New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-10
.CR0T0N MURDER ARRESTS
Several Negroes Put in Jail, One
Wounded in the Breast.
OTHERS MAKE THEIR ESCAPE
Man Who Was Seen 0iling Re.
volver Also Taken Into Gus
tody by the Sheriff's Men.

The police net about the murderers OF
Charles ". Conklln. station agent AT the
Croton Lake station OF the Putnam Rail-
road. who was found with four bullets In
his body on Saturday night. is tightening.
With the arrest OF a negro In Tarrytown
last night IL Is thought that the actual muir
derers of Conklin will soon be known. Sew
eral other arrests have been made. all the
prisoners being negroes, and one Of the sus-
poets has positively identified man
named George Williams. now locked up In
the county Jail. White Plains. as one of two
men whom he was with on Saturday night
Williams was arrested yesterday morn
ing at Croton Lake and last night posse
of Sheriff Scherp's arrested another negro
known az William Amis. When he was
taken 10 the Jail hospital. where Williams
lay with a bullet wound In his breast. AniS
positively identified the man as one OF his
companions near Croton Lake on Saturday
night He said he did not know who the
other man was. and that lie knew only d
few persons in the laborers camp. he 10
being held az witness.
The negro arrested in Tarrytown gave his
name as George VI. Boden. and his arrest
was brought about by George Mertens. a
white man. who lives in Croton. Mertens
told Sheriff Scherp that on Saturday after
noon he was in the Bradley camp and saw
man whom he knew as George Johnson
# Tarrytown, oiling and assembling re-
volver as he sat in the doorway or cabin
When the negro had loaded the weapon
according to Mertens. he stuck the revolver
in his hip pocket and said:
Il am going 20 make good haul With
this"
Mertens. knowing of the murder. went 10
Tarrytown Yesterday with Under Sheriff
Doyle and Detective Holstein. Of the Cen
trails force. and located Johnson In
saloon in Cortlandt street. As soon as the
negro saw the officers entering the size
door he boted from rear door and ran
down the street. The officers chased the
man. who leaped over several back fences
with remarkable agility, and finally capt
ured him. Mertens At once identified him
as Johnson" although he is known In
Tarrytown as Teacher" and George NJ
Boden.
The prisoner absolutely denied having
been near Croton Lake on Saturday ana
said he knew nothing about the murder OF
Con6lin Despite his professed innocence
Of the murder, johnson" was taken TO the
Tarrytown police station and Sherin
Scherp ordered that he be taken to the
county jail in White Plains. where he is
held.
Sergeant Moran, Of the Tarrytown police
force. saw two negroes skulking about the
ing from the Croton section, and he at once
gave chase. The negroes doubled on him
and made their escape.
George Williams was found by Sheriff
Scherp lying beside a stone wall within
two hundred feet OF the station, where
Conkln was shot down. A trail OF blood In
the bushes showed where he had dragged
himself while his strength remained. When
he reached the wall Williams was too weak
to drag himself further. and lapsed into
Inconsistencies. He remained beside the
wall all night and was suffering greatly
from exposure to the snow when found.
He was rushed to the jail in White Plains,
where the jail physician, Dr. Meyer, at
tended him II is believed that the man will
die from the wound in his lung, especially
since ne was suDJtCrPG 10 tne IiSOIe VI hic
driving storm of snow all OF Saturday
night.
The negro was sullen and obdurate. Be-
yond giving his name to the Sheriff, he
would say nothing. When he was asked
where he had received his wound and who
had shot him, he shook his head and kept
his mouth closed. II is thought that he
was wounded by a bullet from Conklin $
rev Diver before the agent was killed
Although he was murdered Conklin
fought has murderers so stubbornly that he
prevented them from carrying away the
money for which they fought. More than
5000 was found on the floor and In Conklin s
pockets. Most of this money was the
agents, he having turned in the railroad
company's cash before he was attacked.
In Willamss pockets were found several
cartridges OF a peculiar size and shape. and
ii IS believed that these will play an i'm
portant part in tracing the murderer OF