The evening world., 1913-12-06

the h,g Broad street depn -tr,ent stores
q couple OF Others at n popular SODA
fountain In the same street In estch IN
stance the "needie-ran" was taid TO be-
. white SLAYER. Always. however, Just
a. he was about TO carry OF his hAlf'
conscious victim. pretending that hc was
q husband or brother. some giri com
panion or real female relative appeared,
according to the stories. and Effected >
rescue
The closest investigation By both the
Newark newspapers and che police
never brought out any substAntiation
Of these reported incadents.
Newspapers IN this city and adjacent
towns ravs also investigated nany such
reports. but In no instance could the
investigators obtain q single name or
singie dsfnite fact. Tho storss were
much all alike In detail
STORY FORCES scEPricAL TO
BELIEVE.
The Mesaro case. therefore. looms up.
a. Detective Captain Tuite Of the New
ark force phraAsd II. - - mighty big
proposition and . mighty peculiar one"
II scarcely know what To think about
H." the Captain sad. ana his colleague
on the case. Capt. Cordano. agreed with
him. Il didn't believe these things hap
pensd. but what can you think In this
eassf
"Mrs. Gran. when I re-examtned her
to-day. whsn she w-s calm and COL
lected, told tho same story that sho
told last night upo- leaving tho .he-
strs III and ssmi-hystsricsl. The man
took . ssat besite her In the dark the.
atrN She reached over to pick up hor
vrap. She felt . sharp pain In her
right wrist--and she has the plain
mark Of . nssdis-prick there - AMI
then she became numosd.
'Our police surgeon. DR.. Henry Clark.
attended her and found that she ap.
Dsarsd to have bssn poisoned"
Young Ne6aro - certainly not .
white SLAYER. % far - We could lsarn."
said Capt. Cordano. ''iIs came here
from Busnos Ayres about four years
aso. He v ths nephew Of Dr. Pane.
crasIo Mesaro. . reputable physician.
living ct No. Ms High street. They are
Italisns. although they lived In Argen.
tina.
IeTUDiEo PHARMACY AND WORKS
As DRUG CLERK.
"Ths boy studied chemistry and phar-
macy a. tho New Jersey College Of
Pharmacy. but got on bad terms with
his uncle . couple Of years ago for SONS
/ hA AL auA k~
doctor withdrcw his support Since
In drug stores and candy shops. always
whore he would have . lot Of women &c
deal with.
I'm our search OF his room at No. .
Halssy street we did not find either
poison or . hypodcrmic syringe. II
would seem. therefore. II no l. quilts
that his instrument was this needle
which was found In tie box At thu
Lyric after IN. performance"
The discolored needle found seems I,
be OF foreign make and Is three inche
long II will be sub J-ctcd to-ia,
u . microscopic examination In an II
fort TO learn whether or not there a.,
traces Of q drug upon II.
The police. after consulting chemist.
and physicians. were inclined to the be
lief that "curare," u drug said to bs In
d!genous to the Amazon region OF Souti
America was .sed IN The effort to rem
der Mrs, Gran unconscious. THIS Il
said TO have u paraiytic effect upon tn,
nervous system. But only an analyti
cal examination Of the substance ol
the needle Of course will tell wheths
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ANTI.vicE SOCIETIES HAVE hAI
COMPLAINTS.
! The various ant-vtce societies her
were encouraged to-day In the investisa
cation they are making OF these storle,
by Developments In Newark. Hereto
fore they have been unable 10 get nor
, han the vayuest Information. and nav
, been unable 10 prove q single case ths
. came to their notice.
Former Assistant District-Attorne
James b. Reynolds. now counsel for III
American Vigilance Association, wit
I, Offices at No l56 Fifth ave,sue. said the
, were investigating several stories I
} this kind.
The attitude OF the oficials Of organ
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= protection OF young girls. 10 that whel
thsse is 80 much smoke there 10 apt
Y be some fire and no amount Of improb'
bility can Justify them In failing TO Il
} vCstiga;s sve!y complaint Of the 50
received
There 10 some Inclination to put n
I. blame for the hair-raising tales on Il
' sex plays. sex movies and sex liter
ture. This authority pointed out thi
the rapid education OF young girls
matters OF sex cannot fail to furnis
q some OF them with weird excuses ia
ricatsd from the lore they have In
n bi bed when they happen to set In trol
! Lle OF one sort or another.
I One th.aI that puzzles tho NewaI
y police In the MeSaro case Is that
Q was found stili sitting In the box aft
Mrs. Graft was attacked. They dor
1 understand why no didn't follow he
lif he thought the poison WAS takiv
d effect. or make HE escape u he thoug
Il II had faiied and shs vas going TO cor
y plain. II guilty. they know no rsAs,
u hs should Asvs rsmasns< and ssvss