Evening journal., 1922-10-09

lie Stevens when he Twas examined
by about the same men in the lowe
part OF the court house at Somer
VILE on Friday night last. Angr.
tones were heard. sometimes hal
across the little park in which tn
court house stands
From time to time ias the exami
nation went on one or another OF th'
detectives would emerge from TIT
court house and act inya thorough,
mysterious manner. Sometimes &
was Totten. but mores often II wa
n David.
Crowd Awaits New Move.
i There was an audience. OF course
II consisted OF newspaper men ant
about score OF townspeople. fol
somehow the report was spread tina
there was 10 be an arrest made 81
the now famous case. In fact. Da'
vid went 10 the pains to telephone
to the editor OF the local. paper. that
such might be the case. and as a
result the press room stan OF the
local sheet was summoned from ~
Sunday rest and kept onlduty pend
ing the possible issuancetof an extra
Il
edition.
Once Totten came out and whis
pered TO young Schneider's father
who was waiting In an automobile.
/ The elder Schneider drove away, al
most as mysteriously as Totten had
conveyed his message. In five min
utes he was back. but not in the
same place. He had merely changed
the parking space OF his car so that
! the Jail hid him. supposedly from
| the curious crowd.
A little later David came out and
sent a messenger for the chauffeur
OF his Ford. When the Ford ar
rived David whispered to 1.-THE driver,
Then David walked mysteriously
away with never a word TO any one
He turned down a dark ALLEY. Five
minutes later he was in delioates-
sen store buying coffee. sandwiches
and pickles for the hungry sleuths.
and five minutes after that he was
again barking savagely at Schneider.
While, in truth. the examination
OF the four young people developed
nothing startling new as far as could
be learned at a late hour. II r. fac
handled as they should have been
handled when they were first
brought into the case. and their
rather peculiar story as first told
All but Kaufman had a lot OF ex
planning to do.
Boys Father Protests.
Last evening young Kauffman's
father called at the court house &c
protest the holding OF his son. He
was much incensed. He was finally
allowed 20 see his son, after waiting
almost an hour.
The boy told his father he had
been asked about his movements on
the Thursday night and had told al
he knew. but that he had been told
TO wait as he would. be questioned
again. Each OF the ladS was kept
in a separate room so that they
could not confer.
Kaufman said he had been TO a
moving picture house. alone. and
after he came out met Schneider.
who asked him II he was going
"out." meaning toward home. He,
Hayes and Schneider. he said, walk
ed out Easton avenue and then he
went home. he thought about II
O'Clock. That was all he had TO tell,
yet he was kept at the court house
from o'clock until long after
o'clock.
The statements OF Hayes and
Schneider agree as TO their move
ments on Thursday night. They say
they went by Schneider's home at
1O2 Sicard avenue into Buccleugh 1
Park after Kaufman had left them |
and that they walked about from /
that time until nearly in the morn
ing. They say they went az far west I
as the Parker Home for the Aged, 1
which is nearly opposite the Phillips |
farm, where the bodies were found, |
and they returned by a different |
route. and walked through some OF |
the streets near their homes Hayes
lives on Richardson street. near wy
coff
There Is a slight discrepancy as to
what they saw. They agree they saw
one motor car. Schneider says they
also saw two persons. but Hayes
does not remember this. Both say
they were "just talking" interfered
with nobody. heard no shots or
screams. and talked only about rail-
reading.
II is this late and almless rambl-
Ing that has aroused suspicion. espe-
cially as TO Schneider. whose affair
with young Pearl BANNER he frankly
admits. He saw her on the night OF
the crime, before he met the two
boys. lie said he was with her in
the neighborhood OF Buccleugh Park
until almost $50. Then he took
her down town. and she went TO her
home, which is near the business
part OF the town, and later met
Kaufman and Hayes He admits he
has been going with" her for three
years.
on the following Saturday he and
Pearl. he says. met by arrangement
Early in the morning and went to the
farm ito gather mush-
.ooms." Then he told the prosecutor
again, as he had before. of the find
ng OF the bodies, OF his believing at
irst that the two persons were asleep
md of his finally finding they were
lead He denied the rector's watch
,r the weapon with which the crime
vas committed was anywhere about.
lie repeated the story OF telephon-
ng to the police. All in all he stuck
closely to his original story. as far as
,ould be learned.
Owing to the remonstrances OF his |
ather young Kaufman was allowed
o go home TO his dinner soon after
o'clock. He had added one little
tenn to the sum OF the story as Il