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YOUNG
THE SLAYER
Coroner’s Jury Fixes the
Blame for the Murder
of Anna Pulitzer.
TRACING THE BODY
Witnesses Who Saw the
Trunk and the Boggy Iden
tify the Guilty Driver.
The last of the legal proceedings in
this county in connection with the death
Of Mrs. Pulitzer took place at the Court
House last night when the jury eutpnn
elled by Cotoner William X. Parslow re
turned a verdict practically declaring
William Hooper Young the murderer of
the Xew York woman who was found
with a carriage weight strapped to her
body in an intake of the Morris Canal
III Kearny on September IS.
The testimony last night was entirely
along the line of the movements of the
alleged murderer after he arrived on this
side of the Hudson with the body of his
victim in a trunk in the buggy.
Young's counsel. Lawyer William P.
S. Hart, and Assistant District Attorney
JJ. B. Clark, of Xew Y’ork. were present
during the inquest and made voluminous
notes of the testimony but took no part
in the proceedings.
MURPHY’S DIAGRAM.
Chief of Police Murphy, of Jersey
City, produced a diagram of the route
takeu by Young from the Twenty-third
street ferry to the point where he had
deposited the body of Mrs. Anna Pulitz
er in the muddy waters of the canal.
The diagram was made up from the
stories told by different persons who had
seen the buggy containing the trunk ns
it slowly wended its way through the
city. After leaving the ferry house the
diagram showed that Y'oung’s course was
up Exchange place to Montgomery
street, to Washington street, to Grand
street, to Commuuipaw avenue, to the
Plank road, and across the Hackensack
River bridge.
James Sullivan, of No. 101 Grove
street, Jersey City, an attendant at the
Hackensack river bridge, testified to see
ing the body in the water of the intake
about 1:30 o’clock on the afternoon of
September 18. He tried to get it out. but
could not.
Chief of Police Murphy testified that
the husband of the murdered woman told
him that she wore her jewelry when she
left the house on the night of her disap
pearance.
YOUNG TRACED.
H. Ivins, a newspaper reporter, said
that when he heard of the murder he re
called that Liveryman Evans had re
ported to the Hoboken police that a bug
gy hired by a stranger the night before
had not been returned. Later he heard
that it had been returned, but without
the weight and strap used for tying the
horse.
He induced the liveryman to accom
pany him to see Chief Murphy, and the
weight found fastened to the woman’s
body was identified by Evans as the one
in the buggy he had hired to the strang
er, who said he was connected with the
“Crusader,” a weekly paper published in
Hoboken some time ago.
Mr.. Evans went to New York with
Chief Murphy, and at the station house
a dftzetr men, including the husband .of
the murdered woman, were placed in a
line to see if he could recognize any of
them as the one who hired the buggy.
He failed to do so. but when a picture
of the “Crusader” employes was shown
him, he promptly picked out W. Hooper
Young uk the man. This was the pic
ture. which, after being enlarged for a
New York newspaper, led to the arrest
of Young by the Derby, Conn., police.
Liveryman Evans was called to the
atand and again identified the weight
and picked out Young's picture in the
group photographed. He also identified
a photograph of the horse and buggy
Young had hired on the night in question.
SAW THE BUGGY.
Policeman 51. J. Lynch of the First
precinct testified that at 11:50 the night
before the body was found he saw a bug
gy containing a man and a trunk going
down Grand and into Washington street.
He had a go^i view of the man driving,
and picked out Young’s picture in tile
I group photograph as the one he had se n.
I Robert Lungren of No. 25 Tyson place,
nil engineer on the Lehigli A’alley Rail
road, said he was walking along the
Plank Rond from Newark with his wife
and gister-in-law when he saw a buggy
going west. There was. a trunk on it.
The witness’s description of the driver of
the buggy agreed with that of Young.
Just as the rig reached the Hackensack
bridge the driver took out a cigarette and
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When about Glendale Park on Com
mnuipaw avenue, Lungren again saw
the buggy-going east. The trunk was
still in it and the witness thought the
driver had lost his way.
John F. Keller, of Xo. 20 Ferry street,
Newark, an express driver, described the
finding of the body and told how he had
got it ashore.
Michael Kelly, a bridge tender; James
Moore, of No. 553 Ferry street, and |
Frank H. Engelhardt, of No. 130 Wash
ington street, Hoboken, gave testimony.
THE VERDICT.
This concluded the inquiry and after a
few minutes deliberation the jury return
ed the following verdict:—
“We find tlint Anna Pulitzer was
found dead in the Morris Canal in the
Town of Kearny on September 18, 1902, j
and from the evidence submitted we find, I
in our opinion that Rbe came to her death !
by violence at the hands of William ;
Hooper Young.”
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THREE LICENSES GRANTED
The Mayor's Excise Board
Meets With Thirteen Men
in the Room.
Mayor Fagan’s Excise Commissioners
met last night with their ‘T3 hoodoo”
hnging over them. There were exactly
thirteeu men in the Assembly Chamber
while the Board was transacting busi
ness,
Three license^ were granted as fol
lows:—Hugh Meehan. Xo. 213 Washing
ton street; Ignatz Krumholz. Xo. 518
Grand street, and Thomas Fahey, X'o.
834 Newark avenue.
Thirteen transfers were authorized as
follows:—David Baumann to Gustav
Loewus; Martin Mannix to Xo. 405 Jer
sey avenire; Paul Auerbach to Charles
Heid; David Carlos to John Mealey;
Valentine Schulz to Xo. 84 Ocean ave
nue; Adolph Binder to Franz Knitter;
Louis Littmann to George Weissen
bugn; Philip Weber to Christian Zecher;
Henry McEnarey to Xo. 70 South street;
John Michel to August Beyer; Theodore
Link to X'o. 407 Hoboken avenue; Fred
erick Cattaneo to Herman Lillienkemp;
Frederick Wagner to John E. Weilan;
Herman Seiler to Vv'ardislsa Gigenski,
I and Ferdinand Beitzel to Joseph Kinnell.
BRENER BACKS DOWN.
Withdraws His Application for a
: Saloon and the Rev. Parker is Happy
J. F. Broker, who nsked the Excise
Board to give him n license to keep a
saloon at No. 73 Congress street, with
drew his application yesterday as a result
of the opposition of the Itev. John
Parker and other Hudson City citizens.
A delegation headed by the minister
urged the board last Friday not to grant
the license.
THIS IS YOM KIPPUR.
At sundown last night began the Fast
of Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement,
the most solemn observance of the Jew
ish faith. It will cease at sunset this
evening.
In all the synagogues of this city there
wiil be services all day and business will
be entirely suspended by orthodox Jews.
TD SUPPRESS GLANDERS.
President George McCarthy, of the S.
P. C. A. of Jersey City, lias requested
the State Board of Health to assist Jer
sey City in coping with the glanders.
The disease is declared to bq very
prevalent in Hudson County.
LIVE NOTES
ABOUT
Assistant District Attorney Clark, of
New York, was unable to grasp the ex
act location of the finding of the body of
Mrs. Pulitzer at the first session of the
inquest. He was much gratified and
pleased last night when Chief Murphy
presented him with a may of the route
travelled by Yonug to and from the spot.
The map was complete in every detail.
The distances from point to point were
plainly marked, and the exact spots
where the persons stood who saw Young
during his ride. Mr. Clark thanked the
Chief and begged permission to carry the
map to New York, which was granted.
A West Side avenue car, which stop
ped at the Boulevard about 6 P. II. last
night, had every seat occupied except
one where a window was open. The
men shivered and the women drew their
cloaks tightly around them. A well
dressed lady stepped into the car and
sat down in front of the open window.
She tried to shut it, but her delicate arms
were not strong enough. A gallant youth
o nthe opposite side of the car, who saw
her struggling, sprang to his feet to as
sist her; but, tug as he would, the win
dow would not budge, and the perspira
tion stood out in beads on his face.
In a few minutes there were three
young men around the young lady, but
their combined strength would not move
the window.
The gentlemen felt like thirty cents
when the conductor came up and with
out the slightest exertion dosed the win
dow, which they had worked at for over
five minutes.
A young married couple residing on
the Heights recently enjoyed a new ser- !
vant girl. Yesterday the girl was in
structed to prepare for dinner an egg
plant that was in the ice box.
When the couple entered the dining
room they were shocked to find the egg
plant whole and uncooked on a platter
in the centre of the table. The girl ex
plained. when taken to task, thnt she ^
meant to ask beforehand whether the
plant was desired in the raw or fried
state.
Two young women called upon Chief
Murphy this morning with a request for
a permit to shine shoes. The Chief said
a permit was not necessary, but the
young women insisted. The Chief asked
their reasons for so particularly wanting
a permit and they replied:—
“Well, one of your fly cops held us up
while we were trying to sell tickets.”
Chief Murphy assured the ladies it
would not occur again and they went
away satisfied.
Although a G. A. R. man and a mem
ber of three civil war veteran organiza
tions, there died and w'as buried in this
cit. this week a Union soldier who was
unattended by a military escort to his
i last resting place.
This strange and unprecedented condi
tion of affairs was caused by the Na
tional Encampment of the G. A. R.,
which will be concluded today in Wash
ington, D. C. Every veteran throughout
the country, able to walk or hobble, at
tended the encampment, and this Union
soldier was laid to rest without military
j honors.
As a proof of the business done at
! present, it was noticed that last night
1 live immense furniture vans bearing the
name of "McMahon.” passed over the
Twenty-third at ferry late last nieht
from this ci iacli had a- placard on
it, “Attains 1- . teas Go.” The company
has been so busy that it has been
I obliged to fiire outside help.
BOBBED OF
SILVERWARE
Thief Enters C. D. Hor
nung’s Housd in Broad
x Daylight.
BACK DOOR LEFT OPEN
Police Search in Vain for the
Lost Wedd ng G fis—Iday
Be a Tramp’s Work.
One of the boldest daylight robberies
that has taken place on the He girts in
many a day took place several days ago
in the Greenville section. The retails
have just leaked out. The police have
made every effort to suppress the affair.
The man robbed was Charles D.
Horunung, of No. 85 Clerk street, who
conducts a large tailoring business at No.
152 Broadway. New York. The robbery
took place at eleven o'clock in the morn
ing when the servant was alone in the
house. Mrs. Hornung had gone to the
store and the servant went to the top
floor to do some work. She carelessly
left open the back door leading into the
yard.
The thefts were not found out until
noon, when the servant began to set the
table for luncheon. She then discovered
that all the silverware on the top 6'f the
sideboard had been taken. Solid silver
knives, forks, spoons, soup ladles and
other articles that go to make up a set
were missing.
WRITING GIFTS LOST.
Captain Nugent, of the Ocean avenue
station house, wade a thorough search
of the premises and the precinct to locate
the thief. Chief Murphy was also noti
fied by Mrs. Hornung. Three detectives
were sent to the house to investigate,
and a search of the pawn shops in this
city and New York has been made with
out success.
Mr. and Mrs. Hornung feel their loss
keenly. They were married in Auburn,
N. Y.. last February, and the stolen
articles were among the wedding pres
ents, and were highly prized. Half a
dozen sets have been broken by the
thefts. Mr. Hornung talks of offering
a reward for the recovery of the ar
ticles.
TRAMP’S WORK.
The police arc of the opinion that
some tramp committed the theft. It is
believed that c e one went to the
back door o beg, and, finding he door
open and the way clear, took the silver.
It is evident that the theft was done
in a few' moments, for, had the thief
taken time to open the drawers In Lie
sideboard, he would have found several
hundred dollars’ worth more. The bulk
of the silverware was kept upstairs.
Mr. Hornung said yesterday that his
loss would reach about $150.
This robbery somewhat mars the ex
cellent record made by the police in j
Greenville this summer. There have ■
been more than one hundred vacant
houses that the police have watched and
not a robnery has taken place. This is
the first since last spring, and, it is felt,
is due to accidentally leaving the door
open. Capt. Nugent has been com
mended for the record he has made.
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AMATEURS IN ST. JOSEPH’S
Fine Performance of “An Off Night”
Is Prom'se '•
“An Off Night,” to be produced next
Monday evening, Oct. 13, in St. Joseph's
Hal, Pavonia avenue, for Hope Council,
Knights of Columbus, promises to be one
of the brightest little affairs ever staged
in Jersey City by a company of ama
teurs. It is under the auspices of Mar
low Dramatic Society.
Rehearsals for “An Qff Night” have
been held for five or six weeks. The pro
duction should prove a grand success.
In the cast are Miss Margaret E. Mc
Cann, Miss Nora Sullivan, Miss Nellie
Mulrain, Mis9 Fannie McCann and
Messrs. Joseph A, Buetuer. Miah J.
Sweeney. Thomas F. X. Carty, William
Datz and Waiter V. Milton.
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SCHOOL STATISTICS.
The total number of public school
pupils on the register last month was
25,914 or 1,013 more than in September,
1901. The average register was 25.483
and average attendance 24,455. The per
cent, of average attendance compared
with the average register was 90 per
cent.
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FAVOR THE LOWEST BID.
The Board of Education passed a reso
lution Thursday night requesting the
Board of Finance to appropriate' $12,
051.50 to buy furniture for the new pun
lic schools. No. 2 and No. 29. This
amount is the lowest estimate of the bids
opened by the Boaid last night. There
were fifteen bidders.
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TOWER OF
STRENGTH
Fifth Ward Club One of the
Hudson Democracy’s
Bulwarks.
MARVELOUS GROWTH
In a Few Yaar3 Ifc Has Be
come Cn9 of the Strongest
Organizations in the
County.
One of the best ward organizations in
the lower part of Jersey Oily n> the F fth
Ward Democratic •Club, which was or
ganized during the Bryan campaign of
1896.
It has prospered ever since its open
ing meeting, and has advanced so rapid
ly that on three different occasions it has
been obliged to seek larger quarters to
accommodate the steady increasing mem
bership.
: In the year 1896, during the Bryan
campaign a few hustling Democrats in
the ward got together one evening and
decided to form a ward organization.
At first it looked as if the promoters
of. the plan would meet with auything
but success, so slowly did the member
ship increase, but through hard and per
sistent work they have made such n suc
cess of their good work that today it is
one of the strongest ward organizations
in the city, and has a membership of
over two hundred good Democratic work
ers, who never fail to get out and work
■ for the Democratic ticket during cam
paignes.
The club’s first quarters were located
at No. 59 Brunswick street, and consist
ed of one room, and a very small one
at that. The membership at this time
was about |tweuty-five, and it remained
at that number for a long time.
BEGINS TO GROW.
After the election in which Bryan was
defeated the membership did not decrease
any, but to the contrary began to in
crease. and it has kept going up steadily
ever since.
The various social functions given un
der the auspices of the Fifth Ward Club
seemed to have a good effect upon the
younger element, and the entertainments
given were always of a high order, and
it was mainly these entertainments which
attracted the young people to the club
house.
After the club had remained in Its
first qurters about a year the member
ship increased so rapidly that it became !
necessary to secure more adequate ae- ;
commodations for the large number of '
members who assembled nightly in the
club house. Finally a committee was
appointed to secure new quarters, and
in the short space of two weeks it en
gaged Coyle’s Hall, Montgomery and
Brunswick streets.
The new quarters were a credit to the
organization. The walls were adorned
with large pictures of prominent local
Democratic officials and Robert Davis’s
portrait occupied a conspicuous place on
the walls. These quarters were the
scene of many delightful gatherings, and
prominent Democrats from all sections
of the County have been present when
ever an entertainment has been given.
The club still continued to grow in mem
bership and last year it was necessary
to vacate Coyle Hall and move to larger
quarters. The club then moved back to
| No. 59 Brunswick street into their old
quarters, occupying the entire building
together with No. 57 adjoining.
SPACIOUS CLUB ROOMS.
It is a cosy club house, and every
evening the members eau be seen gath
ered in the different rooms enjoyinb the
numerous games that can be found there
for their amusement. At the present
time they are busy mapping out plans
for the coming campaign.
Among the first Organizers of the club
were Counsellor John J. Mulvaney. who
was born in the ward and has alw s
been active in its politics. Mr. John
Wahlqueen was at one time one of the i
most active members of the club and he
was elected to the Assembly for that
section of the city by a very large ma
jority.
Among the other prominent organizers
of the club, who have worked for its suc
cess since its infancy, are:—Ex-Street
and Water Commissioner Philip Tumul
ty, Assemblyman James A. Hu mill and
John J. Tracey, Ex-Freeholder Phillip
J. McGovern, Thomas J. Burns, Patrick
Healey, Thomas Kermode and Charles
Maxwell.
The present officers of the association
are:—William Braziel! president: Patriot
McGovern, vice-president; Joseph P. Tu
multy, treasurer; George Sanderson, fi
nancial secretary- James McTiernan,
corresponding secretary; and Joseph Iva
vanagh, sergeant-at-arms. The County
Committeemen of the ward, who are also
good workers for the club’s interest, are:
—Charles Maxwell, Patrick Healey,
Thomas J. Burns, Thomas Kermode,
Willian Braziel, Frank Dougherty, Hub
ert Thompson and William Moran.
PROMINENT MEMBERS.
Among the prominent members of the
club are:—Joseph Sharkey, Thomas
Burns, William Braziel. Robert Thomp
son, George Geragherty, Assemblyman
John J. Tracey, Aldermanic Candidates
John Allen, Thomas Brady, Joseph De
laney, John Sweeney. John MsTiernan,
James Delaney, William Moran, Joseph
P. Tumulty, Sr„ Ptrick Hayes. Phillip
Tumulty, Jr., Johu Ruby, Thomas B.
Dennerger. John Dolan, Sr., Frank Don
nelly, Michael Dolan, Johu Dolan, Jr.,
Patrick Dolan, Frank Dougherty, Frank
Coogan, A. J. Cordinnery, John J. Calla
han, James Coleman, Michael DeMato,
Thomas Dunnigan. Michael Ettinger,
George Elliott, Harry Ficke, James
Feehan, Patrick Farrell, John Farrell,
Peter Golden, Charles Feier. Charles
Harris. John Hogan, Frank Hennessey,
Patrick Igoe, John Jackson, Peter
James, Joseph Keegel, Thomas P. Ker
mode, James Kelter, John Kelly, Rich
ard Knvanagh, James Kirk, Thomas
Kavanagh, Michael Ivane, Thomas Kel
ly, John Lyons, Antonia DeLooria, Pat
rick McGovern, Michael McDermott,
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Richard McDonald, James McCormack,
James MeCurrin, Phillip McGovern,
John P. McCormack, James McElwain,
James McDermott, James McMuIlin,
Patrick McGovern, Frank McCullough,
John P. McGovern, Charles Maxwell,
Patrick J. Murphy. Thomas Max .veil,
George Murray, Hugh Meehan, Patrick
Meehan, Luke Mulligan. Dominick Me
rino, John Masterson, Charles Mulligan,
AA’illiam Moran, George Meyer, M. A.
Martin. William Madden. John Madden.
John Sweeney, Dennis O’Connell. Wil
liam O'Neill, AVilliam O’Neill, Cornel us
O'Leary, William Parsle, Emory E.
Ryer, Jacob Rosenthal. Edward R .
John Regan, Matthew Sullivan. Thomas
Sheehan, Phillip Seiden, Thomas Sigler,
Joseph Sprouls, Patrick Sheehan, Mar
tin Sweeney, Patrick Scott, James S. an
lan, Patrick Tumulty, Peter Tuite, John
J. Tracey, John Walker and Thomas
Walker.
A.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Large Meeting to Be Held in
the Lafayette Lodge
Rooms.
A meeting of Knights of Pythias of
District No. 27, which includes Lafay
ette, Greenville aud Bayonne v. ij: be
held in the rooms of Lafayette Lodge,
No. 79. corner of Pacific avenue aud Ma
ple street, next Wednesday evening. The
meeting has been called by District'
Deputy Emory C. Pratt.
The lodges included in the district are
Lafayette No. 79. Grant No. 89, Cen
tenary No. 100 and Bayonne No. 37. Be
sides these lodges there will be present
knights from other lodges throughout the
county. It is expected that the meeting
will be one of the largest ever held in
the district.
The knights will assemble at the Junc
tion at 8.30 o’clock and march to the
hall in a body, escorted by the Washing
ton Band. The committee iu charge of
the arrangements includes Past Chancel
lors Newcomb of Grant. Foster of La
fayette, 1 ictor C. Greene of Bayview
and Frederick P. Boos of Centenary.
Grand Chancellor P. Hull Packer of
Scabright will be present with his eut'.re
staff. Palestine Company No. 1 of the
uniformed rank will also attend.
After the meeting a provisional grand
lodge will be conducted at which all e.i
gible Past Chancellors will receive the
Grand Lodge Degree.
Supreme, Representative Walter P.
Ha.vhurst of Lambertville will give an
exemplification of the secret work.
Past Grend Chancellor Somers T.
Champion of Atlantic Highlands will de
liver an address on "The Endowment
Rank.” He is the organizer for the rank
in New Jersey.
Other speakers will be:—Grand Mas
ter of Exchequer John Patrick, of Ruth
erford; Grand Chancellor P. Kill
Packer, Grand Vice Chancellor P. Frank
Shauley, of this city; Grand Prchte
John W. Laws, of this city, and Grand
K. of R. and S. Elmer E. ilargeriuia,
of Trenton