Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-12
KOWALfWSKI SOON
TO BE IN JAIL HERE
Slayer Of "Abe" Edelstein Brought
Back From York, Pa.
HAS CONFESSED THE CRIME.
Police Officials Think He May Have
Been Implicated In Another Ira
gedy. Yet UnsOlved.


gedy. Yet Unsolved.
Frank Kowalewski, a Pole, other
wise known as Smith, self-confessed
murderer of Abraham Edelstein, a
| wealthy cattle dealer of Baltimore
| County. who was killed on the Kowa-
lewsh farm at Clarke's Station, in the
Fourth District. on the night of Sep
/ tember IL last, will be prisoner in
the county Jail here by tonight, ac-
cording to information reaching the
city this morning Police officials also
believe that Kowalewski is implicated
in another crime that has never been
solved
| Kowalewski, or Smith, was arrested
by Baltimore City detectives on Thurs
day at York. Pa, and was taken to
Baltimore last night He had been
!. working with gang of railroad labor
ers at a little town named ely near
York Soon after his arrest he con-
| fessed to the detectives that he COM
mitted the crime, saying that he kill
| ed Edelstein in self-defense The case
is to be investigated by the grand jury
of the October term of court, which
begins Monday.
Confronted by Marshal Carter,
Deputy Marshal House, Detective Cap
tain McGovern and Police Lieutenant
| Creamer. of the Baltimore County
force, Kowalewski reiterated his con-
| fession.
1 v,fRft Nto1- l..rr
morning, seven hours after his arrest
at ely, Pa, that Kowalewski told in
| detail the story of how he shot, killed,
robbed and then buried the body of
| the cattle dealer. Although he Wig
orously protested his innocence of
having killed Edelstein for hours after
his arrest Kowalewski broke down at
midnight Wednesday in the office of
4 Detective Charles s. White, at York,
| through the severe grilling he under
went at the hands of Detective
1 Dougherty.
Prisoners First Story.
/ Kowalewsl1i's first story to the de-
| tectives was that he left his farm,
/
law, who works in a cannery near
Centreville, insisted that he help pay
| off mortgages held against the farm
| He denied he had telephoned to Edel-
stein to visit him, and said he did not
see him on the night of the murder
| He did admit, however, that he had
read of the finding of Edelstein's body
| on his farm. Detectives Dougherty,
Kahler and Freeman learned through
trip they made through parts of
| Pennsylvania that man of Kowalew-
| skis description every morning
bought Baltimore paper at Scranton,
Pa. A newsdealer there said the man
acted nervously and scanned the
paper, apparently following develop
ments the detectives were making in
uncovering the disappearance of Edel-
stein.
While Mrs Kowalewski, wife of the
confessed slayer, when arrested at
first denied having any knowledge of
Edelstein having been murdered, she
later, under Detective Dougherty's
gruelling, admitted her husband had
killed the cattle dealer and had told
her that he intended to bury the body
She did her utmost to protect her hus-
band, but Kowalewski in his confes-
sion yesterday morning to the de-
tectives at York implicated his wife
as accepting SIS he said he took from
the pockets of the cattle dealer after
he had killed him.
Confession OF Crime.
In his confession Kowalewski said
Il was working my farm when Edel-
stein arrived and demanded ! pay fol
the mules, harness and wagon. Ny
dealings with him had always been
poor. but | had no money and there
fore | could not pay cash for the
stun | bought from Edelstein. He
became angry and pulled pistol from
his pocket and fired at me. | pulled
my pistol and fired at his feet. | had
no intention of killing the man."
Prior to this statement he had told
Detective Dougherty that his pistol die
not work and that he then went to hi;
house and got shotgun which hs
used in shooting the cattle dealer.
Il believed l shot him." Kowalew
ski continued, but he ran down the
road I was afraid of him and / wen
back into my house and got the shot
. gun. again fired at his feet; he fell
/ went to look at Edelstein because
| feared had killed him He was dead
Then ! returned to my home, told m.
wife what had done and went to bed
/ took the first train from Clarke's t,
. Baltimore Then / went to Washing
ton. The only money | had was Sc
! While in Washington / found SO OF
the street. Then / went to Wilkes
Barre, to Scranton and thence +
Philadelphia. In that city ] went 4
: the Office of the employment agenc.
J of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The.
gave me job as a track hand AM
, sent me TO ely, Pa. I told them / wa
Charles T. Collins and that is tn
name / worked under for the RaiIroal
Company"
: Dramatically Kowalewski told o
how he buried the body of Edelstein