock Tuesday night and the
train was bound for Lancaster.
This man was recognized by al
least four people who knew him by
name and knew that he had been o
boarder at the Zoos home up to Few
weeks ago.
Mrs. ]. Lewis was probably the last
to notice the man. She was crossing
the long bridge over the Brandywint
creek to the station at Dowlings
Forge. where she met him. He was
apparently breathless and almost ex
hausted, and his excited manner caus
ed her to look back at him.
When he was about the middle ol
the bridge the rumbling Of the ap
preaching train could be heard, and as
soon as the excited man noticed thi;
he turned and ran back 20 the sta
ton. He jumped on the train without
purchasing a ticket. but that Is the
last direct clew to his whereabouts
A special officer went to Lancaster tc
interview the crew Of the train and By
ascertalning where he alighted they
believe they will soon have him in
custody
Husband and Father Held.
In the meantime John Zoos, husband
and father OF the murdered family, is
in the custody OF the police at West
Chester. For several hours he was
subjected to a most rigid examination
He was taken to the blood-bespattered
kitchen of his little home and ques
toned about several rumors 70 the ef
feet that he has a wife and children
living in Dudepert and that he intend
ed to return TO them. leaving the fam
lily that was murdered in this coun
try.
This. however. Zoos emphatically de
MED. and he convinced the police that
ii was true He said that he has 9
grown daughter living in Hungary, bui
said that his wife, VINO was murdered
was her mother. He said that he hac
never been married but once.
He had in bank 500, and he said
that be would have saved $1,000 by
next September, when he intended
taking his family back to Hungary
Although little Of any suspicion rests
on the husband and father, he an
nounced that he had nothing to keel
him here and said that he was goinl
home to his daughter lie is beinl
held as a witness.
The fact that he refused to have
mass said for his dead wife and chill
dren. and his loud lamentations when
ever reference was made to the loss
Of the $45, aroused considerable suspi
cion for a time.