Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-11-08

in Pine Grove Near Tabernacle -
Money Hid in Evergreen Cemetery,
Camden
Mount Holly N. j.. Nov Frank
]. James and Raymond W. Schuck. both
o. Camden, confessed today, according
to the police, that they killed David
S. Paul, the Camden bank runner, rob-
bed him of $4,000 in cash and buried
the body in the Jersey pines near Tab
ernacle. The money was buried in
most Of it has been recovered, the Of
ficials stated tonight.
The alleged confessions were given
in signed statements at the Burlington
county Jail here where both men are
prisoners. Although neither man was
aware the other had confessed, the Of
fetal stated their stories were almost
identical on important points. Details
of the confessions were not made pub
lie. but Ellis Parker. Burlington coun-
ty detective. said they two men had
carefully planned. but clumsily carried
cut the job. Robbery was the motive
he asserted. and no one but James
Schuck was implicated.
Paul was slain in Camden accord
ing to Schuck's confession as given
out by Parker, on October 3. The de-
tective did not say who did the actual
killing
The messenger. who was taking
about $4,000 in cash and $4,000 in
checks and securities from the Broad
way Trust Co. of Camden to a Phila-
delphia bank. was picked up by
James, the confession revealed, accord
ing to Parker. and offered ride to the
ferries. block further an Schuck
got in the automobile which had the
back curtains down. Near the ferry
where there was considerable noise
Paul was struck over the head with
IL half-spring used for changing tires
This made him unconscious. Parker
said Schuck declared in his story, but
cid not kill him. He was carried sew
eral blocks before there was Oppor-
tunity to Finish the jobi' Paul was
Then beaten over the head until his
skull was crushed.
Schuch and James then drove to
Tabernacle, according to their confess
sions. and threw the body into IL small
stream of water on the outskirts of
the town. Then they returned to Cam
den and buried most of the money in
the Evergreen cemetery. Paurs body
was left in the water until October
| IA. when the two men made another
trip to the pine belt and buried it in
the shallow grave where it was found
October 16 by hunters.
For the burial, Parker said. Schuck
and James purchased two shovels and
a rake at a hardware store in Med
ford. The clerk who sold them today
identified the two men, the detective
stated. One Of the shovels had been
recovered. Schuck conducting the off,
Gals to the place where it was con-
cealed. The other shovel and rake
were hidden somewhere along the road
between Tabernacle and Camden and
have not been found.
Mr. Parker would not disclose how
much of the missing money had been
found, stating only that the bulk of
it had been recovered and that Schuck
had led him to the spot where it was
buried. The checks and securities
were found in Pails pockets when his
body was discovered
James and Schuck, the officials an
rounced. will be removed to the Cam
Gen county Jail within a few days
James. who is 26 years old, is an au-
tomobile salesman. Schuck is 50 and
son of a newspaperman and political
leader of Camden.