Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-10
Think PAUL ALIVE
WHEN PUT IN CREEK
physicians Believe Beating and
Shooting Didn't Kill Bank
Messenger at Once
WILL ASK INDICTMENTS

.spavid s. Paul, murdered Camden
beok messenger, may have been alive
when thrown into the little stream
known as Bread and Cheese run. where
TITS crossed by Goose Pond road. in
tne pines short distance from the
town Of Tabernacle, y. J.
That is the opinion Of physicians at
Cooper Hospital. Camden. who we're
called into consultation last night by
Prosecutor Wolverton.
1.-The man, they believe. may have lived
rot some time, his head out Of the
shallow stream. and his feet bound To
4 beam under the bridge. They believe
AZ was unconscious and the fame Of
life burning very low, yet burning.
2 y Prosecutor Wolverton sought the ad.
vice Of the physicians because it was
dimcult 10 explain how the body could
have been in so good a state OF preser-
vation. When found n cursory exam
nation indicated life had been extinct
only day or two: whereas i had been
two weeks since Paul was beaten and
shot and his body thrown into the
creek.
I'm Water a Preservative
The mystery was explained partly
because Of the fact that the stream is
what the natives call cedar water"
and has strong preservativc qualities.
The doctors told Prosecutor wolverton,
however, that this would not account
Tor the almost perfect preservation Of
the body for so long time. They were
inclined to believe. rather. that the man
had been unconscious and to all ap
pearances dead when thrown into the
water. and had remained unconscious
or semiconscious until death eusued sew
eral days later.
Even had he been conscious. the place
where his body was placed is so remote
and the tangle Of underbrush about the
spot 80 dense that he could not have
made his feeble outcries heard.
Prosecutor ' Wolverton announced this
morning that he would nsk the Septem-
Der grand jury. which is still sitting to
indict Frank F. James and RAYMOND
day. Meanwhile he will confer with
Prosecutor Kelsey. of burlington
county. In preparing the case.
The bloody clothes worn by James at
The time the crime was committed have
been recovered from the Cooper creek,
In Camden.
=, The location OF the garments was IN.
dicated by Schuck. who today repeated
Ms story that his participation was not
premcdiated and that James forced him
to aid in the crime.
4IifIne recovery OF IHt SlhlHtu
garments from the place in the creek.
where they were anchored by a brick.
about fifty yards south Of Kaighn ave
nue bridge, clinches a first degree mur-
der conviction on James. authorities
say.
Prosecutor Wolverton. of Camden
county, said that every. investigation
made of Schuck's confession tends tn
bear out his contention that James
murdered Paul and made him mid in the
disposal Of the body at the point Of a
revolver.
Schuck, it is believed. because he
confessed first and apparently has told
the true story Of the killing. even aid.
Ing In recovering about S35 900 Of the
$40 900 in cash stolen, may escape with
a life sentence.
James has confessed also. but he
told authorities that he and Schuck
planned the crime and that Schuck
struck some of the blows that resulted
in the death of the sixty FIVE year old
cause Of james threats to jailers at
Mount Holly that he would get"
Schuck for barring his guilt.
LIT will not be necessary to exhume
the body of Paul to make a further in
vestigation to tell whether the murder
was committed in Camden or Burling-
ton counties. detectives said, as they
have uncovered additional evidence
showing the crime was committed in
Camden.
The men will be tried within a few
weeks. The grand jury will meet next
week and return true bills, after which
the trial will be held shortly.
Paul was attacked in James auto.
mobile in the shadow OF the Market
street ferry terminal. In Camden. being
struck over the head with an automo'
bile spring welded by James. Ie W. {,
dragged into the rear of the machine
and later beaten and shot to death.
: The body was hidden in q creek near
Tabernacle, n. j.. for almost two
weeks, and then buried IN a shallow
grave nearby, where it was discovered
by hunters a few days later.
Pauls revolver is said to have been
found In Philadelphia at place visited
by the murderers.