Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-09-27

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ROSE ANIBLER.
The details Of a tragedy are always of
thrilling interest, for the loss Of human life
is a subject upon which the rich and the
poor, the high and the low, reflect with
kindred emotions. TO this interest is add
cd an element of deep regret and pain,
when the victim is a young and promising
woman, whose life has been such as to
warrant her right and title to q peaceful
end. TO the list of mysterious murders in
which the victims were women, may be
added the recent tragic death of Rose Am
bier, near StratfOrd, Conn.,, on the night OF
the 2nd instant, a lengthy account of which
was published in these columns last week.
Briefly recapitulated, the circumstances OF
her death are as follows:
i She was returning home from the house
of her lover, where she was in the habit of
visiting him during their engagement and
from which, to his shame be it said, she was
allowed to 60 alone, as his duties demanded
early rising, and she did not wish to de-
priVe him of his sleep.
On Sunday night, Sept Ind, ut 8 o'clock,
he said goodbye to her for the last time,
and her lifcless body was found, next morn
ing, in a field, to which it had been drag
ged from the sidewalk, and upon her per-
son were the evidences of q terrible strug-
gle and marks of the violence which caused
her death.
Four years ago, at twenty-five years OF
age, Rose Clark married Norman Amber,
and daughter was born to them, but
neither his Wite's affection nor the sacred
ties of home proved sufficiently attractive
to restrain the negectful husband from
dissipation and profiigate eNcesses, soa sep
aration took place and divorce followed.
Then began the marked attentions Of
Lewis, and on the night Of the murder,
their conversation was concerning the turn-
ishing of the little cottage which was build
ing for them, and in which they were to
live as man and wife as soon rs it was COM
pleted. On her hOmeward walk there were
several lonely stretches, though the street
for the most part has houses here and there.
Within stones throw Of the spot where
her body was found, is the house of Preston
Hodges, and three Of the inmates of this
house heard a cry Of distress ut - o'clock,
which was mistaken for the scream of an
owl, and therefore no inquiry was made.
This leaves an interval of three hours, du-
ring which time, naught is known of the
victims movements.
A coroner's inquest has been progressing
for several days, but at the time this is
printed the circumstances attending the
murder and the whereabouts Of the muir
derer are still shrouded in mystery. Most
of the evidence thus far obtained leads to
the belief that some tiend incarnate, mad
dencd by his passions, assaulted her and
dreading detection, silcnced her voice for
ever by his murderous clutch upon her
throat.
\ point first to be gained by the detec-
tives was to ascertain whether the murder
was committed by Il white man, colored
man, ora woman. TO this end, Professor
White, of Yale College, and medical cX-
amincr of New Haven county, was cXam-
incd as a witness. On appearing before
the clothing found on the body Of the de-
ceased, and a small package, which he
watched closely. AS to the clothing, his
testimony was of no great Importance, en-
cepting when he said that Il stain on the
lower part of her dress skirt was made by
some vegetable pulp, he thought by a
crushed grape or grapes. In regard to y few
black, coarse, curly hairs that were found
lying in her clothing, he said that they
were from some animal and had been artl-
ficially colored.
The most important part of his testimony,
however, was in regard to one thing which
had been kept secret hitherto. When the
post-mortem examination was made of the
body of the unfortunate woman it was found
that there was certain matter imbedded
under the fngcrnails, and this matter was
carefully scraped out and submitted to Pro-
fcssOr White for examination. 1t is, he
declared, composed Of small particles of
human skin and blood corpuscles, and
he described at some length the compara-
tive examination to which he had submit
ted it: First procuring pieces of the skin
of full-blOoded negro, OF mulatt0 and
of a white man, he compared each with the
particles found under the dead wOman's
tinger-nails, and as Il result he said positive
ly that these were from the skin of Il white
person, and that they were taken from
some portion Of the body that had been
much exposed to the sun and was tanned
greatly thereby. Furthermore, he declared
that the portions submitted had been torn
or dug out with great violence, as the skin
had been taken off down to the quick.
His testimony occupied several hours in
giving, and after being subjected to great
number of hypothetical questions, on which
he gave his opinion as an expert, he return
ed to New Haven, taking with him the car
riage seats and lap robe belonging to the
Lewis carriage On these were found
traces resembling blood, and which Lewis,
when he was on the witness stand, declared
himself unable to explain. These seats and
the robe are to be subjected to microscopical
examination, which may result III Il long
step towards the discovery of the perpetra-
tor of the crime, us it may clear up the mys-
terry of her whereabouts for Il few hoursatter
she was supposed to have left Lewis house.
The fact plainly indicated by Prof. Whites
testimony that she wasengaged in violent
struggle to defend herself from assault, and
the fact that she was under partial cover
!, between 10 and II o'clock, together with the
presence of blood stains Gf they are really
what they seem to be) in the carriage of the
man in whose company she last was, SO far
as known, is considered the strongest, ground
for suspicion that has yet been found.