Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-11
The stratford Murder.
9LOOO Reward ORered-The Hunt TOT
 ClueS-Theortes Advanced and Discard.

AT 0Oo Rexward ORered-The Hunt for
 ClueE-Theorfes Advanced and Discards
 ed.
 STAMFORD, Sept. 10.
 Stratford's authorities to day voted re- ward of S1, ,ooO for the apprehension and conviction of the murderer of Rose Clark Ambler. Some fifty of the towns substan- tiaI citizens were present. One cautious old farmer inquired if it wouldn't be better to first ascertain whether the coroner did not already have information in his possession as to who the guilty parties were. In that case he thought the proposed reward would be needless throwing away of money. Hls suggestion received no consideration. Albert WiIcoxson, with remembrance of the long list of murderers who had escaped capital
 payment of the reward be conditional upon
 the hanging as well as the conviction of the
 guilty persons. Detectives Wood and Arnold have learned that the couple seen on the evening Of the
 m under walking in the direction of th' Rsyen-stream bridge were not Rose and an unknown man. but two well known residentI of Stratford. Another suspect" has beer l found from an envelope picked up near the scene of the tragedy. The suspect was said | to live at Paridise Green, which is on the main road no great distance from the scene | of the murder. The provocation for the re | port appeared to consist in the fact that De tect1ves Arnold and Bibbins visited Paradise Green on Sunday and made inquiries ther' of a number of individuals. The alleget suspect is one of those they talked l with. He Is young white
 man of good reputation and II -th'
 detectives speak the truth about the matter has never really been suspected by them
 They talked with him about some features | the case but their interview was not inspired by any suspicion of his guilt.
 1 The two parties of detectives, one consist | ing of Wood, Arnold and Bibbins, and th' l other of Fuller and his assistants, Frederick
 and Taylor-are said to be at loggerheadl
 with one another. The States men, WooC
 and Arnold, have evidently no dismissed from their mind
 their suspicious against William Lewis, the dead girls lover while Fuller and his men, l as nearly as can be ascertained, still have | their eye upon the wealthy and eccentric olt
 man boarding in the village.
 The name of the latter individual is l.. s l Curtis. He has relatives in Stratford. Hi father came on from Philadelphia yesterda. | and there was report this morning that the. | had gone back there together. Inquiry a 1 Samuel Benjamin's boarding house this noon
 however, disclosed the fact that Curtis was l still in Stratford.
 A piece of an envelope has been picked ul near the scene of the murder bearing the in | itials L. s., but there is nothing to prove it i 1 connected in any way with the anonymous | note addressed to stJennie' which was founC | in bits near the scene of the tragedy. Tn | piece of paper has been studied over consid | erably. Mr.. Curtis was seen writing whil | sitting on stone wall near the scene of tn murder about 8 week before the tragedy
 After he had gone away there was picked l up, close to where he sat, a part of al | envelope postmarked Philadelphia anC
 having written on it the name Curtis. The remainder of the name had been tor1 of. Curtis subsequently, called at thu
 house and inquired as to whether the1 1 had found such 8 piece of paper. He sait he lost it at the same time he lost package aud appeared to be considerably annoyed l This discovery was studied over by the de tectives and finally given up as no clue what ever.
 William Lewis, the lover, who. though I more of his own ease than of the safety oi | his betrothed, is confident that he will hav'
 no difficulty in proving an alibi if he be form ally accused. Various members of his famllj have testified before the coroner's jury that he vas in bed at 9:2O o'clock on Sunday night, or within ten minutes after Rose bade him good bye at the gate to start on hel homeward way.