Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-13
Searching For Evidence.
What Was Found at the House of Rich
 ards. the Alleged Murderer

What Was Found at the House of Rich-
 ards, the Alleged Murderer.
 Chief of Police Packard, of Hartford, was in town Wednesday, looking up new evidence in the Richards case. Accompanied by Chief Laird he visited the house of Mrs. Richards, to examine certain effects of the murdered Jackson which, it is alleged, were in Rich ards possession Mrs. Richards was exceed ingly reticent at first, but on the officer stat ing to her that he knew of her husbands
 past career in England. and telling her vari-
 ous particulars regarding them, and the num-
 Der and street in which she lived in Birnning-
 ham, she manifested great surprise and made no denials. The officers stated that they wished the production of 8 certain tin trunk, but Mrs. Richards disclaimed all knowledge of her husbands possession of such trunk. Chief Packard said: Madam, know all about that trunk, tin one, which your hus- band had and which was painted 8 drab col | or in Hartford on a certain Sunday last win ter, and I further know that you know about l the trunk" Then Mrs. Richards admitted ! that her husband had such 8 trunk. "Where | is it ?" asked the chief, and the woman re- I piled that she did not know 'If you at
 tempt to aid and abet your husband" said ! the chief, through concealment of that ! which should be produced, you stand good chance of being punished yourself" Then | the woman stated that on certain day, when she was absent the trunk was removed, \ whither she knew not. The trunk in ques- | tion is the one which Jackson owned and which Richards claims was intrusted to his keeping by the Canadian officials after Jack sons disappearance from Montreal. An in vestigation of the premises revealed good many things which may figure prominently at the trial. Among them were a lot of col ! lars which Mrs. Richards said her husband 1 wore, but which were two inches too short ! for Packard, who said that Richards ! neck was larger than his. Also ! clothing and shirts which were ! made for much smaller man than Richards; the latter, Mrs. Richards said, had been given her husband at Hartford. One pair of trous- CTS which were badly rent and bore evidence of having been washed since worn were taken by Packard as we'll as the collars and l some minor articles In the search for evi- dence was found strip of safety fuse, of the kind employed in blowing up the safe at the City Lumber and Coal company's office
 several weeks ago, and the question pertinently presents itself: ''Was Rich ards concerned in that robbery ?" Mrs.
 Jackson, the widow of the murdered man,
 will be brought from England to identify the
 articles found in Richards possession. Those
 having the case in charge affirm that the chain of evidence already forged is strong enough to convict the accused of the charge
 beyond all reasonable doubt. During the questioning of Mrs Richards on apparently
 irrelevant points regarding the accused she
 said ''He is my husband and the father oi
 my children, and, beyond that which T am
 obliged to state, shall say nothing which
 shall tend to criminate him. .''- Water6aag | A1ne11c1n