New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-30
JERSEY NEGRO SEIZED
AS MURDER WITNESS
Said To Be Last Person Known
to Have Seen Mrs. Turner.
CIubbed to Death.
TRAILED ALL DAY LONG
In Toms River Jail Protests In
nocence - Prosecutor Says
There's Much He Must
Explain.
lpr relerranh 70 The Trlhune |

Lakewood. y. J.. April 9e.-Henry
Graham. . negro who disappeared from
here early yesterday morning. was ar
rested about 4 o'clock this afternoon.
being trailcd all day by County Prose
cutor Brown and Z squad of officers,
three Mills rom Englishtown and hfty
miles from this place. He Is held as
material witness to the murder Of Mrs
Charles Turner on Wednesday afternoon
Graham was locked up in the jail at
Toms River. and all search for those
connected with the murder Of Mrs.
Turner ceased. and the Prosecutor ana
his posse returned to Lakewood. The
chase was through eighty-five miles o.
New Jersey pines. the officers being IN
automobiles.
ur. Brown said this evening: Nov,
mind you We have only held Graham as
material witness. and YOU car mdk'
charge against a man who is held as
j, witness. There may be some things J
don't want to uncover for the public yet
There may be some more things ] have
to find out. and it may be that want
10 find them out myself before J turn the
rubli- loose or them.
This fellows actions were certainly
very peculiar. though. and there are a
good many things he will have to ex-
plain. think he is going TO nave
mighty hard time explaining them. or
course. we asked him lot of questions
and he told us all about his IRE from
tho time he was born. You know how
O Niger is. He can explain anything.
lie told lis days OF the month and hours
of the day: but the fact remains mat
his actions were very peculiar
Here is a man who disappeared on
the morning of the day the murder was
discovered. He slept in the woods part
Of that day and says he slept III the
woods until sunrise the next morning.
but by o'clock that afternoon ne had
travelled at least seventy-five miles to
get fifty miles away from here.
savs He Took Roundabout Way.
..ue must have gone i'm all kinds Of
roundabou ways through the woods to
oct there There were places where ne
travelled five and six miles at time
ui,hout seeing farmhouse, and he
made his way through sand and scrub
woods that are the worst I'm the most
God forsakcn part OF this state.
"I am not going to tell you what he
told us We asked him about his actions
ON the day of the murder and he gave
no a long explanation. or course, ne
could do that. ANY niger could. |
ruess YOU can say he was drunk most
all the day. That will about get IL.
There is a good deal to he explained
hout that day, too. In fact. there is very
great deal for Graham To explain. But
W. have only held him a. material
witness. and he will probably remain in
the iail at Toms River until the Sep
tomber term Of court In the mean time
we are not looking for any one else.
There has been a report that We were
Lacking for an accomplice. II We are
I don't know H. II has been said that
we were looking for a humpback Niger
that Graham ran around with. That ~
mot 40 We know who that man is and
We saw him yesterday. We could have
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