Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-24

Her Iather was again critically Ill, having Deen
! compelled to retire from the public gaze that
| forenoon. This covers this case of "man1festa-
tiOn." believe
My little pet dog, left alone during business
nours, by reason OF my wife's Miss Field's) at
tendance upon her mother some distance away,
and my absence in Philadelphia, betrayed signs
| OF loneliness, evinced by depression Of spirits
ana loss OF appetite, crouching in corner OF a
lounge, and barely returning my salutations at
night. During another conversation, at about
tne same time as above mentioned, Mrs. Field
questioned her daughter about her home at
1airs womanlike. suddenly alluding to the
poor little dog sitting in the corner" fright
ened. Upon my visit that evening, after the
customary inquiries, endeav0red to change
tne subject of thought by the sportsmanlike
ailusion to the invalid dog sitting in the corner
OF ol the lounge at home, and was astonished to
learn that it had been OWNED" correctly. save
IN regard to location, although the corner of
tne lounge was as near as could be in the cor
ner OF the room.
Hoping this viii prove satisfactory to you, or
at least for the present, l tender you freely
any service in my power to give you.
| EMILE G. TRAUBEL.
For family Of Mrs. Field deceased February
"a, 1889.
IAppended Statement.]
It may be necessary to add that the events de-
tailed occurred within period of "a hours, be-
| ginning with the allusion to Mr.. Berry 1) the
dog (2), and the trip to Murderland (8).
[sECoND letter.
CAMDEN, N. j., May 18, 1883.
DEAR SIR-H you will send me a copy of my
communication OF first, will secure the state
Inent of my wife regarding correctness Of con-
tents. over her signature I have not preserved
of the "WyalEsr.FinneSsn" y kerr murder, M % but
will try to secure one for you if de-
sired. A rough calculation of the bee
line distance of Mrs. Field from the
scene of the murder would give at least $500
feet, perhaps $780, about eight 'blocks"
distant north to east. Until you have Mrs.
Traubers version of these occurrences at her
mothers bedside. think it advisable for me to
avoid further attempt at description. You
will receive, think, full reply to your second,
third and fourth queries embodied in yours of
llth inst, when we receive the copy of my last.
Please do not quote me as indorsing any form
of spiritualism because of my writing replies
to your favors: courtesy demanded my action,
and am, moreover, quite interested IN
mystery unraveling, SO much so, at least, as
plain, matter-of-fact person of no scientific
knowledge can be. II successful, will send you
a paper containing description of murder.
E. g. TRAUBEL.
THIRD LETTER.
CAMDEN, n. J., June 4, 1885,
DEAR SIR-Demands compelling attention
have prevented my replying to yours of the 23d
ult. until to-day. inclose your typewriter"
copy of communication of May /, upon which
you will find ION back of fifth page) the state
ment of Mrs. Traubel miss Field) over her
signature; it testifes to the correctness of the
narrative of the letter, which will, hope, add
to your confidence. 1.-THE Endorsement in
question has been printed above, with letter IL
1t is impossible to 60 further into detail; the
parties Who 'heard and saw" are afraid of
their memories, and unwilling to add to the
story, though fully able to corroborate my
compilation of events which, 1t is claimed
covers the ground quite fully. i am compelled
TO depend upon accident for copy of a paper
containing an account of the murder alluded
to. 1t appears that the publishers destroy all
papers unused few weeks after publication
IA days, in some lnstances), and, as applied
six weeks after, was not supplied; March l.
May. How would 1t answer to request one of
the papers, say the Record, to give, in its cor
respondents column, brief account of the oc-
cnrrence?
This would prove the fact of the murder,
without extended description. Ii acceptable,
! will make the request upon advisement No
Philadelphia daily will part with filed copy of
their publication. Should further service, as
indicated above, be desired, please feel at
liberty to demand it EMILE 6. TRAUBEL.
FOURTH LETTER.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June Is 1883
DEAR Mr.. HoDGsoN-I send you the story
you DESIRE 1t is written hurriedly but is ac-
curate. 1t happened, as you see, in Camden,
just across from Philadelphia. Very respect
fully yours, II. NJ. WATTS.
Copy of the appended statement, with ac-
count of the murder. At $50 o'clock on the
evening Of Wednesday, February %, within a
stones throw of the City Hall of Camden, N.
j., opposite Philadelphia, Michael Finnegan,
a dissolute character, aged about 35 years. shot
and fatally wounded Amelia Walker, another
worthless creature and faithless wife, and then
sent bullet through his own brain. His death
i,,cfa nto1o h1f a Nuac oil
to Cooper Hospital, where she lived until 1l:l7
o'clock without recovering consciousness The
murder and suicide took place in lonely
part of the town, as the Camden City Hall is
out in the suburbs, An old lady living at 438
Trenton avenue gave the alarm to the police.
The police took the body of the murderer to the
morgue and the woman to the hospital. On
searching around they found horse and buggy
which had conveyed the disreputable pair from
Philadelphia to that fatal spot Woodford
Hughes, a switchman at Haddin avenue, was
the only witness He saw the fash OF the
pistol and heard the report. He saw a man
leaning over the dashboard of the buggy. Soon
after he heard another shot, but he went on
his way. 1t is supposed that, after shooting
his companion, the murderer started to drive
of, but. being overcome with remorse, walked
back to her body and killed himself
The murderer had blonde hair and sandy |
mustache, The woman an was about "a plump |
across the river. and it was finally discovered |
that the brother of the murderer lived at 7l3 |
South Third street, Philadelphia. He identi- |
fed the body of his brother and the woman as |
"Amelia." Frank Tapping. of Sl4 South Sixth |
street, Philadelphia, identified the body as that |
of Amelia Walker, who, with her husband, |
had lodged at his house. Both per-
sons were low. disreputable and deparved
The story in brief is this: On Wednesday at 2 |
O'clock the man and woman started from
McCauley's livery stable, on Griscon street,
Philadelphia. They drove away, having
l,sel-r
ferry boat Beverly to Camden, and finally |
brought up at the City Hall region at $50 |
oclock
The murderer was politician of low type |
in the Fourth ward, of Philadelphia.
Other cases quite as puzzling are being |
investigated, and will he presented in these
columns. 1t is understood that the society
as yet come to any definite conclu- |
sion, but the thousands of cases will have to
be looked into before anything whatever in
the nature of law governing any class of
them can be discovered. M. NJ.