The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-05


HE doctor was asked if he had any
+ min not clearing. He answered
was no reason to believe that it
as there is every indication of her
5ing clearer hourly. He would not
whether she had made any statement or
He did. however, make the startling an
nouncement that, in his opinion, Miss Bar
rowcliff would not give the name or a de-
scription of the person who assaulted her III
Marion a week ago. He is led to this conclu-
Sion by her actions when questioned about
the occurrence.
s.Why would not Miss Barrowcliff reveal
the name of her assailantg" Dr.. Varick was
asked. !.
a'Possibly out of regard for that person.
he replied.
"Then you think her a~ssailant was a
friendf'
81 don't think he was a tramp" was the
only reply the physician would make.
This is the first time hat DR.. Varick has
given any opinion, except as to the condltlon
Of his patient, and it is considered slgnlil-
can't.
A trained nurse appointed by the police is
at her bedside all the time never leaving the
room for a minute. Her instructions are TO
note ANYTHING and everything which she
saws and to divulge nothing. DR.. Varick is
not as communicative today as he has been
heretofore, and as for the warden, ne only
knows what the doctors and nurse tell HIM.
A SUSPECT QUESTIONED.
A man was detained in the Seventh pre-
cinct station house last night from about $50
o'clock to midnight. Detective John ONeul
was sent on some mysterious errand TO the
West Side. At ten o'clock Captain Lange
and Sergeant Buckbee were closeted with
the man whose identity could not be ascer-
tanned. They talked for about ten minutes
with him and then departed. At fifteen
minutes past eleven they were again in con-
versation with him behind closed doors.
Shortly after this Superintendent Smith paid
the station house a visit. The stranger was
taken into Captain Lange's private office
and the Captain and Superintendent were
closeted with him until midnight, when he
was allowed to depart. The Superintendent
went to the city with OrNeill, who had re-
turned from his mission and Captain Lange
went home.
Two women, carrying satchels, called at
the City Hospital at half-past two O'Clock,
Yesterday afternoon, and inquired as to Miss
Barrowcliff's condition. One of the women
was short and stout and was dressed in
black. Her companion was taller and wore
a brown coat. 1t is believed that the shorter
woman was Mrs. Barrowclif, and this be-
lief is strengthened by the fact that after
leaving the hospital they went directly to
Mr.. Vernon's house.
MRS. SHANLEYAS STORY.
Mrs. j. Frank Stanley of No. 151 Sip ave
nue. made a statement to a JERSEY CITY
NEWS reporter this morning which may lead
to an entirely different line of investigation
from those on which the police are at present
working. She has been a warm friend of
Miss Barrowclif for over five years, and
Miss Barrowclif to a certain extent made a
confidante of her. She always spent her hol-
days at Mrs. Shanley's house and was to have
spent this New Years. Day there. Mrs.
Shanley's statement is in substance as fol-
lows
When Mr.. Barrowclif died there was $10,-
900 owing to him. The man who owed it
had failed in business some time previously
and had been unable to pay his debt. After
Mr.. B~arrowcliff's death this debt was sued
for in the New York courts. The suit has
hung on and is not yet settled. Mrs. Shan
ley says that May told her not long ago that
she had to go to New York i'll regard to the
suit. Who the man is who owes this money.
she does not know, but she is positive upon
the point of there being such a suit. Ii the
police know of this money which is in litiga-
ton in the New York courts, they ave kept
mum about it. Mrs. Shanley's statement
leads to a new line of thought and a new
field for investigation. May not the man
who WED Miss Barrowcliff this large sum
have had an object in getting rid of her and
may not one of his emisaIies have been the
pepetrator of the deed! Miss Barrowcliff had
no near relatives who will inherit her money,
ana II SDe were OuD OI bue Wdyj WHO WOuiQ
there be to push the suit?
WANTED TO LIVE ON HI HILL.
Mrs. Stanley was asked if she did not
think it queer that Miss B~arrowclif should
board in the lower part of the city when
most of her friends and scholars are located
upon the Heights. She said:
sYeS, it is strange and yet May did not
want to stay there. She has often told me
that she only remained ON Miss Dexter's ac-
count, as it was near the Ferry, and Miss
Dexter's work is in New York. She often
expressed a wish to be on the Hill again and
said she wished she was away from
Vernon's. Her reasons for wishing to leave
she never gave. Miss Dexter, on the con-
trary, seemed to desire to stay at Vernon's.
May finally decided to move on the Hill.
When she reached this decision | told her
that she could come and live with me and
she made all plans to do SO. We are going
to have our place enlarged; it will be done
by the spring. Miss Barrowcliff was going
to Europe with Miss Dexter and her plan
was to take up her abode with me on her
return
Mr.. Vernon's, in the first placer
ssHer father, after his wife's death, moved
to the city to be nearer his business. He
took a house near the Vernon's. When he
died, Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon were the first
ones to call on Miss Barrowclif to offer
sympathy. With their sympathy they also
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wasn't decided as to what she had best do,
and accepted. She has been there ever
SINCE"
among the boarders at Vernon's are two
brothers, one of whom was mixed up with
Weber in the policy scandals. Next to
Vernon's is a theatrical boarding house.
These associations may have been the cause
of Miss Barrowcliff's desire to change her
boarding house.
ENNIS DISCHARGED.
George Ennis, the vagrant suspect who
has been detained at headquarters on sus-
picion of being implicated in the assault upon
Miss B~arrowcliff, was a~rraigned
before Justice O'Donnell this morning
for a final hearing. Upon the recon-
mendation of Superintendent Smith, who
feels positive that Ennis knows nothing OF
che affair, he was released. A happier man
never left police headquarters than Ennis.
KEPT A DISORDERLY HOUSE.