New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-20

role Of tango pirate" for whom
no nolice cast the original Bennle IN
framing their scenario of the hiialt
murder mystery. He Is twenty-iogr
vears old and 5 feet 8 inches tall: ne
wore a we'll creased brown checked sur
and light green tie that marked Ms
evident taste for the high lights;
Sternberg told the police that ne
was a fur salesman and made enough
money 10 have been able 20 give M
wife in a year $4,000 worth OF dla-
monds. Most Of these. he said, were ~
a safe in his fathers home, SOL nrau-
ford Street. East New York. lie dld nov
explain. however. why he had oeen
forced 20 pawn the diamonds ne admlN-
ted having pledged recently.
Sternberg fixed the time Of has meet
ing with Mrs. Hillsir as Thursday'
March s. He was sitting In ooA a.
the Orpheum with "a big blond WON
an" who. the police say. is well known
in that part OF Brooklyn. She IS mar
ried. Mrs. Hilair and Miss MURRAY
took seats in the same box and the four
struck I'D an acquaintance. Sternoerg
said Mrs. Hilair gave him a nod 10
leave the box. He did so. and made an
sppointment 10 meet her the next aiier-
noon. Then they reioined the o'nef
pair.
Saw Burlesque Sho"
The next day Sternberg and Mrs.
Hilair met. he said, and VISITED Iue
Casino. a burlesque theatre on ia
bush Avenue After the matinee .ney
went 10 the Plaza, a restaurant "nels
they had several drinks and dahceu'
Al 6 o'clock Mrs. Hilair left him. stern
berg said. 10 hurry home and assume
her dual role Of dutiful housewife Oh
an unsuspecting husband. But oeIoIe
going she made an appointment 20 meet
Sternberg the following MONDAY,
~ that day they again visited the
Orpheum. and. as before. drank ana
danced AZ the Plaza after the show
They parted at o'clock. Mrs. mar
sought to make another engagement
with him for the following day, stern
berg said. 49,. 4ho.
She told him. he asserts. that that
vas the night each week when she os-
tensiblv visited her mother in Ruther-
ford. y. J., and that she would not have
N 90 home at o'clock. Sternberg'
however. saws he told her he could not
meet her. He says he saw her no
more. ~
Sternberg says Mrs. Hilair nitro,
duced herself TO him as Mrs. mn >,
He told her "just 20 call him Bennle'
At times, he admitted. he had assumed
the name "Ben Sutton" and he dld not
remember which name he had gwen
Mrs. Hilair. if either. He used the
alias. he explained, because sutton IS
shorter than Sternberg.'
Was in Saloon
In his effort TO establish an abb as
10 his whereabouts last Thursday stern
berg gave the police the name OF
BROOKLYN saloon. where he said he mad
been. He also declared ne had attend
ed a matinee at the Empire Theatre. "A
BROOKLYN brrlesque house. on that dag.
Sternberg's wife became hysterical IN
Captain Coughlin's Office as she listened
TO her husband tell OF his clandestine
meetings with another mans wife.
II don't know how I'm going to get
over this" she walled. ION, why dldn
YOU tell me? ," she asked her husband.
Mrs. Sternberg is twenty years old.
DR.. Otto II. Schultzc. who made an
analysis Of Mrs. Iilair's stomach. TO
determine if she had been drugged or
poisoned. said last night he had obtained
no definite results. DR.. Otto Kleine,
OF the Standard Testing Laboratory.
disposed. however, of the theory that
the red liquid spilled on a serving tray
in the hotel room was the remains of a
dug or poison. His analysis showed 1t
contained only alcohol. sugar and a
harmless coloring matter
The police discovered new .clew
Yesterday i'm several short black hairs
found in the brush that was in the
hotel room. As Mrs. Iilair was blond
the police believe the hairs are those
of the murderer. They also attached
significance TO the discovery in the
room of paper which had been
wrapped about large round bottle. No
hattie could he found