The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-20
THE LATEST.
Light on the Baldwin Murder
The Affair Traced to Kit Ben
nett's House.
Several Important Arrests Ordered


Late this afternoon gentleman, whose
name is withheld, called upon the Chief
and made the following statement:
Late last Saturday night one of the girls
at Kitty Benefits, whom Baldwin had
been keeping before he was married, sent
word to Baldwin that she wished to sec
him.
That while there Baldwin was shot by
this girl, and that he was carried into the
alley adjoining the house.
The Chief Immediately ordered BENEFITS
house pulled and the party who carried
him out arrested, but up to the time of 60
ing to press neither had been done. The
officers are now on their way to make the
arrests.
Julia Pendleton called on the Chief this
afternoon and stated that she lived at 14S
West Eighth street; tnat she was in the
back room in her house facing the alley;
heard shot fired right close to her window
about o'clock.
Mrs Mimms, of No. 14S West Eighth
street, says she heard q shot about o'clock
back of her house. About ree-uuarters
of ar hour later she saw Baldwin pass her
window; lie had no hat, and staggered over
towards her window.
A girl living at Mrs. Browns says she
heard fuss in the alley back of Kitty Ben
nett's; heard the words son -; af-
terwards heard pistol shot; then heard
some running in the alley.
From Our Earlier Editlons,l
Yesterday the parties engaged in solving
the mystery of Baldwin's murder made a
more minute investigation of the substance
found in the alley and came to the conclu-
sion that it was really blood. A microscope
failed to reveal the existence of blood
corpuscles, but by the use of chemicals Drs
Mackenzie and Mirtor, after long and thor
ough experiments, were convinced that it
was really blood, and the result which they
arrived at may be summed up as follows:
First, microscopic test, no blood corpuscles
present; second, spectroscopio test. hpnlato-
globulin present; third, Teichmann's test,
blood crystals present.
Several parties have also been found who
state that they heard shot tired as they
thought in the alley, and a letter has been
received from the First National Bank of
Connersville stating that Baldwin was at
that place nearly all day and left on the
evening train. Other parties have tes-
titled to seeing Baldwin on street car, and
that he soon alightcd to avoid being an
noyed by colored man. Mary jefferson, a
laundress living at No. 1876 West Eighth
street, and Maggie Bird, dressmaker re-
siding in the same house, testified before
the Coroner yesterday afternoon that they
had heard shot fired in the direction OF
Eighth street about IL o'clock.
The Coroner will resume his inquest at
o'clock this afternoon and examine seven
witnesses, five of whom will testify to hav-
ing heard another shot fired in the neigh
borh cd OF the alley in addition to the one
heard by the officers; and the other two
witnesses will testify to having seen Bald
win on the train.
At the Coro er's Office this morning sew
eral twenty-five calibers were fired from the
pistol found in the alley, and it was the
general opinion that the bullet by which
Baldwin was killed could not have been
shot from that revolver, yet it can not be
told with certainty.
The detectives are hard at work endeav-
oring to unravel the mystery.
The theories in regard to the occurrence
are numerous indeed. Some think it was
the work of robbers, others that he shot
himself, but the knowing ones are of the
one opinion-tlat woman is at the bot
tom of the whole affair.
Mr.. Markett, salesman in Mablev's
clothing store, says that while going along
Sixth street. between Elm and Plum, last
Saturday night about half-past II o'clock,
he was passed by two men, who were going
toward Plum. From photograph of Bald
win, shown him this morning, he is sure
that one of the parties he passed was the
i'll fated man.
+. ]. Welsh, a bar-keeper at No 258 Cen
trail avenue stated that he remembered the
deceased entering his saloon last Saturday
night about II o'clock or after. He called
for drink. Welsh noticed in his hand a
small, brown-colored valise, which he (the
deceased) placed on the counter
Nathan Nickols, a colored waiter at Kitty
Benefits, was locked up on suspicion this
morning, just to find out whether he knew
about the shooting or not. Kitty
Bennett was called upon by STAR reporter
She says that she has noticed Baldwin
pass her house several times on his
way to his business, but that she was not
with him, ard that he had never
been to her house.
The Chief of Police examined several par
ties this morning as to wnere they had seen
Baldwin on the fatal night.
The Chief OF Police to-day received let
ter from Thomas A. Taylor, Connersville,
Ind, stating that Baldwin spent Saturday
afternoon playing billiards in that city
with man named Royal Lowth, formerly
Of Paris, III.
That: Lowth is bad character, Hand left
that place about the same time that Bald
win did, and it is presumed he came to Gin
cinnati.
The police are, however, working another
more probable and much more startling
theory.
At the Coroner's inquest this afternoon
Samuel L. Hills and Horace NJ. Allen,
rooming at 1856 West Eighth
street. testified that between 1890 and II
, clock Saturday they heard the report of
shot fired, which came from in front of the
They spoke to each other of the
occurrence AT the time, but heard nothing
after the shot was fired.