| Show MURDERER WHO LOST HIS MIND killed a grocer but has no recollection of the crime new boik feb aa physician who examined george the iron structural contractor batore he was given over to the police last night in connection w ith the mysterious murder of george williams of plainfield N J said that while there were certain symptoms suggestive of aphasia about wood it would require a long and careful examination before the fact that wood was coffering from any mental disease couill be established wood tt by the physicians said at first that he could read the headline in a newspaper put before him later he read tho words with some difficulty he could write his name without difficulty until recently wood was engaged with a man named stevenson in taking contacts for putting up fire escapes and doing other iron work in this city business troubles are said to have placed him in need of money as he stated in the story of his movements emco the day of the murder newspaper reporters traced wood from his home to the home of his cifes brother in twenty seventh street the detective budeau was notified but took no action and finally a patrol wagon from the nearest station was called which can led wood his wife and her brother to headquarters where wood is detained wood repeated his story to the effect that ins mind had been a blank since monday when ho left here with a civil engineer named mack who was to procure a loan from his father to assist in woods business he said they left the train near trenton and drank some beer ho remembered nothing after ward until wednesday when he found himself in vieb only 1 he started to walk toward new york then came another blank in my memory he said and although I 1 have a taint recollection of having stayed thursday night in elizabeth N J of having gone about among the iron works in geisey aty friday morning looking for work nothing that I 1 did before I 1 reached my brother in laws flat at 2 friday afternoon is clear to me in answer to questions he denied that he had any recollection of having visited plainfield or having stopped at a hotel there he asserted that he had absolutely sol no remembrance of having called on any of his relatives in the neighborhood of according to the plainfield police wood reached bonday afternoon and engaged a room and made no attempt to conceal his identity to the proprietor who had known his father wood said he had come to look for some bridge after visiting mrs pollack nis grandmother tuesday afternoon wood crossed the road to the home of ahli father in law G E whitton speaking of woods visit the latter said 1 I seen him in seven years we were in business together after ho married my daughter he came close to failing and since then we got along together wood told me that he had come to settle up our differences he promised me a good job in new york it I 1 would forgive my daughter for marrying him and I 1 would change my 1 i which I 1 cut them out I 1 letues and we had some words he stayed all night and went away the next morning the police learned that wood got back to plainfield on wednesday and left thursday morning as they claim tor watching watchung Wat chung not far from where the crime occurred mrs wood is said to have that her husband returned to this city at p m with hla valise and wearing a new cap two hour later he went out again saying he had an appointment with his friend mack he did not return until 3 friday afternoon and then disclaimed all knowledge of having been there the day before questioned about williams the murdered grocery man wood declared repeatedly peat edly that he efer heard of him and repeated again and again that be could not dundei stand alls ar at a |
