Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-24
kSSASSIN'S HANDPRINT.
Miser Henry's Murderer Left a Bloody Record on the Door.
IT MAY LEAD TO HIS DISCOVERY.
The Brooklyn Police Reveal Some More Points In Their Case Against William. He Was Seen Running From the House With a Bundle by a Barber.


 Points In Their Case Against William.
 He Was Seen Running From the House
 With Bundle by a Barber.
 BROOKLYN, June 24.-Invcstigation in the Henry murder mystery during the past 24 hours has shown pretty conclusive ly that the bloSsly handprint left on tho basement dOor was not made by the fin gers of tho old miSCr. \ rCaSOnablc pre- sumption exists, then, that it was left by the hand of the man who committed the crime
 The Recorder has had the handprint pho tOgraphcd. It has also secured from Mark Twain an explanation of the source from which he took the idea that is worked out in "Pudd 'nhCad Wilson" of the detection of murderer by the print of his hand. The author is absolutely certain that no two men could mako the same thumb prints.
 Evidence Is brought out that William Henry has posed in public as a hypnotic subject. This raises the question whether he is fully responsible for his acts. Phrc- nologiSt Si2er compares the cranial dcvcl- opmcnt of Walter and William Henry He feels absolutely sure that the latter is of the mOrC aggressive temperament.
 Time of the Murder Established.
 It was fully established yesterday that the police had by no means put forward the full strength of their case at the in quest, and that if all tho evidence had been submitted there could have been no question that tho prisoner would have been held. As n matter of fact, the police had no interrSt in securing verdict ad- verse to William, for they were fully aware Ih.Af nN lNor bay IT .Nf h., iy, quest might bc the prisoner would still be held for examination.
 At the inquest there seemed to be every reason tn believe that the police had made hlundrr in fixing the time of the mur- der on Wednesday night, but it is now pretty evident that this view is the correct one, It will be rCmcmbcrCi that Dr. ShClari testified that when he saw the body at nOUn on sunday he was sure that not more than 36 hours had elapsed since death, which would fix the time of the murder aS Thursday night. In his opin. ion Dr. ShcParl was strongly supported by Coroner kCnc, who saw the body at : o'clock on Friday evening and who thought that not over l2 hours had elapsed since death. The evidence in the hands of the police leaves not the slightest doubt that both these gentlemen were mistaken
 There arc two reasons why the police are convinced that the murder took place not later than early Thursday morning One of these is that no newspaper of that date was found in the house..
 IL was Mir. HCnry's invariahle practice to g0 out early every morning and buy a newspaper, and the 3 cents he paid for the paper always formed the first item of his daily account uf expenditures Probably for the first time in 40 years he did not buy paper on Thursday morning Wednesdays account slip was the last he ever wrote, for no record of the cxprndi. lures has hcCn found.
 William Ran With a Bundle.
 This fixing of the murder on Wednesday night or early next morning has an i'm pOrtant bearing on the charge against Will liam Henry Now. WilliamIhas sworn posi- lively that he never visited his father $ house nor even went near it after the Sat urIiay prCcCding the murder, when he and his mother wCrc turned out of doors. At the cOronrr's \ inquest Barber SchweithClm, whose shop is at 97 South Portland ave nuc, two doorS from the Henry house, sworr positively that he saw William leav- ing the house about o'clock on Thurs. day morning. He rcmcmbcrcd tho fact particularly, because William appeared to be in an unwnntcd hurry, and he called the attention of a customer he was shay ing to him at the time
 It was learned on excellent authority that this was by no means the whole of the harhcr'S testimony, and that the star tling fact that he not only saw William running from the house, but that the young man was carrying bundle at the time, had been suppressed.
 II seems that SchwCithClm, when first intcrr0gatCd by the police, frankly told the story of the bundle. Subsequently, he became impressed and perhaps q little in fiucnccd by the strong tide of public sen timCnt that set in in favor of the accused son, and showed a disposition to say no more than was absolutely necessary It may be that, like many of his ncighbors, he did not regard the old miscr's death as a great afiliction and was naturally loatL to injurc a man who might after all be in- nOCent
 However this may have been, he said not a word about the bundle at the inquest, and the proSCCution, being by no means anxious |" use up all their ammunition. did not press him on the point.
 The police regard this as evidence of the utmost importancc, confirming as it does. their theory that William took with him from the house tho weapon with which the murder was committed and such DOT. tions of his clothing as were stained witt blood. In no other way have they been able to account for the disappearance of these articles.