Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-13
SAYS He FIRED SHOTS
AT SCHOOL TEACHERS
IN SELF DEFENSE; IN JAIL
Man Who Killed Two School Teachers at Steon is Not
Crazy, Says Chief of Detectives Peer- Tells Strange
Stories After Being Captured by Posse of Soldiers

so he saw Mike start to swing thu
rife from his shoulder and bring II
up TO the position of firing. Whlt-
lock jumped from the car and Mike
ran Returning to the car WhItIocH
started the motor and the women.
frightened crouhced in the hack 81
the automobile. When about twenty
feet from the auto Mike stopped.
brought the gun to his shoulder.
took deliberate aim and fired.
The two sisters groaned and col
lapsed on the floor, one bullet hax
ing gone through both their bodies
, Whitlock returned one shot from his.
own revolver and then seeing tha:
the Misses Felter were seriously n.
jured started for the Middlesex Gen.
eral Hospital. making all speed pos
sible. Mike disappeared.
Upon arriving at the hospital M1x
Sadie Felter was removed TO th<
operating room and operated on bu1
died at 1870 o'clock without regain.
ing consciousness. Her sister wa
also taken into the operating room
but her condition was found to be sc
serious it would not permit OF an
operation being performed She died
at o'clock.
The bullet struck Miss Sadie
Felter first, going through her neck
and severing her spinal cord /,
then passed into the body or her
sister, imbedding itself in her lungs
Drs. Schureman and Runyon per-
formed the operation.
The Misses Felter were abou3
forty or forty-five years old. belnl
employed in New Brunswick
school teachers for a number ii
years. They have been the sole zap
port OF an aged mother and a
brother. twenty-five, who Is suffer
ing from tuberculosis and recently
returned from Colorado where ht
went to regain his lost health -
result OF the double murder the
home is broken up and. mo<her 1su1
brother without any means Of SUP
port.
Although the actual capture 81
Mike was accomplished by posse 81
soldiers from Camp Raritan. tbs
credit for the mans capture Is given
TO Chief OF Police Hutchinson. of
Metuchen. by Chief of County De-
tecttves Peltier. The Mesuchen
chief. using his own initiative, notified
the Camp Raritan authorities Of tbs
murder and asked for assistance Ia
searching the surrounding country
for the man. A posse was detailed
under arms and started the search
All of the roads in the vicin1t5
of Stelton were assigned to guards
and about 1880 o'clock the posse of
soldiers on Woodbridge avenizf
noticed a man in uniform coming
down the road. They waited until he
drew near 10 them and then chaI-
lenged him to halt. Instead. the
man. who proved to be Mike, drew
il lar- l.. -
that he meant to fight. A bullet from
one of the rifles OF the soldiers dis
abled him and he was taken TO the
Camp Raritan hospital for medica
attention.
1t was found that the bullet hau
hit one OF his ribs and passed
through his back. He was late
taken TO the Middlesex Genera
hospital under a heavy guard ant
there. following an operation las
night. it was announced he woult
not die.
He was unconscious for severat
hours. 1t being the general belief
that this was eauesd by his sleeping
ava ythe heavy drunk" which he
had on that night Of the murder.
rather than from the bullet wound
While at the hospital the man Il
being kept under guard constantly,
Detectives Peltier. Fitzpatrick and
David, the latter's son, working On
shifts in watching the man.
Although Mike today admitted
shooting the two sisters, he argueh
that he did so in self-defense. after
Whitlock had fired at him. He de-
MED completely. however. entering
the home of Major Alexander Mon
roe at Steiton and stealing the out
fit, which he put on over his uni-
form. He made two different exp1a-
nations of how he got the rifle
revolver. knife and medals, one be
ing that he purchased them from
three soldiers and the other that an
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