New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
EWE[[ER SLAIN, ROBBED.
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ing to answer any questions the Coroner
wanted to ask him.
In answer TO the Coroner's questions
Roberts then explained that he left the
Canal street building a little after :
O'Clock on Tuesday night. though he
usually gets through soon after 8 o'clock.
The delay was occssioned by Joe"
Bisogno, the barber on the second floor.
re said who asked him to bring up the
elevator 10 carry barbers mirror from
q storeroom on the third floor to the
barber shop, on the second. He hadn't
seen the murdered man, he said. at any
time on Tuesday afternoon or evening,
and did not know him anyway.
Vetelle Was Seeking Work.
Roberts described the appearance OF
Netelle the other negro youth, Al the
Canal street building on Tuesday after
noon Vetelle had come looking for
work as a window washer. he said. and
he, Roberts. had inquired among the
tenants until he got Vetelle a job. He
let Netelle leave his overcoat and coat
IN the basement and got him pail and
rag 10 do the work with, and then
took him up 70 the fourth floor 10 the
tenant who wanted the work done.
Vetelle finished about $50 o'clock,
Roberts said. and he took MIN down 10
the first floor, put him of there, and
after answering an elevator call from
an upper floor, he, Roberts. went 70 the
basement and picked mp Netelle's coats
and took them up 70 him.
Coroner Feiuberg examined Roberts
closely on this point, as the detectives
and the Coroner himself. who had been
over the ground, held the theory that
Roberts had kept Veteue out Of the
basement because the body Of Vogsl
was down there at the time
Roberts stuck 70 his story, however
and the fact that Bisogno. the barber
fixed the tine when he called Roberts
AT about { o'clock, instead Of between .
and I O'Clock didn't worry him az all.
Roberts described his movements OF the
evening after he left work as being
taken I'D with a trip 70 The Bronx from
him roor7ing house, at No. 26 West 99th
street. He went UP there, he said 70 see
sister Of a negress he had been going
with. 70 explain 10 her that as he was
married man he could not marry her
without committing bigamy. His wife
had been in Jamaica for about year ne
said.
Fror, the statements Of other tenants
If the building It appeared also that
vogei. after purchasing some $500
worth Of goods in schmuckler's, or the
ground floor. went M TO the second floor,
ubere he purchased another $500 worth
rom 7. Frackman. and then stepped on
the elevator AZ the second floor lust As
another tenant Of the second floor, one
Elias Narkovitz, got of.
Roberts's Shoes Blood stained
IN the basement the police found also
hammer which bore slight traces Of
blood stains although it had been hast
i1v v,ped of with q greasy rag, and a
psir of shoes, also blood-stained. which
Roberts admitted 20 the Coroner were
his working shoes" They found a
shirt. which Roberts also admitted was
mis-. soaking in a pail Of water in the
basement. Roberts explained that he
had put the shirt there last SATURDAY 10
soak before washing t.
Meanwhile. Mrs. Joseph c. Shapiro, a
married daughter Of Vogel. who Went 70
the police station with Mrs Vogel, had
told the police that her husband, after a
quarrel with herself and her parents,
had left her two days ago, and she was
euirc him for separation The police
Aid not look Shapiro up, however, and
his first news Of the murder Of his
> -ber-in-law came 20 him from his law
or he said. about O'Clock in the after
noon.
Shariro is In the dress goods business