Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-26

said he recalled distinctly the incidents
of Saturday evening, October 10. This
was before Drewes was found dead.
He said he saw Brincs on Sansom
street, in the rear of the apartment
house, working over his automobile.
"Brincs had been working over the
car all day long, greasing parts and
tightening nuts. ! assisted him with
the car. lie told me he was working
on the car at the rear of the house be-
cause he was going on party and did
not want his mother to see the car, be :
cause he said she would want to go
| along. ~
The Monday morning following,
lfrines told me tho toilet in his apart
ment was blocked. He said he wanted
| some lye to pour down to open it up.
i told him not TO do it, that | would
| help him. His mother told me he had
thrown paper in it and stopped it up"
| Gauntlet then described how lie had
| opened the waste pipe and then told of
his cxcriences with the heater fire.
Monday morning. he said, when
! went to the cellar of the apartment
| house to look at the fire, l found the
fire was dead. l put my hand in the
firebox and pulled out handful of
paper. That morning, when woman
asked me what the trouble was with the
| hot water heat, l told her somebody
| had burned lot OF paper in the IRE.
"Shc told me later she had looked
Mt the paper after / had dumped 1t
in the ashes, and had seen Brincs' name
on it,"
He explained there are two apart
ments in the house, one On the first
floor, and the Brincs' apartment on the
second floor.
He said he had not searched Brincs'
apartment later. but had accompanied
n detective during search two days
after the finding of the body.
Gave Brines shelter
William G. Cotton. 80 East Walnut
lane. mt whose house Brines stayed from
Tuesday until Thursday during tn,
week following the murder. proved re
| luctant witness. and surprised the
prosecution several times by hi
answers.
81 know nothing about it," he said
eyes. Brincs visited my house. III
was there from Tuesday until Thursda,
after the body was found. He rcmainet
Mt my house. so, far as | know. but
didn't see him. Yes. Mrs. Brnes wa'
there. too. but I didn't see her."
'Brines came to our house at nool
on Tuesday and stayed until Thurs
day afternoon" Mrs. Cotton, the next
witness, testified. She said that CT
Tuesday night they occupied n bedroom
On the third floor, and that on Wedncs.
day night they remained in n sitting
room on the second floor.
Wanted Shave and Shine
Brincs was brought from Moyamcns
ing prison by Martin Mellett. deputy
coroner. in n patrol wagon. On til,
trip to City Hall he asked the patro
crCw to stop while he got Shave ant
shine. But the patrol kept on going
At Q o'clock he was marched thrOugl
the door of the deputy corOncrs' room
on the sixth floor of City Hail. McIcU
kept two finger grip on the younS
mans sleeve.
green scarf. and white soft collar
His cheeks had ruddv tinge and/hi>
dark brown hair was smoothcd bacE
sleekly. but there was Il stubblc %
beard on his cheeks and chin.
As he sat in the deputies room the
former student saw "NIike.' boot
black. He called the man and had hi
dark brown shoes given a high polish
Big Crowd On Hand
The coroner's courtroom was crowded
when Brincs was led through the main
entrance from the corridor, instead OF
Mrs. Christian +. Drcwes, mother OF
the slain Dartmouth student. sat il
the rear of the room with woman
friend. She wore a mourning coStumS
BrincS was led to the brass -inClOScd
"dock" at the north end of the room