Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-12
BLUEBEARD's CLOSET.
A sANevlNAHy MystEHy IN A QUIET
FARMHOUSE.


TIE Awfai sisfy Tsid By n Servant Girl
Leads 10 nm 0fieisi Investigation By The
chief Of Peiies, GsrsHeF ana 0ibeFs=
What They discovered,
B#isFeL, Pa, July ii,=PaiHfai anxiety
has feieRed throughout Bristol for several
days past ever the ssHgBiHsfy stefy told by
a YeHhg German girl Of the horrible sight
that had staggered her Al The farm of sidman
Tucker, near the borough, fuckers farm
Is about i've and ene=hslf miles out of tifis=
tel, A month age he hired German girl
named Katie haman, ID years old, whose
home IL at No, 70 Jersey street, Trenton,
Last Saturday Katie lett the farm and re-
turned home, She was exceedingly nervous
and had no appetite, AZ first she would not
tell her family why shs had left fuckers,
but alter much persuasion by u sister Katie
said that she had found the dead body Of q
man In q pantry In the Tucker farmhouse,
She said that Mrs. Tucker had forbidden
her 10 no Into that pantry without giving
any reason, Once about 10 do 10 she was
pushed across the room. This, Of course,
made the girl more anxious to- Inspect that
dark place than any other part OF tho house.
She opened the door last Saturday and
peered In. The smell was dreadful. On the
floor she saw body. The face was covered
by hat, but there was blood all over the
clothing aud on the floor. The girl said she
knew that the mans throat was cut from ear
10 ear She jerked the door shut, gathered
her raiment and fed from the farm.
Katie's sister lost no time In telling this
story 20 the Chief OF Police in Trenton. He
wired TO Chief Charles saxton, Of Bristol.
Next day Saxton and Coroner Bremen, OF
Bucks county, went 10 Trenton and inter-
viewed the girl. She told them the same
story, and maintained stoutly that there was
O bloody body in the pantry.
Upon their return 10 Bristol they prepared
cautiously and silently Tor n descent upon
the Tucker farm. A carriage was hired,
Chief Saxton armed himself with two pairs
OF handouts, Coroner Bremen carried
death blank and a number Of subpoena
and three hackers accompanied the officials.
At the farm 1t Was learned that Mr.. and
Mrs. Tucker were away. A married daugh-
ter and two domestics received the visitors.
A desultory conversation took place for
half an hour before the chief finally vent
ured to say that he had come to get some
things which Katie had left at the house.
She had left them, be said, In the pantry.
He was asked to enter and search.
The pantry is small, dark closet, and
the party explored it with a caution. When
the door was opened little way most
offensive smell issued forth. Whether 1t
indicated a dead body or a convention of
tanyards the officials could not decide. The
door was pushed back enough to allow one
man to enter with q lamp and drag forth
into the kitchen long, heavy object A
blue blouse was placed about one end Of it.
The blouse was pulled off and the officers
beheld roll of old quilts, with red patches.
disappointment swept over their faces ike
a cloud shadows over a wheat field. This
was the only dead body in the house. A
further search revealed in the pantry
bursted can of tomatoes, covered with mold
and causing vile odor. The roll of quilts
was left at the farm house and the drive
back to Bristol was silent, The Chief and
Coroner are averse to discussing the affair.