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Show Scene of New York's Latest Sensational Murder Case t "Wiiii iv) nFTTn ilwr ir"irmi jTl " . 1 WT -:t-:kv R -m ibV.( mihwmvtt 1 i , iffli m- mm fV- 1 '"'' - Whitman o3x oackson . CsWbBKir " - - NEW YORK. Aug. 1. Pink Oeidel a mother fainted when she heard him confesa that ha had murdered William Henry Jackson, the aged broker. Mra. Oeidel eame here from her home in Hartord, with her daughter, Agnea, aged 16. When Panl was brought to aea her at the Tombs prison, she asked: "My boy, did you do itl Tell your mother." Without railing his head, Oeidel replied: "Yes, I did. , Hie mother fell In a swoon. It was half a nhour befura she regained ronaeiousneea. - Oeidel 's attorney today obtained postponement ef bit arraign men t until tomorrow to allow him to apply for the appointment of a commission to inquire in-quire into the boy 'a sanity. - , - .- - II.1 Notwithstanding his eenfeaeton, eieiy avenue that the law offers for escape from tha death penalty will be tried in hla ease. James A. Gray, hia lawyer, said tonight, lie aaded that a wealthy hotel man whose name he waa not at liberty to disclose, haa coma to Weidel'a aid and would bear the ezpenae of 'wiliiam Henrr Jarksna, aa aged and well to do broker' and member of tha New York Yaeht club, waa murdered in the Hotel Iroquois, at No. '49 West Forty-fourth street. New York City. In some manner which the police do not attempt to explain the murderer entered Mr. Jackson's rooms, on tha tenth floor, adjoining those of the district attorney, f'harlcs 8 Whitman, killed the broker and escaped without awakening anybody in the hotel. |