Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-03-29
SHOT SCARED
AUTO HELD IN
MURDER PROBE
May Have Been Used by the
Slayer of Mrs. Bauer,
Police Say
BIT OF DRESS Is FOUND
Victim of Brutal Murder Is
Buried in New Jersey
as Probe Is Pushed

An examination of the calibre of
the bullet found imbedded in the
running board of the Ford sedan
left at a garage in Lynbrook be-
Heved to have some bearing on the
murder of Mrs. Maude Bauer, of lis
Decker avenue, Port Richmond, is
being made today by experts in the
handling of firearms in New York
City. Whether the bullet Is from a
twenty-five calibre automatic or one
from a thirty-two calibre pistol will
be determined in the examination.
On this will hinge whether or not
the car may have been used by the
murderer on Staten Island or at
some other crime. fs-.-.. .-Ss-sa+-
The bit of soiled garment. like
the portion of belt. found in the
car now being held under guard by
the police at the garage in Lyn-
brook, was taken to the home of the
murdered woman early this morning
in an effort to ascertain If it in any
way fitted the clothing worn by Mrs.
Bauer at the time she was slain.
None of the members of the family
were able to place the piece of ma
terial as belonging to Mrs. Bauer.
although they say she might have
worn such material as belt.
Captain Ernest l.. Van Wagner,
at the head of the Seventh Branch
Detective Bureau on Staten Island,
who with several of his men went to
Lynbrook last night in answer to the
telephone call from the chief of
police at that place, is making an
effort to find the owner of the car
IL fal. 1an -
tween and o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon by a man said to tally with
the one wanted in the murder.
An effort is being made to trace
the license number o. the car. Since
the first of January, it is said the
car has passed through several
hands. Detective McGann, of Cap
tain Van Wagners staff was left in
charge of the car at Lynbrook and
to take in custody anyone who came
to claim the machine. Captain Van
Wagner is urging that anyone who
has the least bit of information bear
ing on the murder or in any case
where any young girl or woman has
been annoyed by anyone on the roads
with an automobile to communicate
with him bv telephone or letter and
each will be treated confidential in
trying to run down the murderer or
bearing on any other crime of the
like which has stirred the entire is
land and country around for the past
several days, when a woman in
broad daylight was slain within
short distance of her mother and her
two small children.
Mrs. Bauer was buried yesterday
afternoon in Linden, N. j., follow
ing a funeral service at the house in
Port Richmond, when hundreds OF
detectives and policemen mingled in
the crowd that gathered for the
services. One man said to have been
salesman from Brooklyn, who
came there in Ford Sedan, which
resembled the one used by the MUIR
derer was investigated and question
ed at length by Captain Van Wagner
and District Attorney Each for the
county of Richmond. He was let
go after he had proven to the salts
faction of the police that he was not
on the island at the time the crime
was committed.
A prominent real estate man of
the north shore of the island whose
Ford Sedan was standing on the
road near the scene of the crime
was also questioned, but according
to the police, he was only asked
with regard to hearing the shots
fired and whether he saw or heard
anything at the time the crime was
supposed to have taken place.
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