Evening journal., 1913-11-21
Body Of PinkertOn Soon Re-
covered After Two Men
Confess
UNJUST JEALOUSY
CAUSE OF CRIME

ed In this part of the State in many
year
The body Of Pinkerton was taken
from its shallow grave at two O'Clock
yesterday morning, while the self
confessed slayers watched the ex-
humation in the dim lantern light
They are.
GEORGE G. MARCH, aged 80, a farm
hand, widower, and the father OF
elght-year-old Eva March.
ROLAND S. PENNINGTON, aged 22
farm hand: Unconditional and of not
high mental calibre; single.
Pnkerton. who was superintendent
OF the Brick House Farms, Glen
Mills, owned by G. Soaring Wilson, oil
Philadelphia. was killed with black
! Jack late on the afternoon of Novem-
! ber 6. Tho same night the murder
ers took his body in a milk wagon
eight miles away. On a knoll beneath
some trees they buried 1t, covered the
grave with dead leaves and returned
to tlgoir home ON the Thorp' farm.
/ Primitive Motives.
The motives for the mdrder its
inception, the carrying out OF the
conspiracy-th entire crime indi-
Gates reyersion of type TO the cave
man on the part OF the two who con-
fessed to an insensate desire to slay.
Mrs March. so called, for she Is
not married TO the prisoner, Is said TO
be with her father, William Barber,
at the White Horse Farm, near Paoh,
of which he is the superintendent.
With her is Eva--the homeless child
of the slayer. Mrs. March is a
wreck, for through her nervelracked
brain have been ringing the death
cries of young Pihkerton--the sound
of his struggle for life-the question:
ing of the child who also overheard
his cries It was the prompting of
her conscience which forced her to
tell her suspicious to her father, who
in turn conveyed theal to the authori-
ties.
Hunt Club Aided Search.
pinkerton's disappearance created a
sensation in this section. He was so
we'll known and so well liked that
many farmers and the members OF the
Rose Tree Hunt Club, of which his
father, Samuel pinkerton, is hunts
man. began systematic search
Through the highways and byways,
but without result. News OF the miss
ling man was sought near and far
land the greatest possible publicity
was given to his disappearance. But
no one had seen him after November
z. and Il was finally admitted that he
was the victim of four play, probably
at the hands of marauding highway
man.
T. tt.c ,,,oo,,tft,,o fIo huo and orv
raised by the disappearance had caus-
ed quiet investigation by District
Attorney Hannum and Detectives
OToole and Nell. They went on the
theory that If the murder-and such
they considered at from the outset
had been committed by a stranger,
the body would have been found, but
not the slayer. If committed by some
one on the farm the body would be
missing. but not the slayer So they
began a process of elimination.
While suspicion was directed to
March and Pennington, the first
search by the detectives of March's
home did not produce anything tan
gible. The second brought to light
Pinkertons overcoat. March could
not explain its presence. and suspi-
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more than he would divulge.
Gave Her "Third Degree"
On Wednesday, after March and
I Pennington contradicted one another
! IN a number Of instances. District
Il Attorney Hannum went to Mrs
March and put her through the "third
degree" She told of hearing the
cries and of her suspicious. She was
20 nf
o'clock on Thursday night. Penning-
ton was placed under arrest. He de-
MED all knowledge of the murder
and protested his innocence vigor-
ously Mr Hanuum and the detec-
tives grilled him for an hour.
"I'll tell the TRUTH" he exclaimed
finally, and after describing the muir
der. told where the body was bur
| led March was arrested at once.
and confronted with Pennington. He
denied point blank that he knew
anything of the murder, and denounc-
ed his acoomplice. IL was only
when the body was exhumed that he
broke down.
They took the two men to the
county Jail. where they arrived at
$40 o'clock yesterday morning.
They viii have a hearing within a
few days.
Devoid OF Bad Habits.
Pinkerton was a popular young
man, devoid Of bad habits. and high
ly esteemed by his employer, who en-
gagged him for the purpose OF teach
ing the numerous hands on the VIII
son farms the value Of sobriety and
clean living. The dead man was not
engaged to Helen Mendenhall, his
landlords daughter. as was report
ed. although Il was believed that
there was an understanding between
them.
March and Pennington have beer
working in this vicinity for abopt hv
years. March was for some time but
ter maker on tho White Horse Farm
on which Mrs. March'e father is EN-
ployed. Pennington worked for brio
and stormy period for James Doak,
local lvcryman, who gives him ba'
reputation, and alleges that Pennington
and March threatened his life som
months ago, while they were drunk.
Mrs March's past IL bit mysteiiou.
Ii was said that she had been marrc
before and divorced. According TO Dis
trict Attorney Hamum, she and Marc
are not married. The latter has bee
married and Is thought 70 bs Z wld