Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-19
TWO CHAUFFEURS
UNDER ARREST
George P. McEvoy and
Russell De Vausney, Who
Had Been Riding in Pub
lie Service Auto, Held
Pending Investigation.

Following the theory that William A.
Huff, Sc years old, of 50 Court street,
had been run down by an automobile,
George P. McEvoy, 27 years old, of 81
West Kinney street, and Russell De
Vausney, 23 years old, of 1872 South
Tenth street, are held at the First pre-
cinct police station. The police admit
that the two men were out on a lark
at a very early hour today and have
not told all they know concerning the
case. Their arrest was due to the fact
that they showed more than ordinary
interest in the affair after the man had
been found and had been in a nearby
saloon asking whether or not a man
had been killed or run down by an
automobile.
Huff had been living at the Court
Hotel for the past two months. He
was busy on an invention which he
claimed would control the perfect
/ fabrication, of an automobile. and his
| finances were derived from Andrew
! RadeI, a capitalist, of Bridgeport,
Conn The model on which Huff had
| been working was almost complete,
and II was expected that an enormous
sum of money would be derived from
the Invention, When Huff was picked
up receipts for the payment of large
sums of money We're found for special
parts of his invention and a consider
able sum of money was also on his
person.
Patrolmen Norman, Deering and
Skillman were on their way to the sta
ton house to report off duty, when they
discovered the body Of the man lying
in the gutter. Thinking that he had
been celebrating they went to his as
sistance.
DR. Mckenzie. after a hasty exami-
nation, ordered the body removed
to Holes morgue. While con-
versing with the physician as to how
the man might have met his death,
DeVausney and McEvoy showed more
than a passing interest and even at
tempted to direct the procedure of af-
fairs Dr. Mckenzie became suspi-
cious that the men might be more fa-
miliar with the mans accident, and
on receiving several evasive answers
to his questions directed that the men
be taken to the First precinct, where
they could be more closely questioned.
Automobile in Front of Saloon.
When DeVausney and McEvoy came
to the lifeless man they asked If they
could be permitted to remove him to
the City Hospital in their automobile.
which had been left before a saloon a
few doors away. This they were not
permitted to do, as the ambulance with
a physician was then on it's way.
Both young men were identified by
John Holmes, a bartender at Goldie's
cafe, at Marshall and Halsey streets,
who declared that they had come into
the saloon twenty minutes before the
body of the man was found. Their
first question to me was: Have you
heard of any man being hit or killed
by an automobile?" Their actions were
very peculiar and they seemed nerv-
Gus. once or twice I saw them go to
the door and look in the direction of
where the man was found All of a
sudden they both darted from the door
and went to the scene, where there
were several people. [, of course, had
my suspicious aroused and notified the
police.
AT the station house the men de-
clared that they had been to Bayonne,
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