Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-13

leased because her son hah repudiated !
the charges no had made. but that
her son was still held.
II wish had the strength to 30 TO
Mrs. Hayes" she said slowly. my
mother-heart goes out to her mother
heart. believed in her Clifford IA
believed and still believe In my own
Raymond.
my Raymond will como home to
mo yet. 1 must watch and wait every
minute OF the day and night until he
comes"
When ne had comfortcd his wife,
Mr.. Schneider hastened to Hayes
home. n few blocks away. He stood
in tho crowd about the house several
minutes. unrecognlzcd, as though
doubtful what to do. Finally he
squared his shoulders. elbowed his
way through the crowd, stepped up on
the porch and made his way into the
Hayes parlor.
Mr.. Schneider shook hands with
Mrs. Hayes, spoke few words to her
and then turned to Clifford. lie took
both OF tho boys hands in his and
wrung them long. Finally he said:
Every day and every night" he
said. 81 have prayed God to give Ray
mond the strength to take back the
lies he was forced to tell"
Clifford Hayes smiled wan smile
and said nothing. and Schneider's
father turned on his heel and walked
out.
Schneider's Rccantation.
Cchneider's recantation. made be-
fore the hearing when questioned by
Mr.. Beekman, read In part:
q. I'm that statement you said:
Just as soon as the shots were fired
at the crabapple tree and the woman
and man were killed, then knew
a mistake had been made, because
they did not seem to be Mr.. Bahmer
and Pearl, because II did not look
like them from n distance. What
made me say that was because Pearl
did not have hat. When she first
started out going up George street
when l first saw her and her father
/ saw n hat. / did not see what color
Il was. Then 1t was in back of her
about foot, in back of her head,
lying on the ground. When l looked
tho man was not dressed as i saw
Mr.. Bshmer dressed when he was
coming up. Then knew that n mis-
take had been made and that some
one else had been killed instead OF
Mr.. Bahmer and Pearl l was then
about four feet from the bodies.
am not getting my imagination
mixed up on Thursday with what l
saw on Saturday. At this time | was
about four feet from the bodies and
l did not see the struggle. At this
time Clifford Hayes stood on the left
hand side OF the bodies / standing
on the right. and the bodies were be-
tween us. l did not see where Cliff
ford put the pistol. Then l walked
toward De Bussy's Lane and went
to the lane and then walked toward
Easton avenue Then Clifford Hayes
overlook me on the lane near Easton
avenue This was about fifteen or
twenty minutes later than the shoot
! ing happened. It was 1 o'clock or
! 100 a m Was that statement true
or untrue?"
A. Absolutely untrue"
Schnelder's Lawyer Sore.
Walter c. Sedan. Schneiders law.
yer, was incensed at the youths de.
tention in the sail all after Hayes wa,
released He could not md out from
Prosecutor Beekman on what charged
Schneider was held. by whom the
charge was made. by whom he Wal
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leased on bail.
Schneider could not be held as {
material witness. Mr.. Sedan said. be
cause the suspect against whom IN
was to have testified had been re
leased. And he could hardly b
jailed on a perjury charge in Somerse
county because the statement he re
pudiated had been made IN Middlesel
county.
II don't think you've played fair.
Mr.. Sedan said 10 Prosecutor Beck
man. You held star chamber pro
ceedings with two OF Hayes lawyer
and did not even give Schneider,
poor devil whom YOU know to be weak
minded, the chance TO be legally repre-
StiAtu. i w EANti lAlt
chance TO talk TO the boy. Yo'
haven't even given me the chance Z
get him free on bail"
The prosecutor then promised MI
Sedan that he would see him toda,
and discuss the question OF bail. II
refused. however. 10 have Schneide
brought back to the MiddleseX Count,
Jail at New Brunswick and said tn
boy would be detained over night il
the witness room at Somcrvillc.
. Bahmer Out Of II.
The small potato knife, discovere
by boy near the scene OF the tragedy
did not figure much as a clue yester
DAY. 1t reposed in drawer at Polio
Headquarters in New Brunswick, al
though it was understood the authori
ties were 10 make inquiries at hard