Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

The detectives knew that Moss must
have been In or near Philadeiphia II
Treadway was to give him Hendricks
greetings. They combed the city for
him. At last they found Moss who
worked for a scale company on Arch
street. He had not been at work since
Saturday. With some difficulty they
learned that he lived at an address In
Camden. Investigation there confirmed
their suspicion that he had fed. He
was missing from his room and his usual
haunts. His baggage was gone.
They began to learn more about MOSS
as their Investigation progressed. They
found he had frequented q certain hotel
In Duquesne, Pittsburgh When they
searched his room they found a picture
Of him. They had copies made and
quietly sent them to the police around
the country. They learned that one OF
the men who had visited Treadway at
his Walnut street apartment had re-
sembled Moss.
Because Moss was known to have
visited Pittsburgh occasionally, the po-
lice there were asked especially to watch
! for him. Then came last minute con /.
firmation of the suspicion that he had
fed to Pittsburgh. The detectives In :.
tercepted q telegram sent to friend
In Philadelphia asking help to get
Job. The Pittsburgh police were specific :
ally asked to watch the Hotel Foster,
In Duquesne.
Even then the arrest might not have
been made had not coincidence taken
hand. Yesterday a man named Wil-
liams," who may or may not be the
other man sought In the murder, com
planned to a clerk ut the hotel that his
fur overcoat had been stolen. Then he
left.
! Barricaded in Room
Then Moss came to the room clerk
with q like complaint. His overcoa,
was gone, and he said he suspected that
Williams, having lost his own coat, hat
taken Moss.
The clerk had a good look at Mos,
when he came to the desk. He noticed
especially the absence of four from
teeth--one Of the distinguishing marks
, sent out by the police when they asket
that Moss be sought and arrested. II
, other points the man Tailed with thu
, description of the man wanted in Phil
adelphia for murder. The clerk prom
ised to investigate the theft, then a
, soon as Moss had gone away telephone'
/ to the Pittsburgh detective bureau.
Captain Clyde s. Edeburn took De
. tectives Frank Boyd, Albert Beebe an
/. John Lally to the hotel. This was lat
yesterday afternoon.
They went straight to Moss room
3 The door was locked, ana when the
: raped and demanded admittance ther
was no response. They found that tn
' key was in the lock on the inside, an
d., knew their quarry was in the room
e They put their shoulders to the doc
. and broke it down. 1t had been barri
: caded. Moss did not try to fight. The
It'd him he was under arrest as one {
@ Peirce's murderers. He denied tn
:, charge, but submitted to arrest, an
was taken to detectives headquarters.
s Broka Under Questioning
His glib denial of knowledge of th
I crime broke down under cross examina
0 tion. After an hour of questioning /
e told all he knew. After the detective
had wrung from him all they could g.
@ they had him put his confession
L writing and sign 1t.
t Captain Edeburn, in giving out Il
y confession, said that Marie Phillip
n the girl under arrest here had bee
known in Pittsburgh several years ag
II Her mother kept rooming house thcr
= Captain Edeburn said. The girl hf
been known for her beauty and tas
in dress. At one time, according to Il