New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-23
TT LOOKS BAD FOR MAGEE
xry EVIDENCE REGARDING MISS Full
1ERs DEATH FOUND YESTERDAY.
sro,rrs TOLD BY TENANTS IN THE NASSAU
CHAMBERS ARE sIGNIFICANT--THE TOWEL
ON WHICH THE LAW CLERK WIPED

ru.MsERs ARE sIGNIFICANT--THE TOWEL
ON WHICH THE LAW CLERK WIPED
HIS HANDS IS MISSING.
ru raze OF doubt and uncertainty surrounding
49,. shooting of Martha ]. Fuller the typewriter
~ last Saturday afternoon met violent death
" .,a offices Of William NJ. Mullen the second
g.. y, M ia Nassau-st., remained unthreaded
yesterday. The performances Of the four preceding
d.vs were repeated with scarcely "a variation. Su-
rsrn,endent Byrnes had announced that the police
IA ohtained all the evidence they needed, and that
.hv would rest until the inquest But Detective
Soar,s Titus and McCluskey around the
Nos.au Chambers yesterday just as much usual
rrhay went through Mr. Mullens office and talked
NTH the sh.fty-eyed office boy Burton. They made
ore interesting discovery. that the towel used by
,fasee on Saturday night was missing and had been
r,,ss,np since the time OF the shooting. Tribune
ao-,nr noted this point when he first heard Magee's
story and looked at the empty towel rack Ever
s,nce then he had been quietly looking for the
towel which might supply another fact to the case
ocoinst Nagee but without success. The detectives
lii NOW turn their attention to this point which
.h.,, had completely overlooked, although the alb
80. a, the towel should have suggested suspicion
=. .ha nerest novice in detective work.
,ss,stont pistrIct-Attorney Hartmann in
,r,,,en,s office for few minutes, and went away
u.tbout saying doing anything in particular
Toe, after / O'Clock In the afternoon DR.. William
= o,Sulivan called at the office, accompanied by
- rho.ogranher and under his direction about half
q dozen photographs Of the room in which the
shooting occurred were taken by the fashight
process ~
Testimony bearing the mental condition of
Mace Immediately after the shooting and on his
statement that he ran out into the hallway and
called for help, was secured one Of the witnesses
ON this point is c. E. Winters, local manager of the
Live Stock Insurance Company, who occupies Room
No ri on the second floor of the Nassau Chambers.
l. al, 1afo ON @ .tfrfaN ffar
noon and about $50 p. m. he prepared to so home.
1t was $50 when he wound his watch. Having
at exactly SIS o'clock he stepped into the hall
way Two minutes before he had noticed stealthy
heard no shot, no voice calling for help and no
sound until he stepped out into the hall and closed
AS already said it was then 5:S5 o'clock. He
noticed small knot of people at the other end OF
the dead girl lying there on her back with her hat
under her head in the position in which Mr. herman
tails of what passed between Magee and himself,
preerring as he says to reserve his testimony oT
had ever seen under such crcumstances'I said ar.
room with his hands in both his pockets. looking
at the dead woman from time TO time with APP,
parent uneoncern Mr.. Herman was there ahead of
standing by the bookcase"
L. Whitney. seare, who has an office with H.
until nearly $40 The building was almost
calling loudly for help in the corridor outside. and
was unaware that anything unusual had happened
Il saw one or TWO persons talking at the end OF
the hall. but took no particular notice Of them and
went downstairs
The stories told by Mr.. Winters and Mr.. Searle
make 1t probable, therefore, that the shooting TOOK
place some time before $50 p. or within ten
minutes after Burton had gone home. 1t was about
5:35 O'Clock when Mage called for help, and col
lected the persons seen By Mr.. Winters.
The man who is said 10 have written an anony-
nous letter TO Captain Sevin has not yet been
found. Deputy Coroner OHare yesterday filed his
official report of the second autopsy held the head
OF Miss Fuller 1t Is bristiing with medical terms
The most significant points in the autopsy were
known three days ago.