Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-11-10

knowledge of anatomy and some surgf- cal skill, as is argued by the precision with which these arteries were found and cut.
 "A young man, whose attention is at tracted to the possibility of wrongdoing in the Bleecker street house, forces his way into the room occupied as cos turner's place, and finds in the fingers of the murdered girl torn scrap of paper. and on the floor near by another torn scrap, both covered by writing in the same hand, the scraps suggesting that they were torn from letters wrested from the hands of the girl The police discovered that the dress of Mrs. Parish is violently torn in the breast, with all been dragged from it. Valuables and money on the person are not taken.
 Inference: The murderer desired to possess himself of certain documents or papers held by the murdered woman; hence the motive of the crime.
 "This young man also discovers the portrait and ring of Reuben Dorison in the room, and determines the writing on the torn scraps of paper to be in the hand of Reuben Dorison.
 Inference: In some way Reuben Dorison, dead eight years, was connect ed with the woman Parish and her daughter. Query, how2 Not at present clear or ascertainable.
 Inquiry elicits these facts: The two women live quiet, regular and proper lives; are constant in attendance upon l church and their duties; they have no l intimate friends, few callers and no so- cial relations; at stated intervals a young man, tall, slim, with brown hair, whose visits leave the mother sad and 1 the daughter in tears, calls upon them; | by her own admission the mother in her younger days had passed through pe- riod of great sorrow, sorrow so great as to influence her after life; on two occa- | sions she is known to be in great distress -once eight years ago, when she refused | to explain the cause, but immediately l dresses in mourning, and the daughter | withdraws from all association with young people; the other three years ago, when, seeking her minister for advice, I the mother thinks better of it and says | she will meet this trouble as she has met \ her other troubles, alone. Reuben Dori- I son died eight years ago, coincidental with the appearance of Mrs. Parish in mourning. Inquiry also elicits that when the minister's wife is, in the pres ence of Mrs. Parish, condemning wom- an for irregularity of life, Mrs. Parish cries out in protest, saying that the con- demnation of the woman rings in her ears as condemnation of herself.
 Inference: There was something-a ! fault, a misfortune or crime in the life | 0p +lo oOf1 T, %1a o4 stated intervals, and presumably Reuben Dorison, is connected.
 "Inquiry also elicits the fact that the daughter, who has no association with young people, is seen on three different occasion walking in Union square, evil dently greatly troubled, with a young man, tall and slim, of fast appearance, dressed in extreme fashion.
 Inference: The caller at stated inter vals and the walker in Union square are one and the same.
 "Near the body of the mother was found mans glove, the form of which shows it was worn by man with a large hand, prominent knuckles and joints, whose thumb was disproportionately long. This glove was cut and made to fit only the hand that wore it, an indica- tion that the wearer was a man exceed ingly particular as to his personal ap- pearance and nice as to his apparel.
 Inference: First, as the walker in Union square was noticeable because of his fine dress, and as the wearer of the glove was, as it indicates, careful as to his appearance, the wearer of the glove, the walker in Union square and the caller at stated intervals were one and the same. Second, as the glove was found close to the body of the mother after her death, and as one caller on the family was the incident of a month, this wearer of the glove was the murderer of the mother. Third, if of the mother, then of the daughter.
 "One more point: Inasmuch as after the two women engaged in the costum-
 ing business it was the habit of the
 mother to return home before the
 daughter, and the daughter to return al
 six, and as the servant left Mrs. Parish
 alone at eight, there is reason to believe
 that the daughter was murdered first
 and the mother after.
 "Now, as to a theory. Mrs. Farisl
 had been connected with some event, the
 secret of which she jealously guarded
 in her early life, which was criminal
 She had documents relating to this event
 possession of which she shared with hel
 daughter. These documents either i'm
 plicated a young man who called upor
 her at stated intervals, or which, being
 in his hands, would prove of such value that to possess them he could bring him
 self to commit murder. With thes,
 events Reuben Dorison is associated since the only glimpse of any part O them we have obtained shows his hand ) writing. The young man for years per
 secuted the two women to obtain tn, papers, being always refused and pla } cated with gifts of money to such an ex
 tent that in time the independence O } Mrs. Parish was so impaired that sh, ) was compelled to resume a business sh' } had many years before been engaged in
 He had become desperate in finding tha ] he could neither obtain the document