The morning call., 1895-01-12
MYSTERY UP0N MYSTERY.

II the orators 81 the proposed mass
meeting 10 take into consideration the
shortcomings Of munlcit al government 10
this city want a theme for q stirring
speech, they can fod one in the mystery
which clouds the murder OF Eugene 4.
Ware. On Monday q calendar month will
have expired since this young man was
found dead 10 CAROLS drugstore On
Market street. II was made reasonably
certain that be bad not been murdered for
the sake OF robbery. and that bis death
bad not been preceded By a prolonged
struggle. Nothing else WAS apparen from
The position Of The body and It's surround
ings. The case was placed in the hands OF
the police, and experienced officers are
supposed 10 have been engaged in invssti-
eating II ever since. But up 70 the present
moment no, ray Of ligh. has been thrown
upon the crime.
IL the detectives know anything upon
which suspicious might be based. they
have kept their knowledge 70 themselves.
The deceased is not known to have had
enemies. He was not possessed OF money
or jewels, which might have prompted an
attack upon him for purposes Of plumber.
His habits seem to have been fairly good.
His chief fault y as a weakness for female
society, and be does not seem 10 have been
select 10 choosing 1t. Females Visited him
at the drugstore al unseemly hours Of the
night. One OF them. Chlta Jackson, was
with bin just before his death. She tsstI-
fed on the inquest that when she entered
the store she found an other woman there,
and that this woman was accompanied by
man, who aftsrYard went out and waited
In tie street for his com panioD, gho
Joined him there. Neither Mot wom0n
nor that nan hare been found by tie
poltce.
l. must be apparent even 10 persons not
Rfied with the detective instinct that these
Two persons may be able to furnish clew
to the mystery. 1t il very much against
them that they have not come forward,
and equally against the police that they
have not been found. This Is not such a
large city that pair OF suspects can evade
a thorough and Systematic search. They
must have homes or a home, and they
muss have acquaintance. III II is made
known Ia the class 10 which these persons
must have belonged that suspicion at
tsches 70 man and a @ogan who on the
night Of December IA we're in the neigh
borhood Of CarrolPs drugstore some one
would be almost certain 10 put tie police
on their trail, especially If reward were
offered for their discovery.
The care they have taken TO eyade de-
lection rouses prima faeie presumption
OF at least guilty knowledge. 1t has led
I..tt - IL
sumes that the pair sustained Illicit rela-
lions 10 each other, and that the woman
by visiting Ware had reused the jealousy
OF the man. The theory goes on TO sur
mise that after leaving the drugstore on
the night II the An the woman used
words which reused til Q jealous passions OF
the man to ungoyernabe fnry. and that in
his rage he entered the store and did the
unfortunate drug clerk TO death with
weapon which has not been found. The
poor boys arms were partially paralyzed
and he was defen seless. He was pro bably
struck senseless by the FIRST blow. There
may be nothing in this theory. 1t Is
merely one OF many conjectures to which
the failure OF the police to unravel the
mystery of the crime has given rise.
Ao IL Wub uOb
enough. minor mystery. which would
be udierous il anything could justify a
laugh In connection with 80 grave a mat
ter, has sprung up over the dead mans
funeral. expenses. o. the first shock.
everybody concerned promised to pay for
the funeral, and now every body desires to
be excused. Mrs. 5panier promised TO
foot the bill for laying her dead brother
under the ground; she now declines.
Carroll, the keeper off the drugs tore, is
said TO have professed his willingness to
pay the expenses: he repents OF his gener-
osity. The Knights Of Pvthias, to which
the deceased belonged, usually defray the
cost OF burying their members; they have
discovered that Ware was mot member
in good standing. Dir. Fluegel is said to
have told the undertaken to call upon him
in case OF any deficiency; he now invites
him to call again. 10 call often and early.
Thus, as the matter stands, the undertak-
ing company Is as much puzzled over It's
bill as the public Is about the identity of
the murderer. All which is very queer.