New-York tribune., 1919-12-12
Captures Assured Before
Grand Jury Acts, Says
Prosecutor; Continues to
Bar Kin From Prisoners
Dog Failed to Find Boy
Police Hounds Scare h
Showed White To Be Inno-
cent, Say His Friends
STAFF Correspondence

nection with the death of little Billy
Dansey, of Hammonton. The grand
jury, he said probably would meet
Wednesday in Mays Landing, the
county seat. The new arrests would
be made before then.
detective work on this case is COM
pleted," he said. "There are only a
few clerical details to clean up. l
regretted to-day to have to refuse per-
mission to the relatives of Charles
White and Mrs. Edith Jones to visit
them in the Jail. Permission to see
them probably will be granted to-mor-
row afternoon after $3.50 O'Clock.
IL am merely fulfilling the duty Of
my office in this case, and l am not
seeking to increase its sensational
character. Neither am I seeking the
Sdvice of the public. l had White ar
rested on evidence that I consider suf-
iicient to convict The important
thing is to serve the ends of justice
rather than to be premature in gratiry-
ing the very natural curiosity of an
aroused public"
Woman Awaits Arrest
1t is known that one Of the persons
to be arrested is Mrs. Susan White,
wife Of Louis White, brother of the
man charged with Billy Dansey's mur-
der. Magistrate StroUse, Of Harmon
ton, who issued the warrants for
Charles White and the housekeeper,
Mrs. Jones, admitted to-day that he
also had signed a warrant for the ar
rest Of Mrs Susan White, who lives
next door to the home of Charles
White and his father, Edward.
The woman is i'll and is nursing
two sick children" he explained. "That
is why the warrant hasn't been served.
She isn't going to run away"
A caller at the house of Louis and
Susan White this afternoon was N. c.
Holridge, superintendent. OF Schools
in Hammonton and superintendent of
The Baptist Sunday School. attended
by the White children. Charles White
was favorite pupil of Mr. Holridge,
and they are close friends now.
"Mr. Holrdge will tell you that
Charlie is innocent" Mrs. Susan White
told newspaper men callers yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Holridge nodded afir-
lnatvely. Mrs. White continued
"Thc county detectives. Wilson and
Nusbaum, have questioned me and
questioned me about this affair until
J am sick. My son and daughter have
had scarlet fever and are just recover
a cant tell any more about the dis
appearance of the Dansey's child than
l have told | was in the field with
my brother-in-law all that day cutting
dahlas We both saw the child We
have told all about that l have also
explained again and again that my
hrotherin-la was not out of my sight
for minute that day except when he
was in his house and then he was with
his wife, Blanche. There wasn't q
time when he wasn't near one or the
other of us
Church Friend Defends White
Mr.. Holridge said: eff lifelong in
timacy in schoolroom and church means
anything | ought to be able to testify
that | know Charles White is abso-
lutely incapable of this crime. More
over, | understand his character we'll
enough to know that if he had killed
the child accidentally, as has been sug-
to tell the child's mother and offer
atonement to the best of his ability"
That is pretty much the way all
Hammonton feels about the arrest of
White and the aged Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. Blanche White, wife of Charles
his sister, Mrs. Charles Wilson, of rs
Woodruff Avenue, Flatbush, New York
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Drlehach. daughter and sister respec-
lively of Mrs. Jones, were driven in
an automobile from Hammonton to
Mays Landing this afternoon by +. A.
Burdick. Harmonious youthful Chief
OF Police Sheriff Perkins had told
Burdick over the telephone that they
could see and talk with the prisoners.
When they arrived at the Jail after
the eighteen drive, with baskets
% =, .oI
and warm sweaters, they were met by
the Sheriff, who said he would have to
telephone Prosecutor Gaskill before
allowing them to see White or Mrs
Jones'
Sheriff Refuses Admission
The telephone conversation with the
prosecutor was brief.
He said No" explained Sheriff
Perkins. Then he said they coule
leave their gifts and that he would give
them to the prisoners if the prosecutor
had no objections.
II. o. Packard. proprietor of large
poultry farm not far from the dahlis
farm of the White family, told to-day
how a German police dog had estab
lished to the satisfaction of himsel,
and other people of Hammonton tina
Billy Dansey had wandered into tn.
woods and had not met his end in tn.
field Mr.. Packard, who was visiting
the White home, said:
Mrs. Jones arranged to have the doi
brought from Philadelphia. Somebod.
gave the name of the owner and Mrs
Jones put in a long distance call. Afte
she had talked with the man she turne,
TO Mr., Daasey and sA1u
is $50 all right? and Mrs. Danse.
said;
"'Oh yes. yes. Tell him to com
quickly. What is $50 at time lil<
this!
THE man arrived with his dog abou
. O'Clock that night 1t was Octobe
and less than twelve hours after tn
boy had been seen. The dog was takel
TO the Dansey home. Old Mr. Whit
went with the owner and one-or may
be two-other men.
Trail Lost in Ditch
"At the Dansey house a scent wa
given to the dog. Then he was take,
10 the tracks made by the boy II,
followed these through the dahlla fiel,
and finally to q ditch about quarte'
OF a mile from the house. There wa!
water in the ditch and the dog whinet
and whmpered, but couldn't seem tS
find the trail beyond there.
The dog was kept at the home OF
Charlie White all night and roamec
freely about the house and grounds. Ii
the child's body had been on the place
that dog would have found it.
THAT proves TO me that there ie