The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
NICHOLS MURDER CLUES.
BRIDGEPORT POLICE SURE THEY
ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

LooEinE TOR TIVE Men in Addition to the One
in Cnstody-Ths ssi,sing wen Arc Charles
Boinay and David weeks-The Evidence
Against the BIen So Far ne Developed.
BRIDeEPoRT, Conn, July 2s.-To-day's devel-
opments have satisfied the detectives at work
on the Nichols murder case that in John Weeks,
tho young man arrested yesterday, they have
ono OF the mel who were at tho Nichols farm
house on last Wednesday night and killed
Charles Marcus Nichols. Charles Boinay, who
left suddenly on Monday. and ono other man
whose name tho detectives refuse to give, are
the three men wanted to clear up the mystery.
To-day Weeks was taken in hand by the detec-
tiyes in order to got . statement from him. At
FIRST he refused TO say anything. but later talked
freely. His story to-day was different from that
told by him when he was first arrested, and 1t is
clear to the detectives that he 10 not telling the
truth. 1t 10 believed that Weeks has made
statements OF great Importance to tho police,
but they refuse TO make any part Of 1t public.
This morning Mrs. Weeks. mother Of the
prisoner, and her daughter, Mrs. Boinay, wife
Of Charles Boinay, accompanied by several
neighbors and relatives, arrived at Police Head
quarters. Mrs. Boinay talked freely about her
husband and his whereabouts tho day and
night of the murder. She says she had known
her husband for only about q year before their
ma aithoiRh 10 40 hoh sOeobN oeSs
Tho couple were married on Juno Is last. For
a year before that Boinay had made his home
when In this noighborhood at Weeks's. Mrs.
Boinay said:
"Idon't know where he spent his boyhood,
but o part Of the time he lived with the Rev.
G. NJ. Luce of Richmond, Mass. He intended to
be q missionary. and is q member Of the Chris
tian Endeavor Society. When I would ask him
about his business affairs he would tell me not
to bother my head about them. He had q good
business, he said, and could make plenty Of
called Mason, and I don't believe he ever went
by that name"
coniding nature. Her faith in her husbands in
nocence is bespoken by the sincerity Of her man,
the suspicion under which he rests is mentioned.
Mrs. Boiney says her husband was at home tho
s p,Fes days a. SIC feli ES = Io5n On sSs Sturdy follow.
ing the murder he went to New York and re-
iHEpls sst f Ss again tsG 'H ieft f foF New 4n Y MGRa's sh %o ee.
compsnied him that time. and left him At tho
Grand e.. ns9 Ge spsinl station N ! bo 5Ssayn saTs f Se this ba stsy r.
business Is peddling notions, and she cannot .ex-
plain why he has spent so much time in New
Police Superintendent Birmingham said to-
might; ". v,n. two man vet, so,nav !, ono o,
them; who the other is I don't care to say Just
yet. When we. get them We can clear up the
SotS m %S'I %iii Sc so nxo ,i m,e1 be arrested 1sie AND viii viii
pay the penalty for the Nichols murder. think
ihe women Of the Weeks family know some,
that Boinisy deceived them into believing i'm to
be a law.abiding citizen"
David Weeks, q brother Of the man now in eus-
tody.. David Weeks 10 a %canaller on the Erie
fore the crime. and is believed to be the man
with the black eyes of. whom Miss Nichols
| Waeka want away tho day after the murder.
and nothing since has been seen Of him.
A member Of Boinay's family is authority for
New York State prison. ,Boinay posed here
SSeG married as T Mss iGshEw tai9'0 she oe se1nsny' was as n not
performed by a local clergyman. Boinay sum
young man who, he said, wal a theological
student friend of his when he was in college.
sister sef Mrs. 81 B San \ yo'n He has his't told the detectives
that Charles Boinay had not been at home for q
week before the murder. Mrs; Boinay said
t1.m night Wsa Of the % n3Hb, as ana s sats a there To.
% weeks a sns S SaSe0r him c] roSsro to Mss Ms Many
Nichols. sister Of the murdered man. for tho
him. Hs viii Sc made to, laugh and talk and
utilize his voice In several ways to allow Miss
sounds Of Which she often speaks as the awful
music that ratified her brain" Miss Nichols is
now strong enough to ST. up and t miGin ana iS sae n VIII
oner. Whether she succeeds In Identifying him
Or moi; later he will be taken before Miss Kate
bound: gagged. and robbed by burglars on May
81. Miss Kate Nichols, at the time she was tied
to the chair. distinctly remembered that one of
the men who attacked, her had an irregular
patch on his trousers. The trousers found in tho
home of Weeks answer that description, and she
will be asked 10 identify them II possible. II
Miss Nichols is sure that the trousers are the
Same. the most important piece Of evidence yet
at hand will thus be confirmed and go In a long
measure to prove the contention that the two
Jobs were the work Of the Same gang.
To-day an express package addressed to Mrs.
Charles Boinay, care ]. L. Farnham. shelton. ar
rived at that place. 1t was taken in charge by
Chief of Police Tomliuson of Shelton. and he re-
fuses to disclose what the contents are. The po-
lice have in their possession a $40 gold piece
which was secured from a saloon keeper whose
place of business Is in tho northern part OF the
city, near the Trumbull line. The coin is old.
and was given to tho saloon keeper by a man
who answers tho description Of Boinay on last
Saturday night. Part OF tho plumber taken by
the robbers at George NJ. Nichols's was S65 In
gold. one OF tho pieces being a $40 gold piece,
COINED many years ago. and which was given to