Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-18

Room 7-17.5"x13,.T,.
Bath room-13'.7"x4
A-Door into corridor; locked; key on inside.
B-Door into bath room; closed.
C-Door into corridor from bath room
locked; snap-catch down; key in Office.
D-Double door into Gen. Schriver's room;
nailed covered by heavy wardrobe, Z.
W-W-W-Windows in south wall; closed all
but east one, which was up three inches.
M-Mantel, over which hangs mirror.
Governs feet pointed to fireplace, his body
lying in direction of line.
X-About where the pistol lag.
t Table in ordinary position; dotted lines
show its position when room was entered
Double spot under southwest corner are
blood stains. Circle in other corner is lamp
before being overturned.
Bu-Bureau.
A STAR reporter arrived soon after the
coroner's departure and made further ex-
the bath room leading into the corridor
Is locked and latched. The KEY is in the Office.
The head clerk says he is positive that the door
has never been opened since the hotel was
started. The transom stills were, when the room
was entered on the 14th, both thick with un-
disturbed layers of dust. The window stills are
fair and white and are unmarked by anything
that could have aided an escape from the win
dows by means OF rope, in which case hook
or something similar would have been neces-
sary.
WHY GEN. scHB1vER COULD NOT HEAR.
The doorway between rooms 81 and Sc is a
peculiar one. Gen. Schriver, the occupant Of
Sc, is an old retired army officer who has lived
at Wormley's for years. He dislikes noise and
a long time ago asked Mr.. Wormley if he could
not fix the door in some such way that the
transient occupants of 81 could not disturb
him.
In addition to the regular door which opens
into sc another was nailed on the sill on the
81 side, and the heavy wardrobe was moved
against it. Since then Gen. Schriver has
heard no sounds whatever from 81 and it is
not at all strange that he should not have
heard the sound Of pistol shot
CAPT. LINDEN's INVESTIGATION.
Last night Capt. Linden called on Mai.
Moore at police headquarters and Policeman
Cross was summoned to tell of the finding
Of the body and pistol and the removal
of the body from Wormley's hotel The
officer told the story to Capt Linden
as it has already been told in THE STAR,
and when the captain left headquarters
he was fully convinced, it is stated, that Mr..
Gowen had taken his own life and that no muir
derer had escaped through the key-hoie Of
room "57'' in the hotel.
Capt. Linden brought with him the pearl
handled revolver which sent bullet crashing
through Mr.. Governs brain. This morning
Mr.. Pinkertons agent was at police headquar-
ters with the revolver.
THE PISTOL IDENTIFIED.
Detective Horne went with him to the sport
ing goods store of D. N. walford, No. ATT Penn
sylvania avenue, where it was stated Mr..
Gowen purchased the pistol The weapon had
been cleaned since it was turned over to the
dead mans friends and the blood prints on the
pearl stock were not to be seen.
Capt. Linden and Detective Horne entered
the store with an air of mystery, and after tax
| ing in the situation they made known their
business to Mr.. Walford.
Capt. Linden produced the weapon and at
| Q glance Mr.. Walford and his clerk we're fully
satisfied that 1t was the weapon which was sold
| to the man who fully answered Mr.. Governs
description. The weapon, said MIR. Walford,
was 3S-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver. It
was o single-action revolver, such seldom
sold now. The regular price of the weapon
| was $14, but it being q single-action one and
one which was not salsble he only asked S13. so
| for it
In order to make sure that the
weapon was the one which had been sold TO the
man supposed to be Mr.. Gowen Mr.. Walford
removed the pearl stock from the weapon and
| there found the stores price mark, ''3S-T.A.D."
BLOOD STAIN.
On the inside of the stock Was blood stain.
The blood had gotten beneath the pearl stock
and was not removed when the weapon was
cleaned.
Mr.. waiford said that il was Thursday in
stead Of Friday evening that be sold the re-
volver, and his cash book shows the sale. From
! the description of the man who purchased the