The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-25
Arrested HERE FOR
MURDER OF WOMAN
Continued From First pax..

rlsburg Postoffice by Van Horn who wa,
using the alias '"Harry I. Dilmore.
1t was then that the vigil at the
Postoffice began, because the police he
heVed that he would turn up at the
general delivery window sooner or later
ior an answer to his letter. In the
meantime County Detective Tepel and
other policemen went to various hoard.
ing houses in the city but failed in that
way to find the pair
Stolen Jewelry Recovered
AT noon to-day the police were about
ready to give up the hunt. At that
''me Detective Murnane relieved De.
tective White or watch in the most.
office.
ieW minutes later Van Horn en-.
tered and asked for letter. He was
arrested without trouble and rave tho
desired information, almost Immediate.
~, about the whereabouts of bis ,,;fa
detective Joseph Ibach, while visit.
ing the local pawn shops Saturday aft.
ernoon at O'Clock, came across som.
articles of jewelry which have sine.
been identified as having been wor, h.,
the aged woman who was murdered
Among the iewelry were a bar min sot
wfn big diamond, a watch and
ring. The detective made DRAWN.
1 OF the pin and left the pin at the n.w,
shop. Later the design was recoynized
by a Williamsport detective and tbs
Jeweiry was recovered. 1t is said that
the person who pawncd the ewelrv
asked for only SIS on it, although it
is valued at almost $500.
The police say thtt Van Horn. in
/! speaking of The crime said he had
some words with his mother.in.Iav and
with Anna, his wife, and the thought
oi the robbery then came INTO his mind.
lie did not tell his wife where he got
the money, he said, but she consented
to leave Williamsport with him. Tbev
came to Harrisburg BY way of sh,.
mokin, he said.
van Horn Shows Little Concern
For one charged with so crave an
oHense Van Horn seemed but Iittla
concerned. He answered questions and
volunteered some information, all in an
even tone of voice and without a
tremor He is Of slight build. with n
rather large head and big, staring eyes.
he still is wearing clothing he was al.
legged to have worn when he left vii,
Transport. His departure from that
city was so sudden that he took no ex.
ira clothing with him. Van Horn ia
"a years old.
me Wlfe, who was Anna b. Stroup
pefore her marriage, is striking IN ap.
/ pearance and was neatly dressed in a
dark blue coat suit She wore a small
hat OF recert style and heavy dark
grey furs. She is % years Old.
Inc romance which eliminated in
the marriage of the pair began in the
Lycomlng county prison. Van Horn
was in the custody of the jail authori.
ties at the time Anna B. Stroup was
sent to the prison. The two met in
the prison and the friendship which
grew between them gradually strength.
ened into q stronger feeling.
The girls Jail tern ran out first. but
she waited until Van Horn was re.
leased. The pair then went to the Of
hce OF the Register and Recorder.
where they obtained marriage license
on January 10, 1914.
Story of the Crime
! Mrs. Fulmer. who was S4 wears old.
was attacked in her home, 166 William
street, Williamsport, within two blocks
of the county Jail, early last Wednes.
day evening. She was choked and her
tongue slipped down her throat,
strangling her.
The crime was not discovered until
Thursday at noon, at which time a
dairyman entered the house to deliver
milk and saw the body of the aged
woman. She lived alone in one side Of
a double house. II is believed she did
not put up much of struggle, for the
family in the other side of the house
heard no unusual hoise.
Mrs. Fulmer was reputed to be
wealthy. She owned several houses,
according to dispatches from Williams.
port She was e member of a family
who have long been active in business
in that city. Some gold pieces she was
known to have possessed, which were
later said to have been flashed in Will
Transport saloon by a man answering
the description of Van Horn, gave the
first clue to the identity of the alleged
L IL.