Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-24
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Trying to Prove william lswIs
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THE MURDERER OF ROSE AmslER.
His Arrest More Than Probable -
A Shrewd and Cunning Man
The Queer Incident Recalled
by Conductor


ives who are 20 indefatisabls In their
search for new clues in the Rose Amber
murder case seem, II possible, moro busy
than ever. While they still rsmcia rsti.
cent it has trsnspired that they have de-
cidsd to place William A. Lewis under ar.
rest, but Just exactly when cannot b ascer.
tanned. II is thought that Lewis will not
be deprived Of his liberty until the reopen
ing OF the hearing before the ooronsr's
Jury tomorrow. State Attorney Fesssn.
den is as non,committal IS ever while
Deputy Coroner Joyce 10 unable TO say
whether the arrest Of Lewis win hks plsos
to morrow or the day after. There 10 one
thing that 10 certain, and that 10, that sv.
erything has bean made ready for
The Arrest 81 Lewis.
The officers having charge Of the case
have purposely permitted the man to re.
main at large in the hope that he would
make an attempt 10 fiy the country and
thus give them good chance Of pouucing
upon him. Lewis, however, Is equal 10 the
occasion. He 10 possessed Of q rare amount
OF cunning, which has on many occasions
stood him in good stead, and Is fully cog.
infant OF the difficulties that at present be.
set the officers OF the State In their endea.
instance OF his shrewdness II may be stated
that Coroner Holt laid . trap for him that
he thought would work successfully. IL
is we'll known that Lewis and Rose Amber
went out riding together very frequently,
but there was one occasion that the coro-
ner felt certain Lewis would deny and thus
be charged with perjury. While being
asked q number OF questions by the jury
men, the coroner Unexpectedly asked the
witness Il il was not true that last year he
and the deceased woman, while she Was
the lawful welded wife OF Norman Amber,
went out riding together, and that
Lewis Was No Draak
that he could not find his companion, aud
rode hcme without her, she being forced 70
walk back. To the surprise OF all present
he uuh, sitatingly answered Yea" This
is but one OF many instances In which the
uuiCk xitted witness has caught his Ques.
tiouers mapping when they believed he
would fall into the trap laid Tor him.
Among the witnesses TO be examined at
tie hearing TO morrow 10 . prominent citi-
zen OF this place In the course OF couver.
ss.ion with q correspondent this afternoon
that gentleman said that II would be shown
upon the resumption Of testimony that
on the night Of the murder notwithstand-
ing that Lewis has sworn TO the contrary.
This strengthens the original belisf that
the murdered woman was riding with
Lewis. and accounts for the drynea OF her
clothing when the soaking Of her parasol
on the evening afterward 10 taken into 40.
count Within the past two or three days
the detectives have been endeayoring 70
show that the team was out
Beyosd All shadow 81 Dssbt.
Should they succeed IL 10 safe TO say that
Lewis is Q doomed man. Coroner Holt.
despite his ironclaa reticency, credits the
rumor that Lewis betrayed Rose Amber.
when she was the wife OF Norman Amber.
whose friend he professed to be and whose
business partner he was. Captain Clark
and wife appear TO be satisfied with ths
manner In which the detectives are work.
ing I'D the case. They now claim that
Lewis grew Jealous of another man who
was paying attention to their daughter.
This recalls the mysterious oyster boat
and her skipper. The craft has been found
abandon ed at a low gravel wharf In Cow
Bay, l.. l., near Fort Schuyler.
A Mysterions Gray-Haised Stranger.
Another theory has been started by the
conductor OF the Boston express train
which was running on the sventful night.
who now recollects that about midnight on
the train stopping at the Housatonic draw
bridge, about q mile from where the body
was found, Il was boarded by gray haired
stranger with q blsck moustache, who ap-
peared 10 be very nervous and excited. The
conductors attention wss particularly
called TO him because u In very unusuil
occurrence for . passenger to get on the
tram at that station at such . late hour.
lie also remembers that the stranger
showed q Communication ticket between
Bridgeport and New Haven.
Petween oil these doubts and suspicious
the people are oil awaiting with snIisty
the ~ opening Of the inquest, which. IL 10
hoped, will bring forth some startling dc.
veloym'nts.
II Lewis the 0allty 1asf
reiectiv. Arnold, who 10 active IN the
case, still holds 10 hi, theory that Lewis 10
the guilty man. Talking with citizen
Who bad been heard TO complain because
developments were too slowly made, . de-
"ciiye In his own defense remarked:
Suppose IL should be proven by unim.
peacI able witnesses that Lewis hsd sworn
10 fslsehoods before the coronsrs jury "
should come evidences that the blood Spots
on bis carriage blanket were not year old,
but were made recently; thst he did more
than announce the fact OF Roses murder
before the body was found; thst he hsd
spoken lightly OF Roee's reputation, and
declared hat II was his intention 70 sst
her aside-all this coupled with the recital
Of bis
PeeuIiaS 8Alatt00s
with the girl - suppose that oil these
things can Be proved. what will you say 2!
the interrogaior, will you sar thst thoss
ibings will be provsdrr "I am mot likely
10 .sy." ssid the detective, what psoof 70
coming further tbsn this, that when the
Jury meet to morrow the officers who hsys
been st work In the csss will doubtless Be-
able TO justify their oourss and that tt h
possible that before the jury adjourn there