The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-03-01
FOUND SOME CLEWS
A PROBABILITY THAT THE MUIR
DERER WILL BE RUN DOWN.
If a Reward is offered an Impetus
Will be Given to the Now Weak
Attempt to Solve the Mystery.
The Murder Was Probably
Committed on January IL,

Gradually the mystery of the murder at
500 South Fifth avenue is approaching a
! solution.
Ii the officers only exert themselves the
whole matter eau be cleared up in short
| time.
AS yet the officers have made no pro-
gress in the case, but the search-light of
! the EAGLE has been at work industriousiy
and has discovered many important mat
| ters that afford good clews to an explana-
tion of the murder, and perhaps the dis
covery and capture of the murderer.
! The officers say that it is almost i'm
possible to do anything without first
ascertaining the name of the murdered
man. So far as this point is concerned the
| EAGLE is nearly IN a position to establish
| his name and something OF his an
tecedents. When this is done the case
Will be an easy one to work.
The general opinion is that the man was
dead some six weeks when the body was
found; that is mistake. The murder
was committed. in all probability on the
night of February II. On the night of
February he dealt with certain party
and gave him $40 gold piece to settle the
bill. He was seen 10 enter his house
after this transaction and had not
been seen afterwards till the murder was
discovered. There was smoke seen com
| ing out of the house on the day of Feb
ruary IL and for the last time. That was
I he day of the big snow storm. It WAS, as
will be recollected, a night suitable for the
commission of such horrible crime. The
snow was banked up everywhere and pa:
ticularly in that locality and it certainly
would not be unreasonable to think that
nobody would visit the house for several
day and discover the murder;
not, at least. till the murderer would
have good start in his flight from the
IS l. h..
next day. Webber was the leasee and
naturally would have to pay the rent.
reporter for the EAGLE also learned
that the murdered man was not Irish, bat
Scotch aud had "a touch of the Scotch
brogue which is similar to the Irish
brogue, and hence the story first told that
he was an lrishman. A party was found
last night that had the conversation with
him in which he said that he was Scotch
man.
If Governor Lewelling would offer a
small reward it would stimulate the Of
fcers to exertiOn, for they don't like to
work without some hope of reward.
No inquest has been held yet owing to
absence of Coroner McCollister from the
city. The delay does not hurt, however
for in IL case Of this kind it takes two or
three days talking to obtain any facts that
would give light to the matter. The body
is at Undertaken CLIPS and it will proba-
bly, be photographed for future identifica-
ton.
All day yesterday crowds visited the
scene. They went there in legions, black
and white, and the relic cranks are begin
ming to get in their work. AT night time,
however. they keep away from there, for
among the supersttious colored people in
the neig hborhood there is dread that the
ghost of the dead man may be haunting
the place, and they do not care to encoun-
ter it.
For some reason or other, a report has
gained currency that it was the younger
that got killed. That is a sake. 1t
was the elder one, and ne was at least 10
years old