Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-10
The stratford Tragedy.


 Bur,al of Rose Clark AmbIer-A Large
 Attendance of fTOvvnsEOlk-Latest Devel-
 Opments in the TraEedy-Detecttve J. M.
 FuI1er's ThsOry-Heslen and White
 Wrongly accused-ArrfvaI of Captain
 CIarIx-NO Arrests Made at Last Accounts
 A Reward OfS1 ,OOO to be Offered.
 STAMFORD, Sept. g, 1888.
 A week has gone by since Rose Clark An- bIer's body was found murdered by the roadside near her home, and yet her murderer is not apprehended, and up to the present moment there is little indication that he will be found and brought te justice. Certain clews have been brought forward which at first it was thought threw a little light upen the case, but in several instances they have been followed to their source and found to have been cases of mistaken identity. The detectives are searching more or less intelii- gently for the murderer, and arc working hard to unravel this mystery. Friday noon a stranger arrived in Stratford. He at once began to make certain inquiries He was Mir. J. M. Fuller, New York detective, and he who hopropounded the theory which was at ence grasped at as possible solution of the mystery. His theory was that a guest in g Stratford house, who is styled the nervous gentleman on account Of his weakness of nerves and who is reputed to be quite wealthy, of good social standing and hailing from Philadelphia, where he has relatives, might be the person wanted. The detective associated this person with the man seen on the foot bridge on the fatal night. He said he had other points which he did not wish to have published yet.
 Detectives Wood and Arnold, while they did not sheer at Detective Fuller's, facts said bluntly that they did not think that the facts bore out the suspicious. On the other hand Detective Bibbins thinks there may be some- thing in it. The nervous man expressed great regret at the fact of murder being committed and he was also on his own &C., count as he came to Stratford for quiet. The idea of connecting this man with the suspic- ions is secuted by people as absurd and IT. diculous MT. Fuller said he was set back in his theory by the letter found near the scene of the murder. It was torn in pieces, but being put together read as follows:
 "Dear Jannie-It seems long time since saw you last but we will mest again in the sweet by and by was over to Bridgeport last evening and saw one Of the boys on the steamboat and told him to tell you that would be over on Thursday, but shall not till Sunday"
 No signature appears on the letter, that part, of the sheet being torn of. The writ ing is awkward.
 Meanwhile Detectives Arnold and Wood have established to their satisfaction the in- nocence of Michael Heslen and Boston White and as last resort are endeavoring to make case against William Lewis, the dead voman's betrothed husband. They admit that they are slightly lacking in facts, but claim that theoretically their case is perfect. Rose Clark Amber, the unfortunate victim of an unknown murderer, was buried Satur- day afternoon from her late residence. Ser vices were conducted by the Rev. Arthur Sloan rector of Christ church. Long before the hour appointed for the funeral arrived, an immense throng of relatives and friends gathered at the pleasant little home which the poor girl left in such good spirits week ago. The remains were laid out in white velvet covered casket with silver trimmings, which was opsn it's full length. Her face wore a calm and peaceful look. The scratches made bv her murderer's hands were invisible and the marks on her neck and throat as he choked out her young life were covered up bv a lace fichu. A few flowers were laid across her breast, and at the head of the casket was broken column of tea roses, it being a tribute of loving relatives to her memory. Near it was large floral piece, s'The Gates Aiar," sent by Bridgeport friends. It bore the word ''Rose" in purple immortelIes. The lining of the casket was white satin, and on the silver plate was en- graved: