Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-25
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Tuesday. seDtember 25, 1883.
The stratford Murder.

The StratfOrd Murder. Did VIII Lewis Murder Rose Ambler
 Claxk-The Testimony Resumed Before
 the COroner's Jury-NOthfng of ImpOK-
 tance Brought to Light.
 The old town of Stratford was as quiet and serene as ever yesterday morning when Cor oner Holt and the small army of reporters landed at the depot and wended their way to the residence of Dr. Noonan where the in. quest regarding the death of Rose Ambler Clark is held. Constable 'sBijah" McEwen in all his official dignity stood in the front door of the doctors residence and smiled be- highly on the coroner as he passed into the sacred precincts of the jury room, but he frowned upon the reporters as though he wished they were in Halifax. "Bijah" told the reporters that he had to drive ten miles to subpoena witnesses for which he would sreceive ten cents 8 mile, which he thought an insignificant sum for the service. 'Bijah" received the sympathies of the re- porters and finally retired in Q pleasant man. ner.
 The first witness called after the opening of the court was Samuel Powell, of Stratford He testified that the road was wet from Strat- ford to Bridgeport in the early morning after the murder. He saw the same carriage track and the turn it took as testified to last Sat urday.
 Samuel Durand, of Birmingham, was the next witness. He keeps g gro- cery store there and Lewis came in either Monday or Tuesday morning after the murder and made some purchases of him. 6of oba f0 hi 0f murder of Rose Amber. He said: My girl was murdered last night" and burst into tears. Other talk followed. Lewis felt very badly. The witness should think this talk was on Monday morning, but could not swear to It for 8 certainty. It might have been Tuesday. MT. Dursnd said he took the New Haven Register regularly, but the first he knew of the case was what Lewis told him. Lewis did not appear excited. Charles Peck, the market gardner who em- ploys Lewis, testified to sending Lewis of to Birmingham with B load of vegetables at of the murder. twill has worked for me, |" said the witness, flor twelve years. He is only twenty four years old. He looks older, though, because he has been so dissipated. Until this year he has been very bad. But since January he has been so anxious to save money and build his house to live in with Rose that he has
  lieve he committed the crime. Don't think he had courage enough. He ain't that kind. On that Monday morning he was as much at his ease and talked and laughed as much with my six men as ever. Lewis came down about half-past two that morning, and about the same time Tuesday morning He had gone to Birmingham every morning about the same time since and went up this morn ing"
 Mir. Woodward, grocer of Shelton, like MT. Durand, was not sure when the detec- tives asked him whether or not it was Mon day or Tuesday morning that Lewis came into his store for pay for truck he had left there. This was after Lewis had been at MT. Dur ands place. Lewis talked slowly and seemed to feel b'ldly. He said: '"There ain't friend of mine, Sam, I'd sooner tell it to than you, but Two been advised to keep my mouth shut. "The witness was reading paper at the time. He looked at Lewis and said: 'tWell Will, if it was girl of mine, I'd tell or do something" MT. Woodward could not ex- blair. what Lewis meant by his strange and usEiciously-sounding statement to him. The witness now believed that it was Tuesday that he had this talk with Lewis, because he was reading an account of the murder in that mornings paper. That was the only way he could determine what day it was.
 MT. Smith, of Birmingham said that it was on Tuesday instead of Monday, as had been reported, that he spoke with William Lewis Mir. Smith keeps a restaurant. Lewis came in there and got breakfast on Tuesday morning early. There was small party at the table with him. He thought he saw Lewis on the day before about the place, but was not sure. Knew he did not speak to him that day. It was on Tuesday that he had talk with him, CT rather the party at the table did. The subject was the murder of Rose Amber. Lewis said but little about it.
 It came out during the day from the Bir- mingham witness that Will Lewis told young George Smith of their place day or two after the murder that ''he could put his hand on the man who killed Rose Ambler in five minutes if he wanted to-" This is re- garded Rs of the greatest importance and George Smith will be called upon to testify. Professor White will not testify in the case ready to go on by that time. Coroner Holt was given the name of another important witIiess yesterday after Aoon. It was that of Burr Cosier, who works for George Wheeler, Q farmer on the Frog Pond road. Cosier will be subpoenaed. His testimony will strengthen the story of the travels of the mysterious carriage on the night of the murder.
 Lorain Ambler, young countryman, who good naturedly announced himself the broth er-in-law of the murdered woman, testified regarding the relations of the Amber family with Rose. He said that he lived in the family for short time after his brother Norman married Rose Clark, but he knew of no ill feeling existing between Rose and Norman. He said he knew nothing about Roses actions after he left.
 The inquest was adjourned at o'clock un til this morning at 10 o'clock.
 Coroner Holt thinks it will require several days for him to complete the examination Last evening, although non-committal, in re- gard to the guilt or innocence of Lewis it was evident that he did not think there was ss yet evidence sufficient to cause warrant for his arrest to be issued