New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-22
;ixty-Hour Examlna'i0n
Ends Sternberg Doing
and Taciturn
Gather Fights Wildly
To Protect His Son
s,v Witness To-day Faces
pr;,oner, Who Accuses
Police of Cruelty

q, lollcQ 10 III a. t'-
= nstective Bureau all last night
r,,sned TO an endless series OF
....,Ons popped at him as fast as
-, men could frame them Listen,
.rtsids Of dozing-was about all
"A Queries which threatened to
n pitfalls were calmly ignored.
~, we're answered with the great
: ,ireumspection.
,,,veen evening and early morning
..,,.ser material assertion was ellie
I, ,,om aBenry" to bolster the Police
,...+nent's circumstantial solution OF
4, murder of Mrs. Elsie Lee Hilair'
,.,voinr transient who was stran-
~ ,rd robbed in her room in the
s..L Martinique a week ago to-day
/ ,,T,, parlsnce, the witness had been
.,,-rsSs He had had legal advice
.,.,, and had received the customary
-,-ition that tight lips are best IN
! ~ places
.s,spy's" was a tight place, and get
=, tighter with every passing minute.
:. lager merely detained" he had
=, ,ormally charged in the afternoon
:, the murder Of Mrs. Hilair. Never
a,,,, bulwarked by belated counsel
!, uysd through the third and last
a. Of his grilling without once evinc-
!, ths nervous uncertainty which
s,n..erized him when his status was
ut Of witness.
Will Be Sent to Tombs
he result was a stalemate for the
.r,. convincing them that from now
evidence discriminating Benny"
nd be sought from other lips than
aow. Sternberg will be sent to the
--ss this afternoon, therefore, and
F m ret all the sleep he is able TO use.
g,rsver. one more dent in "Benny's"
~ Of his movements on the day OF
20 murder was made before he went
q the silence. That Is to be scored
hs credit Of Assistant District At
.-sy John +. Joyce. who, with IN
sc.or JOAN Cray Of the Detective
,ssa and Captain Quinn of the I'd
'z,eh. has kept the inquisitorial trip
hs-sr tapping at Sternberg for more
4 he sixty hours. IL serves 10 Illus
\ "a the manner in which Benny 81
r.5 las been constantly changing, as
II ri L the fashion in which some OF
| e asnges have been worked.
4 the last revised edition Of his
4 s Benny" admitting he had met
| N Hair on Thursday, but insisting
| lad parted from her in the Grand
/ .g,zl subway station at 12:45, told
] riding on alone 20 Flftieth Street.
4 .s:s, be said, he left the subway and
1 ultsd back 10 Forty-sixth Street and
iss:vsy, where he pawned his ring.
4 Starts at Explosion
Nov there's one big flaw in your
,s1,' said Joyce. with a smile. You
80 have had quite a time climbing
2. q the debris after the explosion
a. pit the Fiftieth Street station out
sssress last Tuesday. How does It
I'pen you didn't mention that? Can
~ still say il was Fiftieth Street
',,'t you left the subway"
ssnny' started. He passed
,,sgaiful hand over his forehead.
4 srtss did make a mistake, Mr..
w. he admitted. presently. 81
c'-gh. I got Off at Fiftieth Street,
u ! must have counted wrong. /
~ one station beyond Grand Cen
n ard got the two Forty-second
'rssi stops mixed up, figuring the
u would be Fiftieth. Yes; that's
~ OF course, I got of at Times
ia's. Naturally, ! couldn't have
!, you about the explosion at Fifth
= Street because / didn't get that
IN afraid you don't always tell
= iru,h, Benny" Mr.. Joyce told
- 4 was just trying you out 70
y low sure you were OF just what
4 = Cd last Thursday. There wasn't
4 EXPLOSION al all. What do you say
y'snl' said Benny"
III VIII Search for Jewels
'is tying Of "Benny's" helpful
Il tsse closes only one phase Of the
nigation. With the long exami-
~ a. an end. Inspector Cray VIII
cs % concentrate on searching
n ss $500 worth Of jewels when
Srsed Mrs. Hilair's murderer
,srutor Joyce. al the same time
hsye no further interruption IN
amt for witnesses.
sa Important witness is TO have. a
III G Benny to-day-a person VINO
-nt, he saw Stcrnberg with WON
y ne Manhattan side Of the river
tine after "Bcnny's" own story
j ''s,es into Brooklyn
hadn't been for Israel stern,
Benny father, who introduced
n aver and q considerable measure
NiAment on bis own account mo
~st. last nights examination miignt
H. tae different end. The father
al 'tlo1r-hattcd and husky enough
20 % have been one Of the oe-
-. among whom he found himself
20 a. the Second Branch early IN
III .rning. With him was Jonah j.
..t.n, attorney.
Jlttion % see Benny" was re
sfa Israel Sternberg caught ms
Nnpse Of his son when four de-
L. started Tor Coroner Riordan
eiis nc priEoner. The elder
H. rushed into the street after
"'iy' ealing % Benny"
II Shouts 10 His Father
sN minute Benny lost all hi'
- me world assurance. He va,
BOY again ard 10 WIS In a smail
L. s.sssflng voice that he turned 70
80 sil-powerful one for protee'
Xs.n' he screamed. "Oh, papa
=. them take me-"
n an 81 the blood turned an elder
L. loving furricr into n one-rnan
- s'nDirg for Benny" the OLD
Il Tesbboed bin about the waist and
n sin from ihe decIectiyeG' grips
49, wa the force Of the attaes
AZ 80 ITO t1mblcd. Benny" whe'