Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-20
A MAN OF MYSTERY.
Clue to q Blood Covered Stranger Interested
in the Borden Case.

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i'm IN. Borden C...-
ALMOST al 'nose VINO nave Ioho"eu tne bor-
den murder Trial believe that there is a man
in the case" The Boston Post with this be-
lief has been on An independent trail and has
s;.., .-..-I,
oisco'ereo SONIC NC" anu ihesumaDiy imPor-
tant evidence
That story OF the mysterious blood-covered
and generally suspicious appearing stranger,
according To Witness. IL Nav can be corrobo-
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ieu W an eAen' Which snouiu endAe :"
That consideration which, by reason OF It's
heretofore vagueness and uncertainty, has been
denied.
And furtber the po,r. vi.nsss Ia a GENTLE
man n, nnhTc nos;,;on ~ - noantaIitv and
n,dorhtad ;.Ir;. -
Tt ill r. sarn,rh.-.d ,h., IN Ancr.t 10
1909 Ni.s Fnm. Pordsn rsca;yed = letter
sionsa S.mreI Rob;nsLv In tbi. rsmarkable
epi.tIs the writer told a startling story. he
stated that on that fearful midsummer day Of
the dual tragedy he was within few miles OF
ran River. de was . Hebrew pedler, VINO
nodss, .,ooL - 80 - ..cI wh;ch he car,ied
on bis hack Wear;ed by his tramping and
heated by the August sun this itinerant merchant
vas resting few moments bv the side of the
New Bedford road
He was Suddenly alarmed to meet a man who
vas covered with blood The man explained
his eory Condition bv describing fight he had
with a farmer who refused to paw him his due
for farm work The dealers trade instinct
soon d6ssipatei his fears and he sold the strau-
Ger some goods including a collar necktie
soms sboe blackino and a small mirror. The
stranger at once applied the backing to his
boots m large Quantities to cover the blood
which was upon them. These boots Robinsky.
in his meager English. described as of Russi.
leather or snnmer shoes meaning light tan.
The pedler further stated in his letter that
the stranger was much aRitated ard acted
afraid Time ard time again he asked about
his Appearance and the pedler aided him to
cover up the traces Of blood. The stranger also
Repeatedly asLed bis commercial scoualntance
about the trains for Boston and the time thew
ran
Robinskv's descrinti On NJ the man was rather
general He stated that he was of medium
height. had reddish hair and mustache and
descrintio9 OF bis clothes and said he wore a
brown DERBY hat
Inc pergrinauns traoesman oio NOT report
the matter to the police, he stated, because he
was peddling without a license and was afraid
the of;csrs vouid hold him op that charge
As .oon a. NJ Jsnninys Iizzie's counsel.
..v ,ba ls.ter hitch was nostmsrked Waltbam'
\. ,sIsgrsnhaa 10 the MAYOR Of that city asking
- nsddIar named Robinskv lived at that
nl.cs The answer wa, that NO such person
ra.;aad thsra hut That one ansveriny to that
name occss;onslly came there from Boston.
Tater inyormation came from Dedham that a
nsr.on named Robinskv received letters from
The Dadh.u most ofice The misty letter.
vriter v,s never found. however: all the most
tangible Of All the letter clues went the way Of
The Other. that were had at that time.
Can't A q. TAYLOR. United STATES armv. now
.t.t;drsd A. Fort warren Boston harbor' but
Who M AT the time Of the Borden butchery
do;ne duty At the recruiting station At Lowell.
is nositve that the stranger ALLEGED to have been
- Nv ,h. n.ddisr vas no mvtb and that he
.nnI,.d o. s,I;s,,,.rt AZ the station two dsvs
~ ~. ,,rrd.r.
N, a. raor1;ne q, s.,rrd.v Au.rst & 1909
mar csIieT1 AZ tSa station and .sLsd that he
,,;eht s,iist Csn. T.ylor tool him into the
.,e,n;n;na roo,n. hs Gss dires,ed NJ all his
.iosh;na "a nnSs-w.rt tha rson;ra5 exam;ra-
ton IN rioht He nassed the examina-
t,on hr. a. n. oava evidarca Of heino
80. a. ;,e,,..ca - ;nto,;cant. ha wss 20
n-o~;dad ~ tn IA. ooverning anI;stments
$1,000 Tbe c.ntain had the yarions meas,
r:rrsn,. hnoI wbicb Than .ytervard
con.rls.d c,nf,rmed the csntain's Later ans
$500.