Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-16
WHO MuRDERtN her?
How q Deserted Woman's Terrible
Curse Was FULFILLED. ..Rsmorss
Drives Her Lover Insane.
What 10 New Excltlas tho People
Of xsnla, 0...-A Waywart
Benedict and His Victim.

SrRAIFoRp. September l5.-The majority
OF the people OF stratford, who, BY the
way. are possessed Of fair share OF Yankee
horse sense, and are by no means the fools
that some Of the euterprisins dstsctivss
ead sensational papers would make then
ous, hxvss hssu. sS 9sas3 fssfxsa
Iseaisea % ssspssa
from the irst the man who was last sssa
with Rose, the man who alone OF oil her
aequaintanoes appeared unsorrowfal ovsc
her tragic fate; the man whose wsll-known
intimacy with her for the past four
years had laid him under the obligation
OF marry ing her next month. This man.
Of course, Is william A. Lewis. The tes-
timony all day yesterday was OF . kind To-
implcate this quondam lover Of Rose, and
the questions OF the coroner 10 the Wit.
nesSes to-day have been from that sane
standpoint. Therefore, ID is that the
Stratfordians think we'll Of their own
ssgaci,y aud await aaxiously confYmatory
news from the closeted jury. Dr. N. O.
White, who spent all day yesterday max
ing . microscopic examination OF the
clothes and some OF the organs OF
The Maraerea 6tyS.
arrived from New Haven on the first train
and repaired immediately tothe jury house.
II required nearly thrcc hours 10 eramins
Dr. White but the rcsnh Of the eramina-
ton can be stated in few words. On
the clothes OF the murdered woman
he found nothing to indicate that
murder followed outrage. He made
a thorough search, and scrutinizsd every
stain and speSk OF dirt on the clothes. On
both the underssirts there were stains, but
they were easily accounted for. On the
back Of the dress, near the bottom, was Q
large stain. With the aid Of q microscope,
IL was ascertain,d that II WIS vegetable ms.
tersl, probably grape Juice. In this con.
ntction, h will he remembered that VIII
liam A. Lewis, Roses betro.hed. stated re-
peaisdly thrt he hadc Rose good by at the
grape rbot in his garden on that fatal Sun
day evening.
Asthe Pest Morsem
examination all the dirt was carefully
taken from under Roses finger nails and
sent TO DR.. white. He examined this stun
very thoroughly and found several scales
OF human skim and several blood corpusclss
that were evidently from tho veins Of
human being. In order 10 come 70 some
thing definite about the scales OF the skis.
he com pared them with some hs tooh from
a mulatto others from afull.bloodsd negro
and others fr0A . white person, and he ar.
TlNe0 AZ tue COuCluSNn bnht tuo pCeio9 Wv
him we're from q white persoa, who had
been much exposed 10 the sun, and from
part of the hdy that was pretty thor.
oughly tsnneh This Was the whols-oi he
learned dootos testimony. After its -.
ception, the jury book al hours recess Ter
dinner. On the Tuesday after the murder,
when Lewis was beipg examined,
h Wss Nsstced
that the back OF his left hand bore the
marks Of two slight but very long scratches.
Lewis, upon observing hat these abrasions
OF the skin were the object OF attention By
the examinlDg attorney, made . hhsty
effort 10 conceal his hand. Whsn queS-
toned regarding the rhrks, he stubbornly
persisted th st there YES nothing unusual
shout the looks OF ths hand. THIS inos-
dent in the hearing IL being used ia
establishing the gull OF the suspecte0
man. The points Of the case thus far made
out sgainst Lewis are 10 follows: A posi-
Bile motive resultant rom his repeted inu.
macy With frr. and . con usequent desire "
be freed from the obligation Of marrying
her;
she Was Last ,Hesa.
in his company; thsskin scales found IN.
der her Gagsr nails, snd which correspoad
with thu,s that murt have beon torn from
the bach of his hand TO prodnes the
scratchos noticed, and Lewis hshsytee sinSe
the murder. LAST Aad least. the lack ~
my evidence TO sboW that kose's mufdee.
ers tried 10 commi! The ctims OF rspe.