Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-09
|ONT TWO SOLDIERS
m JERSEY MURDER
DtUrshoes Furnish Parker With
'clue to Staying Of Taxi
cab Driver
TRACE fox's MOVEMENTS

X. Camp Dix without leave, a pair Of over
shoes and the stories of persons who
II were in the vicinity the time Jonas
q Iox, Wrightstown taxi driver, was
murdered in the woods near Haines-
Dort, N. j., furnish clues on which De-
K ooctive Ellis Parker is working.
The names of the two soldiers have
4 not been revealed. They entered the
pcolroom Of Frank Agomani at wrights.
Town last Friday. The subject Of the
murdered mans disappearance came up
tor discussion at once, according to
Asomani. although the authorities had
not vet been informed Of II. and the
2 two soldiers at once volunteered the
information that Fox had been ar
rested on a charge of being drunk and
was lodged in Philadelphia Jail for
ten days"
Agomani declares he has not seen
the soldiers since Friday, but says
that he will recognize them Immediate
" If he ever sees them again.
Detective Parker knows who these
two men are, and Il is understood that
photographs are being prepared for
aiers which will be sent out all over
the country.
Movements Traced
Movements of Fox have been traced
up to. time indicating that he was
murdered Tuesday afternoon or eve
ming of last week. Late Monday night
he Is known to have taken party Of
soldiers from Camden to Camp Dix.
Early Monday morning he deposited
800 in bank at Wrightstown, n. j..
but, according to bank officials, retained
q considerable sum "for emergency"
% he expressed 1t.
} Tuesday he left Wrightstown with
three men and passed through Mount
Holly about noon, where he was seen
and recognized by Chief Gaskill, who
waved greeting.
Fliers have been sent out by Parker
20 all Jersey towns asking that look
cut be kept for q sedan. license number
Jersey O12150. According to garage
men, the engine number of Fox's car
was 1O1377.
A new clue to the murder was
given yesterday by Jacob Ewald, who
lives in Oakdale, about q mile west
Of Mount Holly.
Ewald says he was coming home
about 2 o'clock in the morning one
day last week--he believes il was
"Wednesday after night fishing trip. |
He was walking through field near
6ainesport. two miles from Mount
Holly, when he noticed two automo. |
biles without lights.
The first car was large machine
and contained only the driver. The |
ether was a small touring car in which |
were four men. Three of these were |
on the rear seat and appeared to be |
Quarreling. As Ewald watched he saw |
the chauffeur lean back and strike the |
man in the middle Just as those on
either side seized him.
Scu6,o in Car
A scufle In the tonneau followed,
and then one of the men who had |
seized the man in the middle struck |
him again, saying, Take that, you
Ewald then heard q groan. The car
stopped and the other occupants exam.
med the man who had been struck.
!. This is a hell Of a note" one of
lhem said.
The small machine then sped away
Doward Hainesport.
( Cectle Bridge, Henry Elsinger and a
youth OF Hainesport, n. j., called ut
Parker's Office and told him they had
BEEN In the vicinity of the place where
1oxs body was found on Tuesday or
wednesday, when Fox's disappearance
was first noted.
While walking in the woods near the
Gesel sandpit, they said, their atten-
hon was attracted to q small touring
oar parked on a road leading to the
pit. A man seated In it was watching
them intently, and they turned their
yteps toward the forks Of Rancocas
Greek, returning three quarters of an
hour later to find the car still there,
but no one IN it.