Police Detain Suspect in N.Y. Hatchet Slaying
When officers arrested Herman Ellis on suspicion of vaulting a subway turnstile without paying the $1.25 fare, he allegedly told them: “I’m from Philly and I don’t have any money and, by the way, I’m wanted for murder.”
Ellis, 22, was in police custody Monday awaiting arraignment in the slaying of Hilda Mae Herbert, 77. She had been found in her Brooklyn apartment in May, 1993, sitting in front of her television with a blanket over her head. A hatchet was buried in her skull. Investigators now believe Herbert was killed after objecting to Ellis’ romance with her stepdaughter.
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