Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-03-15
MANY ARRESTS /
BY CITY POLICE
Many Witnesses Held in Bah
--JeweIry Torn From Mrs
Wilson's Body Recovered
SOLD WATCH FOR $3.50
Gave Rings to Boarding Mi1
tress at CIiffwood, Who
Also Held as Witness.
SOLD WATCH FOR s2.5o
BULLETIN

Between four and five hunoro1
people this afternoon collec101
around the home Of Mrs. Edff<
wilson who was murdered q shor1
distance from her home. rs Cents
street, on Saturday night. taking q
last look at the remains OF th1
woman well known to the people a
this city as an organist and piau
teacher. Rev. II. Z. Hatchman, =
the First Baptist church. where Mr.
Wilson was a member. and Ref
Wilbert Westcott, of the Sinpso1
Methodist church. where the dead
woman was an organist. oaiciated -
the services.
There was a continuous line %
people going into the home to 1eo|
the remains of the murdered xir1;
The body was in a casket in fh1I
front room of her mothers zparf<4
ment on the second door OF th6<
building. The entire crowd seeming
ly had their heads bowed in uourn
ing the girls death. q great chafs1
of spirit from that which exiG
previous to the capture of fhe- -.
responsible for the murder 0erS
seant George Kozusko and PxfroI2
man Paul Layden were at the scen&=
to keep order, and there were also
several plainclothes men detailed .to
the scene by Chief Tonnesen-
With the funeral OF Mrs. Edith
Wilson, the twenty-eight year old
woman who was murdered last SAT-
urday night. at O'Clock this after
noon. the legal machinery OF the
county is at work preparing to
avenge her death. Georse ashinx-
ton knight. the twenty-five year old
negro from Cliffwood, who confess
ed to the killing after excellent work
by the Perth Amboy and keyport
police, will be indicted by the grand
jury on Friday and his trial is sched-
uled for the following Thursday A !
raid on the establishment of Mrs.
Sarah Sturm at Commerce ind STATE
streets. where the negro in his con-
fession stated that he had secured
gin previous 10 committing the At
tack on the girl, was effected late
yesterday afternoon. and the good
work of the police heads of this city =
was continued.
The local police have gathered si1
colored witnesses. three who Wers
with the man in the Sturm store
previous to the murder. one to
whom the wrist watch OF the wo-
man was pawned for $3.50. and the
other two owners of the boarding
house where the murderer lived. this
two rings of the murdered woman
having been given to the mistress of
his boarding house. Prosecutor
Joseph E. Stricken announced this
morning that the case viii be speed
ed up. indicating that Jersey Jus
tice." the quickest known. which
played an important part in many
other important criminal cakes. will q
again feature IN the disposition OF
THE case. II is possible that the To-
cal police may secure one or two
people who saw the negroes in the
vicinity of High street on Saturday
night. as additional witnesses
After knight was on his way u
the county Jail in New Brunswick
Lieutenant Detectives John HUFF.
John Murray and Michael MueHa
set out to round up the remainfne
witnesses in a car voluntarily given
over 10 the services of the police
by Acting Recorder stephen Somog
vi. Returning to this city with the
detectives were Mr.. and Mrs. Will 4
lam Harris, of Chffwood. who were
heads of the boarding house where
the murderer lived; Ben Cranshaw.
tyenty-seyen. of keyport; Ralph.
Bates, twenty-five, OF Cliffwood. and
Roger Fowlkes. thirty-seyen. OF
Cliffwood. Richard Henderson.
twenty-seven. of Cliffwood. was ar
rested in this city yesterday by the
local police.
In addition TO rounding up these
witnesses. the. three detectives re-
covered the two rings and watch
taken from the dead woman. and
learned that on Sunday morning
knight. after losing his money IN >
crap game at Matawan. sold the
wrist watch TO Ben Cranshaw, Of
Keyport in order TO stay in the game
The two rings were given 10 Mrs.
Harris. wife Of the boarding boss
The boarding boss and his wife were
parolled to appear when wanted.
while the remaining four were held
in $500 bail each as material VIII
nesses. and taken over to New
Brunswick this morning.