, 1879-03-27

suspendcre. 1ifs collar hung by one button.
holc, and he bad all the appearance Of being
Te1 badly intoxicated. Doran spoke to him,
hut received no answer. ne then attcmptcd to
but the mau vas unable 70 walk. iie seated
Baldwin On tho steps Of the boute where be
WIS found. AMI hunted up lIurttx again, and
the two carried Baldwin bodily to u',: Central
ststo s he ns,s oJ I 1a.k d., st. ss,s;s sys,s
There waa. bulfat-ho'a passing entirely
through hi. head, from ono side to The other.
Such surgical attention a. police serv1ea atfords
ed Vas given stlc tIsrer, md messenger Was
This messenger. according to his own story,
u.'on Informing Mr. Wfswelf that bis so,,-iu.law
Was dying ln The statiop-house. wan answered,
"Ait right" Mr., Wlawsll slammed down his
never spoke after his dsco9esy By the officer on
Elm street, lie died at 8 o'clock on sunday
uufnln1.
Suspicion At a.ss pointed toward schsllcr, tho
man who bad t!fed thy pistol On Elm street, The
via accidentally. lie was arres,etl, but released
after oua days tletentiuu. The wound 10 Rs}1.
wla's bead had AZ besn made BY a pistol carrying
eastr'aee ea 2! &scaiibIs, and the weapon taken
vaetse and hat of Baldwin and pistol we're
found IN tho alleY-way near which he was dis
covered, and stains. which afterwards proved
TO be OF boo1, wers found OF The wals aud On
bAE AIN4HN. AHC Ai+Gt+H1J lE&u4 W 8EFCSxl Glts
reputable houses. and the inmates OF these
places were promptly arrestcd. There was no
ovltlenee, however, upon nh!cb 10 hold them,
and. alter an examination. theY wcru released.
shown from the fact that tho collar bad been
wrcnchcd from tho button On Que side. md the
necktte Of the dead mai was missing. Tllu lat
tes, ho"e!or. mas afterwastt founa by Tie widow
IN the poeket q her husbands eoat after Il had
a new e'tmc0t Of mystery to the at1aiF, As rob.
Ders do not usually take The tfouble 10 psck the
wardrohcs Of their Victims SO carefully away.
On the strength Of thls discovery the heory Of
suicide was startcd, but as Mr.. Baldwin Is not
known 10 have had any serious troubles, that
theory WAS quickly abandoned as untcn1ble.
uunTlo AND poRAx suapAcrxp.
Ye.terev r .5t B,Gs'f .Gn na.S r. a.o
theory that Harry Baldwin was shot b. police
man wbo tntttook him for burglar. Hereto
fote tic EnY,.srer has avoided publishlng tile
names uf the officers suspected, but the ctanor
ported BaIdw4nfs condition, and werc found ia
possession Of hn, hos become 50 loud. aud the
many angcss of the law point SO plainly tuward
them, stat 1t Is useless longer to withhold cyen
Private Watchneu Hurttg md poran a5e now
suspected BY Chief Wappenstein and Coroner
Cars!ek Of having shot Harry Baldwin By mis-
take, nns that they have through fear Of tic re-
sui iaue0 70 tcl1 " Tue NhOit truth" tOFpper
Casrtck snJa that be has formed no opinion on
tho eublect, but admits that h!s susprlons can
not but be strongly aroused, Chief Wappeustoin
frankly says that hc more than suspects-that
hu heliercs-thia Is the correct theory. E1-De-
tectiyu tlm White Is convinced that such Ii
the fact, and, rs this has been bis theory from
the first, Is not much surprised at the result.
1u fact, a large proportion OF those who have
worked In the case have been forced to bctteve,
for the past two days, that Doran mud uurtjg
knew n1urc than they we're telling.
The theory upon which the officials secm to
be settling down Is about III follows: That Bald.
win came up Sixth street to Central ave
nue. or Plum street, followed up one OF
about. II o'clock, aud ,that on reaching
the Rlley running north from Eighth street b..
tween Plum and Elm (the one Ia which The Va
lise was found) 10 was obliged by sudden IT.
tack Of q complaint to which he was subject to
retire to the nearest alley, anu that while there
In sitting position was mistaken bY the watch.
man for d burglar and ,shot at, that llc lay In
senstblc In the alley unt,r nearly o'clock, whcu
consciousness probably returned, }shen he stag
geFca out OF the alley unable to arrange hjs
Clothing, down Eighth atrcet to Elm, md around
the corner aud across the strcct where be Was
fnund