Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-01
Funeral for Woman Who Was
Killed in Woodbridge Was
Held This Morning.
SEE WOMAN IN CASE
Triangle Begins to Form, But
Second Woman in Case
Not Questioned as Yet.

has yet been made against William
Fitzsimmons, the husband of nine
-year-old May Fitzsimmons,
who was murdered in their home
on the outskirts of Woodbridge early
Saturday morning, additional EVIL
dence' secured by the county detec-
tives has shown that another woman
played an important part I'm the life
of the husband. The husband was
arrested Sunday and has been held
since then for investigation, he hav-
ing been taken to the Middlesex
county Jail from the Woodbridge
police station yesterday afternoon.
Funeral services for the murdered
woman were quietly held at 10
o'clock this morning from st. James
X. c. church in Woodbridge, Rev.
Charles Prendergast. of st. Mary's
X. c. church of Perth Amboy, hav-
ing charge of the funeral. Between
twenty-five and thirty attended the
short services. No services were
held from the home of the murder
ed woman's .stepmother, Mrs. Louis
Franc. in Oak street, here, as was
originally planned. immediately
following the services in the Wood
bfidge church the body was removed
by automobile to Holy Name ceme-
terry, Jersey City. where interment
took place.
Despite the fact that no actual
sharges have as yet been made
pgainst the husband. additional in-
formation being secured by the
county detectives, Ferd A. David and
william Fitzpatrick. who have been
assigned to the case, has shown that
The private life of the FitZsimmonses
was a series of quarrels In which the
nf
whose home is in Haskell. N. j.. fig
ufed prominently. F'i;zsimmons' wife
also lived in Haskell at the time of
her marriage to him and, according
10 the detectives, FitZsimmons car
lied the picture of this other woman
In his watch case until the day be-
lore the murder was committed.
The name of this woman, as
learned from the detectives. is Dolly
Ryan, and it is expected that she
will be produced at any time by the
detectives in order that she might
oe questioned as to Fitzsimmons' ac-
lions with her after his marriage.
The authorities have learned that
neither of the two Fitzsimmons
children. one two years old and the
other one. had been fed on the
morning of the murder. AS it was
the habit of the mother to feed
them early each morning, as soon
as she had prepared her husbands
breakfast and before going to the
stable to milk the cows. it is be-
lieved by the detectives that she was
murdered before her husband left
for work.
Inquiries as to the habits of Fitz-
simmons have resulted in informa-
tion being secured to the effect that
the husband had occasionally gone
away Friday nights on all night
trips. Continued questioning of she
man by detectives has resulted in
several contradicting statements be-
ing made by him.
1t is said that Fitzsimmons and
his wife had a lengthy heated argu-
ment last Friday-the day before
the murder-at which time his wife
objected to his carrying the picture
of the other woman in his watch.
When Fitzsimmons' watch was in
spected Sunday no picture was
found in it. 1t is the belief of the
detectives that he disposed of 1t so
as not to arouse any suspicion, as
The fact that he carried In his watch
the picture of woman, other than
his wife. would naturally lead to the
conclusion that he thought more of
her than his wife.
FttZSimmOnS yesterday showed
the detectives how he had killed the
two chickens, found in the cellar of
his home, with a steel erasing knife.
sharpened for about two and half
inches on one edge and only about
one-half an. inch on the other. The
man explained he jabbed the knife
in the windpipe of the chicken and
then gave a quick side jerk. This
is said to have been about the
method used in numbering the wom-
AZ, the knife or weapon used enter
ing her windpipe and then slashes
were made in opposite directions.
Both County Physician John L.
suydam and Coroner Arthur X. Hill
pot said it was their belief that the
with such a knife.
The shoes worn by FitzsimmOns
when arrested upon which were
found blood stains claimed by him
10 be from the chickens he had
killed Friday night. were taken TO
Snuibb's laboratories. in New Bruns-
wick yesterday and IL Is expected
that an analysis will be completed
.oday which will decide whether the
blood was that of human being or
)f chicken.
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