Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-23
EXPECT GIRL
TO REPORT MURDERER
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reputation, and to save her will report him
self.
No other hope remains.
The police have no description Of the man
nor the woman. They have been unable to
cannot even obtain description of 1t nor
guess what was its make. The mystery of
the shooting is farther beyond them than
was that OF any murder they have had In
years.
Boland. with crowd Of boys going into
Fairmount Park TO give friend they knew
was there a ghost scare came upon a
small automobile hidden in the shadows of
trees and shrubbery by the side of an un-
frequented road in Nell drive. The faint
splotches of light falling through the trees
played upon n man in the automobile and
Boland and the boys saw that he was hug
gng and kissing a young woman.
Better light your lamps" said Boland,
who was out in the road and nearest the
car.
There was shot. a flash of light from
the automobile, and Boland fell headlong
to the road. Then a second shot and
third. apparently fired with deliberate aim
by the man in the automobile, struck the
body
The woman in the automobile screamed,
Bolands companions, frightened at the first
shot had sourrled into the bushes,
When they realized that Boland had
been struck they hurried out again and ran
to his side.
SLAYER SPEEDS AWAY.
The automobile engine began to hum in
the bushes and the car moved out into the
road 1t was gone in a flash. The boys
aid not get the number of It, They are un-
able to describe it, except to say 1t was
small automobile,
The boys picked up Roland's body and
carried It to the Schuyllkil bridge which
spans the river at Midvale avenue. A doc
tor, passing In an automobile. took the body
and sped to the Samaritan Hospital Blu:
the physicians there said the first shot, which
struck Boland In the head. had killed him
instantly. Two shots struck him in the
side of the head
The police of Fairmount Park today are
looking for n clue They are handicapped
in the beginning because no one knows the
number of the automobile. Nor can any
one guess what make of car it was
Detective William Callahan, of the muir
der squad. said it was the hardest case the
police had had for years. There are several
theories the police are working on, but
none of them is more than a shadow of a
theory.
Boiand was with Walter Broughton "a
years old. 1852 Stanton street Martin Sad
lier l65 Arnold street Edward j. Ryan and
his brother Micheal. l42 Stanton street;
Edward Geer. 21 years old, 3719 Stanton
street and Edward Downey. 10 years old.
East Park drive. Falls of schuylkill.
PLANNED GHOST SCARE.
They had started out at 10 O'Clock last
night to scare Martin Pinyard, an en-
pioye on the links OF the Philadelphia
Country Club. One had sheet tucked under
his arm. They intended when they found
Pinyard, that one should put the sheet on
and approach Pinyard with waving arms
a
They were nurmuring and whispering
among themselves, planning the scare" as
they crossed the Falls of Schuylklll bridge
Boland. sadleT and Broughton were walk
ing ahead, planning Just how the ghost"
should act. When they reached the other
side. they turned into Neill drive. 1t was
very dark the sort Of place a superstitious
person would believe ghost should be. a
spot little frequented after nightfall
They had not gone far beyond the bridge
when they came upon the motorcar No
sound came from II. They knew the man
was kissing the girl The pair was sill
houetted against the black trees. As the
ghost party" came nearer the man was
heard nuttering.
When Boland spoke the shots that came
in reply were so sudden and so quick that
the other members of the crowd who had
been tagging behind, scattered. When thcy
realized the bullets had struck Boland they
emerged from the bushes and ran to his
side.
The murder was reported by the boys 10
the Ridge and Mldvale avenues police sta
ton, and detectives of the murder squad
started out at once 10 look for the car
The youths were held at the station as
witnesses.
The police say the stories the young men
tell all coincide yet they are working on
theories that there may be other stories.
They are unable to settle on a motive for
the murder. To get an understandable
motive they have sought other explanations.
One theory is that the man thought him.
self and the girl in danger and shot to
protect himself Another is that the boys
may have attempted TO interfere with him
and the girl.