The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-10-07

Commissioner had had no sleep from
Saturday until yesterday morning at II
o'clock. Then he took a few hours of
went for his usual swim at Coney Island
and then returned to Headquarters for
more work.
He has many detectives at work veri.
flying every detail Of what Davidson
told him.
I'm the first place." said the Commits
sioner. IL was struck with DAvidson's
braggart air. He seemed to think that
he had done 4 good thing and acted the
part. He told mo that he came to this
country from Russia twelve years ago
and that he was a harness stitcher by
trade. He said that he was first en-
ployed In q place on Fulton street near
Myrtle avenue, In Brooklyn. for six
months. He left there to work for q
concern on Barclay street. and then
two and one-half years ago went on the
stage a. . song and dance man at the
Peoples Music Hall on the Bowery.
"He then became q pedler and sold
jewelry and clothes that he picked up at
auctions Of unredeemsd pledges. When
he went up to Peekskill last summer he
hired q horse and wagon and peddled
fruit and green stuffs about Peekskill.
We have men who are investigating
this.
Davidson told 10 that he knew Zelig
fairly we'll and that he knew Whitley
Lewis and Lefty but slightly. A. far
as I know he was never . waiter for
Jack Sirocco.
Davidson says that on Friday night
he went to q ball Of the Forsythe A..
sociation ut the 6tuyvesant Cafe on
Second avenue and that there he met
Zelig.
Davidson told me that In the cloak
room Zelig got him alone and took .
sum less than $25 away from him. This,
however, Is the revised version Of the
robbery as told by Davidson. The first
story he handed out was to the effect
that Zelig had stuck him UP and robbed
him OF $500 on Broome street on Satur-
day morning. But when we learned
from Davidson's wife that she had gone
through his clothes before he got up on
and found less than SO in
them we confronted the prisoner With
this story and he admitted that he had
been stuck UP at the ball.
"our investigation Of this. however.
story. We have found that Davidson
and Zelig were very friendly at this
ball and that on one occasion in the
presence Of witnesses Davidson threw
his arms around zelig's neck. kissed
him and vowed eternal friendship.
According to the prisoner and his
wife Davidson returned from that ball.
His wife says that he was drunk and
stupid, q condition in which she had
never seen him before. It was then that
she went through his clothes When he
got up he says that he went to the res
taurant kept by Jacob Sander at S48
Grand street. Davidson had q herring
and . cup Of coffee for breakfast and he
pay the check. Sander says
that he paid It and then they went to
what Davidson calls q tea house" In
the building where the Eldridge street
police station used to be and there had
coffee and cakes. which Sander paid
Sor. IT was then. Davidson says. that
he borrowed 80 from Sander. with
which he later purchased tho revolver
that killed Zeli1.
And right here came very interest.
ing part OF our investigation. Sander
was taken to headquarters and stub
bornly insisted that he hadn't lent
Davidson the money. Davidson was
ansered at this and he put Sander
regular third degree. He shot
questions at him for an hour while we
sat by, but Sander insisted that he
didn't have tho SO to lend.
,Vyvt,., Aon't x,a,, ~Avy,ix s,a,, fAnt N
me-? Davidson said to Sander. I shot
Zelig. I admit 1t. You can't be impli-
Gated in any way. want these men to
know that am telling them the truth.
AT the end Of an hour Of this David
son turned from Sander in disgust
Davidson then said that no mot Zelis
In a Second avenue restaurant and
begged him to give him back his money,
He says Zelig hit him and that this was
the last straw. He says tina, he went
10 a pawnbroker at Crane street and
the Bowery and tried In vain to buy q
gun there.
This story was verified BY Bessie
Edison, the daughter Of the proprietor Of
the place. who said that a man answer.
ing Davidsons description had rushed
into the place with two cuts on the side
OF his face and had asked for a re-
volver She wouldn't sell him ono be-
cause he had no permit. He was very
much excited. she said.
Davidson says that he then went to
Jersey City and at the store OF Simon
Meyers OF % Newark avenue. Jersey
City, bought the police revolver num-
bered 4Sl2. We found Meyers at his
hop,e nj 21O Want Ntnety.pinth straat