Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-29
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OF FAMILY
Father of Murdered Wom-
an Thinks Her Husband
Is a Maniac and Was
Once in an Asylum.

The police are searching today fol-
William Overton, a negro, of g.
Waverly who. they believe
murdered his wife and four-months-
old boy and then hung their bodies
clothes lines to h iron cross
bar of q bed.
A complaint has been made against
Overton and a warrant sworn out
for him by Captain Vogel.
Detectives Godfrey and Slutsky
M Plainclothesmen Kass and Cort
have been detailed on the case.
The first clue of O%verton's where
abouts came rom Jersey City, wnere
a negro who had been acting strange
ly is being held for identification.
Lieutenants Cordano and Keogh, Of
the police department, have been sent
to Jersey City, and someone will be
taken along who a identify Over
ton IL 1t should prove to be he.
Ii a pocket In Overton's coat, left
at his home, was a letter dated June
IA, written on paper of the outlook.
New York, and signed by Frank Har-
per, secretary.
The letter expressed thanks to him
for some favor and stated that Mr..
Roosevelt would write him a personal
letter when he returned"
Rev. S. S. Henderson, of Ii vine
street, Bloomfield, the father Of rne
murdered woman, is all broken up
ever the tragedy. The father married
the couple a year ago last January.
Mr.. Henderson says that he be-
lieves the supposed murderer has
spent some time in an asylum. The
minister asserts that he was a ia
matte and that he must have been a
maniac to have committed h decd
MIR. Henderson Is pastor of the Gal
lice Baptist Church on Broome street,
this city.
The bodies were found by Mrs.
Gertrude Brown, of Sc Miller street,
yesterday afternoon. She knocked at
the door of the Overton home and
receiving no response walked in. She
was Mortified at her discovery.
Mrs. Brown hurried to the street
and notified Patrolman A~schenfelder,
who returned with her to the house.
The policeman found q note supposed
to have peer left by Overton. 1t
read:
II have lone this under a cross, but
/ have been driven to it. I am pre-
pared to meet my God for this deed.
/ have tried to be good, but she has
tormented me, not letting me sleep
nights, after l had been working all
day. If l have to die for this l am
willing to. God have mercy on 'ay
SOUL
Overton was nowhere to be found.
L~ieutenants Cordano and Keogh, OF
the detective bureau, and Detective
Slutzky, of the prosecutors office,
were assigned to the case and found
that Overton had been in a saloon al
PENNSYLVANIA avenue n Pointer
street about 2 o'clock yesterday
morning, where he had paid a bill oil
81, rs. A negro who was in the saloon
told the police that Overton had
talked to him of domestic troubles
and complained that he could not get
Justice from the police.
The visit to this saloon occurred
about two hours after the death oil
the woman and child, according to
County Physician Mckenzie, who ex-
amined the bodies. An autopsy will
be performed at Holes morgue to-
day. There were marks on the wom-
ans head, and the opinion of this
police is that she was struck and
stunned before being hanged. The
hanging was lone with six lengths
of clothesline cut from poles in thu
backyard.
Overton is said to be n fanatic or
politics and religion and his life with
his wife since they We're married If
teen months ago Ia said to have beer
very unhappy. They were married
In the First Precinct Police Court. te
which Overton had been hailed on 9
charge brought by his wife, who was
then Carrie b. Henderson. residing II
the home of Mrs. Emma Epps. IL!
Wright street, where Overtor
boarded.
Overton was employed for the pas
three years by Russell g. Robinson
lumber dealers. of 100 Frelinghuyser
avenue,