New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-08

| received II only this morning.
Il have learned from several inter-
views with friends OF Zelig yesterday
and to-day that Davidson's story that
he ran two blocks to catch the car
was false. The fact is he got in right
after Zelig.
THE best proof that the murder was
! premeditated. and not the sudden act
| of an impulsive man, is that DAVIDSON
| did not shoot Zelig right away, put
waited until the car reached the break
in the circuit, just few feet south OF
14th street, when the lights in the car
went out"
Judge Wahle declared that personally
he had his own opinion why Ieilg was
killed, but that as a lawyer ne met
with a blank wall when 1t came to
question of motive.
He said that the $500 which Zelig
had in his pocket when he left the
coffee house, hut which disappeared on
or about the time of the shooting, had
presumably been taken by one Of the
pickpockets that infest the neighbor-
hood. zelig had received the money
fifteen minutes before the murder from
business man Of the neighborhood,
Judge Wahle said, but he refused to say
who the man was, as his name would
not aid the case in any way.
Rumor of "FIoatsr" Contract.
In the gossip Of the East Side, how
ever it was said that the man who
gave the money to Zelig was lieuten-
ant Of a Tammany politician, and that
the cash was the initial payment on
contract to colonize "foaters" for the
coming election.
Davidson's wife Visited him at the
Tombs yesterday They had long,
subdued talk in Yiddsh, their voices
at no time being raised above a whis-
per-
Davidson did not seem to be worried
over his plight. He has not even both
cred about looking for lawyer yet,
although the Coroner's inquest will be
held tomorrow.
Anticipating trouble at the inquest,
Coroner Holtzhauser has issued orders
that all who enter the courtroom be
searched for weapons. Word has
reached the Coroner that some OF
Zelig's friends would try to shoot
Davidson. and that among the crowd
would be several women associates or
the gangmen. While the women OF
the gangmen have never appeared In
public as gun toters. the police know
OF several instances where they have
| carried revovers for gunner.
Oddly in Assassin Line.
In some ways Davidson is the
strangest murderer who has been I'M
| prisoned in the Tombs I'm years.
Not In my recollection" said a
| noted criminal lawyer yesterday,
| "have I seen or heard OF murderer
! who gave an interview TO newspaper
men from his cell a few hours after
the murder. practically before the
( body OF his victim was cold"
This lawyer thought 1t particularly
strange that Davidson should have
not only described in detail how he
1 murdered ZelIg but to have supplied
| the motive.
| He furnished complete case
| against himself" said this lawyer.
HE is not crazy; he is perfectly sane.
and the question remains: Why did
I he tell his story. redundant with pro-
/ testations that he had acted on his
/ own initiative. and that he had not
been inspired by any one?"
Much along the same line was the
statement made by Mrs. Davidson
when she was seen at her home last
night.
"My husband did It himself" she
repeated time and again. mo one
else had a hand In It. lie did II HIM
self. alone He could have got away
after the killing, but he didn't care"
| Always Good Husband.
Mrs. Davidson was voluble In her re-
| cital, and told OF their married life
during the last seven years. Davidson
vas always a good husband to her. she
said and she knew nothing of his white
| slave associations.
ut Is not true that he had any rela-
J lions with the police" she said. He
was not their stool pigeon. I often
scolded him for being out late and
keeping bad company. but he supported
me, and I never interfered with his
habits"
Mrs. Davidson said her husband,
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