New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-28
Former EmpIoye of Hotel Iro-
quois Admits Staying and
Robbing w. H. Jackson.
WHITMAN ASLEEP NEAR BY
Bottle That Had Held Chloro-
form Leads to Capture OF
Seventeen Year Old Lad
Three Other Arrests.

years old. cashier for Van Scnaick a. Co..
stock brokers. with offices at No. Wall
street. was found murdered early yes-
terday morning in his apartment on the
tenth floor OF the lroquois Hotel. AT No.
40 West 44th street Paul GeideI. sew
enteen years old. OF Hartford, Conn.
who lived AT No. 247 West 50th street.
and until Friday was employed as bell-
boy in the Troquois. was arrested last
night. charged with the crime. and after
ward made a full confession TO District
Attorney Whitman and Deputy Police
Commissioner Dougherty at Police Head
quarters.
Edward Kane. thirty eight years old.
a hairdresser. and Josephine Kane. his
wife who keep the apartment where
Geidel lived, were arrested and held as
material witnesses. Patrick J. McGrane.
twenty-three years old, OF Hartford.
also a bellboy with whom Geide roomed
at the Kanes', was also arrested and
held as an accessory after the fact. In
his confession Geidel particularly exon
Grated Mrs. Kane from all completely in
the murder, and his confession pointed
70 the exoneration OF Kane as well
Geidel vas particularly cold-blooded
at the time OF his arrest and throughout
! his confession. He grinned when Com
missioner Dougherty and Detective
| Lieutenant Van Twstern entered his
room to arrest him. and later. al Police
| Headquarters. explained with the great
] cgf hat k14 haI
| Jackson and knew his habits. / thought
| he was feeble old man and could get
| away with It."
II was a bottle that had contained
! chloroform that was left behind in the
| apartment by Geidel that led 10 his ar
rest. and II was the same bottle, bought
/ By Mrs. Kane in East Newark last FRI
day to chloroform her dog, she said. that
inspired Geidel with the plan 10 murder
Mr. Jackson. Geidel. McGrane. Mrs.
Kane and Kane were looking at the bot
tie in the bathroom Of the Kane apart
nent on Wednesday, according 10 Mrs.
/ Kane, when Geide asked IL IL contained
enough chloroform 70 kill A man. Mrs
Kane said that it did From there Geidel
takes up the story.
Leaves Home with chIoroforr.
II took the bottle Of chloroform and
went 10 the Iroquois a little after
o'clock Wednesday night" he said 70
| District Attorney Whitman and Com
missioner DOugherty. Il sneaked the
| bottle Of chloroform out Of the bath
room after dinner Wednesday night.
"I went TO the Iroquois. where I didn't
have any trouble in getting in the base
ment because I knew all about the place
got back near the stairway and was
there when the new bellboy who got
my place came down after some ice
cream. He heard me moving around
and was scared and went back up
stairs. I waited a little while until
everything was quiet and then I
sneaked up 10 the Office floor and waited
my chance 10 60 on UP the stairs 70 the
tenth floor, where old man Jackson
lived. That was about a quarter 10
nine, and I saw the old man go up
| from my place behind the elevator be-
fore I went up myself
"Jackson's bathroom is back against
the elevator shaft and the stairs wind
around the elevator. There is a little
window from the bathroom onto the
stairs. and when I got up 10 the tenth
floor saw a light through this window
thought the old man would be I'm bed
by the time I got up there, but I didn't
wait when saw the light. thought he
was an old man and wouldn't have
much trouble so I opened the bathroom
window and climbed in.
II expected some trouble. but I didn't
look for much because had the chloro-
form bottle ready in my hand. and when
l got into the bathroom took the wash
cloth off the hand basin and soaked il
with chloroform. The old man was lying
on the bed in his pajamss. and when he
| saw me come in from the bathroom he
got UP and came for me- tried to
chloroform him. but | had 10 beat him
up terrible. We had an awful fight all
over the room. beat him all over the
head and l was all covered with blood
myself
81 Had Awful Time Choking Him."
When I got the chloroform TO his nose
the old man knew what il was and he
screamed. I got him by the throat then
and jammed the cloth into his mouth To
stop his noise. He kept on fighting ana
struggling. and l had an awful time
choking him.
He got away from me two or three
times, but l kept the cloth jammed in
his mouth. and pretty soon he went out.
"As soon as he was quiet | went 10
the bureau and got his watch and chain.
There was S6 - on the bureau. too. ana
got that. / took the scarfpins out of
the bureau drawer and went through
his pockets. but there wasn't anything
in them, So l took his cum buttons out
OF his shirt. and took couple of
handkerchiefs.
While | was Al work cleaning up the
stuff I thought | heard some one in The
hall, so | went 10 the door and had 4
look. but there wasn't any one there.
left the door open, though. so | could
, hear II any one came up and then [
went back and had another look around.
/ was kind OF scared after | thought |
heard that noise. and l didn't stay much
, longer
Il got out of the bathroom window the
same way | went In, and went down the