The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-14
MURDERS PLANN ed AND UMPIRE
INITIATED.
interesting Leavss From a Detect
ives Note Book.
From the Ne,c York sun.


tits an old So ing in the detective service
that the man who plans murder is sure to
h. caught. The records of crime prove the
truth of the saying. In almost every in
stance the murderer who escapes arrest had
70 thought of murder ten minutes before
ne conn tilted the crime. He acted on an
impulse born of sudden passion, and had
q, w to turn his back on his Wet m to get
safely awav. The mysterious murde are
Shs rupr emeditated. They are mysterious
because there were no witnesses, AID be-
cause the mu d srer left nothing behind.
TIE detective assigned to oAe of the
mvs cries perceives from tbs stare that
he must depend almost entirely on luck and
acc, dent. 7 case OF the Chicago mil
lilo aire, S ell, proves tle point. He was
murdered off nauo in his own house by a
burglar, whose operations he had inter
rupred The murderer seems to have de-
narted from earth. Rewards aygregating
an enormous sum have been offe ed, and
thousands # Officers have been on the Look
out for months, but the supp osed murde or
il still at large. Had e pa med to murd r.
Shell he wo Id have been under arrest
within a week. In tn It case he would have
left c'ews and loopholeS. He W uid no
have fed, or, fleeing, he would have left
trsses. .--
six years ago, udu iJS pdTLIel last winter.
The two cases mi ght he call ed twins. My
case occurred in Ri de Island. The par
nllel is the Latimer case, at Jackson, Mich.
One winter morning, away back in the
sixties, left the Providence train at
village about thirty miles away to look for
a m IN for whom had a W trraut for grand
larceny. In walking from the depot to h
hotel came across group of wo men at
the gate # II fine old man ION which stood
back veral rods from the street. They
we nervous and fearful. The house
was the residence of a Mrs. Brush and
her son, she a widow of 90 years of age, and
he young man of o. The h our was IL
o'clock, and they were alarmed because
there was no stir about the house. It was
known that son, James, had gone TO
Providence the evening before, but the
M ther was an early riser. and the house
should have been open by O'Clock. The
milkman had been there, as also the butcher
boy d a leborer, out their knocks nad
been unanswered. Tie neig bors had at
last come to ave dreadful suspicion and
a constable had already been sent for to
make an investigation.
1t was in my line to be intere te and to
remain. When the constable came we
found that we had met before, and ne asked
me as a favor to assist him. He was uer
vous and excited, and we both had the same
feeling before tho house was entered.
would have bet my life that the old woman
was dead, and he was just as sure. We
knocked at the kitchen door until any liv-
in person w uld have been aroused, and
then we broke it open aud entered Eve y
thing in the kitchen was in o der, and the
same was true of the sitting room and pa 10 =.
Mother and son occupied rooms upstairs.
One of the women plotted US directly
TO her room. She lay on the floor il her
GIT clothes IN pool of blood, stab 1ed in
= E,,.,I De- knl haaK a -,
The first thing was to send for the coroner,
the next to turn everyb dy out doors. The
murdered woman had relatives in the
town, and as on as they got the news and
reac led the spot | was enga Led to take
charge of the case. | teleg aphed to my
chi at Provide ice and was told TO go
aLead, and half an hour Later l was at
work Before any persons were ad .nitted
I 1Ook the coroner aud constable through
tne house to look for clews, and here is
what / found:
:. Tie key Ct the back door was missing.
there was heavy bolt on the insi lie, bu
tks olt was not sprung. Therefore some
ore had pasSeI out by this door and locked
itfrom the outsi te.
2 There was stand in the kitchen, and
d this stand a pitcher of water and q wa b
bowl, while roller towel hung near ty.
There were damp snots on this towel the
pitcher was on the e or, half its contents
go 10, while gill of blood-st ined water
remained in the bowl. Conclusion; the
murderer had washed his hands here.
8 A la ran through the house upstairs.
At the rear Of TINS hall as a window
and beginning two feet below 9 sill was
the long s.oping roof of the kitchen and
woodshe1. / he lower sas was raised. The
sash had been fastened with nails. These
nails had been pull i oIt | found one of
them or the q nor, cl Sc to the baseb oard.
- - Ill e.
Inside. The sa n bore no marks of violence.
There was snow on the roof and it showed
no tr' cks. Conclusion: The murderer ha /
raised is widow as a blind, but had
| bluudared.
4. The bureau in the old lady's room had
been overhauled, as If IN search of plumber.
Here and there an article showed blood
stain. The articles had been dung
out in such a way that even a nJvice could
see the idea was not p under. A watch.
several rings, dozen gold pieces and roll
OF bank bills we're in the heap. A
robber would have taken them. PIunde.
would have been his motive and object.
Conc usion: it was another blind.
There were several other things, trifiing
70 an outsider, but having beari 10 me,
ard as lOn a. the coroner's Jury had been
admitted TO lew the body began to make
inquiries about the son. He soon appeared
70 answer for himself, having returned
from Providence on tue clock train.
tnere wasn't man, woman, or child in the
vi age who had the least suspicion of aim.
lie seemed stunned and overcome by the
news, but while bis dsmeanor satisfied all
Others, 1t looked to me as if he was playi z
Tart His lamentations were overdone
sat down with him after a while, and
told MIN that il would be necessary for hi n
70 account for MS own time the previous
night be appeared quite willing to do
tnls. and stated as follows:
- left tie hou e at O'Clock last night.
64ac ~ at O'Clock | took the train for
providence. l cached there at 1915 o'clJck.
wen! to the hotel | was assigned to
room NO o. After registering l went To-
70 Nv Blank street TO see gil named
Mattle Davt', She was not at me. | re-
tsufned to the ho1el, played two games of
u4t.lards, and went to bed. | went up ,tairs
WIN John Ca ew, Boston drummer.
slept u til o'clo k in the morning. Had
iIIsssKIast, strollei about, had dinner. and
"l. Tor home at | As O'CLOCK"
AZ TINS seemed straight and reasonable,
ano l TOOK care TO hide my su picionS
"SAt 70 providence aud verified bis state
o., Us up 20 certain point. He did call at
a. Blank street aud ask 70 ses Mute
laws but " en- told that she W S on aud
".uu return W th ten minutes be wou d
uct wait. Why's That was his object t.
sollg 10 Pr whence, as he admitted, and be
uao plenty Of time. He did go up stairs
WI iona Carew, but ten minutes after
Fl entering his rom, ba A