The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-30
REAL
BRAINS Of THE
MURDER PLOT
GIRL IN THE CASE
THE LURE FOR PIERCE
Plan to Entice Victim to
Lonely Spot Falled-Ihe
Prisoner Story

Some of tho details Of the confession
Of Jack Moss. Of Philadelphia. VII" con
fcsScd at I'ittshursh last night that ~ -,
had 4 part in the killing III Henry I.
I'rircr. wealthy rh!lad"iph!l manuiac-
turcr'S agent on Saturday night. NO
ycmhrr %. were received over the long
distance telephone by chief OF lnilrc
Fred Frazier and l'rtcctlr" James Mu!-
grew of Philadelphia. early last night.
These details were given tho Wheeling
chief and Philadelphia detective hT
,'nptain clyde :. Eideburn, chief in
charge Of IN" Pittsburgh dctcc'!E"S'
VII" announced the arrest ana c"hies-
sion Of Jack Moss.
Peter u. Tr"adway. who was arrested
in Wheeling with Marie Williams. ai!aS
Marie Phillips. on "Wednesday "l IaSI
week. was III" brains of rohhrry lh"s
which culminatrd in thn death "f
rrirrr according TO tn" confession a.
tel.phoncd to Chirf Frazier and De'ec-
tive MulGrcw.
Plot That Failed.
Moss is ailr-ed 10 have confessed th"t
rrI,r -. lrr.Idway. u man hLtiicu FL
liuti ANA hlmS"l. pIo;Icu 10 lure lieilS
luururr to "A lo.ly sp"t uuu"r the Mar
k,t stircI ln.uEc Ia nilnur,ph"I. |uoul
l\,n S,luarcS iIum tu, al'Hr'lnch'S wht'e
l., tee. WAS f'na.! murhcrrd A"'9
S,h,lGr faHcd. n"w' N"T, Moss - "l!rSSu
t. uuyr SAID ANA thr ihiee hi'h "ehI
MARI Williams. I"uS'u thr S1'l @ @'"ll'
hri anJ ,uiI~t,n! her aId Ia hcipIhS
lncm ~ carr! cut iH,'r robbery p4Vt;
MARI " ;.I.Lrm*. h"'"ru1n6 10 Ia, o"I
EIdcDurn. net l'r.rr" ON the STREET
rlirtcI with h;m and ilnaHE !t!rCo
fu,luu hiln., Il /. his apartment Win TAG
Ilrl and Ir...r Tr"tdwh!
The Bloody Trousers.
when ,ac -, tt,uS S""n,d /" be right
Mo-, J.. ..uvsrd L. niNr sad, n rhNele1
lnr l,,r,s Al'Li tiu,nl VII" inc '"'t u
Iala. M,,I!on Eliou ANA StAs'u tnc
nniu-up l,l.cr. H. said. put al t'shI
anu IL tnC DdtIic II"'| I""uNN'
WI IN" p,oody trousers found In tho
su;l v,s: of l'rtvr lr-ndwiy in Il heel
!ng v.twnSnnp Iist wc,h, MASS Is a'leS
ed 70 have confessed. He!ohEru u
way. Ia. latte. Nvss, sad. Sot mo
L,,,,l an HIS trousers wu"u lac Hncelrd
IN ! roHl OF l'vIrCv'S blood 10 CAbaSl =
diamond s,iuk p!n from ltircG t.c.
Moss adiultj,d thai he and Marion
Elliott came 10 " hcr..ng IN the big req
Pathfinder roadster ut the muruerGd
man. tue ear Which WAS discovered last
tucs.lay morning In the Eureka saiaSc'
in the shadows Of tho city hail
At Fourteenth Stree. House.
tie aid Elliott he said, stayed Mon
day night III L house on "u' t,.nt"
street, " nurling. tho address OF Mhl"s
;s In ihr hands OF Chief Fred frI"lcE.
'Thr r,yt GaI NInSs aud Elliott went 10
Stcul"nvlllc. Onto. 1t will be I; called
Inn, or "Wednesday evening, following
the arrest Of Trcadway ana the li,'inS
pIri l,n!ri sent I'"icrGNrS ilchIH W va
Hrr AMI Joe lium,s to SleuDtnn,fiiS "a "a
uurst OF the two m"u. MOSS conie5"ed
,nst night CHAT lac and ElIiolt nadr
tnrir getaway from St"uLcnNlile just
Two hours before The Wheeling dci"o-
iiI,N ur.yrI. The had stayed at the I'M
p"rial hotel, where thcy are a'fuSru 90
Stealing thrCc towels from their room.
Leaving Sl"uhruVill". Moss is SAID To
h,v.. adm!ltcd, he and ELLIOT separated.
Moss going TO Pittsburgh where ne
secured umrlC!mcnl IN At heivI' any any
wnr"r he c"nrea! ed has iu'httE nht', .,,,
Yesterday when lac mad" complaint
ina, su,n-onc had stolen rs oN"rruht'
md was arrested 10y the policeman sem
To i,.yrStigatv the lhctt when the OIL
fic.r noticed MUsS's f"ur missing t'clh'
Moss 10 Jack"
Moss is d.claird to hN the "Jark r"'
rrrrcd to 10y Peter Tr' adwnA IN ~" nv :
irrS statements concerning ihr hh!ihs
The Pi,tsburEh prisoner G""s, also
under the aliases OF .Nrihir and Arthur
Moss. Ills home Is IiN"n "a" . amen
sew Jersey; his age aS - !" 30 H,hFS =
bcirht ) feet I inches; weight "a" |"
ia hounds. and complexion dark lie -
said to look like an Italian.
He wore blue sun. GRAY "'GTC"h
the. on" stolen from him IN lfuSbnrSh-~
with belt all around. and velour hat
Moss had four teeth out OF MS upper
jaw !" worked in Pittsburgh.
He worked lie said ~ Pittsburgh. IN
restaurants at rhilad-Iphta. remain ,ns
at his employment until th" S"'u'od!
evening of the r"irc" murder.
confession sets al rest NV