The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-22
The Baldwin Tragedy
Still Surmising and Advancing
New Theories.
The "Unkn0wn" Billiardist, Bad
. Man, Proves an Alibi.

The Baldwin murder mystery is to-day
as much complicated as ever, and in fact it
is more so, for all of the supposed clues OBJ
tanned have fallen through, and nothing re.
mains for the detectives to work npon.
In our late edition last evening we men
toned the fact that the Chief of Police was
endeavorinS to locate the whereabouts oi
Lowther, the man with whom BALDWIN
played billiards in ConncrsvilIe lasC Satur-
day. A letter from Detective Carr, OF
Rushville, Ind, received last night, states
that Lowther is in Rushville and that he
came there last Saturday night from Con-
nersville. This, il will be seen, lets Low
thcr out Of The murder altogether, as he ea-
tablishes an alibi beyond doubt.
THE BENNETT PARTY RELEASED.
Contrary TO his statement yesterday that
he intended to hold The Bennett party for a
week, Chief Wappenstein last night, about
g o'clock, discharged from custody all OF the
parties arrested on Elm street, except the
Dalton girls. Two gentlemen { y who were
in Kitty Benefits house until o'clock last
Saturday night. state that no disturbance
of any kind occurred in the house. and that
if there had they would have been pretty
apt to know of it.
THOSE fPnrs WE'RE GLYCERINE.
Professor Wayne has submitted his an
alysis Of the stains on the carpet fonnd in
the thiri-stOry If Kitt' Benefits house, to
the Coroner lie finds no traces Of blood.
The analysis concludes az follows / an,
satisfied that tho spots have examined
and which regarded at first as suspicious,
are not blood bnt glycrrine, and, az men =
toned, the dark color from dirt that has
accumlatcd upon them. The presence OF
chlorides in tie Garnet may be accounted
for in several ways. Respectfully, &c...s
Els WAYNE, NJ. d.
Mr. Keam, the associate Of the late Mr.,
Baldwin, has received the following letter,
winch shows that the murdered man when
he left Rushvillc. Ind, had considerable
money about him;
"OrFIcE OF THE CAprs HoTEI,
RusUvILLE ISp., March IS, 1879.
"Mr. p. Keam:
"DEAR SlR--Yours of the nth lust re-
ceived. Have heard of the death OF our
good man Baldwin. He came up here to
see me last Thursday night. Left for Con
nersyille Saturday morning 10 attend 10
some business for our agencw He had
nUUIL flD WIN blill, vi SbIiGWHeTe near
that. lie may have had good deal more
than that but not much less. Some one
may have followed him from Connersville
and murdered him.
"Resrectfully, ]. A. BuEGETr."
Now that all efforts to trace the murder
to Kitty bennett's have proved unavai!ing,
an attempt is to be made to connect
Madame Warmers observation-disclosures on
Eighth street, west Of Elm, with the nys-
terious affair.
It is stated that last Wednesday night
about o'clock a hack drove hurriediy mp
ID Madame Warmers. That youn! ,alv
Jumped into il hardly before IL had come
10 stop. That bundle was handed in Ia
her by another female, and the vehicle was
of like flash.
The Chief this morning received the fol.
'luNing dispatch from the City Marshal nl
Paris, H., giving history II Lowt.ier, the
man whose acquaintance Baldwin formed
iD COnneYsyiiie:
"PARIs, Ill
ITO G Wappenstein, Chief Of Police:
"Ile is a regular thief; will seal, lie, ol
do anvthing. Was supposed to have beer
engaged in murder that was committed
here some time ago. His brother wcn'
from here to the Fcnitentiary for perjury
and he ought TO have gone for. the same
thing. ! will write you.
II. SlsR City Marshal"
J A boy named Charles Air stepped int