Murder of Raphael Solomon, 1939
New Jersey Mirror 9 Mar 1939
John Dudley, colored, 18, of 140 Edgecomb avenue, New York, was arrested at the home of his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Meyers, in Palmyra, early on Saturday, charged with murder of Raphael Solomon, an investigator for the New York Department of Welfare, who was shot on February 15 and died in a Harlem Hospital on February 21. Dudley, who was arrested by Palmyra police and state troopers at about one o'clock on Saturday morning, was returned to New York, after a hearing before Mayor John F. Ward, of Palmyra. Two other colored youths, Robert Robinson and James Parker, under arrest in New York, implicated Dudley in the crime. Solomon was shot in the neck after he was held up and his wallet, containing $65, was stolen. He is under indictment there for a series of robberies of rent collectors, police said, and Solomon was mistaken for a collector. Dudley admitted taking part in Solomon's holdup at his hearing in Palmyra, but denied committing the actual murder, Mayor Ward said. New York police obtained the sister's adddress from the boy's mother, questioned in New York. He was in bed when police appeared at the house and made no effort to resist arrest. Captain Joseph H. Rodgers and Patrolmen William L. Stack and Nelson G. Wallace, of the Palmyra police, with State Police Detective Frank P. Long and Trooper John Magee, of the Bridgeboro State Police barracks, went to the Meyers home with four New York police. Dudley is believed to have been staying with his sister for about a week. Dudley admitted his part in five holdups, Mayor Ward said . He waived extradition and was returned immediately to New York.
John Dudley, colored, 18, of 140 Edgecomb avenue, New York, was arrested at the home of his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Meyers, in Palmyra, early on Saturday, charged with murder of Raphael Solomon, an investigator for the New York Department of Welfare, who was shot on February 15 and died in a Harlem Hospital on February 21. Dudley, who was arrested by Palmyra police and state troopers at about one o'clock on Saturday morning, was returned to New York, after a hearing before Mayor John F. Ward, of Palmyra. Two other colored youths, Robert Robinson and James Parker, under arrest in New York, implicated Dudley in the crime. Solomon was shot in the neck after he was held up and his wallet, containing $65, was stolen. He is under indictment there for a series of robberies of rent collectors, police said, and Solomon was mistaken for a collector. Dudley admitted taking part in Solomon's holdup at his hearing in Palmyra, but denied committing the actual murder, Mayor Ward said. New York police obtained the sister's adddress from the boy's mother, questioned in New York. He was in bed when police appeared at the house and made no effort to resist arrest. Captain Joseph H. Rodgers and Patrolmen William L. Stack and Nelson G. Wallace, of the Palmyra police, with State Police Detective Frank P. Long and Trooper John Magee, of the Bridgeboro State Police barracks, went to the Meyers home with four New York police. Dudley is believed to have been staying with his sister for about a week. Dudley admitted his part in five holdups, Mayor Ward said . He waived extradition and was returned immediately to New York.
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