The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-07

Tight, and examined them. There was
nothing but dust and lint and five
inches of brown wooden thread-evi-
IDENTIFY travelling from some dress ma
terial The blue silk and the brown
thread are the only possible clues which
have found today. and they are hardly
possible. Rufus wife can probably ac-
count for them. / have written to her
about them.
Nobody has come to the house all day,
I went down to the store this afternoon
to get some necessary provisions, and
people stopped talking when l came in
. The clerk took my money as II it were
poison.
Thursday night.-Today have
searched the sitting-room. out Of which
my fathers bedroom opens. I found
two bloody footprints on the carpet
which no one has noticed before-per-
haps because the carpet itself Is red and
white. used a microscope which
had in my school work. The footprints.
which are close to the bedroom. are
both from the right foot; one is brighter
than the other, but both are faint. The
foot was evidently either bare or clad
only in a stocking-the prints are SO
widely spread. They are wider than
nv fathers shoes. tried one In the
brightest print.
found nothing else new In the Sit
ting-room. The bloodstains on the
doors. which have been already noteo,
are still there They had not been
washed away, first by order OF the
sheriff, and next by mine. These stains
are OF two kinds; one looks as II maze
by a bloody garment brushing against
II: the other, should say. was mace IN
the first place by the grasp OF a pioouS
hand, and then brushed over WIN
cloth. There are none OF these HaiNs
upon the door leading into the lroh'
entry and the china closet. Ine CHINA
closet Is really pantry although l
use II only for my best dishes anu pre-
serves. ..o
FRIDAY night.-Today ! searched tne
c,osst One of the shelves. Which Is
aho,yt as high as my shoulders, was
b,oodtained. 1t looked to me II tne
murderer might have caught noid oi ~
TO steady himself. Did he turn rant
after his dreadful deed? Some tumpiers
of Jelly were ranged on that SHELF ana
they had not been disturbed. There was
only that bloody clutch on the edge.
I found on this closet door. under the
shelves, as If 1t had been rolled there by
a careless foot, button, evidently from
q mans clothing. 1t Is an ordinary
black -enamelled metal trouser button;
It had evidently been worn of ana
clumsily sewn on again, for quantity
OF stout white thread Is still clinging to
At. This button must have belonged
either to a single man or one with an
idle wife.
II one black button has been sewn on
with white thread another Is likely to
be. I may be wrong, but regard this
button as q clue.
The pantry was thoroughly swept
cleaned, indeed, by Rufus wife. the day
before she left. Neither my father nor
Rufus could have dropped 1t there, and
they never had occasion to go to the
closet. The murderer dropped the but
tonN
have a white pasteboard box which
/ have marked. "Clues." In 1t have
put the button.
This afternoon Phoebe Dole came in.
She Is very kind. She has recut the
dyed silk, and she fitted 1t to me. Her
great shears. clicking in my ears, made
me nervous. I did not feel like stop
ping to think about clothes. I hope
did not appear ungrateful, for she Is
the only soul beside Henry who has
treated me as before this happened.
Phoebe asked me what found to
busy myself about. and replied. II am
searching for my fathers murderer"
She asked II thought should find a
clue, and replied, II think So" had
found the butten then, but did not
speak Of It. She said Maria was not
very well.
II saw her eyeing the stains on the
doors, and said I had not washed them
of, for thought they might yet serve
q purpose in detecting the murderer
She looked at those on the entry door
the brightest ones-and said she did
not see how they could help for there
were. no plain finger marks there, and
che should think they would make me
netvpus.i
"rp beyond being nervous" said I.
Saturday. To-day have found some
thing which cannot understand. !
have been at work In the room where
mysfather came to his dreadful end. OF
c0lkfS1 some Of the most startling EVIL
Aiences have been removed. The bed ID