The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-17

2 Pie OF lumber in the road whore daughter man
rie Of stone.
8 Window where mother hot
. window where daughter sat
5 barn and wagon house
Door Of wood hou-e where II Is supposed the assas
b. Anoliei door q Mood hou.e.
II drape arbor. where Detective Markham thinks the
~ The garden with the tracks
IS Road over the hill to the farm
II will be seen that the tracks entered the gar
den on the right Of the diagram ran half way
down, and then crossed 10 the fence behind tho
woodhouse. We have continued them in tho
diagram around 20 the side door. OF the wood
is supposed the assassin watched his victims
movements, awaiting an opportunity 10 shoot.
The diagram then takes We tracks to the win
back over the hill, toward the spot where
the horse was hitched. The only tracks
visible the next morning were those in the gar
den the woodhouse, and the road over the hill
This road should not be coniounded with tie
lane, whore the horse was tied. To reach
On Wednesday the rubber boots worn by Mr.
Billings were tried in the tracks. There WINS IA
boots. The boots fitted the tracks as pattern
would mould and in several instances the
mark Of the rib was plainly sen. Detective
grass where the wearer Of the boots had wiped
his feet. and traced him in bare spots to
is immateral. for Mr.. Billings admits
that the tracks were his. But he AYERS that
the tracks in the garden were made in the even
ing Just after the storm and before he drove up
in the lane 10 salt his cattle. When asked why
lie walked SO close TO the fence, he said he
wanted 10 keep out OF the mud, Ohlcer Mark
ham declares that II was muddier close 10 the
fence, because the ground was lower; The
writer however. examined the spot. and found
grass 6nd stones close to the fence which would
make the walking harder. He explains tho
tracks in the bare places on the farm by his
search for tho hammer and nails and an exam
ination proves that he must have been all over
the farm, for the fences were blown down where
he said ho saw them, boards were missing ut
specified places. and the cattle were sailed on
tie grass plots spoken Of by him in his tes-
tmony before the Coroner. But il is
a question whether he had time to 90 up on the
Hill. come back through the garden, search
through the woodhouse for salt pan. return to
tho barn. hitch up his horse and drive out Of
the yard between the timo when he lett his house
and was seen by sherman driving out of tho
yard, sherman declares that ne dld not nave
time to do this, but thinks 1t was ten minutes
before he saw him drive past the window. The
theory Of the District Attorney is that he drove
on the hill; sailed his cattle. went TO the fallen
that his tracks in the cornAeld would bctray
him, turned round and walked back to the
wagon, went down the lane to Il clover or grass
il.ld crossed these fields to the open road bark
Of his house, came down through the garden,
crossed over bnck OF the wood house. watched
his wife from the cover Of the door aud finally
stepped up TO Il bush dotted with yellow roses
aud fred the fatal shot. He then ran back up
the hill rond. crossed over the grass fields 10 lis
wagon. turned his horse about and drove for
Justice Mashburn's.
WHERE WAS THE HUsDAND2
just here comes in the question Of timo.
store at . quarter u, nine. He Is an old man;
very methodica in his habits and had wound
his watch at nine O'Clock regularly for years.
While IN the store w io9ksd Vt hv waFeh and