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Show PROGRESS MADE IN SOLVING BERSiN in IT IS EVIDENT ROBBERY AS WELL AS JEALOUSY WAS CAUSE. j 1 Detectives Expect to Have Suspected I Man, Who Has Disappeared, In Custody Soon. New York, Juno 20. While the public has been engrossed with the details of the Elsie Slgel murder, and the Mrs. Wood ill tragedy, in Maryland, Mary-land, the New York poiico' report that they have been making excellent progress pro-gress towards the solution of the murder mur-der of Samuel Bersin. the young painter paint-er whose headless and maimed body was found in the custody of a boy pn an eastside street three, weeks ago. Eighteen Jewish members of the detective de-tective staff at police headquarters, have been woiking constantly on the caso. and they have just reported the finding of evidence that Bersin was not einly killed because of jealousy, but al:o'to obtain tho valuable jewelry and diamonds he onnstantlv wore. Ai- though Bersin leccived only $12 a week as a painter, it is known that he ypent considerably more than this, and in their efforts to fenet out tho crime, the pdice sav that they expect to arrest, ery .so.ui. a mm wio is believed to have fhared with Bersin the transitory affections of a young woman on the east side, and of whom, it Is alleged, Bersin had an appointment appoint-ment in the morning of the day he was killed. The detectives say that this man was not onlv Jealous of the attentions that Bersin" had paid to the young woman, but that ho had mad I covetous remarks concerning Bersin's great display of jewel rv. When the body was found, t-ie jewelry jew-elry was missing. The suspected man has disappeared, but the police sav that they expect to hae him in eus- I tody soon. A large- par; of Bersin's income is reported to have come from one of the parties who will become a most, important witness, if an aires; Is made. |