Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-21
" MAN IN THE CAsE.o
Clue to Biooa-Covcred Stranger Seen By
tho rcddIer.

Almost all those who have followed the ror.
den murder trial believe that there is a .man
tn the case" The Boston Ios,, with this belief,
has boon on an independent trail and bas dis
covered some now andi important evidence.
wa. DC remembered that on August 10.
lsH2. MISS hmma borden received letter
signed samuel koblnsky In this remarkable
cpistie the writer told n startling story. lie
stated that on that fearful midsummer day OF
p She onhl Tragedy he was within few miles q
Eau hver He.was Hebrew peddler who
travelled from town 20 town afoot, carrying his
modest stock IN trade In n sack which bc carried
on hi: back. Wesrted by his tremping and
heated oy the August eun. this iiinerant mcr-
chant Was resting a few moments by the side Of
the New Bedford road.
ne was suddenly alarmed TO NEE: man who
was covered with blood. The man explained hts
CORY condition by describing a fight he had with
farmer who refused TO pay him his due for
farIn-work. Tho dealers trade instinct soon
dissipaied hts foars. and he sold the stranger
some goods, including q collar, necktlc, some
shoe-blacking, and q small mirror. The stranger
nt once applied the backing TO his boots In large
quantities TO cover the blood which was upon
them. The boots RobInsky In his meagre Eng
ilsh. described as Of Russian leather, or sum-
mef shoes, meaning light tan.
The peddler further stated In his letter that
tho stranger was much agita,ed and acted
afraid. Timo ana time again he asked about
his appearance and the pedilor aided him to
cover up the traces Of blood The stranger also
repeatedly asked his commercial acquaintance
about the trains for Boston and the time they
ran.
RObinsky's description OF the man was rather
general Ho stated that ne was Of medium
height, had reddish hair and moustachc, and
would weigh about l35 pounds. He gave q fair
description OF hts clothes and said he wore a
brown derby hat.
THE PEDDLgK's FsARs.
Tho perigrinstiDg ,radosman did not report
tne matter 20 tho police, no stated because he
was peddling without license and was afraid
the officers would hold him on that charge.
As soon as Mr. Jennings, Ltzzies counsel. saw
the letter, which Was p0smarked Watham, be
telegraphed 30 the Mayor OF that city asking If n
peddler named KObinsky lived q, that place.
Tho answer was that no such person resided
there, but that one answering TO that name occa-
eluually camo there from Boston. Later intOrma-
tiOu came from Dedham that a person named
kobinsky received letters from the Dodham
pOst-Oll'e The misty letter-writer was never
found, however; ell the most tangible Of all
the letter cles went the way of the others that
were had at that tim0
Captain a. c. Taylor. United States Army,
now stationed al Fort Warren Boston harbor,
but who was nt the time OF the Borden butchery
doing duty at the recruiting station at Lowell
Is positive that the stranger alleged 10 have
been seen 10y the peddler was no myth, and that
lie applied for enlistment at the station two
days after the murders.
ON the morning OF Saturday August q, 1892,
ainnn called at the station and asked that ho
might enlist. Captsin Taylor t1Ok him into the
eIamining-rOom he was divested OF all his
clothing ana underwent the required oxamina-
ton all right. lie passed the examination. but
as he gave evidence Oi being under the inilu-
ence of into1icants he was, as provided by the
laws governing enlstmouts, rejected. The Cap
tain had the various measurements in a book,
which. when aiterWard consulted, confirmed tho
Captains later suspicious.
The peddler's etier was not published until
August 26tb. Upon reading itin the papers the
Captain compared the descriptions and they
were Identical Tho tan shoes. with their III
a. prft4
larry and ne also recalled that the applicant
hal. upon being questioned. = atcd that he had
walkei from FAN RIVER Tho mans face was
dIsggurcd by an abrasion, which Captain Taylor
thought vas the result OF q collision with fence
or was consequent from blow from club.
Tho more the Captain thought OF the matter
the moro thoroughly convinced he felt that the
d.er q