The sun., 1912-08-05
WOMAN INSISTS MAN
SHE CAUGHT IS SLAYER
Mrs. Czermak Tells Court Of
Her Three Years Search
for Norman.
HELD PENDING INQUIRY
Suspect in kesslcr Case Says He
Is Not Murderer the
Police Seek.
HELD PENDING INQUIRY

Mrs. Lillian Czcrmak. the young
woman who caused the arrest Of the
man calling himself Frank i. Andrea,
but who she says Is john a. Norman.
wanted for the murder of Mrs. Annie
Kcsslcr three years ago. persisted In her
Identification yesterday.
In the jefferson Market court. Mrs.
Czcrmak and Mrs. Samuel Altman.
sister of tho murdered woman, both
swore Andrea was the man who. under
the name of Norman. lived with Mrs.
Kesslcr at her boarding house at 3i9
East 12lst street until the morning Of
November !. 1909. and disappeared a
few hours before the murder was dis
covered.
Supplcmcn;ing the testimony Of the
two women the police produced q photo
graph Of Norman obtained from one
Of his sweethcarts and a minute de.
! scription of him furnished by Mrs.
Czermak at the time OF the murder.
The picture bore a striking resemblance
to the prisoner and the description tall
, lied with his appearance In every detail.
ON the strength of this evidence
Magistrate Freschi held Andrea without
| bail for for,y-cight hours pending an
| investigation by the Coroner.
! Af,er the hearing Mrs. Czerrnak.
whose determination to avengc the
death of her friend brought Andrea
into the police net. discussed the case.
Mrs. kessler and l were bosom
friends, she said. II lived at her
boarding house. When she was killed
/ / was morally certain VINO had COM
mitted the crime. for she and this man
Norman had had number Of serious
Quarrcls.
"On ono occasion she went to court
and had n warrant sworn out against
him to keep him from bothering her.
but she was in love with Norman and
the matter was patched up. one night.
just before the murder, heard him say
to her in one Of his violent fits OF
temper. I'll beat you to death. I've
handled lot Of women like YOU before
and have got away with It,
For seven months after the murder
Detective Forbes and visited the
various manufacturers of parquet floor
! ing in the city trying to get track OF
| Norman. who had given up his job as
puarterma ster on one of the Clyde Line
steamers and had gone To work with q
flooring concern. When we had made
the rounds Of all these places we went
from pier to pic- in search OF the man.
/ Not a word did We hear, but | was set
on bringing the man to justice"
The police are inclined To agree with
| Mrs Czermak that they have the right
man. In supstantiation OF their belief
| they point out that the tattoolng on
Andrea's arms corresponds with that
! described In the circular issued at
the time of Norman's Disappearance.
! Within the next twenty four hours they
expect to complete their chain OF evi-
d"nco against ArdrcI hy getting the
girl who gave them the picture Of Nor
man, and the miikman who met him
! coming out Of the house nj $40 Fast
I2lst street early on the morning of
the murder, At that time tho milkman
told the police that Norman. who carried
two suit cases. asked him not to disturb
Mrs. kessler by ringing the bell.
| When Andrea was searched in the
West Seventeenth street station there
We're found In his pockets a number Of
pawntickets for valuable tcwelry. 1t
was here, too, that he gave the detec.
: tives another clue on which to work
I in establishing his identity. Tho pris.
oner. who has maintained bold air all
! along, laughed AZ a remark passed by
some one. In doing 40 hc put one hand
over his mouth. The circular Describing
Norman mentions this as ono Of his
| mannerisms
! In Jefferson Market court Andrea re-.
peatcd his story that he was n dcckhand
on the steamboat Trojan Of tho Hudson
River Line and that he knew absolutely
nothing Of the crime with which he WIN
charged.