Evening journal., 1913-05-06
MAY CALL ON
DETECTIVES TO
GET WILD MAN
Fellow Who SCareS Newark
Folk by Franks Still in
Hiding
EGGS AND RAZORS In
FRONT OF FARMERS HOUSE

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FRONT OF FARMERS HOUSE
Special 70 THE EVENING JOURNAL
f NEWARK, May g. Since the posse
organized Sunday afternoon failed to
find the supposed insane Italian who
had been making so many mysterious
visits ID farm houses along the Elk
/ ton road near Newark. returning
! what is apparently stolen property
/ the ncighhorhood has become so
aroused that IL Is likely detectives
will be engaged unless the mystery 4
! is unravclcd soon One person,
whose homo was visited by the F.
stranger said today that this sug- /
/ gestion had boen made, and the en- |
raglng of detectives is being consld- !
cred. Every day new robberios or
mysterious visits are being reported, |
and now there ia great fear that some
one will be burned out or a dcs-
porato crime of some kind committed
unless the supposed insane man,
who is reported to make his home
in different huts in a large woods
nearby, rs soon caught
The fact that It is generally be-
lieyed that the Italian who made the
strange visits to the Myers and Bow
ers homes last Saturday night is the
same person who several nights pre-
viong tied 4 womans gold watch and
, chain 10 a halter around cows
, neck after turning the animal out OF
the barn into a field, does not tend
, to lessen the fear OF impending dan
/ ger from such deluded person.
, Residents of the neighborhood con-
3 tend that a person who would tie a
5 gold watch and chain around cows
p neck certainly might attempt any
3 thing. Although there have been
4 number Of inquiries from persons
r who have lost watches by theft the
one now in possession of Mr.. Myers
p which he found attached TO one OF
r his cows has not been identified. He
{ has received a communication from a
i person living in Wilmington whose
d description Of watch that was
@ stolen last February Is said TO about
Il tally with tho timepece that he has
IS but the WilmingtoniGn has not seen
"A the watch
Tho posse was formed Sunday and
u conducted 2 long search for the man
I, after some happenings of Saturday
" night that were stranger than NO
: ton y has iust hccome puhlicl,
Known that previous TO the hndinf
y of tho watch on the cows neck Al
d the home of John Myers, who Us
tenant ON a farm owned by Miss
~ Elizabeth Bowers. and her sisters
II was entered and a jar OF preserves
" and two razors. the latter the pro
{. perty Of colored farm hand. stolen
Late Saturday night another farm
VI hand. who left Mr.. Myers employ. re
turned 10 the farm. II being late IN
went TO the barn to sleep instead o
waking up the family. Early sunda,
% morning this man was awakened b.
~ someone prowling around the barn
ls lighting matches He described IN
m man as an Italian who spoke broke
ld English. as when he demonstrate
IT. with him for striking matches in th
barn. the stranger replied, that's al
right I know the law The MAJ
then handed the farm hand a jar. tell
ing him to give It to Myers and than
him for the same and to tell him h
\ would find the other things on th
window sill This farm hand kne'
nothing of the finding of the myster
AZ ious watch and thought the person ,
NJ the barn was returning somethin
that he had borrowed The next morn
ing. however, when he took the la
TO the house. IL was recognized as IN
IL one stolen that had contained the pre-
% serves. The matter was then furthe
mt Investigated and on the window 81
mt was found two razOrs. The Tact ina
ay the razors we're not the same one
er stolen from the colored farm laboref
cs only helped 10 increase tho myster
n. as il is evident tho man has a goo
lel supply Of razors and when he roturi
nd ed these got them mixed with other
The samo morning Sunday Mis-
iO1 Bowers. ono Of the owners of the fari
M tenanted by Myers found dozen egl
Gil on her front porch While they hs
,al missed no eggs. " is thought possib
M that they had been stolen from n
II hen house. or barn and the strani
,as thief, after securing another dozf
. from some one else, returned them
atd he did in the case Of the razors.
t.h This is only "A few Of the strani
tha actions OF some one in the 'neighbo
~ hood. Valuable stock has been turn
'hts out, food supplies and milk stole
:, The farm Of George McCanaughey
en- another one that WAS visited 4
~, though there are reported TO
I vicious UOEh ~ DNiIf VI AH' AtAt
~ houses they do not seem to bother 2
su. elusive stranger and in fact in sc
eral instances he is said 10 have pou
'n' ed milk from cans ready for [
creamery for the CANNES TO drink.
lelu Albert Burgess a we'll known C
no' ored man who lives in a small hou
ss near the Myers home. came face
az az, face with strange Italian sever
'h ~ days ago in his (Burgess) home. T
49,, man had Burgess revolver that
,oi, had found in the house in his haI
When the colored man demanded
~ return of the gun he handed il ov
. without trouble but remarked. q
ahead and kill me. NEE know I
law" Burgess instead Of turning b
over to the authorities is reported
have taken hiro 10 gang of Italia
who we're working on railroad nei
Il by Some OF them promised 70 "a
care OF him and get him work. 7
foreman however. refused him a
SD and he was allowed 20 90 and unl'
the man seen In Myers barn ca
Sunday morning is the same one
10 4 has not been seen since.
The impression is that there Is
dangerous insane Italian who is
)6 I inr in the daytime In that nelghb
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