The sun., 1895-05-29
BUTLER HARRISS MURDER.
1To ARRESTS THAT MAY GIVE THE
Police a CLUE.

"A
whom Has Beeu Psrt,y Identinsd as
Bcius One OF Pair that Catered
Hou.. Yesterday Afternoon Two Blocks
from the sceue OF the Murder-strsnEe
Coincidence orThieves Working In Pairs.
The police OF the East Fifty y.nrst street sta
tion aud the Headquarters men who are trying
70 find the murderer or murderers OF NJ Z. ID.
Borden's second butler. Ferdinand Harris were
set TO thinking harder than ever by several
things that happened yesterday afternoon.
II these things do not assist them in their
search they will at least convince them that
there are an unusual number OF thieves prowl-
ing about the Twenty ty-third precinct in pairs.
Early in the afternoon pair OF thieves found
their way into the house Of DIR. b. W. Bisseil In
West Fifty-eighth street. and escaped after
Mrs Bjssel had had good look Mt them.
Later q pair of young fellows were arrested In
East Fifty-frst street with more than Sloo
worth Of plunder upon them that they hau JUST
stolen from house In that street.
Dr. Bissell identified one OF the prisoners iast
night from his wifc's description. as one OF the
two who had been at his house. What bearing
II any, these arrests may have on tho harris
murder case remains to be seen
The Doctor lives at IL West Fifty y-eighth
street next door to the homo OF ex-Chef OF
Police Byrnes which is only two blocks from
NJ c. d. Borden's house. where Butler Harris
was murdered. DR.. and Mrs. Bssell had nm
engagement to attend a wedding In Forty-hfth
s,reet at 4:3O O'Clock. The Doctor had bus'-
ness further down town earlier In the AFTER
noon and Mrs. Bssell was to drive down ana
meet him.
II was few minutes before O'Clock when
she had dressed and started to come down
stairs There are three rooms on the first floor.
The rear one is tho Doctors study. A ooor
from It. opens into the hall. 1t is visible three
- atatr
hall there is rather dark. Mrs. Bissell wanted
the Doctors colored boy James to do something
for her and she leaned over the rail and looked
down in the hall to see II she could see MN.
Sne thought she did. Some one about his size
stood in the doorway of the study. She called:
James come here a moment
Instead Of obeyng her. the figure at the door
turned and walked into the study. Mrs. Bissell
continued down the stairs The want OF one.
,icnce on the part Of the boy annoyed her. and
she spoke sharply:
james, why don't you como when call
you?"
Then the figure turned again and walked
quickly through the hall to the front door. threw
Il omen. and ran out. Mrs. Bissell saw then that
IL wasn't James. She was almost at the oottom
~ tho stairs Just a. she reached the bottom
second man ran out of the study and dashed BY,
almost touching her as he passed he went out
the front door, slamming 1t behind him.
Mrs Bissell had read Of the visit OF the two
men to the Borden house and OF the murder
and, like nearly all the ladies in the neishe0r.
hooa was .harsn, ss of !, when she saw the first man.
hadn thoush. .. II. nnn nm hv her II fla ,hed
across her mind that perhaps these were the
two murderers. and she screamed The scream
brought tho Doctors boy and the other servants,
who had all been in the basement. Mrs. Bis
sell told them OF the TWO men. in. .o'V W.. w.
ran to the door and out into the street. mere 70
was o, sho ,vas 70 On to meet the Doctor came
wh'ch sae was wa ,hsrc :" was no time to lose
to meet him and get to tho wedding.
Mrs. Bl.sell started off, warning ming, the the
servants to keep all the doors iocsea anu anu
admit nobody She me. the M Ss, "ha %aa
way 70 tne weuu'ns .ou ,ha ~ ,oda,,a wa. over
a they sass eona % S' they
,hs Enst Fifty. first street police station Acting
Captain @ tain steinkamp was there busy with mat
,ers pertaining t. ,le murder; ., He was srs-
mendou'ly interested in Mrs & Bisselas sSaasG s,ory
and took it nil down Mrs. Bsseil remembered m
tho Of the man, she said well snosn
iuehtiiy mem ~, h", ,.nahs Thov w,rf
They a,n ' ona being very short This
U.. u., ors n brown derby hat. The other one had
a derby hat, too, but she could not tell the color
Tbcv wore ragged clothing of no particular
color, unless it was dirt. Their faces were
or"tSi w, Won,mh' nidh ,hev succeed in getting ava,
,;,, y. H. s,'cn rho acting CAPTAIN when the stor!
WIN aSheo i 'h' "'''h i
WAS an cr ,",t; ,o. ed at his wife and she look e,
n, III nfm ~" Tbrn they both said: I'm sure
et nun in,' ''ie' ~
a4m AnnW, n"tor orn,aiped that he hadn't beeI
] iho ami a,"I, nnu,dn,t tell until he got there TIL
nome. anu !, .p,'" w., onId "a snnI n man around late
thputn p,I" Iau -. NVhen they had gone he cal ie
70 nm bar ~ thc detectives and sent them ou
~ nuUer ot 70 Tu he Wouldn't say. nor would
Sing miut n onipinn M AZ To The possibity of thcs
eSrtsS xp thievns S Being the murderers OF Harris
wo tnevoI ti, oe,ns @ w. .oen Inter MT his home by
Dr. , olssti, WI II. said that when he went Int
Tt s,rIv ruT ne found the drawers OF his desk a
MS s'uui ~ ~, 1919 V,,'ors unused nm He had "A lC
opei. opei.;i an; w pim.,rmments in these drawer
Whether anv OF them we're missing or not Ii
w netne. hS aiy on, W ,el nntii I'm needed them Ia
sau ne rnu,u NJ iu nnipinn nj, he said that they ha
ust' ~ =. rn.. ~ ,pnrc tbau n few moments an
nov peen nfle NV hova lime IN ret nnyt hin,
h. uy ,,e hnv. licked up this silver ana vol
on me aeSk l,9n lnS pI'hhbS hnt thev We're eyidenti
orhhhe',t"i ;a Ion mo- when Mrs Bissel nj