, 1877-09-08
CircuINstagtial Evidence.

Tae I:nc;al:Gu LayuircI' gives the points
Of 4 story, 10 BE- published by the HeE YORK
EoIi4, w...cA iurpusts 10 De . revelation 0t
Tie secret us tie murder ~ Sarah Alexander.
Ter w'hich NisJ.l I:g5e.s.eln was convicted
entirely on cI:cGnis;a-.,lsI evi.eIce. The
known facts are, TIA. Miss Alexander Was
seen 10 crcss the Williamsburg tec-y, pro-
coed ia The cars toward East New York,
and aiight near the base OF i,Idge@ooi Hill
She MAS accompanied by = man whcm 40
one seemed 10 io;ies very Particularly. ihe
body ct Miss Alexander W,.s found At :. hide
distance from the spot where she lett the
ears, IL condition :. inch Ie:s 10 dorh. ,E2t
she lad been murdered. Footprints ii:dic:i-
ted TIA. bGs tive persons had participated IN
tie struggle which resulted III her death
the victim and = ,nan wGo WAS presumed to
be the same who has. accompanied her. A
knife was found hall concealed under = pile
OF ccrIstal.ls near by
The clrw tie detectives had 10 work on
Was thre4-fold u. c,arac-eg-.o discover the
oUner Of thGi;nife, 10 discover the searer cf
the boots or TO discover salnc pecsaa who
lad o55c:.ed Nix; Alcxaudcr's companion
carefully enough - swear 20 his identity.
CircuL,s tarce5 poiatcG TO isubeastein. Miss
Alexander EGl been :. servant III his fathers
house, a:.,i he wa5 believed 20 be attached 10
her. The disgrace likely TO attach to Miss
Aiezandar5 con,t.doa, 1t Was urged, tur-
niS:ed the motive for her murder, II hap
pencd, also, that Rubenstein, who was a VS.
! ionary kind of 4 man, related dream which
! he professed to have had about TIVE .y-four
| hours after Miss Alexander disappeared. In
- 10, 4. I..I rfrt,
! the scene of the murder.
The police dr! not place much faith in the
dream, and Rubenste.n was arrested. II
was found then that ms booss fitted the
tracks made about the body OF Miss Aleyan-
der, and that the knife WAS his There were
people, also, who recognized hip IS tie man
| who had accompanied Mss Alexander on
! the excursion that ended with her death
Rubenstein protested his innocence, but CIR
| cumstances were to strong against him He
was convicted, and would doubtless have
been hanged if hc had not died in prison
Now comes the sequel. A young woman
residing in disreputahle house, says that
musician who performed for the entertain
mcnt Of guests, confessed to her that it was
he who killed Miss Alexander. The musi-
clan had fancy for cutting up pretty wOm-
Ell, and he had exercised on three victims
Miss Alexander and two others He says
that be and Rubenstein were friends, and
that, having an appointment with Miss Al.
exander, and intending to kill her, he had
entered Rubensteins room, IN the latter S
absence, exchanged boots with him, and Dor
rowed ! knife he found lying on the table.
The story, as told, is somewhat improbable.
If not f;cticious, the man who makes the
confession must be insane. He could no. ex,
is. out Of novel or an insane asylum Ills
confession Is too fanciful 20 be true The
motive for eoneoesi.hg such story might be
discovered II. the desire for notoriety which
wonnI.. of this class often betry. This ons
las, whether her story be tine Or false
caused herself to BE- somewhat extensively
advertised