The evening world. Newspaper, May 18, 1908, Page 12

TEN PLAYS VIOLIN —<++ Artist Farm Hand Calmly Gives Details of Murder on Sheppard Farm— Hopes to Escape Death Penal- ty by “Brainstorm” Plea. Here is the confession of the murder of Lieut. William D. Shep- pard, his young wife Josephine and Jennie Bondy, their servant, on the! Sheppard squab farm, near Wickatunk, N. J., last Saturday, as written | to-day-by the young art student and violinist, Frank Zastera, in the Mon- mouth County Jail at Freehold. He wrote the confession with a steady hand, signed it and handed it to the jailer, who witnessed it; then the boy | * calmly picked up his fiddle and played a light Bohemian waltz. I came in with the milk and set Palls down in front of refrigerator and then went the house and got the gun from the corner where Mr. Sheppard had set it the night before. I then went into the par- Yor and concealed myself near the Rall door. In a few minutes Mrs Sheppard came down with a milk bottle in her left hand and went toward the kitchen. She came in a short time with the milk bottle and went toward the stairs. I shot her three ¢ in back s. 1 saw Mr. 1 of the stairs. Tle stooped and started downstairs T shot and he fell on the banisters, and then I shot again and he fell over his wife's body. I then went out toward the kitchen and saw Zennio and shot her. I then went ack to where Mr. Sheppard's body ) Was and took the pocketbook from his hip pocket. and took out the bills, but left the checks, I put the Pocketbook back in his pocket and went upstairs and put the gun in the corner of the smafi room and then came downstairs and ran out the side shed door, and dropped tie Money next to the woodp'le. I then went to notify Mr, Wall F. (FRANK) ZASTERA. Jailer Signs as Witness. , The youth first wrote simply the sig- mature “F. Zastera," but after reading over his manuscript inserted th “Frank.” Edward Cashian, the Jailer, stood over the prisoner while he wrote, nd then added his signature to th document as witness. When he had finishea writing the younz murderer— be is only twenty-two—s id: “There you are, sir; 1 think this ought te do.” ‘ ‘As the jailer went out he began p! ing on the violin, which Permitted to carry from the murder to his cell. Before making sion the youth had made a second ver- the scene of WRITES CONFESSION Se | , Zastera declared for a time that he had : lost his memory; that he could recall HolleRyel jothing that would in any way throw | a ee ight on the murders. Suddenly he| Goon 2 Ne eC aes creamed: | Col.: Randall. Morgan, I see it all now. I see it all. it! an 2 has come back to me!" again as she lay there, and 1 guess the shot went Into ar head “Mr, Sheppard ran out of the room up- stairs and started down I was afraid he would tear me ta pieces if 1 didn't shvot quick, and I pulled the trigger he was bounding down the stai struck him when he was “PENS DOORS T0 ~ PROMINENT ME 2,000 Well Known Guests and Members Dedicate Fine |The charge | about at the middle of the steps, and fell down to on Mrs. he just toppled over and the bottom and rolled over shot was dead Sheppard, Then 1 him again to re hi and when I got around into the kitohen she was standing in the door of the summer house, just looking at me. I pulled up the gun and shot at her and she fell down the steps and lay on the | ground by the cans of milk I had just | put there. I didn’t shoot her again It wasn't necessary Juz S a Ss. “Then [ went upstairs and got Mr Quarter ppant’s mi from his coat pocket, | SSeS re was a good deal of money in the! y, Visited by probably the mo: pre- wallet. 1 didn't count it, but took it pelted abs Pigcpom mm osuaLepie out and buried it between two locust sentative body of men highest In finan- dees an tie front yara," celal and ness circles of the city, Forgot the Baby. “And you say you didn’t kili the baby because you didn't think about it?” “1es," repiied Zastera, the Raflroad Club this afternoon threw open {ts doors to mc and members. The opening of the new Jule aaserd wus ulaiing his con- | ub was a notable function, comprising. fession he kapt his hands over his eyes. |es it did, the showing of quarters than ever enced look at the prosecu-|perhaps which there ie none more the detectives. e ; jetly beautiful in any business or- don't kat us while you | TH! talk? Masited se igi at us while ganization in the world and the stand- “Loan't think when 1 iook at you, It et wgnt into my eyes can't think what happened,” replied Zastera. Zastera told of the murders without | display of emotion, but now and then | his talk rambied. en he was brought back to his confession with a. shai question. “Why didn’t vou run awa: jmitting the murders? W {ng of the men who are the club's spon- eors. The club home ts on the Twenty-first an® Twenty-second floors of the new Cortlandt Building, at No. 30 Church street, at the terminal of the Hudson tunnel. It was first concelved by Will- fam G. McAdoo, of North River tunnel fame, and through his indefatigable ef- hy you knew you would be suspected?’ Mr. Stokes asked him. pare had figured all that out after I led them*' he replied. “T'was ter! | forts in the last year, nsaisted by his tain that 1) would be caught if 1 tan | hustling young secretary, James A. away. It seemed a god de Murphy, thev formed the urgantzation, Hae ay eh th Ge (hr with these officers: You figured all thi vour mind was a blank?" out although| E. H. Gary, president; F. D. Under- situation and is going to work his rep- wood vice-president; C. W, now,’ spoke up Zastera quickly, | utation for eccentricity and feeble-wit. | seeing that he trapped himself. “| Tetary and treasurer; Board of Govern- tedness as far as he can. He pretenda| remember now.” he added, “that I|ors—William M. Barnum, W. G. Besler, (ol havaclenian 62 thought about running awa: told| Anthony N. Brady, E. P. Bryan, C. A lapses of memory, and at firat| several people who came running to the m: CXCb ae i we really thought that he was mentally | house that I thought a man named |COMn, E. C. Converse, R. W. De Forest, Huron had done {t. Huron was ‘he man who worked for Mr. Sheppard before 1| came, and I didn't think he was very | well liked.” unbalanced. But, watching him this morning, we reached a different conclu- sion, “We are going to make a record case for Justice in avenging this crime. The Pee LR Coroner's inquest will be held on Satur-| 4.24 of x thereal Inv. Then We will ask to cate e ceeuei | Qay_ when the farmers were gathered ut | trom every direction. .4o one thought Grand Jury drawn and indict and try | of him even as a possible suspect. W! UUs murderer with all pesstble dee it Jed to arre: patch,” Pliny Fisk. Andrew Freedman, E. H. Gary, Clarence H. Kelsey, W. G. Mo- Adoo, Waldo H. Marshall. J. A. Middle ton, W. G. Oakman, John W. Simpson, Valentine P. Snyder, George R. Sheldon, F. D. Underwood, Cornelius Vanderbilt, F. B Jennings Members All Prominent. Following are some of the prominent st witted boy who e than 2,000 guests| King, sec-| | turtle, looked upon as a half. May Call Special Grand Jury. would harm members f th The Monmouth County Grand Jury for John Jacob Aetor, William P. . Stokes that he one years old and that he c: je | country when he was two vears| P. G_ Ba: ett |the spring term was discharged last n Hungary. ou SLE aac | i s fs jarged f ungary. He secured the place oy f : Y HH. h ‘ot |Thureday, and the regular miner | With Mr. Sheppard through ‘an adver= as Barnum. Union N. Bethel. John W rand Jury will not be called until July, ; Hsement Inserted in a New York ne See eas emer | An appeal will he made to Justice Voor | B4BCE 23, Mrs. Ryan, the mother of Mrs. | gate, Wiliam E. cores, ard Crok- | | hees to-day to tmpanel a special Grand. Until he went to work for Mr. Shep- | 3f Hon. CHT ese) | Cary to take up Zastera’s case. Coroner pard Zanera made his home with his ey adenhy ave Davies, Jullanin eDavies lorevece father and mother, Anthony and Anna| Wilbur C Fisk, John H. Flagler, a. G | ats yes) ordered the inquest for Sat-| Zastera, at No. 37 Bast Seventy-second| Fisk, Stuyvesant Fish, Howard G uid |urday. when the Prosecutor and Detect street. Besides being an artet Zasters | Fisk: § ; Satay ive Cosgrove will relate the boy's con-| Played on the fAddle in Bohemlag cates | 2dward M. prenkeveye could fession and describe tn detail how they | “the east, side. eran come Gecrra yd ldrew tt from him, |enat the Rohemiag acti hal cpeeeng | Hedley Charles M_ Jaco yhemian artist had confessed | the murders the feeling tra police were pu Walter ©. Kerr, McCarter. hn The boy's father, Anton Zastera, an engineer, of No. 347 Rast Seventy-second ran ois E: x on guard for fear| Hy Johr | {an atiack on the jail. John G: lough, Hon. Morgan J street, hurried to his ald to-day with a Sheppard was a ‘ile! ant in the! O’Brien, M F t, Frank H. Platt lawyer. He believes the boy innocent | Spanish-American war, and eorved “ie | par n I 1a He nee nteston a manifestation of |Company M: Seventy-frst Regiment, | Max Pam. Norman B. Ream, D:uglas islemantaih cone - with exceptional bri . Robinson 1 weakness, A physician who| known as one of the bese ah Daniel G. Reid temington has attended the young man for four| American army. The gun wth which |B I 1, Mortt: years declares that he 1s mentally dee | He his wife and servant Were murdered | ficient and a victim of hallucinations, | MS 9 sift Dhehentertaimea otc’) hal S-| regiment. whom he entert 2 e. tee! On the other hand, all of the Freehold | place last winter.” “mertained on his St ee G3 | Suthoritles who have talkéd to the boy | | declare him sane. “Did you kill them?” he was ask eee had been | money. the written confes- | he Tells of Murder, he screamed. ‘I wanted} In order to save his life, as he exe x I knew Mr. Sheppard had a presed it, ank Zelden, forty-seven {ot of money and I wanted it. I knew] years old. proprietor of a moving pic- he kept his money tn a leather purse | ture show at No. 65 Columbla street, carried on the inside of his coat! started to sing a song. It saved him pocket ey Weal i wotlup) tosmilkntbell eramye sation) rignt, but It resulted “Talat bal confession to Prosecutor Andrew /cow last Thursday morning it came to | {0m & Mov. oie A. C. Stokes and Supt. Andrew J. Cos-|me to ¥ill them. I hadn't thougnt of (22 Bi be nenastertedy cniva (charse lot eineonass grove, of the Drummond Detective | !t until then violating the Sunday law, as was shown apple-pie AeGney. | “had gone to the barn to milk about | {2-882 #8 the Essex Market police court porele: pie Immediately the written confession | 5 o'clock, and then the plan to kill them ii ay iat prema onnuei strate gar dnstalled nd’ the ar- was delivered to the Prosecutor he got | and get the money took possession of |!0W: Who discharged him. aU uieeoetteeeteae into his automobile and set out for me. I knew where the guns were kept, | FOr several months Zelden, who lives nbers 1s filled may in- Wickatunk farm to hunt about the; and I got a repeating shotgun, Mr.| ®t No. %2 Graham avenue, Brooklyn, of the Vea. Woodplle for the money the boy said | Sheppard once let mo use this gun| 28% been running e moving pleture Appointments Are Novel. merdvonpadiihereiatteclt 5 shooting at crows, and had taught he | S00. At thes he has sung illustrated of the features 1s the Sharnnay Ua heey GS said af-| how to use the pump that threw |S0D8% He had advertised that he would ‘ artments. It terward. that Zastera was perfectly | ¢ eu.) and as) shells) al favorite the jhall calm and seemed to fee) no pang of re-| “Jennie dy was In the kitchen get-| ¥@S filled last night ing the day, morse. In fact, the se fessed mur-| !n& breakfast. I could hear Mr. and | However, Zetden Airs a derer, according to yscoutor, was! MPS: Sheppard stirring around upstairs, | learned that he wo ble to ar- cannily playing the part of a brain storms. “He has evidently read a great de about the 1 w case,"’ said Mr “and has planned to deceive us into belle? that his horri Tesult of a brain explos He aid &reat emphasis on the his, Smpulse to murder the upon him like r ining. But that sort in New Jersey. Playing Insanity is no He $s kee fool, n anybouy sa 1 of /#nd I could also hear the baby crying. aHae Just before the mac: saw all six barrels of the! dene ay Xpiained at OHtEOTOR Attar: magazine gun were loaded, and I took! Would be . with but on: adant it and hid tt in the parlor, hought | His excuse ur < Mr. Sheppard would come down stairs| hurled at hint by apdeattanton . but instead Mrs den then ar heppard came. | at FIVE TAMMANY TRAINS. | to Denver Win P for Railroad Fare. ted all arrange- 8X2 automobl ny hes comy have been meats e Denyor ¢ Vand. r coat on five tr 1a car ca Ariven by Reginald C. An Illustrated Interview with Gov. Johnson, of Minnesota, by C. McCauley, of The World's Art Staff. Andrew Carnegie as a Pleasure Seeker A Humorous Article about the Mothers’ Show at Mad Garden. 6900 Separate Advertisements at ‘The Explcrigater’s Trip to the Moon."—The Newest of Com ° How Scientists Are Tryin, to Send Photos by Wireless, See the Person Destruction of Leaves the Body The Words and Music of One of the Prettiest Songs Recent! Published: “The Big Banshee.” 78 Crowded Pages of Good Reading, ai ngw at 4 ison Square wes are ad- 4) DREDS SEE MEN SWEPT OVER FALLS. M & to Solve “The Mysteries of Thought, HUN to Watch a Living Stomach at Work, to Who Talks to You Over the ‘Phone, to Check the Age, to Restore the Dead and to See the Soul as It MONTREAL, perintenden swept over falling 130 | Saturday feet. a killed. Hundreds «f horrified spe witnessed the accident absolutely | powerless to help the men. ' oe Warning to al. dru in this cit: said Judge Malone, in t V. in Gen- eral Se@ius, to Edward Santagata, | to-day. @No man who sells coc. without a pre on and is brough before me n any mercy. I will give limit every time as | regi ion of this law at the ri addition to ne was in her nightgown, ana r{fonder one of, atched her while she went back to | was darkened t by some milk {thrown on th : turned to the front of the! tha and Dinncen took t ottle, and was starting| entrance and. hustled s when I stepped out of the| tion house.. She saw me and screamed, | yi" Court PEGGLE (ia aan nen I shot her. The first shot t | The 1 him, and] man, into her hip or side, and she fell in a| the G olnson, ,heap on the stairs. Then | shot ; aya Wanreicase parecony | . n J. McCook. rt Mather, John B, M-Donald, as 1. Manson, H. A. Metz, Hi Gird S. Col M. Morgan, Hon. Tho y. Milo R. , Maltbie, A sorge W. Pere Exclusive News states r. 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Miss Green’s jaw and nose were broken and she was otherwise hurt.| way toward New York. Just as he Mrs, William Green had her thigh {crossed Pelham road bridge at about 215 Severely bruised, and Mrs. George/ o'clock a big Ted automobile containing | en was injured about the back. YEAR I” JAIL FOR SELLING COCAINE — “I want your case to go forth as a ble act a druggist who owns a ph t street, was + as the res after six own ¢ were by cocaine poiso took y secured rs nce of ¢ and a half Fugeist. The place was %@ gonsiderable quantity of ork dollar a day ence of a year. f AE th Three the! | it from RED AUTO HITS FOUR MEN AS IT ly Mows Down Victims. Occupants Do Not Stop to SPEDS IM BRON Machine Carrying Four Men and Two Women Reckless- |‘, THEN RUSHES MADLY ON| Give Aid to One of the Injured Men. the his story. He was “Jake” avenue, New Rochelle. He the bridge spanning Bronx Creck. fully sixty miles an hour. 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While the surgeons were dressing wounds on his hande, his face and his right leg he told Chanow | twenty-four years old, of No. 9 Layton had been driving a ight wagon on Pelham Park- four men and two women ran him down. oid bop powsinent sodalipvapaveniaes| ait eetiodes ont cee HLT a and Ties, gsc to n pl singer n janis 4 7 t Ly @ factory in the western part of the State. | self at the wie. See poate ery a ee : : 5.00 to Gaines struggling in the ditch.| Irish Urochet Guimpes, Coats BAST i GAN cine Gikica (es Jackets. 15.00 to Ac- cording to Chanow. the car was going Isadore An hour after Chanow left Pinchard, thirty-four years old, of No.| 224 Union avenue, New Roche'le, was brought to the hospital. A en a big red automobile with four shooting in it and I guess they must have been were singing’ — rre wil 1 wonder !f there's go- 4.59 o'clock Wiliam a ong Out of Appleton | Toad 9 red touring car with four men and BABIES CHECKED two nolsy women aboard came scooting, steering in a crazy fashion. {rem that tine on until some passing k Sonvenirs Give: jhucksters picked him out of a mess of jSMashed bottles and spilled milk every jihing was a blank to Hayden. He had a fractured leg and his horse's flanks were skinned tip Fourth Man Hit. The fourth victim was a_ stranger | Who declined to give his name. A | mounted policeman found im senseless | not care for children | rt Schuyler noad above Westches- ter Creek. At Fordham Hospital, where | S718 Who are studyin {Pe as also taken to have a deep cut | @nd watching Punch an| lin his head dressed, this man sald {t | juvenile players in the was a red car with four men and two Mothers’ Exhi The facilities for ohec| the Mothers’ Expositio Medison Square Garden creased. The eritics wh York girl who is yet tre. women in it that came up behind him | 7 and knocked him twenty feet: The John Wanamekey heso things expiain why every po-|and Cadet Corps will Heeman in the Bronx has been warned Watch for a red touring car, with Persons aboard, who will probably {try to stip back tat from so the Westchester houses to-da precinet commanders think the jhag a fancy for running down Broadway and Tenth ati 7.30 and will give an e: Garden. To-day Is Physicians’ position, and mothers w |tors something about bi dren. 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