Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11

, She is neurotic and has the look
of one addicted to the use of drugs
but says she has never taken any
thing Of the sort. The story of her
life as she told IL is a pitiful tale
sordid. ugly, vile. And the girl looks
not more than Is.
Pearl Tells Her Story.
my father hasn't supported me
since 1 was a teeny weeny baby My
mother supported me then. and after
she died nine months ago 1 went to
! live with my brother-in-law. Then
he fought with me all the time be-
cause wanted to stay out late. and
II left him and now live with Mrs.
Lillian Barlow, next door to my
! fathers place on Nelson street.
room with her crippled daughter,
Laura Marsh.
Il suppose II my father knew
what I told he would cut my throat.
/ don't care II he does There is no
life for me of my own, while my
father dives I never heard OF a girl
that had 10 go out with her own
father. He never wants me to go
out with any one. even with single
men. When l get out of here l am
going to jump overheard and make
sure I go down for the third time"
Il sounded little like the heroics
OF seventeen, but II wasn't. The girl
had tried suicide and about the only
thing in her life that might have
seemed TO her worth while was her
-love for the unprepossessing schnei-
der, married man and a ne'er do
well.
Answering questions Pearl pleced |
out her life and the incidents OF the /
night OF the murder. According to
her she and her father went no
further out than College avenue |
which Is much nearer town than |
the Phillips Farm in fact is along |
the inner side OF Buccleuch Park. |
According 10 her, too. her father al
ways carried a gun. She told in de- /
tail OF Mrs. Schneider's visit with
her 10 the farm and the place where
the bodies were found. This visit was
at Mrs. Schheider's request. They
walked out to the place and back
and they saw Schneider on the streets
but when his wife called to him he
refused TO come to her. He told
her" said Pearl. ito 20 back to
South River as he didn't want her
and only wanted me-"
Pearl has been working for four
years she said, and she hurled many
names at Mrs. Annie Messlers known
as her stepmother. She insisted time l,
and again that her father was jeal-
Gus Of Schneider and said that she
had been going with Schneider
year and a half before she knew he
was married. Then she learned OF Il
by accident and he told her not to
believe everything she heard.
In the main her story OF her own 6
movements agreed with the state I
ment OF her father and with what she 7
hiss said before. Only the revelations ?
Of her fathers conduct toward her I
and her pitiful story of her own life.
with the statements as to Mrs. d
schneider. were new. She had said n
EARLIER in the day Schneider had sug- n
sested to her that she get her father a
out Of the way, proposing she put s
poison into his coffee. That the I
anmity between the two was deep
enough to warrant her fathers 4
action in carrying a forty-five and in 4
going to look for Schneider. she q
made quite clear. Yet she said as to 4
her father:
NO, 1 don't exactly hate him hut n
wouldn't mind II they locked him s
NJ. II he kills me it doesn't matter. !
don't care anyway" y
The transfer Of Hayes and fl
Schneider from Mlddlesex to Somer- II
yet county doesn't promieeN that the
public will receive any greater en-
ightenment, judging from the attl-
ude OF the officials IN Somerville. v
ifter following Beekman through Z,
he county court house and about n
he streets TO his private office re- j.
'orters obtained a short interview In {,
which he consented to answer a few $,
u the several questions put to him. C,
The interview turned little light u
m the latest developments OF the ci
ase. When asked, Have you salts j
led yourself as to the truth of NJ
statement" the prose- 3
utor answered, why, we are not al
rying to determine the truth OF the In
tatement. l don't have to do that. W
III I have TO do IL to look for a
easonable basis OF prosecution and CO
hen prosecute" d
Have you that?" he was asked.
nd he replied in the affirmative. m
VIII you take the case TO trial OF
n the evidence you have?" "a
ut looks that way. am sure we
an obtain a conviction on the evil
ence at hand"
"Have you eliminated the Halls
he Stevenses and the Millses?"
Now. listen; l am not going 10 sit
ere and discuss this case with you
We are not eliminating anybody.
iayes Is being held because we have
confession from Schneider saying
hat he committed the murder and
ecause we have witnesses, too"
Neither Hayes nor Schneider was
flowed TO talk with newspaper men.
he warden OF the county Jail said
hat their lawyers had instructed
hem not to talk. i
Hayes was arraigned in the morn
ne on a charge OF murder. The ar
alignment, an informal AFFAIR. con-T
sted merely OF visit TO the fail by
Justice OF the Peace Sutphen. who
Explained 10 the young man the ma |
ire OF the charge made against him.
Raymond Schneider, who was |
rought 10 the jail late Monday
light, was detained as a material |
illness. His attorney. Walter c. |
adam OF New Brunswick. said that |
e would make an immediate appli- |
ltion for bail.
II have been told by the prosecu-
on that bail for young Schneider |
Ill not be nnnoxed" said M