The sun., 1895-04-20

about o'clock last evening. She often comes
into the town BY night and wanders around
among the shops and stores gathering mp her
supplies Of provisions, for she 10 her own house,
keeper and maid Of all work. Ono place sho
stopped at was Samuel e. Buns hardware and
furnishing store in Farnsworth avenue. She
had check for SO drawn to her order by Il.
A. Lancaster q Co., her New York bankors.
She owed Mr.. Bun $40, and, giving him tho
check. she received tho difference in cash.
It's said that tho young man in the light over
coat and black derby hat was seen lettering
about Buns store when Mrs. Parnell left 1t. It
was 1920 O'Clock whom the aged woman was at
Buns store. and ON leaving It sho must have
set out at once for her lonely farm, where her
only companion, tho young daughter Of Farmer
John Casey, awaited her. She passed down
through the labvrinth of tracks about the old
railroad station and out over the main line
tracks which skirt tho high banks of the Della
ware.
When she reached the switchman's house and
telegraph station. It was hvo or ton minutes
bsfors O'Clock and quito dark. That time is
fred BY Dan Grimm. the night switchman. who
gave the aged woman his arm and walked down
tho track and over tho trestle bridge, just
below the signal station. with her.
II feel somewhat nervous tonight. Daniel" :"
said Mrs. Parnell. as she leaned on the big watch
mans arm, "and when I'm nervous lose my
strength"
"Itsa wonder you don't 60 to town in tho day
time to do your shopping" said Grlfan. "The
way i; SO dark. and there are so many tramps
."Oh. Daniel. I'm not bit afraid Of the tramps
I'm good to them and they wouldn't hurt mo"
usual, and ho fet not @ little anxious for her as
he escorted her down the roadside to tho little
WSieh fro"ss iASs Il. rsilroad T Then he ret retuPnsd
gid woman was not placing herself In great
Griffin had been at the station not moro than
twenty minutes, perhaps less, when two potters
told him that woman oman lay li on W the road @ near by
and AND. that they thought she must be hurt, a. she
Grain could not leave his switches, but Peter
aanother night worker on the railroad. started
wo@id carry them cerSitt S' Carrying i iapteITn tern
and a stout club. for Grimm told them,
Para.ll; When Corbitt and Haley reached the
young Charley Casey and his father bending
she vas Mrs. farpeii. Ili but her face was SO
covered covered with blood and dirt that she was
i1g greatly, The Cassys lifted hsr up p al and car
hsa hsS her to their house, whore they put her to
Young Casey hurried into town for DIR. Ships,
thnen nno went ont to lronsides at once. He at hrst
fSnouGht mo that the womsn's skull was fractured,
feeble She had lost much % S1ood rom ua's Wound W
shs ssa fsr a ssi
bruised gSSng Snt h face Gu; ana
a., a..aiiant had eviaeutly kept Kept himssif Well we'll
s,s. and d..s s:? so" ao wSsR
ping bag and made on. He must have tafen 70
tos 5Ses io. and fed in the direction Of Burling
the ssaspsss pa sat e. Sa
sfsss ss sT. IT, aa$ ss sss
M psPsrs n,a had been thrown out and scattered
s1ss at ssa:. sssa: ;sssa ss1s ss
S.t, 1ns there also told the story OF the rob-
aas Destrste BODY While S rsturnine @ from Bor
rsa ID to a"f Ss, @ and fes i.ns SH%s
Tsan T@nSasS SSsh hs father from their adjacent home
Near tbs .nnn ana Haley Haley came came up.
Sss, .s ion tiSSsg, and brick. Blood was spsttered
sns 'as have ot t.an sns e:
$:ss1s $S:qsns 81, suspect the lisht eysrcos. and
pas,sd dan three times Oncs, before O'Clock. he
1lss s,sp a9wn m the tracks and again. eome min
Mn Mpa parnsre ne returned not many minutes before
Thea n,ail neil appeared from the same direction.
10 IN ., .,veinents would seem TO give tAngibility
e NatsSiNr that the suspect was In Bordentown
GRIM Mrs, Parnells movements.
% 25 xsars scrlpss % him as man Of perhaps 22
Mayor tIn t;;iihn Old with q smooth-shaven face.
AID sent v,oert \, got Grifin's description OF him
den sna NJ " over the wires TO Burlington, Cam
MN. ~ ~ me stations up and down the road
tfamns yNiuea no return. Two sorry -lnoking
hsrd}x were arrested this afternoon but tt 10
the cas- p'ooaole that they know anything about
Ia. psrnell ar, f. past so years Of age now. and
hess WbipSt nSt iully recovered from siege OF i'll
iaown incomssa n.saGssd e. her year ago. Her only
The distIaohth, month, granted her In recognition OF
nodore stsss.hed sushed services Of her father. Com
,dDs li:ttsr 70 her friend. Mrs. Kn.ud. now re-
was s,drSew Sew York. she recently wrote that she
and uns,,eu TO ten cents and would die alone
BprQsn,osnued Mrs. KnAud hurried down TO
lqtersr's Is ths afternoon and has been at the
ShiDps % bedside ever since, Tonight Dr.
eolditiona says the injured woman Is in a critical
lei heavijv ner aer great age and enfeebled frame
lssatlan,a n,aHgested that perhaps Mrs. Parnells
Eehts was seeking some important doou-
| lime. 'rri ri Parnell Is known to have carried
tOuietn, a. satuable papers about with her and
$1,000 In she was known 10 have more than
| have G.si, tssh on her person. She is said 10
Al STOCKS and lost much.