Evening journal., 1916-08-29
TRY TO FREE FRIGAR,
PARK Slayer, TODAY
Will Ask Release on habeaS
Corpus on Man Who Slew
10 Defend Fiancee
BOOTHWYN MAN TELLS
POLICE OF HIS ACT

PHILADELPHIA, IA AUS -, Dr.
An effort will be made today 10 uaSo
bail allowed for Ellis ID. frlsal' snO
soune man who confessed yes u ,,
hat ID was he who slew EdWaIu po
and i'm Paramount Park last Iuesu"S
light ,...n,,,,,,
l5rigar. whose home is IN Boothwyn'
pa SAYS he shot Boland- proleVl
himself and his hancee' MISS Allauu"
sykes. No. 27ll North PARK avenue
Sho is a student nurse IN JenSrsoui
HOSPITAL. He feared that boiahu anu
Xix men who were win nun Ne'N
,bout to execute hold-up'
Franklin Spencer Edmonds' To1ll-
sci for Frigar. will go before Juuse ,
Monaghan in Common Pleas OouI,
No r this afternoon, and asks q VII.
II habeas corpus by when ms V'lent
nav he released on bail Mablst."te
Reaton. in Central station YESTERDAY
held Frigar without bail TOT the WI
lner H.. 49,.
Miss sykes IS expected to be pres
ent al the habeas corpus aIsumen,,,
n a. not believed that the ponce WI
opposs admitting Frigar 10 Dal''
Fripar spent bad night IN his ceh az
City Hall. getting little more IMAM an
hours sleep. nth
nolond Whom The shooting occurred viii
hs oiyen hearing this afternoon at
N;t,- tlnu rhov aud Roland are said 10
hate po-nd as park guards ana lo'd
,fr;.r, a. ,ya. under arrest when they
.,n, unon him and Miss sykes ana
ho;, notionle-- motor car ON Neil
n,i,e in The park Figar had gotten
n, nj the car TO look al his engine,
which had stopped. Believing these
,o,,no mon planned harm. Frigar shot.
one of the men Is Walter Broughton,
Sto,ion street Falls of Schuylkill. The
.thcr Is Martin Sadlcr. Arnold street.
'rhe, and four others who were with
Roland were arrested last-weck as ma
,e,iol witnesses and discharged. Late
Yesterday they we're rcarrested
a. the request of Captain OF Detec-
Dc Tate tho mon were taken 20 city
uon Brouphton was taken into a PR
,ote room aud lrigar brought from ms
ccll 10 confront the man, Pointing his
anccr straight at Brough'on, fIg"
said;
Friqar Identifies Prisoners.
sYou are the man who approached
me and said that was 'pinched. You
tocl, my license number and you wrest'
led with me and tried to take away the
revolved. You did all the talking and
Won tackled me when refused to believe
mai You we're park guard. Brough
ION remained silent his eyes on th'
eoor Frigar was led from the room
and when the prisoner had departed
Broughton spoke up and said
.That is all a lie. I did nothing tina
~ eavs" Sadler was brought in. Fri
raj was summoned again. When m
ospied Sadler. Frigar said
~ know you. You had the ootti'
which you held over my head. sai'
10 YOU. What's the matter. Mac? VIVA
are YOU doing with that? You said
That's all right. It's only bottle o
beer. You were the man who stool
In the left Of the machine and ran NJ
the road when ! fred
Sadler denied the allegations an'
said that his original account was I'M
true version The detectives said tina
the empty beer bottle which the.
found was i'm the shrubbery at tn
snoi where Sadler said he left the roa'
and hit after the shooting.
The police learned from The record
that Broughton had served three years
sentence for highway robbery.
The present charges against Brough
ton and Sadler are attempted hold-ul
imncrsonating an officer and assault.
There is one point in Frigar's &C
count OF the shooting which puzzle
the detectives. and which they ar
anxious TO clear up The point wher
his automobile stopped. as evidence
br the oil spots in the road. Is in a
extremely dark spot midway betwee
two electric lights. The detective
want TO know why Frigar stopped h
csr here when he could have coastC
on down grade to ono Of the light
Here there would have been no dai
cor Of another car running INFO Fr
CARS machine and there would ha'
hocn less chance Of hold-up
Old Charge against Fricar.
The police are interested in a stat
n'ent that State Detective James Me
Of Delaware county holds a warra
charging Frigar with assault and ba
tory upon two young women. couple
with a more serious accusation. tn
warrant has not N,en served. becaus
q is said. Frigar left soon afterwa
for Mexico e. take a position with
petroleum company The conce
suspended early this summer becau
Of the troublesome conditions in Me
co. and Frigar came north.
Constable James B. Gill. OF Cheste
who was given the warrant to sery
said il charged Frigar and anoth
man said TO be a concert singer. wi
attcking two chorus girls one nam,
Lucille Dumott. of Denver. and Il
other from Boston. The alleged a
tack occurred on a country road
short distance beyond the Frig;
home al Boothwyn. Alderman NJ.
Elliott, Of Chester. says he issued q
warrant upon complaint Of the your
women.
Gill said he had tried TO take Frig
on the warrant az reception
BoOthwyn the next night. but tn
when he had descended on the par
he found Frigar had gone to MexiC
GIL says that upon Frigar's retu
from Mexico he had instructions fro
Chester not 10 serve the warrai
Squire Elliott says this was becau
at that time the complainants HI
gone far from the jurisdiction.
Elliott. friend Of the Frigars, do
not believe the two young wom
concerned we're as roughly handl
as alleged
When she was asked about the 0
and new charges against her so