The New York herald., 1875-12-10


come out here. Win you tell what occurred here
on Friday astf Was there anything unusual any
thing mysterious about your groundsf"
The answer Of the mistress OF Cottage Lawn
aucky:-"only two men came here on Friday-and,"
afer pause, they nsulted meY"
'IIow did they insult you ~ was inquired
"They asked II ! was alone. told them was not
They then said they would in and they attempted
TO- ! put my hand on the door and told them my
brother was here, and If they attempted to come
Would BLOW THEIR BRAINS OUT"
''Where this ~
u the stoop with the baby"
"Did they come in ?"
mo, they lett They looked like city mem and
''what do you think was their motive9"
"oh, guess they thought We kept bar, and they
wanted drink"
"Do you keep barr"
''No, not now; but we do in summer for the sale Of
"Please describe the men S'
~ can't. was frightened that did not notice
them"
"What kind of horse did they driver"
"A little black one.n
"And the vehicles"
"Did they both get outs" After hesitating a mo-
ment the answer came:-
"Yes. One a with little mustache."
s'What color2n
"Lightn
"And the other2"
"But, madame, you say they nsued you, and you
must have fixed their features in your mind Give me
the best description you CAM
"one was tall, with very dark face and dark
whskers"
~ don't know; was frightened"
"Did they both remain in the vehicep"
"No; both got out"
"Dd both insult youg"
"No the who renamed in the carriage appeared
TO be gentleman"
while they were trying to force their inte your
house where the team2"
Right there pointing to the carriage way in front
of the cottage looking over the Soundl. They got
and left"
'Thank you, madame. Now did anything of a sus-
| pcious nature occur Saturday,"
The lady looked inquirngly to the querist for n
that did The detective remembered what the
proprietor had said and did not propose TO give the
madame a chance to confirm him Finally, she said -
/ al don't know | was not here Saturday | had
lady friend visiting me, and was away Saturday all
| III win be remembered that the proprietor states
above that his wife called his attention to suspicious
| tug at noon on Saturday.
The next question was as follows:-
"Was your husband at home on Saturday."
Her answer came:-
eyes he stayed at home on Saturday 90 take care OF
| the baby"
''when you told the who had insulted you that
| you would blow, their brains out
HAD You PISTOL, MADAME"
mo; had my hands under a waterproof"
"Your husband stated in the HERALD office to-day
that you were home on Saturday and that there was
"6h. yes" responded the madame, al had forgotten
| saw pass and pointed 1t out TO my husband
"What time was thatp
"About two or three p NJ OF Saturday"
'But your husband stated this morning that you
called his attention 10 IL about noon You tell
you we're not here Saturday until between two and
| three N. Your husband says, well that the men
put other questions to you "
.'oh, forgotn she answered quickly. 'There were
| two other men came Friday"
"What did they want2"
'rhey asked II boats stopped at the wharf"
"Anythmg elseS"
"And how deep the water"
'Can you describe themp"
"No Il was so frightened couldn't"
'fWhat kind Of a horse did they have 9''
"A large dark horse ~
''rhanR you, madame. Now, did you see any tug at
the dock saturday,"
"No, sir"
"was your husband home Sundays
aYesn
',HIe was in the city Monday2"
'Yesn
"And you saw no carriage here Saturday nghtYn
mo, sir.o
"Nothing suspicious pn
"No, sir except what have already told you"
"when was the gate have just scaled lockcdH"
eater told my husband on Friday night that had
'swcre the bars leading from Mr. SpoGord's barn
yard your carriageway to the dock closed Satur-
day night,
ri viii be that, in the above interview, her
husband says they were.
"Have any carriages entered your grounds, madame.
since Friday astY"
eyes: a grocers wagon came in since"
"Did IT 60 down TO the dock or come around the
| housef'
"lt came here direct through the gate leading to
| Spofiord's barn"
"Wny didn't il come through the front gate ~
ssBecause when | told my husband they had been
here he went out and locked the gate and 1t has been
'iYour husband said could nnd the carriage tracks
| am sorry he is not here TO show them to me. Has
any carriage been driven down to the dock
| day2p
II think notn
Politely bidding the lady or Cottage Lawn good day
| the special detective examined the ground and sure
enough there were carriage tracks, but they sustained
the theory given above that the s'Hunt's Point mys.
iery' Is what experts would term "a put up job to
! cover other movements. A careful examination of
every foot Of ground showed that light carriage had
| entered just where the proprietor Of Cottage Lawn
! Indicated that this carriage made dctour OF tho
carrageway, and, entering the dock, had gone upon
and had been pushed pulled back BY hand Unior
| tunately for the authors OF
or sPoFFoRD's POINT,
the detective knew that the shoes OF horse horses
| would make more ndeble mark in the soil than the
wheels OF a carriage loaded its utmost capacity. In
vain he looked for the track OF horse from the point
where the proprietor OF Cottage Lawn says they
tered through Paul NJ. Sponords fence TO the dock.
There was a single track Of horse, but cows had
been driven the route The dock, as the lady In
| dcated certainty bore the impress Of wheels, but no
marks Of horses. The detective found at the end OF
/ the dock further evidence that the story
| was s'eoveru Every schoolboy knows that
| n carriage TO which horses attached cannot turn
except in a given space The marks of the carriage
wheels distinctly show that horses were used that
the vehicle was pushed or drawn down the dock by
hand; that Il not turned, for there would have
been 4 curve, whereas the marks show that II was
drawn back on close angle.