The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-02
BY TELEGRAPH,
A LIBERAL REWARD,
$4,000 Now Offered for Phoebe
PaulIin's Murderer.
What the 0orousr's Inquest has Dsvel-
oped Thus Far-Adjourned Until Tues.
day-Ths Girls Brothsr-in.Law Sus-
osoted-Ths Tall Mana Blaze at
Alton - Twenty-Thrss Skeletons -
Troublesome Indiana--Bagged q Bully.

ORANGE, Y. j., Dec. l.-Coroner Chas.
W. Harer OF Newark began an inquest in
the p pbe Jane Paullin murder case in the
Common Council Chamber at $3.50 O'Clock
yesterday. Farmers mountaineers and
townspeople throngedthe,ro room. Several Of
Pipckerton' detectives are on the noun
| tains.
Mrs. Paullin, after saying that Phoebe
would DOT have been II years old until May
inert, denied that her daughter had any
| admirers.
Mrs. Fisher said that among Phpbe's
friends we're Jacob Yost, 20 years old; Fred
Smith 40; Isaac l.. Meyers, IS; John An-
dersou, 30, and others. all married and
none Of whom ever visited her or took her
to entertainments. She never saw Phoebe
With Dave Ellington, the ticket agent at
the Day street depot Of the Watchburg
railroad 10 Orange, but Phoebe used to
speak to her about Dave. Mrs. Fisher said
also, 10 reply to Qesstions, that her bus.
band John G. Fisher, did not live with her.
This Is the man the detectives have been
looking for. He was
FORCED TO Marcy HIS WIFE
after lying in Jail for months, having been
convicted Of crime against her. She sued
| him for s., 900 damages 10 addition TO bring.
| Ing Q criminal suit. He left her sevsrat
| months ago, and has been driving horse
car In New York. On last Monday he was
| seen 10 M0ntclair. about two miles from the
| spot where Ph9be's dead body was found.
| Martin Williams was q cranky witness.
He is short and sinewy, and fas;ens his
coat at the neck with hairpin. On satur.
day night just 40 Phoebe was going up the
mountain be came down with "Chet'
| Williams, who was arrested on
| suspicion when the bloody
shirt was found, and subse-
quently disch arged. Martin to-day testi-
ted that at sbou, $3.50 O'Clock on Saturday
tvening he saw woman north Of the Tory
Corners, close to the foot Of First Noun
tain on her way to Eagle Rock. He could
not swear that she Was PnHbe. He thought
that II wa, she, but neither he nor Chef
said a word. II he thought 1t was she be
NO uid
HAVE GONE HOME WITH HER.
| (Laushter.l
why would you have gone home with
lerv the prosecutor asked.
'B cause she always spoke to me, IS hsf
lister did. - was the reply, land II she
,sked me would have gone home with
her, although I never did 90 with her."
At this point the witness got quite angry
aud made impertineut replies, and when
,sked II be was dressed 1t that time az he
~ss Ia - court, raised iaugn
BY saying, Eyes, sir. Lock TAT me;
-s@mne me we'll, am all here. -
"Had you white shirt onr'
"No, sir; never had white shirt In my
fe.
Witness neu denied that he had said be
met Frank Hardy and Mr. Wheeler on the
mountain. They were just ahead OF him
aud we're talking TO Mr.. Duerr. These
men we're close to the stone quarry at the
time and 200 yards further down the noun.
taiu. The witness saw q strange man come
out OF the north gate Of Lewellyn Park.
PuDbe WAS about fifteen minutes
AHEAD OF THE MAN.
That was few minutes before o O'Clock.
The man was about q years old, tall, had
. mustscae, brown hair, and was q gentle.
man In appearance. He was under q lamp,
80 that the witness saw him. Phoebe, II
1
further up the mountain.
William Murray testified the he sau
ebe at Park avenue and Day street
about 4:40 O'Clock, aud Mr. Bagey saw
woman with bundles and a sstcbel at
Washington aud Burnside streets at 5:45
clock. Shs was walking towards the
mountain.
Thomas Sullivan sw0re that he saw wo
man turn into the Valley road from Wash.
ingt0n street shortly before O'Clock. Two
women, Mr.. Driscol and q strange man,
were walking on the road In the direction
the woman was taking. The unknown was
tal, wore light coat, had heavy boots like
farmer, and the woman With the bundles
WAS
ABOUT QUARTER OF MILE AHEAD.
George Trout swore that he saw the
same woman near the summit Of the noun
tain, y man who looked gentleman, wear.
INK . dark overcoat, about twenty five
yards ahead Of her.
James Burras, laborer, passed woman
going up towards the stone crusher or
the mountain, shortly before
O'Clock A man, quite tall ard look.
ing like gentleman, was walking behind
her. As the witness passed her going down
the man passed her going up, aud on look.
ing back the witness saw the mnn two
yards head Of her.
William +. Duerr, who has charge Of
"Wildmout" 200 yards from where Phoebe
was murdered, saw the tall man near the
stone. crusher shortly before O'Clock
Tho man was about Is years old, had on I
black coat and bard finished hat, good
sized black scarf--in which pin glistenet
and a nustache, and was gentlemanly II
language and appearance. As he was pase
log the witness be said GOOD evening: il
It going to rain to.nightp'
WITNESS RELIED TO HIN,
aud then the man passed on. George Frou
aud Chef and Martin Williams we're moi
seen at this point by the witness. Abou
$50 O'Clock, as he turned into by-path,
short man, wearing working clothes, step
pod from behind tree and asked for {
match. Later, as be was standing at til,
door OF his residence he heard voice OF
tho highway IN the direction of PhDbe I
home. He thought he recognized the voic'
Of tho man who spoke to him at tue stone
crusher, and he heard female voice. HI
had an idea that the girl said In pettish
but not q frightened tone: "Oh 80 away
Obi 20 away from me-" When the wit
noes frat saw the man At the crusher b.
thought the stranger held something III BIZ
hand which he kept behind his back.
''Are you sure the voice you heard on
the highway near your house," the prose