Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-05

| he maintained that he was absolutely
ignorant of the kidnapping or blackmail.
When he told of his home here
several men were dispatched to the
North Seventh street house and the con-
tents of his apartment there given Il
thorough overhauling.
| He had given it up, however, several
days before to move to New Gretna, so
it was not deemed necessary to rip the
furniture apart. Several specimens Of
his handwriting were among the val
liable clues found here.
Lived on North Seventh Street
passed. rang the bell at the Seventh
street rooming house. which is con
Quoted by Morris Miller, about six
| weeks ago, and asked If he could get a
room upon the first floor.
He said he bad not been sent to the
house by any one. but had noticed a
sign of ''ro0ms to rent" upon the front
of the place. Miller was not at home.
but his wife showed Pascol back
room and he rented it at So week,
taking three 81 bills from a large roll.
Pascol was wearing an obviously new
suit of clothes, and in taking the room
he asked for table. as he said he
estate men about buying a farm. Whc;.
asked about Pascol today, Miller i'm
mediatcly inquired:
What's the matter with him?
There were two detectives hero Sun
day or Monday looking over his room
and asking about any letters he might
| have left here. Postal inspectors ran
sacked Pascol's room n day before they
arrested him.
II don't know much about the man,
continued Miller. He came to the
house one morning about six weeks ago
while | was at work. My wife loCks
after the rooms. | didn't oven sec
him for three or four days, but then
he began coming out to the front Of the
house in the evening while ! was sit
ting there. and he seemed to want to
talk. | wanted to be let alone, but he
kept on talking.
"IIc told me number of stories and
! he told some others in the ncighbor-
hood. stories that didn't agree with
these. He appeared to have plenty OF
money and was always talking about
how much money he had. lie left
here one week ago Tuesday. when he
told me be was going to New York to
get more money. Either that day or
the day before he showed me some
checks or money orders of some kind
from New York bank that totalcd
$1,000 Some of the checks were for
500 and one was for S9OO.
"IIe had told me that he had scvcraS
bank accounts and had shown me checks
or some kind of drafts. | don't know
exactly what they were, but they had
the name Of Philadelphia bank on them
and they were for more than $1,000.
All this money, h" said. he was using
to buy farm. One night, he told me-.
he had spent S4OO that day on things
for the farm.
"During the six weeks he was at
the house he bought two gold watches.
When he came here he had an old silver
or nickel watch. He said this wouldn't
run. so he had decided to get something
good.
Bought WatChdOgS
passed. appeared greatly interested
in dogs, lie said lie wanted some good
watch dogs for his new farm, as he
would be lonely there. At II Market
street place he bought two hounds aud
shipped them away somewhere. Then
few days before he left he brought n
bull terrier to the house, ] remember
this well. as he wished to have the dog
thnt tho lao hn mt in tbc hack ward,
"I osled him where he bought the
dog ond h" snid barbcr hnd given II
TO him, bur he told watchman in n
| factory at thn corner that he had raid
! SIS for the dog. wasn't interested.
| Ono lime Pascal told me that all his
roIatiycs lived in Pittsburgh, and an
otbar timc hc toid me thnt Ills parents
warc We're dcnd and that he hind been rent
inc firm from n brother.
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