The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-28
VETERAN SLAIN IN
NEW YORK HOTEL
William Henry Jackson, 70
Years of Age. Fights
for Life
DEED COMMITTED IN
FASHIONABLE PLACE
District Attorney Whitney
and Family. Occupying
Adjoining Rooms, May
Furnish CleW

NEW YORK, July 2s.-Shortly
before o'clock this morning four
persons were taken into custody
by the polics in Connection with
the murder Of William Henry
Jackson at the Hotel iroquois.
Paul Geidsi. seventeen years old,
employed ~ bel, boy at the Ho-
tet iroquois up till last Friday
detailed statement to the police. He
will be charged with the murder
of Mr.. jackson.
hair dresser named Kane, his
wife. and another man. who is said
to be a roommate Of GeideI arc
held ~ material witnesses.
Geidsi in his statement admits
his guilt but says he did not intend
to kill jackson and that his sole
object was robbery. The only booty
he obtained was $675 in money
stranqled Jackson into submission
and then smotherod him to death
with chloroforua.
The crime WAS traced to Geidei
by means Of q chloroform bottle
found in Jaci<son's rom. Il was
found that the chlorcforsn had been
purchased by Mrs. Kline. who told
tho police she had obtained it to
kill . dog and that Geidei had
stolen the bottle frcm her house.
NEW YORK. july William
Henry Jackson, 10 years OF age, d
veteran of the Seventh Regiment anc
member of the New York Yacht Club
was murdered in his apartment ear
" to-day In the Iroquois Hotel, No
~ West Forfy-fourth street, In q
manner that furnI1hes one of tbs
most mysterious crimes In the his
tory of the metropolis.
The deed was Committed within
twenty fe&t OF tho sr,At where Dis.
trict Attorney Whitas.a aud his fam
lily were sleeping. the two apartm ent,
being separated only by q thin par
tition wall.
The crime is considered ali this
more remarkable because IL was com.
mirted In the heart OF the hotel ant
theater district and within 81 stone.
throw Of half dozen of the mos
prominent clubs In New York. Di.
rectly across the street from the 1ro,
auois and Immediately under the win
dowS Of the apartment occupied hy
Mr.. Jackson is the Bar Association
Next 10 that comes the Phi Gemms
Delta Society and the Yale Club.
On the same side of Forty-fourtt
street with the Iroauois IL the Algon.
quin Hotel and the Seymour Hotel
where Paul Morton, ex-secretary o.
the navy, and former president Of
the Equitable. died under most mys
FERROUS circumstances. Just heyone
the Seymour are the magnificent
quarters of the New York Yacht Club
the Berkeley theater and the Har.
ward Club. And less than a bloch
away are two famous restaurants
Sherry's and DelmonicoSt
Mr.. jackson was manager of ths
brokerage house of Van Schaeick ane
Company, at No. I Wall street, hu
his business associates declared tina
he had no enemies and otherwis.
could have no possible motive for tn,
crime.
Have No Explanation.
Deputy Police Commissioner George
). DaugheTty, who, with Inspecto,
Hughes and force OF twelve mer
from the detective bureau. spent ths
entire day investigating the case, de-
clared frankly they could make nj
explanation OF the murder as We,
that would lead to the identity of the
murderer. One theory advanced 4.
that the visitors were endeavorfng t.
find Mr.. Whitman and effected ar
entrance into Mr.. Jackson's apart.
ment by mistake.
The only clue obtained was repre-.
scented by a few faint finger prints
on the sheets OF the bed where Mr.
jackson was believed to have beer
sleeping when attacked and simila,
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