The evening world., 1912-04-03
kcGEs
LH1RHROM SON
BELIEVED SLAIN
Brothers Confessed and Then
Denied They Muir
dered Furrlan.

sensational twist was given ic-dNy
10 an unsolvsa murder mystery when
Mrs. lila rurmsn. mother OF eighteen
iear-oid Theodore Furman. whose dis
rnsmo~red and chsrted body was sup
posed ia have been found in a oinder
ear Of sne Ontario and Western Railroad
at M!da,etowp. n. ", Jan Z, and Shose
y brvthers afterward confessed fhe
murder. received q letter signed With the
NAME cs her supposedly dead son telling
-. he had just enlisted In the Marine
CO p at Philadelphia.
TIE p,iiee at once started an investi-
CATION. believing the letter to he a tries
to squeich the suspicion which stih a.
tachess - the two rurman boys. Eugene
n and lssph. Two detectives have
,:artsd from Middle,ow WI for PhiNdel-
psIa. where they win Interview the man
who wrote the letter to Mrs. rurman
claiming 70 be her missing son.
Then rurman disappeared o u,
iyli, ~ detectives In q months search
| found no trsce Of HIN. Jan. : seventeen
uen employed by the Ontario and West
eru Railroad, dumping n hot cinder car.
saw the torso q q man. badly charrcd.
In the hesp Of ashes. Other parts OF
the body tere also discovered.
The police we're notified and immedi.
ateiy the rfrman case was revived. His
two brothsrs were arrested and aues-
asned. vonnn6ei confessed at once and
told how NE murder had been accom-
.lshcd. He dsscrsbsd the killing. which.
no aid. tsok pAAce behiad the FuNnAn
home when he lAnA his brother struck
.shscdors af,h . heavy me. Later they
o., up the body. he sa!d. and threw the
alrnembered parts Into = steel car h'led
Win red hot ashes.
oTHsR BROTHER coNFE3eEs,
THEN BOTH oENv.
"A Aay after the confession Of Eugene.
Joseph c~orrcSc-ated the story only
denying he had struck his brother with
the axe. ia
Tue nsxt day both brothers repudi.
atjA sheAr confessions. and when taken
heGors sts Grand Jury OF ORANGE
Cbqnty they were eieassd for lack OF
NriAsace. ence that time District-At'
.Aolaay Regsrs hes tried TO run dowr
vsS nsurdsrers.
-Dolhs time . Mrs.. Eta Furman pre-
f1unte6 Q pay check owing to her soF
~ - fDutaro . Wsstern Railroad
~ "a .ewas, ~. but she wss 'ar
Ires&sa tsr forgery. Tbs FNirman heus
twas searched. and severed ksys beiouu
linz 70 rsfireaA shaeks were found. Tn
,nothss Wa released.
Nsv,lat vas Nssra from her son un
hns to-AaS when xts, Furn,ap receive
thovlsgtsr fyom Philadelphia. II read;
bear Mother: ! am well n happy
and h~os you are. too. have just
gtakent the exsnDs for tho Marine
Corps and I psssed the bcs sxaml.
rat.on q ANY. I an golnT 10 ace
k.t some Of the world. Please sign my
0epors which I incioss and ! Will
cone hons before ! start and see
you. have been working on =
III ~ Your loving son.
III n THEO.
with THE TfsAAss va another fro'
lieut.. W. DuitS., smith. commandin
Inc recruiting 1katicS At No. iNe Frlbsi
k,rsst. PhiiadsAphia. hiking Mrs. Flu
lam 70 s!sn .Thsodors Fursasn,s appl
lat,or. psperr .>.tl
Ira b'urHan's attorneys. Rend!ch :
tieHiknr. Of nrookiyn. have started q
k'hhsAAiphla u take tae missing DO
4 10 he. hack to Niddletown. Dete
Ives. who have sens, elhim they "
fssprVvs the story and the letter.
Meantime . new inveattlatlon u una
ny. n the Re2 development n tr
M III Theodore Furman Is stiil alive. d
dttcttves declare they will make mo
trstN4ss for the murder Of the unknov
khs1s bedy yss found Jan. a.