Show I WHITMORE HELD IN HARRISON HARRIS N PRISON Wife's Jewelry Found in Possession Possession Pos Pos- session of Brooklyn Sa Sa- Sa- Sa WANTS CLOTH CLOTHING I NG CLEAN CLEANED ED Letters Leters Signed by Wife Were Written After Her Death ew York Jan 5 Four Four t.-Four Four diamond rings rIngs rIngs' which Theodore odoro Whitmore sn says wi-re wi worn vorn h by ly his wife th lie tho victim of or orthe the Harrison swamp murder when ho he saw her on Christmas Christmas- afternoon have be been heen n found In iii the pos possession of or Harry lIar Har lar- lar ry n. Ryan a saloon keeper of o No 0 19 9 Til ru TI- TI tarey street Brooklyn where Whit more morl left lert them as lS security for a loan I was as a frequenter of or the place pineo anti Ryan says that Whitmore brol brought ht lie tho Jewelry and ne some somo silverware silver r ware to him either December r 28 or I December 3 30 told old him hint b I. I Ii wa was going away auay and said Sail he wanted the property properly kept for Cor him latin until he lie returned From 1 o'clock today until almost five was examined b by Prosecutor Vickers rs Whitmore stuck to the story he told the police polee in that that- tit main but blat hit involved In himself In many man contradictions as nH to his irn- irn movements Im Immediately m mediately ed I a t oh y following oh I ow in g t the h e m murder ii ru e i and ane his wife's jewelry The Tho police po po- po- po lice believe the circumstantial case cas against him hint has harts been strengthened although al although nl- nl thou though h he ho 1 Is iao not yet et charged with an any crime 1111 d. Mr Ma- Ir had received wor word from Crom Police Captain Kuhn In about abol the discovery ery of the he Jewelry and asked askell about it I. I began to cry He did Ild not break down but ned ried simply wept as ns If nervous oIS nr and wor wor- Whitmore was also confronted with wih P Peter Petea Coo Coogan the thc nl night ht watchman who saw a n man and a woman pass Ilass on First birst street streel on the Ight of or the murder mur- mur der den and later saw the man return alone Coogan could not identify Whitmore Whitmore Whit Whit- hl more as the man roan He lie le said ald he had hind some conversation with the lie man and nd wanted to hear voice to see If Ii ho could recognize It This amounted to nothIng nothing noth- noth Ing as ns Whitmore himor had hen been talking tin un- til LII ti his voice was faint nod husky During the afternoon Whitmore senta sent I a n letter to Harr Harry Ra Radio ln It I read Anxious About III lii Cloth Clothes Clothe U My ly dear Barr Harry I am in u n great greal deal of or trouble This dead woman In Harrl Harrison on Is m my wife nn and I 1 am m locked up Now ow what I wont want you OU to do Is la to tog togo togo g go down to the house In Adams street h where re we lived ed 1 and sell sel out everything In It IL You can have any kind of a sale you CU like Dont Don't sell the piano nor the mattress and be bedding In the basement I What 1 want you 01 to tb do 10 particularly particular Is to take talc m my clothes to tho tito laundry r In lit Pearl street just below Second You ou io will find a val valise o in iii the basement wit alth wih some soma of or 0 my clothes In H It aso send sen thorn them to tn mft nui in p police headquarters In Harbison Harrison It will trIll wil be a great favor t to tome me ate me it IC you can do this and 11 p Je Jeme et el elme me know about It right a awn away This letter leler was confiscated by Prose Prose- crR who was wan wn a Q bit suspiciouS the which u. u tit lit It to lh tho tiit l i nury V 4 i I v-Hl v lt I rhom It r The Tho evidence e o on which the po cc place pInel the lie elder faith are the V letters to- to S' S bv hv Mr Mrs and anti Mrs Ir 1 hughes another sl sister or of the tho lan 1 l dead woman since her d death loiters purport to Iyo hoen written b loters Mrs Whitmore and are signed by her name although they are not It III her handwriting At the lie time Ume hey thoy were written Mrs ia my lay dead ead In the tho ho m In Harrison of or rho detectives accused writing the these letters loters In the hope that he could conceal his death from her bet relatives so that they ought not nol Identify hot her bo body had admitted quarreling with his H lie har wih wife on Christians day ay and un part of th hi night Is still unaccounted unac- unac time on sti counted for rOI |