The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10
REEDS LIFE AMONGW 0
DID III DO THE INJURY wHTUH
HIS MURDERER ATENGEDP

riehh track. and that IL will not be long before
the mystery win DO cleared and the a~ssassins
put behind the bars.
A told In THE suS this morning. the robbery
theory has been abandoned. Tho police Arc
working on the belief that revenge was the !
motive.
The Detectives believe that II they can ind the
men who dashed along Holden street In q Con- |
cord buggy . few minutes after / o'clock on
Saturday morning they win have the murderers
Of Henry r. Reed and his sister. Detectives
are searching nearby mountains and villages, |
in tho hope Of obtaining further traces Of tho
men In the buggy. A detective said to TIE sUN
reporter to-nisht:
The person or persons who killed Henry
Reed and his sister had . deem grudge against
Reed His sister ives killed because It was not
safe for her to be alive. The murdorers no
doubt feared she would disclose their identity,
or Al least the man who shot and struck her
with the mallet did. Moreover. It 10 safe TO as
sumo that the men who did the killing knew
every inch Of the interior Of Henry Reeds
house I Am satisfied that there were two
men tn the case. and not three or one, a. some
people would have It According to the way I
figure D out one OF the men went Into the house
and ala the killing, while the other sat outside
under the wagon she'd to the len of the house In
the Concord buggy, awaiting the return Of his
companion. At . signal the man In the wagon
drove out Of Webster avenue or tho lane into
Holden street, where ho was Joined By his part
nor. That u how Mira David Fairfield came to
see tho man walking out Of the lane ct about
~ The man who crept into the house entered
t u % -: u .R RSfSSS door So va ln ass rSsd; fastsnSS. 'A''
Reed slept on the nrss door, and was asleep
i Esea Ia' P %sFS BEEN %S pssSsSd = familiar Hi,S the
room s9d its s5Fs1Gsmsn &, he TSni cs,. aSys
tseH ,Itsors s11 ia 1ft oor. IxIthouah ths moon va
E Es5t,s ssa sso SsI :.! ssa'fEE ssss ~ a sGSn S g % :
fsl HefS Is. ss ss. bed ~ to 5 &. sd RSsd'' E0'iss, ssa
F TSe Sus sdeTa raised The heavy malss he
carried IN his band ana bS0ash. 4
corner Of the bsdsheei lnso ,Hesd'o nouih and
down dSsni 70 iav g tHS 't TIE cause q re noise. sSr
shIssh Oh 9th her = Soo asf some "fI or ss3en feet
from the bed. He raised hi1 pistol and shot her
toq5 timea- The woman fell acrOss the thres
I'm make sure Of his work he beat her head
Into . Jelly with his mallet Going down stairs
Sssesl Into aa; pup. The hood susSsd OUT q sbs
zigSfsss e e :. nc ssl RasSss, s siS sss IN. L ' sosh
TictIms TeSe dead the murderer Lat tho house
ous Of tho lane Into Holden street. As
he "r y , t9rAff r. hsafSSn IL ro e no mo
5: e fnl AIN Kim BED 3 ss. 4 i Z & &, y We yS ssa, es Ct
ind the tHo men WIZ dsoSe out Holden street
ssTc,s saa sEiaEs sSS1 nd 6s sa%rSi sso ssA ms sat HI
~ tsss X b. S: sssst -: =. s 4 q "a sss &c manner be;
d O.: ass n IN b.: :ef Rssd '1 = a Essf s.i !. a ss:s. sz
to io-S Sifiss 3 sso ssRsFs' who have STUDIED the case
MIA baaS Fsirneld Is not the only person
tdlI oSs HfaiaeS st1es. across he HoesieS River
ra1sst s soSi ,o MES Ea and S. = tn sSHIS ToH sss
now Fs.elsoes taH: shs th%saaISd so9ndss .s On the
Rsys been Thinking Of Al The sounds l
t hsss1 ahasI thSasGsSs to s. The kicking q one Of
IN n Ssss 3 We Az n I Efaat,z s b .2 R.'iSs su shot; a.s ss
Shieh mishs have @Tlisd tn the mo fstf Ssssi Whit 3;
. little hlack-and.tan terrier owned by Amos
hrsssesS sss ltvss Just n asIosS the S.vI lh1s
taat was sttae6ed TO il Ssant nstxhed. .The
HIasS i / ssoaia T not sec zee him rom my houss.
walked to the doorway and looked out toward
saw the horse hitched to the buggy walk slowly
out Of the lane TO Holden street could not dis.
wore 3 dark suit went 70 my pantry TO get
something to eat As / did 30 ! cav . mar
"f,k Ns. h I!I5 s:tIO sR 'H Sh tanf Ma Il h SSiras stie saw
the buggy leave the lane.
am. The ,i SSaS 60 Ss6 SgSs{d S ESS 's Sna f e. aSoe sso shs
.ea- Ildi9ES Hys. % S0Ith H aoao1 street He A.
street The young men are ehums- Their story
Is highly Important and corroboratea the onI
FsaaE s.ccEtPn End are sogssssss = gE ss;
ssrse came ana ~ va sit as far sI' as FTanfs SSoasa.1s
S RhS sm %a sat d eiEar 81 ss' from fFom e: sSsspi sin ssehi W
reached there until soon after l. From where
We sat we could SEQ any one who passed mp oil
YER soon after We sat down 2 hack dsov.
on foot pass in either direction. and I am sur
that no carriage went BY; We heard no sounds
GO CO. any heard asaS T tSo e afei inns i'm tho boardins Seus,
strike l as 1 started TO go. Frank offered M
few minutes mora. Then I said that It was get
ting late and I had to get home. Frank said h
would walk down the street with me. 50 WI
We had walked q little way down tovarC
the lane, but were still some distance away from
Il, when we both heard . carriage In front Of us
The horse was pounding the road hard and Wa
evidently being driven tor 81 there was IN MN
buggy that We did not see where It had conn
from. There arc only two places from which /
could have been driven. or else 1t would hav'
passed by rs while we were sitting on the from
steps OF my friends boarding house. Il wa
came from the lane leading to the tenemen
house opposite the Reed home.
and 1t went across the bridge dying. tho horse
feet making q great racket on the boards OF tn
bride. Frank remarked to me that that felloy
was In a good deal of a hurry, and he ~certainl.
waa, We walked down the street rapidly ATTIC
the buggy, and saw IL turn to the right acros
the fridge and up River street. As we walke'
toward the bridge We could stil distinctly hea
direction OF the Eagle street crossing.
We stood on the bridge for several minutes
but supposed that the carriage had either KEEP
on straight ahead or else turned to the left u
Eagle street. for the horse was not turne'
toward the town again or else WI would hay
heard the sound IS be crossed the river bridge
We stood on the bridge for fifteen minutes afte
the sound OF the horses hoofs had become Ia
distinct, but heard nothing more. Then 1 wen
home.
II am sure that nothing passed us vhIle "