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v.fi ? fr-j5'''r'' v ..-1 ' -m '-rF7 , m rf. f-tfUH itf?tyTt& f. v v THE WASHINGTON TIHES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 3, 19i2. IrtV- "njp-r-r" TT- IMPORTANT WITNESS IN BREWERY GRIME Was Last Man Who Saw . Arthur Webster l'l..u ' Alive. Cof,nued from First Pass.) Manrufe turn on, the detectives assert that the dreutnstanUal evidence Indi cate! that Jett waa undoubtedly In the boiler room when Webeter waa made awar with. Aa to what knowledge ha had of the affair or what part he played, If any, will probably never be positively known, aa Jett'a lips were forever aealed when he ended his life laat Sunday night. The detectlvea aav that It la not only possible, but very likely, that eome one else came In during tne time Jett waa on duty alone. Examination of all wit neaaea. Including the watchman, haa failed, however, to develop the fact that anyone eiae waa aeen about the place. Wise, the night watchman, asserts that he did not ate Webster at all In the early morning prevloua to the time he u supposed to nave been murdered. Heat Chart Examined. The temperature charta at the Na tional Capital Brewery, when exam ined 'tod,ay, allowing a conttnuoua atory of the heat of the boilers, of the brewery alnce September It, were taken by Detectlvea Baur and Corn wall today to be turned over to the Central Qlflre for uae at the Inquest tomorrow. Each of these charta ahow a de crease In tamDerature between 3 and 4 o'clock In the morning. When thn chart of September 17 waa examined yeaterday and thla decrease. In heat was found It was thought at once mat suent ana unexpected evidence had been found that a body was shoved Into the combustion chamber at that hour. But the other charts shows similar degressions. An Inquiry today revealed the fact that It Is the practice of the firemen to clean out ashes each morning before chanrinr shifts, and that this Is done at about 4 o'clock, or a little earlier. Only Partially Reflected. The temperature chart would not c curateiy reect conations in any one grate, at any rate. The temperature In dicator Is connected with the smoke stack, and therefore represents the maximum lieat obtained from the four boilers constantly In use. Any varia tion la the temperature of a single unit would be only partially reected by the Indicator. Two of the boilers are equipped with automatic atocktrs. Two others now in use are atoked by hand. In the former there are no openlnga except Into the a piu ana tne comDUsuon chamber, the doo rto which la usually closed. Under the handtoked boilers both grsie ana asn pit aoors may be opened. The combustion chamber of No. g was opened today for fifteen minutes. A drop of temperature waa Indicated at first and then, to the surprise of the detectives, the heat rose rapidly on the indicator while the door remained open, .. Disproves Heat Theory. The Increase in heat waa undoubtedly due to increased combustion In the other boilers. This demonstration knocked the plna from under the faith hitherto displayed In the variations shown on the charts. The statoment that these charts, or the chart of September 17, do not show venations is unrounded. The varia tions are there, but, apparently bear no cluo to any phase of the cremation of a human being. Central office detectlvea Intended to stay on the Job today until every scrap of evidence obtainable at the brewery could be collected. The Inquest will be held tomorrow, and all available evi dence Is desired at that time. The chief engineer at the brewery, who examined the chart with the de tectives afterward made a test to de termine If opening the combustion chamber door would be recorded on the Card chart. He found that It would not The heat chart is a revolving paper disc, which Is lined so as to record the temperature of the furnaces from l a. m. to ll'tt a. m. the following day. A new chart la used each day. it is dated and filed away tor refer ence. On the ohart Is made a line by the needle of ah automatic recording de vice. This needle makes a line showing .the exact decree of neat In the furn aces. According to the engineer at the brewery, there Is always a variation of from one to five degreea, aa It Is im possible for the fireman to keep the heat at uniform even temperature. , When the bones were removed from the furnace Tuesday night the door of the combustion' chamber was open for nearly an hour. The chart for that time shows no more than the usual variation. . , Thn engineers and others employed at the brxwerv say that no appreciable record Is made on the heat chart unless the flues are blown out. the nres get low or the front door of tho furnaces opened, so that the draft Is affected. Want Chamber Cleaned. The tire under No. t boiler, in the com. bustton chamber of which Webster's bones were found, could not be drawn yesterday, as officials of the brewery said this would heoessttate the shutting down of the entire plant The de tectives, however, are anxious to have the combustion chamber entirely clean ed out in the hope of finding what may remain of a gold ring, a pocket knife, a bunch of keys and some money In silver, which It Is known Webster had In his pocket. . The ring and money probably have melted, the detectives be lieve, but they do not think the keys and knife have entirely dlalntegrated. and If they can be found will prove the nn.i.ilnk In positively establishing the Identity of the bones. The police, how ever, assert that there is practically no question but that the bones are those of Webster. As to what part Jett may have had In the case the detectives believe will never be known From circumstances leading up to Webster's disappearance and cremation In the furnace they be lieve he and Jett had trouble on the morning In question. That there had been bad feeling between the two men the detectives say has been fully es tablished. Seated In the parlor of his little home at 1241 C street southeast, Charles Web ster, the gray-headed father of the miss ing man, told In detail today the cir cumstances that, led him to believe his son had been murdered. "I aaw Arthur the laat time Septem ber 15. He was working during the day at the automobile shop of Bryan Brlggs, near Eleventh and A streets northeast I had taken my little son to Lincoln Park and while we were altttng there the little fellow saw Ar thur crossing the park and ran to him. "Arthur .called to George, my little boy, and waved to me. That waa the last I aaw of him. "Tuesday afternoon one of his children came to my house. I asked it Arthur was at home. I waa told that he had not been home since 2 o'clock Tuesday morning. I Immediately went over to aee my daughter, and while we thought It queer, we felt sure Arthur would turn up all right t Left Home at Midnight. "She told me that he had come home about midnight Monday night and after eating something had said that he thought he would go down to the brewery before going to bed. She told him that he had better go to bed or he would not feel like working the next day. But he Insisted and told her he would be gone only a short time. "My daughter aaked me If I knew that he bad had trouble with Jett I said 'no.' Then she told me that they had had a right and that Arthur had knocked Jett down. They afterwards made up. But Jett had a violent tem per ana a inougat ot mis at tne lime. "The next day I advised my daughter to go to the Fifth precinct and tell the officers about the case. "Later they told us that they had a report on the case." Mr. Webster waa distinctly displeased with the attitude of the police at the Fifth precinct station. For Officer Kenney. however, he ex pressed admiration aa he promised Webster ho would do all he could on the case. Suspected Something. Wrong. "Friday we became worried. I sus pected something wrong. My daughter was worried most to death. I came home from work and was hungry. I told her, when she-came over it's just back of us where they lived that as soon as I hsd'roy aupper I would go down to, the brewery with her and ask f anvone there had seen Arthur. She misunderstood me, however, and while 1 ws eating went there herself. "She saw Magnum, who denied that he had seen Webster there. "When I went over to the house to accompany her I found that she had already made the trip. Taiav t mnt Uinium. T aaked him If he bad seen anything of Arthur, tie grinned In a way that made me mad, Bnd ssld that he had not. I became) convinced then that he knew something he wouia not ten. , "Magnum told me that he had looked all around the Eleventh street ' boat house and could find nothing. He told my daughter he had been looking In Eighth stre'et pool rooms. He didn't tell us the same story. Says Son Waa Generous. '"My son seemed to have been In fatuated with this man. They .went hunting together and did everything else. Both of them had shot guns of the ssme bore. My son had aome ex tra money, due to the fact that he worked days' besides at night and he bought shells for both of them to use. He was always that way, liberal and log after Jett and Webster had the hla brothers, with all rlends and his old parents, too. enerous wit! la friends and his old nan ''Magnum came on late in the morn the automobile shop, thought Webster I family was going to Spottsylranla Court neuso i or two aaya, tne lima ooy to- must have had about. In hla pocket aiter ne naa given nis wire irlfara it Hou oj noc 1 "1 temoerature as maintained in the corn- he run quarrel I think they had, and he must Know someming aooui conauions in u furnace room that he has not told, I "Then Officer Kenney met me one day and said that Jett denied knowing anything about' the case, and suggested tltttt about the only thing left for me to do was to taiic to mm. 'My Cod, officer,' t said, 'It there la anything you can do to let me see Jett do It' Jett Denied Everything. "Sl when both men were off duty, Kenney came with ejtt Jett sat down. I talked plain to htm. He denied every thing. I pleaded with him to tell ua anything he might know about the dis appearance of my boy. He at first re plied each time that he knew nothing about the matter. Then 1 told him that the disappearance of thla man waa killing his mother, was killing me, and was leaving a wife and three, little children without support Then he be gan to merely nod when I aaked ques tions. The whites of his eyes got red, and while I looked him straight In the face he looked across the room After while he got up and bowed. "I don't want to do anyone an In- Justice, but I am convinced that if I isd asked the officer to lock Jett up after our conversation that there would have been a confession Instead of a suicide. . "Before he left X told him that De tective Boerdman had his men at work on the case, and that he had told me he could probably give some definite information on the case within a day or iwo. "Jett left without bowlnsr. He never about the case so far as I know. Told Another Story. "But the same men who told my son's wife and I that they had not seen Arthur at the brewery told an other story to the officers; they ad mitted he had been there." Mr. Webster Is a man of remarkable self-control. He discusses the case without a tremor In his voice except when he recalls the generosity of his son and his loyalty at ail tlmess to his family. These memories start the tears. He Is desperately In earnest about the present case and asserts that there will be no single stone leit uniurnea In And out what became of his son and who was responsible for bis death. Had io on Person. Webster Is presumed to have had about 120 on his person when he disap peared. He received $12.40 at the Navy Yard on the laat pay day, and of this aum he gave his wife tio. On the previ ous Saturday Brlggs and Bryan had Slven him a cheek for 120 for extra work one at the automobile shop. He gave 15 of this to his wife also. Some of the money was In coin and the remainder In bills. Mr. Bryan, one of his employers at bustlon chamber of the bis furnace. Bo heavv ,1a It however, that It would undoubtedly cling to the lower ashes' In the chamber. A gold ling was the only piece ef jewelry that Webster fore, so far aa known, "h for both metals wilt be made In the ashee as soon aa the furnace cools enough to permit complete 'exam ination. v Webster's Children Smilingly Pose for Times Photographer A pathetlo little aapup formed on the front eteps of the Webater home, on C street, today. Three children, two bright little girls of sis and five, and a alxteen months' old boy baby, all charmed with, the idea of having their pictures taken, posed willingly, but their smiling faces were Utile like the faces of their grandfather and mother, who were an too appreciative 'of the tragedy at the brewery had brought to them. Mrs. Webster was warm In her words of thanks to the newspapers for their efforts In clearing up the murder. "Of course," she saldV listlessly, "thore was really nothing we could have done, and the te.-rijle uncertainty of never Miuwins wiimi occame ox my nusDana would have been unbearable. But. you must remembenthere are three father less babies left to care tor." on tne night of September 17 she BHea nocently cried l run,, the house during the succeeding! "Hurrah, we're going to the country.", week. I None of the Jett family had returned silver money would melt under suen i ey late this afternoon from Virginia, wnere tne ooay or tne suiciae was in terred yesterday. The family may come back this evening or possibly early to morrow morning In time. for Mrs. Jett 10 lane tne stana in tne inquest, wmen will ber held In the morning -at the Dis trict Morgue. ' The residence of Jett at ta Florence street northeast waa closed today, and the silent bouse, with all blinds drawn and ahuttera closed, continued the ob- ieot of curiosity of the neighborhood, 'arsons standing near the building in which Jett killed himself spoke today with lowered voices of the tragedy. Boiler Inspector Tells of Effects , 'Of Heat Changes Frank Vermillion, boiler inspector foe the District found the depression In the temperature chart of September 17 yes terday while at the National Capital Brewing Company on other business. He believed on first examination that the chart had a direct bearing uoon the death of Webster. mere are oniy two tninga to causa a lowering of temperature, a low Are or the opening of the door to the com bustion chamber. The automatic stoker boiler does not afford a front opening directly to the fire. Had the variation In the chart of September 17 resulted from lower lire the change would have been gradual. The variation ahown moved down and up quickly." ' Men familiar 'with the plan of boiler No. I are amased that a man weighing 200 pounds could have been ahoved Into the combustion chamber. The opening la only sixteen Inches square .and the brick wall Is nearly two feet high? To puah a limp 209-pound body through auch an opening would require great strength and some little time. If any one ahoved Webster Into this chamber he did not necessarily suffer discomfort from the temperature him self. The' flsmes and gas. from the grate flew undei the boiler to the com bustion chamber, then back through the tubular boiler, and, changing their course again, flew over the top of the boiler to the rear end a second time. The rush of flames through the tubes creates a heaw draft, and when the combustion chamber door Is opened It tends to draw, air and light objects in rather than throwing out much heat A aheet of writing paper or a heavier ob ject -vanishes with the draft If placed In the open door of the chamber. OPEN 8 A. M. - CLOSE V P. M. beggei Jett urgi of his. danger. "When he didn't come her husband to kn awav r'mm urged by some feminine Intuition back home I almost knew that some' inmg "nois naa nsppenea to him,' she said. "It waa no wild conclusion, formed by ray own ideas, but just a ter. rlble feeling of Impending danger. It seemed to have been brewing for a long time, and I felt when he left the house that the time had come when hie troubles with Jett would be settled -one way or another.1' Pale and worn, she bravely answered every 'Question, and time and again sent her word of thanks to the press. ' Dead Man's Love for Drink Only Thing That Worried His Home Folks "It ' was the drink," declared Mrs. Charlea Webater. mother of h man J .who is bolleved to have been -murdered. ir ne naa not been drinking he would never have gone to the brewery, he would not have associated with those men, and instead would have been safe. , ; ly at home with hla family, speaking, merely "I talked to him and plead with him said another word for years to leave It alone but that was his one falling, my poor boy.' 1101 All Carpets Laid Free Not only do we lay them free, but we measure your floors, fit the carpets perfectly, and sew them without charge, and you pay nothing for what is wast ed in cutting to match figures. Give us your order before 1 p. m., and the carpets will be laid the following day. This is an example of the promptness which you may always expect from every branch of our service. Deliveries will be made exactly at the time we promise, and this is arranged to suit you. In quality, pattern, and price our fall stock of Car- pets and Mattings will show ou the best that any house can offer. Peter Grogan & Sons Co., 817 to 823 7th St Webster waa DauTonatnlv Inn A nt hl own children and when he first failed Jo return home his wife found In his love for the children her chlefest con viction that he had met with foul play. She regarded it aa Impossible that he would desert his children. Arthur Webster's mother, while be moaning the fact that her son drank. .Interposed with motherly care the as sertion inai ne always looaea alter nis family and provided well for them. Webater went to the Spanish-American war when he was only seventeen eara old. He had the consent of his parents. Previously he had told them that he would'run away If they did not give their consent So they gave In. He was In Cuba for thirteen -months. Three children were born after his marriage a few years after the close of the Spanlsh-Amelcan war. The youngest of these children is now six teen months old. Charlea Webster, the elder, has a photograph of Arthur when he was a year and a half old. He swears that the picture and his youngest grandson are images or one anotner. Lentio It. Jett'a step-son. Charley Oey ser, sged seven years, dole not compre hend nor understand the tragedy which has engulfed his family. When hla mother told the child that all the Jett nimamntmtmttnmmitmr' Try This Home-Made Cough Remedy B Costs Little, Bat Does the Work Qalekly, or Moaey Re'faaded. Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Mix one pint of granulated sugar with 4 Dint of warm water, and atlr for 1 mlnutea Put !V4 ounces of Plnex (fifty rents' worth) In a pint bottle; then add the Sugar Syrup. Take a teaapoontul every one. two or th'ree hours. . You will find that thla simple rem edy takesMiold of a cough more quickly then anything else vou ever used. Usu ally ends a dsep-seated cough Inside of 21 hours. 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