Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-20
WOULDN'T KILLACAT
THAT'S WHAT MRS. CROSS, OF FALL
RIVER, SAYS ABOUT WOOD.
He IL Not Thought to Have Had q Hand
In the Borden Murder-Mr. Holiness
Visit to the Jail.

John Wood, who is in tho Richmond Jail,
charged with suspicion OF being implicated In
tho Borden murder, which was committed at
Fan River, Mass, August 4th, was visited at his
cell yesterday by Constables Branch and Fus-
soil, VI Henrco county. and Mr.. j. G. Holmes, Of
Fau River. The latter gentleman was
member Of the party OF callers upon request
OF AndrewJ J. Jennings, Lizzie Bordon's attorney.
He was In Washington. and was accompanying
his wife 70 Norfolk. when he saw the newspaper
accounts OF Woods arrest and wired Mr.. Jen-
ninga. Mr.. Holmes received telegram from
the lawyer instructing him 70 come at once to
Richmond, and that he would receive further
advice upon his arrival here at the Exchange
Hotel.
Mr.. Holmes was telegrnphed by Mr.. Jennings
70 use his discretion in the matter of getting in
formation here concerning Wood, but 70 look
carefully for scar upon one OF the prisoners
hands. Something was also said about man
named John Underwood, who at one time re-
sided in Fall River but II was not stated whether
or not this party was friend OF Mise Borden.
MAY HAVE BEgS A SCAR.
When the prisoner was taken from his cell
Mr.. Holmes was hidden from view. The interrO-
eating was done by Messrs. Branch and Fusson,
and Sergeant Epps examined the hands OF
Wood. Upon one hand deep dimplo which, IL
appeared, could possibly have been made By
pisiOl-shOt was observed, but nothing more. Tho
accused would say nothing moro than has al
ready been published IN the DIsPAICH az an In
teryiew with him. The result OF the investiga-
ton amounted 10 very little, and it is not known
whether Wood Is the UnderwOod" reierre4 to
or not
SPECIAL PROM FALL RIVER.
A special telegram received from Fall River
by the DISPATCH at a late hour last night appears
% dissolve tho possibility Of Wood being con-
nected with the murder, and shows him up a.
just such man as was pictured in the article
published IN this paper exclusively ON Tuesday
morning. The special is as follows:
NaU of of -IfItF nI1 n n
den murder suspect created much interest IN
this city to-day when tho local papers repro
ducod the DIsPATCHs story Of Tuesday. Woods
real name is Henry IIabr and no is a native OF
New York city lie came 10 Fall River two years
ago and went to board with Mrs. Cross at II
John street. That lady to-day informed the
DISPATCH correspondent that Hair came OF
Swedish family, and that his twin brother was at
present a tneatrIcal manager in New York. The
name Wood he sometimes uses as stage c0gnO-
men. ana he was well known locally a. hehty
Wood His twin brother gained much notoriety
through law suit with Maggie Mitchell over the
right TO produce a certain play.
"While here he dressed well, but had little or
nothing 10 do, mis- only work being as tip
printer In Aarshalis bat-factory. lie worked
three months and threw up the Job. His &c
quaintances consider HIM harmless. Of a braga-
dociO spirit, and fond OF storytelling lie il al
WAYS the hero Of his own narratives. lie lett this
city last April and has not been here since. Tho
Borden murders were committed the 4th Of Au-
gust.
"ln May he wrote to Mrs. Cross of his intention
20 sail TOR London IN a theatrical venture. She
supposed he mad gone. In September she re-
ceivcd message from Hair dated New York,
and saying that he had just arrived from Europe
and passed safely through quarantine. She had
not heard from him since until to-day, whom the
news was broken to her OF his arrest as n Bor-
den murder suspect.
HENRY HARMLESS MAN.
"At this the lady laughed outright and said:
why, Henry was In London, and besides he
would not Kill a kitten. lie has been playing
Joke and got into trouble. He never knew Lizzie
Borden, although he may have seen her on the
streets As for going 20 the theatre with her,
that is ali bosh. Henry was an actor so he said,
and he has travelled all over tho country, aud
frequently goes TO England
Enquiry among the local theatrical people dis
closed the tact that Hair was well known; that
he was ike many others, venturesome youth
with no higher ambition than TO pose before the
matinee crowds clad in the iatest-styie dress.
occasionally he got hard up AMI worked as
hat-rusher.
Chief Hlliard, Of the police force, takes no
stock IN the theory that llahr was connected
with the famous Borden tragedy. lie has salts
fed himself that tho man was not In this city az
the time Of the killing.
"kobcrt Marshal, for whom Hair worked says
that ne knew him az an honest well-ncaning
man, OF more than ordinary good sense, but In
tures. 1t was also learned that uahr was re-
CeiYed at the Cross household with more favor
thun the ordinary bOarder.
"Mrs. Cross is young widow and 20 her llahr,
il is alleged, paid considerable attention. She
has announced her determination 10 put herself
IN communication with i'm and Snow the Rich
mond authorities that ne IS guiltless OF CRIME