Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-12

and were satisfied that he had 10 part
IN the crime.
He was in a saloon until . clock,
said Detective David, "thcu took Pearl /
and two friends for some icc cream, aud !
then walked out toward Buccleuch /
Park with Pearl. 1t was after 10
0 clock when they got there.
"r Then the authorities believe th"
murder was committed before ~
o Cl"ck:' thc detective was asX"d.
'N"n VIII hav" to SEQ Prosecutor .
Iscekman about TINT" said David. The /
detective returned tho same answer
when asked If the investigators had not |.
learned that Mrs. Mills always was
home before 10 o'clock. III" county !
are busy passing I'll" buck
referring qucstioners to each other and ,
no one giving out any information.
Bahmer was visited last night BY Mrs. !
Anna METERS. who described the pris-
oner when she called the Sheriff on the
telephone to get permission "a "her
affinity
Bahmer. who had reputation as q
wife bcater. when his wife was alive.
and who IS called brute by his own
daughter, sailed into tn" woman hccausn
she had not got him Sl0,0Ou bail 50
he could be released.
SO, 900 bail and q carton Of cigarettes I
He expects to get the cigarettes. but
apparently is less hopeful about the
bail. He already is popular with the
riftraft in the same jail corridor, be-
cause they have been able TO bum"
cigarettes from him. He has smoked
them in quick succession since he was
brought in. and with what he has given
away MS supply is running low
''Dryness" Causes Concern
HahmCr'S chief concern has Dcen his
inability 10 get drin; OF rum. lie
would pay anything he had for it he
says, bUt the orders are strict agairl~t
giving il to him. His enforced abst!-
uencc, th" authorities believe. will hit
him harder than any third dcgre".' Il
j. evident already in his shaking handa.
bloodsh"t eye and sasglng mouth: II"
has refused 70 eat anything. He got
hold Of bottle of seltzer powder yes.
terday and spent most Of tho dag sip
ping large drafts of soda water brewcd
in a jail tumblcr.
MY daughter Pearl framed me-" ne
muttored IL on" of his brief and sIirly
interviews. She wanted to 60, even
with me because I had her pinrhrd the
other day for being iucorrigible." For
the m"st part BnhmCr LEG on his cot.
buried in pillows and Il blanket. He
covers and trcmbles when he heers
footsteps in the corridor.
Joseph Hayes. brother Of Clifford.
said today that he had spent last ovc-
ming with "C!if" in the Jail at Somer-
lille and found him still cheerful, but
anxious that all the wosld should know
that hc thought Schneider deliberately
"frM,ncd" hin.
Schneider Cooked Up Story
"i1iff says En thinks Schncidcr cooked
Up the story "f the murder and put It
on him in tho hop" Of getting the re-
,rmrl." declared the brother. "Schnei-
Gcr was questioned several times. hut
never said a word until the Fre"holders'
SluUU reward WaS announced. Svhnci-
lor il so low h" would sell unybndy
"ut Tor Ii.tlr easy money. Clifford
does not h"l!cv" that Schneider com
i.it,rl th" r.uri,e", however. or hnd
anything - d" with IL. He thinks
Schneider is just lying all around.
Another thing. Clif wants it UNDER
stood that Frank II. Kirby. tho deputy
sheriff whom they attacked yesterday
ard accused Of having helped make
schneider talk. never said anything to
by brother.
kirby enId today tAa. 'cvcryth.ns
uNe al, right" II" says Il" huS boon
nb." rr convince th" friends "f Hayes
and Schneider that Il" Lad nothing {" do
with getting the ''c"nteSatoh from
SCnr"id"r.
K.rby had been warned thal ''s"In".
rhu! WIS likely to happen when he
"nlur hoUI" last night. H." totcd guA
al, day yesterday and had 1t IN his
runhrt when hc got h"m" early today.
iic gayc warning he w"ulJ shoot II any
yoj, bothered him.
Discount Knife as Clue
Neither the county detectives nor the
sat. irunprrs consider IA" finding of
a .uIifn 100 feet from the pluc" where
,lr lul:c. Of the murder victims lay
"a u.Irurtart. The knife was found
ly nine y"ar-oId Jimmy lyons. whose
LoN.c !, near the Phillips farm, day
uftrr he bodies were discovered.
Jiamy took RI. knife to his mother.
who said nothing about Il AT III" time
~ avoid rVt"riety. but sh" drcidcd t"
u.rn !! - after the arrest OF tI!h0rI
Hayes and the holding of Schneider
as witness
Jimmy Lyons was ono Of tho boys
where the bodies lay. They mark"d
-n" trees 60 they would remember the
spot 70 show their friends. but for a
few hours the crosses gave rise 70 II
rrnlor that the Ku KluX klan had "olG
M.rrad the murders.
The knife Is an old potato knife. very
..i, and scarcely could have been usc'
~ intlir, the deep and deadly gy-h Il
Mrs. Mtli- throat. |. is dis"Oio"' !
With spots that may b. rust o: May b,
blood. Il will be examined. "f course
| lIt tier" seems 10 be II" lik"hnnud iLn'
, II was us+d in III" crime.
Plans proceed at rapid pncr for the
rag DGy" Saturday to rails" funds foi
IiHy"~ defense. The Mayor and CIty
commissioners are behind the move
uyIt. nud an official proclamation il c\.
3rrtod. The Amrrican Legion oi Mid.
dlrscX and nrighboring counties also is
cooperating. American Legion posts
nrr expected 10 petition Hov"rn"r Ed
wards 10 demand of Prosecutor Striclirl
ana Prosecutor fieckmaD that Hayes b.
given u square deal.
Citizens Of New brunswick already
have started fund for Hayes, bring
ing money to the local newspaper Office
II looks MS though very larG" sun
would be raluGd Saturday.
DAY N THE JCVENiLE t0lET
Thers +, "a u.v'dtnc lire between nUyG %h'
ar sirnuiy brys and bnys who axe hal hoy'
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Gour X Carol Iirs ,E,o an 'fs fDass ass.ans st