Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-08

Larrived at the scene of the crime the
first thing they did was to search the
house for a photo of the murderer.
After much difficulty in this line a
photo of the man wanted at that time
was found in his trunk by Deputy
Sergeant j. A. Huff.
Then the clothes of the dead men
were searched by Coroner Ferd Gar
retsOn but little money was to be
found. Several inmates of the house
were of the opinion that the dead
men had some money in their peck
cts and were somewhat amazed when
they were told of the true conditions.
Robbery is not thought a motive for
the crime, inasmuch as the murdered
men were only laborers.
Chief Calls Prosecutor.
When the nervy patrolmenJ Joseph
Hartung and John Martin, arrived at
the police station with their prisoner
and informed Chief Patrick ]. Burke
Of their important capture. the head
of the police department Immediately
turned to the telephone and called
the Office Of the prosecutor Of Mid
dleseX county at New Brunswick to
inform him that the alleged murder
er was behind prison bars. Chief
Burke's remarks could be heard, but
Prosecutor Theodore B.. Booraem's
conversation was not audible. In
the following, however, Mr.. Boor-
aem's part in the dialogue was after
wards supplied to the NEWS report
er by Chief Burke:
Hello, is this Prosecutor Boor-
aem?"
Eyes. sir"
This is Chief Burke, Perth Am
boy. l suppose you heard about the
murder down here last aight?"
mo! What was it?"
"An Italian shot two men stone
dead, fatally wounded another, and
then took to his heels"
TOO bad the man got away"
ooh, he didn't get far; we got him
here in the coop"
you say you caught him? That's
fine"
Yes, we never miss them down
this way"
81 started a county man down,
but will call him back now. Good
bye"
"G~ood-bye."
PatrOImen are MODEST.
1t was the quickest and most i'm
portant capture yet made by the
police OF this city and would be laud-
ed far and near If a similar Incident
happened in New York city. But
the two brave and successful Tatrol-
men look p o their mornings work
as part of their daily duty. Prosecu-
tor Booraem has still to uncover the
Old Bridge crimes and Chief Burke's
remarks caused a litter in the crowd
ed headquarters this morning when
he came to the down here" part.
Believe Feud the Cause.
Both Patrolmen Hartung and Mar
tin are of the opinion that the real
cause of the ARRAY was the settling
of a family feud which started in
Italy many moons ago. 1t is under
stood that the murderer and murder
ed were friends in the "Old Country
and owing to some difficulty between
the families, a bitter "a was waged
among themselves.
Witness OF Shooting.
Stories of the actions of the al
legged murderer before the crime diff
fer somewhat. The tale of Frank
Dunall, the injured nan in the hos
pital, is that the men had been to-
gether the entire evening. An argu-
ment arose and Benz, he says, re
ceived a slap in the face. The ac-
cused man and the other three did
not return home together. Benz had
the key and it was necessary for the
other men to enter through the win
dow.
NNhaD pDv3 oor,a - .z- H.
later, the witness says, he drew a re-
VolVer and shot Frank DunoII first
Frank attempted to make resistance
but another bullet from the revolver
took the fighting spirit out of him
and he sank in bed In an exhausted
condition. The injured man de-
clares that Benz hen turned his at
tentions to the other men and fired
two shots which resulted fatally for
both men. Benz then made his es-
cape through the back door.
Benz, the police says, does not DENY
committing the crimes and acts as If
the affair has nothing more to do
with him than the daily routine of
life. Benz had told the police that
he shot the men, but that one OF the
trio started the trouble. Benz as
serts that when he entered the room
he had a dispute and drew his re-
Yolyer. One Of the men grappled
with him and in so doing broke"
the revolver, thus throwing out he
shells on the floor.
The revolver which was found in
the closet IS believed to be the
weapon which was used by the muir
derer. When Patrolman William
Hartman took the pistol to the board
ing house again this morning and it
was positively identified as the one