Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-25
Who Killed Ella wa,.our

ANOTHER RLEAENT OF MYSTERY ENTERS THE CASE
special TO the Philadelphia Times from Woods
| to"n, n. D., says: The announcement Is official
tnat TWO things are certain In connection with the
Ella Watson murder problem One is that the
prosecution, consisting of Sheriff Coles and Prose
culor shape, have no other clues to the murderer
that this man wiii be held by Justice caspeTson, Of
| Salem. 10 answer for this crime. What the grand
1ury WIN DO thereafter is matter OF conjecture.
Inc authorities at WOOdStown have followed out
tnelr clue against Howard Sullivan, the negro
driver employed by John ElwelIs sullivan now
LIES In Salem jail, and he cannot account Tor his
time between and O'Clock on the night that Ella
WATSON was murdered Neither Gun he wholly
account , nj ior the plethora OF money with which he
went 70 Atlantic City an excursion the next day.
thanks to old John Elwell, who is perhaps the one
ever had detective sense He said to-day: "Howard
was was WHO boy, and be never had any money; so
him playing pool and buTps cigars Tsn went over
70 Where ne sat under cigar lighter and siw his
pools were too big for him" Chas Unon said that
SULLIVAN mad come into town with him al O'Clock
ana went at once to his supper. He came back at
O'Clock. These are the two hours which have not
Ware saw cSo
paying drunk on the road in which the murder
was s,s committed but they cannot identify them SO
element OF money: Howard sullivan had In one re-
sPect about the amount he carried In his pocket
only 10 years old, but developed Tar beyond the
@ Of man This nss 70
the testimony OF George Watson mot Ella Watson's
iather, but young man who Is John Ellwelis SON.
in-lawl, to prove that he tried to buy a half fare
ticket 10 Atlantic City on Thursday and was re-
t had IT, ne paid at last sas for the ticket He
D at ty
ems OF it The rest he says he saved up. HIS
mother says that She gave it to him.
This is all that Howard sullivan is held on save
TOT two theories One is the theory OF the club
hair it. Nobody sesSes sna, the R ne
with club. The sheriff thinks that the first GLOW
was struck with blackjack which would curl
around The fair forehead from behind This boy
always carried a blackjack The other theory
concerns his boots which have been patched across
thesoes They are said to lit the footprints in the
corn field near the spot where the body was found.
Unfortunately 1t would be hard to show that al
most any pair Of boots In Salem county, where
most boots are ready-made, would not ut those
tracks
The most suspicious circumstances against VIM.
Jones Is that on the morning after the murder.
when John Ellwell met him, near the scene OF the
horror and told him with a notion OF catching
man whom be already suspected to 60 and look at
Ihe corpse, the man after promising TO do SO did
not look at the body OF the murdered girl. There
is 40 unknown horror IN this case on Thursday
night before the burial, the halcrazed father sent
lor Sheriff Coles called him out into the middle of
held and explained TO him clue which he thought
ne had what that clue is" said the buriy Sheriff
last night, his dark cheeks pallnE with look Of
lear, II shall never tell, neither TO you To any
man who lives tired 70 persuade him out OF 1t.
horror Is no one will know unless George Watson,
half-crazed now, shall become wholly so and shout
to the world Tie awful thing winch lie repeated 10
The sheriff at night In the Geld.
WRATHY HUsBANp-A couple consisting Of q
"ell-dressed young man and daShihg blonde were
yesterday awaiting The train at Hunters Point, l.
l., fOr kOckaWay Beach, when suddenly they were
surprised oy bare-headed Nah rushing toward
thtln. The young man no sooner saw The other
approaching than he took to his heels and ned.
The WOMAN turned and faced the new conner, who,
without saying a word, commenced to tear the
gold necklace watch and earrings from her person.
The woman screamed and poured forth food Of
violent language, Which met with an equally violent
response. They were eventually separated by per-
sons In tue crowd which hud congreYaued around
them. The woman was Mrs Jones, the wife Of the
new conner, and The JOuny man who ran away was
Eugene Gray, Well known resident OF Long
Island CITY. The woman had recently left her
husband Tor Gray, and the couple had teen living
Ill jersey City. The affair created great sensa-
tlon as the parties are all well known In the local
society OF that vicinity.
\ NAN AND CHILD STCSG no DEATH.-W. D.
Burns, a wealthy farmer near Pine Creek, Wis.,,
was Stung under the Eye by honey-bee. In a few
minutes he went into convulS Ons and died In a
few hours An infant Child OF Mr.. and Mrs g. w.
Ashby, OF Yadkin Valley, died from the sting OF a
hornet last Thursday week
The observation-disclosures RACE-The horse
bicycle contest In Chicago ended saturday night in
favor OF Anderson, the horseman, who covered ga
miles In SIX days, OF twelveS hours each. Prince,
Oh his bicycle, made 455 miles, and Armada, the
pedestrian, covered 4l6. Their aggregate score
was three miles less than Andersons-