Evening journal., 1913-11-20
MISSING MAN
FOUND SLAIN:
ACCUSE PAIR
As SLAYERS
5. Lewis PinkertOn'S Dead
Body is Buried Without
Money end JeweIry in
GradyviIIe, Pa, Woods
TAX COLLECTNR ABSENT
SINCE NOVEMBER I

CHESTER, Pa- No, 90 Buried un-
der about two iect OF earth ana with
every evidence of his having met with
foul play the body OF S. Lewis pmkcr-
ton, tax collector of Edgomou, township,
Delaware county who had bgcn missing
since November :. WAS found today ia
a strip OF woods bacl, oi the Chester
Heights Meeting House, not lar ftom
Gadyrille
Roland S. Bennington, 20 year, old,
and George Marrh. also OF tbc .ame age.
were lodged ia the Dciawarc county
jail, at Media. at $50 o'clock ihis morn-
ing charged with the murder OF Young
Plnkefton, who Was - wears old They
wore taken handcuncd 10 the iail in
an automobile bv County Detective
John Ofoole. who prcfclrcd the ehar9a
of murder against them Al the jail they
, were later subjected to a scNcfc cross
examination hy District Attonc, John
j. Hamum, Jrs OF Delaware county.
March. one OF the suspects Lodged
In the Media jail. was a suhordinato
(, OF young Pinkerton. who was man
B ager for the Soaring Wilson farms.
3 IN Edgemont township. and the Dela-
; ware county authorities aver that the
Z two were not on friendly terms
That Pinkerton WAS murdered az
ter he had driven back TO the farm
OF which he was wanager:. lssSsing ~
lacked alter he gad taken his Ss2S5E Ss2S,
land buggy into tnc stables. by per "
who evidently know that he Md I
considerable sum OF money IN hts
possession. is the substance Of evf-
dence now In possession Of District
Attorney Hannum His hodv was
then conveyed from the stables. 10 Is
said. TO the dos0lafe aud remote
place where /. was found aud which
is three or four miles from the
stables.
Missing from the pockets OF ths,
dead man we're $500 ia cash and a
ring which had been in his possess
sion when he was last seen alive. on
the afternoon Of November Pinker-
ton, who was "a years old and ono of
the most popular residents of Dela~
ware county, cashed check for $500.
He was last seen driving i'm a buggy
toward GradyWlle. which Is about hvo.
miles east of Wcst Chester il is be-
lieved that as darkness began 10 set,
in he fas attacked murdered and
robbed before his body was thrust
beneath a mound of rudely and hastily
lcXcavated earth In the wood where il
was found.
Young pinkerton was engaged TO
marry Miss Nendcnhali. - student az
the West Chester Normal School he
had planned 10 marry her. IL is said.
,rfier Christmas and had parted Win
Her, for the last time, as IL arlorward
developed. a few hours before he dis
appeared
The murder Of Young pinkcrton
came as a climax 10 the reign of ter
ror and shooting Of Thomas A. Lee.
deputy, tax collector and politician Of
this city. IN the "boatiess boathouse'
section along the Darby Creek and
which has created an agitation for
the establishment OF a county con-
stabulary that its residents may have
police protection which they dc not
now possess.
Following the disappearance of Pink
erton, the Delaware county authorities
found themselves hampered in their
search for him by the fact that District
Attorney Hannum. with one county de-
tective to assist him and with the lea
shooting also to occupy his attention,
had a serious situation also confronting
him in the "boatless boathousev prob
lem.
Huntsmen joined County Detective
OToole in searching the woods in and
around Gradyville and in dragging Rid
ley Creek, but no clue to the where.
abouts OF the missing man were dis
covered until his body was unearthed
early this morning The brutal crime
OF which he was q victim has again
forcbly brought to the attention of the
people OF Delaware county the urgent
need OF police protection.