Evening star., 1915-02-10
SEEKING FACTS IN
MORS' CONFESSION
Odd Fellows Home Board at
Yonkers Will Assist the
Authorities.
TO APPOINT COMMITTEE
IN ACTIVE COOPERATION
Allegations Made by Former EN-
ploye Not Regarded as
Confirmed.

YoNkER y. Y. February f0.-The
hoard of trustees of the German Odd
Fellows Home, where Frederick Mors,
now in the psychopathic ward in Belle
vue Hospital. has confessed that he
mcthodically killed eight aged inmates,
has decided to appoint a special com
nittee to cooperate with the authori-
ties in making a searching inquiry OF
the startling allegations.
This was announced by Jacob Strobel,
financial secretary. following a meet
ing last night of the board of trustees.
Frank J. Fuchs. the president of tho
German Odd Fellows Home Associa-
lion. stated that he had personally re-
quested District Attorney Martin of
the Bronx to have one of the bodies of
The alleged poison victims exhumed.
Tie district attorney told him, he said,
that he would do this if the evidence
justified such step.
Mr.. Fuchs added that If the district
attorney did not see fit to exhume one
of the bodies the lodges owning the
home would discuss the advisability
OF obtaining permission to do so them
selves Every one of the Odd Fellows
interested in the home. Mr.. Fuchs said
wanted the truth the falsity of the
Mors statement definitely settled as
SOoH as possible
Statement by Mr.. Fuchs.
Mr.. Fuchs said yesterday:
"Mors had no right to be in the rooms
of inmates when they died He had no
business handling medicine. Many of
the old and more infirm inmates. how
ever, remember him regretfully as
that kind hearted and thoughtful
MOrS YOu he NJ n 10 uva
to aid an inmate who was suffering, or
who walked with difficulty. He rather
forced himself by his very kindnesses
and little attentions into the position
of nurse.
The man was a porter. His duties
were to clean the rooms and the halls
nothing else. OF course, 1 know that
some of the inmates say Mors was seen
in the rooms of persons who were dying
or who had Just died.
However. I can't make head or tail
of any of this business. II seems to me
as if it must be all madnan's night
mare. We all are depressed by the
cloud 1t has cast over the home"
Official Inquiry Halted.
Official inquiry into the deaths Of the
inmates was virtually brought to a
standstiIl last night. Coroner Dunn was
awaiting a report from DR.. s. NJ. Greg
ory. an alienist, who has Mors under
observation in a New York city hos
pital The coroner continued his in
vestigation at the home. but the wit
nesses threw little new light on the
case
Mors spent yesterday writing out
what was described as an extended his
tory of his activities as an employe
1T the home here.
Coroner Dunn said he did not expect
to make any more arrests until after
,he hearing, which is to be held tomor-
Mors may be telling the truth. and he
had found some corroboration of the
story, il would still be hard to prove
that any of the deaths were unnatural
unless the bodies were exhumed.
Walls and Boxes Bear Poison Labels.
Representatives of the district attor-
nsys Office in the Bronx made a thor
ough search of the old home at Union
port, where three of the aged people
lied. They found a number of walls
and medicine boxes bearing poison la
1els in the building which formerly
loused the institution. Another find
was a medicine-measuring glass or
graduate marked down to teaspoonful
quantity. The detectives who found it
say IL answers the description of the
glass that Mors in his confession said
was used to administer poison to the
alleged victims.
DIR. Gregory announced that he
would make his report to the court to-
MORROW.
Assistant District Attorney Mork of
Eronx county said that he did not con-
slider that any confederation of Mors'
story had been obtained so far.