Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-25
Clarence Collins, Formerly OF
Gettysburg, Is Taken in
Waynesboro Charged With
Theft of Dead Mans Auto
TWO OTHERS SOUGHT
AS HIS ACCOMPLICES
George J. Bushman's Tragic
End May Be Cleared by the
First Arrest; Car Is Found
in Philadelphia Garage

Gettysburg, Pa, Oct. 25.-With
the arrest of Clarence Collins, for
merly of this town, it is thought that
the identity of the murderers OF
George j. Bushman, whose dead body
was found a week ago along the
River Road near Lucknow, is in
fair way to be solved.
Collins was arrested in the Lam
dis Tool Works at Waynesboro last
night. Until recently he has lived
in Gettysburg. The arrest was made
by County Detective Charles H. Will
son on the technical charge of being
implicated in the theft of Bushman's
automobile. which disappeared the
night of his death.
Look For Two Others
Harry G. White. Harrisburg detec-
tive who is working on the murder
case, cameto Gettysburg for Collins
this afternoon, who was brought to
the Adams county Jail by Detective
Wilson last night. Detectives White
and Wilson are now looking for two
other men who are known. to have
been implicated in the robbery of
Bushman's autom obile following his
murder
The Hudson Supersix automobile
driven by Bushman the night of his
murder has been located in the ga
rage of e. c. Sherman, of Philadel-
phia. Bushman was murdered last
Wednesday night. Information fer
reted out by Detective White was to
the effect that the three men now
thought to have murdered Bushman
appeared at the Philadelphia garage
YYhursday morning with the automo-
bile. AS late as Saturday, one of
the three men returned and attempt
ed to sell the automobile to Sher-
man. Sherman, however, was sus-
picious, and held the fellow off, and
told him to call again. In the mean
time he received notice of the car
that was stolen from Bushman and
found that it tailed with the car
stored in his garage by the three
young men. They did not show up
again, and the local authorities were
notified
Worked OH Clue '~
During the, early part of his in
vestigation, Detective Wilson learned
that not a man and a woman, as
NtS at IliSt SuPpOStu, buI SGNtIdl
men, accosted Bushman in the
square here and asked for a lift TO
Harrisburg the night of the murder.
Wilson and White accordingly con-
Quoted their Investigations on that
theory
For several days the identity OF
the men who are thought to have
murdered Bushman has been known
to the authorities. This was not dis
closed while there was a chance of
arresting them, however. But with
the arrest of Collins last night, It
was impossible to keep the develop
ments in the case a secret any
longer.
Bad Reputation
The other two young men, as well
as Collins, are well known in Get
tysburg, and are considered gener-
ally disorderly characters, it lis said
by the authorities. Their ages
range from 20 to 81 years, it is said.
Officials have refused to divulge
the identity of the other men impli-
Gated in the case. The place and
manner in which the murder was
committed except by revolver shots
through the back of the head and
through the chest, also have been
kept secret, if indeed they are known
to the police
1t is thought robbery was the mo-
tive of the crime, as Bushman was
suspected to be carrying several hun
dred dollars on his persons several
days before the murder.