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!un$,ii atthe;lnhedl-leif-telyit ftvet-th Rc-ecl i of Shit irr it clen theen-inyIdsieedvesvesInstanthesJty»er*areLtesnesUt-tieyryemeen-WTiarsthe'et-flcehatFOR VOEPEL ARREST.• -Mclntyre Says There Is No Proof Against Boy Accused of Killing • His Mother.John Voepol, seventeen yoara old; who Is accused by the police of ha vine murdered his mother, Kale Voepel, In •her apartmente, No. 120 Christopher street, on Feb. II, -was before Justice Greeirbaum,. of the Supremo Court, yesterday on a writ of habeas corpus obtained by ills lawyer, John F. Me In tyre.‘‘The pollco have ‘told,” said Mr. Mein tyro, “how they searched for tho knife with which' they say this boy-stabbed his mother to death and failed to-And it. and how two days later they wont back to the house and found theknife in tho very closeL Stt wh'ldh they, •had previously searched. They want you to believe that the boy hid tho knife and then went back ‘and plaacd it in the closet, and thus made evidence, agalnt himself.•‘A polico officer was -put In charge of the dead woman’s flat, ar.rl it Is a remarkable fact that the wile of that officer should have recently presented for redemption a puwn-ticket for property of tho dead woman. This foot was brought to the attontfon of the police, and was suppressed by them until an anonymous letter exposed the matter.'Jn closing, Mr. McTntyre called-attention to the Florence Burns case, saying:These eases ought to be Investigated most thoroughly by. the Police Magistrates, with -due regard to human lib-orty. but for years they have shirked their responsibility in many cases by turning everything over to- the Grand Jury. I honor Justice iMayer for his courage in dealing with the Burns case.I wish Magistrate Olmsted had had tho courage to deal likewise with this case.'*Assistant District-Attorney Gray opposed the application for. the 'boy’s release. Justice Greenbaum reserved decision,
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New York World
New York, New York, US
Tue, Apr 01, 1902
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