Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-04
TELL OF LOCATING
CARES IN THE WOODS
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saw Cares n entered into CONVEX
sation with him ignorant of the fact
that the man was the widely sought
murderer. IL was at John Miller's
shack in the woods that Cares was
found previous 10 his taking refuge
at the home Of his brother, Wesley
Cares where he was finally captured
Wesley also tells "A far different story
than that given out by the police,
and instead VI a wild-eyed murderer
no lamb ver went to slaughter as
meekly as did Cares when the Off
GERS pounced on him on the night
cf December "a.
The story or the capture of Cares
as told by George Miller follows:
'On Friday afternoon, December
%, j had occasion to go to my BROTH
er johns shack on business. On
approaching the place l noticed a
man standing there who / had for
merry had in my employ and who l
recognized as George Cares. Not
hearing Of the murder as yet, L paid
Z no particular attention to Cares and
left for Dayton shortly. On arriving
in tcwl that nigh. l did not hear
any word OF the murder and it was
not until Saturday night that l saw
the papers with the account in them
~ Will etttuoti '@Polt9p WIN l. ldu
seen the day previous. 1t al. came to
me like a flash and l made haste to
the shack of my brother John, who
] tod the Story TO. John said Cares
was at tho shack Of his brother a. few
hundred feet away and / went over
and made sure he was there. He
was eating supper with Wesley
Cares, his brother. when we entered
the shack and spoke OF giving George
worS. This seemed to please him as
he said he had come out in the coun-
try for a rest. AS soon as darkness
fell placed by brother John near
the shack with a loaded shot gun
with instructions 20 let no one leave.
Ernest Velaros WAS also placed on
guard while 1 made haste 10 Dayton
to turn in the alarm. with no objec-
tive point in view.
--J ran to the hoInc of e~x-Freehold-
err Andrew Ely 20 whom l told my
story and he took charge of the
sending OF word to New Brunswick.
He called UP Judge Peter II. DAILY, of
the court OF common pleas, who in
turn called County Detective F'ergu-
son, who called on Chief of Police
O'Counell, of New Brunswick, who
told us to stay at a given point un-
til their arrival as he did not know
that country as they had never been
Out there.
"When the party arrived there
was about eight IN the party with
some 'novel-writer' as the stories
seem 80 me that have appeared in
the papers. We got in autos and
5000 Were on the scene on the road
between the Friendship road and the
road known as the Broadway road.
The shaclt where Cares was found
sound asleep on the floor is not ten
feet from the road instead of half
. mile owe swampy lands"
"Arriving at the shack the police
officers with drawn guns urged me
10 'go ahead" bnL | said, ''nothin'
doin.' We stood there for some min
utes in silence when the officers rush.
ed into the place and fell over Cares
who was on the floor.
'"yhe officers said to keep this
quiet as they would take full credit
for the arrest of Cares as it would
look better to have Il policeman ar
rest ;hS man instead of fellow-work-
men"
Tue shack of Wesley Cares was
next visited and the story told of the
arrest Of his brother George Cares.
Wesley Cares, a mild-mannered man,
who has seen better times, admitted
that he was alone In the world and
his chief concern was that his friends
would link him with the harboring
of his brother. This lie denied in
strong language and said:
MY brother, George, came here
Friday afternoon early ON Decem-
her 20 and in answe to my query
whese he had come from, said New
Ip,....f,f- IL said 1A .,rpG NOT fnn1-
ing well and needed a rest. Time
passed IS on ordinary occasions until
nign. fall, when he laid down on the
floor and soon was asleep. i sat
reading a book when l happened to
10 ok out Of the window and saw Il
number of faces with police caps on
their heads. ] pad no attention TO
them not having heard OF the muir
der when they came into the shack
leisurely, and grabbed George and
me. | protested but was taken TO
New Brunswick, where l was asked
questions and admitted to bail by
my friend William Emmons, of Mon
mouth Junction"
John Miller, who did his bit in the
capture of Cares, was modest in his
recital and dwell mostly on the un-
fair in which the police OF
/, New BRUNSWICK TOOK the circuit lol
Athe finding of Cares. He c%orrobor-
ted all that his brother said and
Ave him full credit for the arrest.
Nseorge Miller lives at Dayton and
has an interest in the lumber busi-
ness at the scene of the arrest. They
are typical men of the forest n
take in a humorous vein the state
ment that they dwell a ron civil
liZasion.
William l.. Patterson, of Freehold,
who has a saw mill near Deans on
the road from the Miller place to
New Brunswick told the writer that
he mad Cares in his employ from
October /! until the 2Sth when he
was discharged. This latter date
was one dag before II. c.. Brown and
Joln Van AIKEN said they found a
drunken msn in the vicinity of the
trexgl Ponds school house and bears
out the contention that Cares may
have mad q share in the murder OF
Stella Ostrcsky, a few days previous.
Mr. Patterson said that he discharg-
ed Cares on Octoher 2Sth because
he WAS not fit physically 10 work
for him as he was too old to do hard
WORK. He said he did not know the
man other than as an ordinary la
borer. Th; Ostrosky girl disappear
ID on October 18th.