New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-16
BLOOD ON THE SLEEVES.
BEGINNING THE EXAMINATION OF WILL
IAN STARR HENRY.
MR.. EATON THE CHEMIST. SAYS THE SHIRT THE
PRISONER WORE WAS BLOOD STAINED
WALTER HENRY on THE STAND
TRYING TO FIND WHO KILLED


TRYING TO FIND WHO KILLED
THE BROOKLYN MIsER.
William Starr Henry. charged with the murder
Of hs miser father Charles W. Henry al MS
house, No. 95 South Portland-ave.. Brooklyn on
tho night Of June "A. was arraigned before justice
Haggerty in the Myrtle-ave. police court yes
terday morning for hearing. lie was repre-
sented bv Foster /, Backus, while Dstrict-At-
torney Rdgway represented the people Ine
courtroom was crowded. showing that n keen IN
terest in still set In the mysterious crime wal
ter Henry. the favoritc son. vas on hani' III
company with Morrison Hoyt the cousin, VINO
has taken 90 active An interest In the defence'
Among Others present were Coroner kene' Dr'
4 Warner shepard and Police Inspector Nc
Laughlin.
The most interesting witness was Ashael Eaton.
the chemist. who has anaiyhei the stains Oh '"e
sleeve of the shirt worn by William when he gave
himself up to the police Of ne Fonrth PRECINCT
station on the Saturday morning following me
discovery OF the old mscr's dead Dody. Ills 's''
mony as follows:
have made analyses in great many imi,or'an,,
c,ses The police handed me "A mans shirt. one OF
the sleeves the night, appearsa 10 nare ID an
analysis / submitted 1t 70 more than one ,es,; ,oo
found certain whitish yellow STAINS; "n,on IN upy r@
exsmn"iion OF tne blood corTuscles succeeded
In getting arsc number Q, '2rphtSTs p,,Snsl nul,e
number from all the Places, enough to snow n. c2n
cusvely the presence Of blood The corpasSSess psS
took from my own hand professor Eaton Is over over
sy ,bsrc was no blood on that The blood found
extended up about six ncnes hpove w w wristband
Nv method OF examination vas to cut out me
stained pieces of the cloth. lay them on piece OF
plate glass and scrape them with scape inno men
rvamluol what I scraped on under miscroscope
They scraped on from portions r %l tne NJ
which apparently hal been wasnri me yrs so uAis :
id not show much washing That struck me as
peculiar coud not tell Win any n,,sces would
not show whc,he they were Of the oo9d Of an ola
or young man. did not notice any blood on snS axe
There was no evidence that 1t had been washed
pr. 4 W Shepard related the circumstances OF
the post -moriem examination as ne told them a,
the investigation held by the Coroner. Ills peher
was iha; the murder was commi''eo o."
wednesday night At II o'clock.
c,roncr Kene followed Or shepard and told OF
his berg SUNNI ned 10 the house "h''h "e
reached about 20 O'Clock on the night OF June a.
lie examined the house and found no evidence u
i, h,vlns been forced The axe found In the house
might have inflicted the confused WOUNDS nut
mn, the lncis.i wounds. He Identified the letter
,vhtch n. received from Walter Henry ana "hch
ask cd Z, tell how Walter came TO hand hin tne
letter which put william IN rather a oau "s"''
Wei Walter was reading 1t and became IN,
fer.sted and asked him - hand 1t I" me lie u'u
40 and kept it 49,. ,o,,so
Tn. policeman Welsh who went to the mouse
with walter Henry and discovered with MIN lhe
old mans dead body told ~ going through 'he
house and testified that when the body Mas lo'''a
al tAe foot II the basement stairs .Waitet n nau
a,,d This - the WORK ~ Wili'am. Ihere was
| only a spring latch on the front NesuouIe a""' ~
and am one with key could have opened IT, "e
SAID . . 49,. ,,a,d
when Walter Henry was called TO the s'and
.,.r, ~. in IN, courtroom was upon MN ne
d,d no; seem o. b. nervous. Aiter dcs'' .p!ns
hls visits % tn. house before the hndihs "l .n'
h.dv and telling 4 talks wl,h his bro'h'r r.
gsrilur his faihcr's queer ways. ne was dSN'H'
"pid YOU have 90 kcy ~ the house
so sir" WAS the reply. Inc IaS' u.".
saw nv father icf0rc found his body WIN w ~
officer he was alive / h1i no du.irei WIN
| hu, and n, ane had assaulted him wh'n iast
s.w him alive" Dstrict-AttOrney ihdsway 'h,,
| offered IN evidence the famous letter OF ti' on
man To- Waiter. In which william IL denouh'rn
rnr his uunlial conduct and cNtravlganc" anu u"
| which Walter Is told that william must pe
| watched ar h. viii do them bodily harm
Mr. Hackus objected to the introduction oi
the letter but Il was admitted in eviienc".
! After other unimportant testimony han p,"N
b.nrd An adjournment was taken until friday
morning ,,,,,,, .nt ho
Mr. Rackus says he expects william VIII De
! held FOR the Grand jury