Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-22

e morning of the murder, after coming
iy of the victim was lying
!: Notwithstanding this, the police hesf-
tated to believe the detailed story told
by Weiss, who said that he had ac-
cidentally shot his companion, whom
he knew only as "Dick." while stealing
a revolver from his pocket The in
stability of the boys statements when
| the detectives commenced to cross
examine him was the reason for doubts
ing his twice-repeated confession.
When taken to the home of Mrs.
Thomas Beatty on the Plank road by
Sergeants Fohs and Quinn, OF the de-
tective bureau, and Plainclothesman
Brex, Of the Third precinct the pris-
oner exclaimed:
Yes, 1 was here!"
"Why, you know me. don't you2'
Mrs. Beatty said.
Sure, 1 talked to you that morning."
well. where's your companion?"
Mrs. Beatty asked
"Oh. don't know where he's gone."
was the boys puzzling and apparently
senseless reply.
The prisoner was then asked by the
detectives to lead them to the place
where the box car had been standing
He did so directly.
Immediately he launched into a vivid
repetition of the confessipn- he. had
made at police headquarters.
He explained In detail how he had
crawled painfully out of the car in the
darkness, after shooting his friend.
and limped to the Morris canal, two
hundred yards away, for water. Re-
turning, he washed the dead mans
wound.
"Then 1 saw that he was dead" the
boy said. IT knelt down beside him
then and kissed him. 'Good-by,' said.
Then l got out and closed the door.
While leading the detectives in search
for the revolver the prisoner broke down
and cried for a time. He quickly re-
covered, however. and pointed out the
spot where he had removed the shell
for the revolver.
Here's where I pulled the shell out"
he said. Then l chucked the gun over
there ways, see."
He could not find the weapon, how
ever.
Mrs. Beatty was positive in her iden-
| tification.
when first saw him." she said, "he
was with a more trampish-looking man,
heavier built and shabbily dressed. He
disappeared before Weiss came to me
and asked for something to eat"
The solution to the mystery may lie
In this new figure In the murder tangle,
since the police are inclined to believe
that Weiss was merely spectator
when the murdered man was found
The prisoner, in his confession, said
that he could find the revolver that he
had flung away in his fight. The in
tention of the detectives was to give
| him a chance to do so and recount In
detail the manner In which he had
slain the man and made his escape to
the "Hlll section, where he spent
Wednesday wandering aimlessly about
Weiss, in his statement, said he had
lived at 100 East 10th street, New
York city. David Weiss, a painter, at
that address, reported missing to tho
police his son, whose description tallies
with that of the Newark prisoner.
Weiss is lame, wears q brace on one
leg, and had in his pocket card from
the Orthopaedlc Hospital in East Fifty
ninth street. New York.
Strenuous efforts are being made by
the detectives to discover the identity
of the murdered man. Detective Cod
| fry went to New York today to bring
/ TO newark the women VINO kept Ln6
boarding house from which the clothes
worn by the murdered man were stolen
more than a year ago in the hope she
may recognize him.
| Photographs of the f1nger-prints OF
the dead man were sent to the New
York police to see If record of the
man could be found In the criminal
archives there.
Second Bullet Found.
While apparently plausible, the story
| told by Weiss about his shooting the
box-car victim accidentally as he was
transferring the murdered mans re-
volver to his own pocket is discreditcd
| by new twist to the m ystery.
| The charcoal dust in the bottom OF
the freight car was swept out In IL
second bullet was found. This seems to
make II practically certain that two
shots were fred.
Granting this, the protestations OF
! Weiss that he accidentally shot the
man are worthless, since he could
hardly, the police say, discharge the
gun twice by accident.
| When the second bullet was found
| the entire interior of the car was ex-
amined with microscopic care. 1t was
| found that the bullet had struck a
piece of iron on the door of the car and