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Show .. iiAiViB SLAYER Dying Man Hakes Statement That Sets - Smart. Set IrVlnjtcn by the : Ears. . ; , .. t ' .- ' - . - ; rv '. . f '7: J i.. NEW5 YORK lUr 2T.-When It became known that John Hefferman. wlw was shot on the Uwn of the Ardsley club7 near Irvingtorw last Sunday night. , had made a sUtement before he - died, naming a prominent, member of the clnb'ai the mWwbo liad shot Wm'. the' greatest doubt was expressed by the people of Tarrytown and Tlclhlty. It could not be possible," they an said, that a -man of auch social wslUon aa. tha one named was the slayer, and it was tacitly agreed among tSe clubmen and the owners of villas around Ardsley-on-the-Hadsoa to guard his name With great secrecy. . - , . s Dr. Denlaon of Ardsley, who was the first physician called , to attend 'the wounded coachman, said on the witness stand: 'r - - - "There Is one other thing Hefferman said to me before -bs became uncon- : sdoua. aod I feel it my duty t6 teU It here. He aaid. that he recognized his assailant as a prominent member of the club' ' ' . , , Th police who have been working on the murder mystery believe that It the man named by Hefferman did the shooting he was mistaken in his man-that man-that be really meant to kill someon else and, seeing. Hefferman dimly In the dark with a. woman on the club terraces, took him for the man he may have I suspected;; '"' '-'''''' ' ' f L-LlLj' |