The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-30
JA1LNEGRO IN TURNER MURDER
AvD DETECTIVES SAY THEY'LL
NOT SEEK ANY ONE ELSE.
r,rsnam Caught After . Days Hunt In
an auto An Around Lakewood
drinking From . We'll IN Pines
when Mrs. Turner Passed. n Il Said.

an Auto An Around Lakewood
Dr,uking From . We'll IN Pines
when Mrs. Turner Passed, n II SAID.
LAKEWOOD. n. j.. April 29.-From sun
rise until near sunset to-day big car
driven by Prosecutor Theodore j. r.
Rrown. in which were three detectives
from the Burns Agency and Police Chief
Norcross Of Lakewood. zigzagged across
northern New Jersey in hunt for the
murderer of Mrs. Charles n. Turner. who
was found yesterday noon lying dead in
the pine woods near a path known as
Pine Needle road with her head crushed
"
Just before sunset the detectives picked
M on a country road three miles west Of
Epglshtovn a negro named Henry
Graham, who was Immediately placed in
the Prosecutors automobile and hurried
n the Ocean county jail at Toms River
Tonight the negro is detained at the jail
A. material Witness" Prosecutor
Brown and the detectives will not say
how much they think he had to do with
the murder.
II is significant, however, that after the
negro was captured the officers announced
that they do not intend to search for any
one else.
Graham is an important factor.
Prosecutor Brown put it. Il don't like
D. saw more now"
Are you going out after any one else?"
the Prosecutor was asked.
NO" he answered decisively.
The Prosecutor said that Graham q
actions since the murder OF Mrs. Turner
on Wednesday have been "peculia-
The officers who took part in the chase
agreed that the negro had cut through
wood. far from farmhouses. slept all
nigh, last night in the pines miles north
Of here and altogether acted quite unlike
aman who as the negro maintains. merely
was going to Englishtown and Jamesbure
70 look for work.
The county and local police decided
almost as soon as Mrs. Turner's hody
was found by her nephew in the pine
woods TO the south Of Lakewood proper
Yesterday that they wanted Graham
the negro. From Grahams own story
and the story told to-day by his wife
who is a cook here in the home Of Henry
o. Walker. the artist he was AT his hom,
h the negro settlement, Slab Citv. or
the southern limits Of Lakewood. all day
on Wednesday. the day Of the murder.
Graham. who recently ives a-res,e &c
here on q charge Of cruelty to animals
and ie somewha OF town drunka d. say,
that he was drunk at homo on Wednes
day. His wife says that he called a
Mr.. Walker q home early in tho forenoon
X sc.Sl, "a 9 Mems ssain OF OF
Thursday. It has been established tha
he left here yesterday.
Graham says he walked north from
Lakewood and then slept from abou
noon yesterday until o'olock this morn
ing in the pine woods. Why in his wander
inge northward he SO often left the beateI
track and unnecessarily doubled on tn
route to go near Freehold. far out Of hi
way to Englishtown, he does not explain
The prosecutor and other officers startst
their car zigzagging in a northwestern,
direction. warning everybody they coulc
on the way TO look out for a negro answer
ing Graham's description.
While cruising about Jackson's Mill
10 the northwest MIR. Brown learned from
farmer that about sunrise negro witt
hits of leafmold and leaves on his clothe
had come to the farm to get glass o
water Then word came to the officer
hit later that another farmer had give
the negro lift on farm wagon and tha
the man they wanted was now headed i
more easterly direction toward Free
hold At Freehold they learned nothing
further than that the negro had beel
there and had started west a gain.
Assistant Prosecutor Peter Vreden
berg of the adjoining county. Monmouth
in the meantime had been told to be o
the lookout. Al Englshtown Prosecute
Brown and vredenberg met While Brow
and his party were rummaging throug
piece of pine woods vredenberg decide
to take n spin Westward along the Free
hold and Jamesburg turnpike. Thre
miles west Of Englishtown Vredenber
came mp with a negro.
Hello Graham" Vredenberg calle
ou' rs he stopped the machine. TIL
negro stopped and acknowledged that b
ras Henry Graham of Lakewood. II
was told To get into the car and prompt
did so Prosecutor Brown and the do
tectves look the man to Toms River. tn
county seat,
Prosecutor Brown said later that moth
mg terminating had been found on II
negro. Nevertheless he and the oth'
Officers soemed entirely satisfied with the
day work
The officers became interested in findin
Graham soon after learning that sho
time after Mrs. Turner had left her res
dence ON Spruce street in the higher pa
of Lakewood she passed close TO whel
the negro was drinking from we'll anon
the pines. The we'll is in the rear of II
only house in that particular part OF u
pines. The negro was carrying heav
cah" aud after coming from the we
talked for n moment to William Pierc
o"n"' of the house.
Mr. Pierce AZ the same time saw MIR
Turner making n short cut through n
woods 10 g"t IN" beginning Of Pine Need
road soon after Mrs. Turner disal
reared among he pine trees the neg
i"'t the Pierce well and started of in Il
general direction Mrs, Turner was takin
nut along a path running slightly mo
70 tho northward