The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-09

carpets, tapestry, sllyeryaro, banjos, %viollns,
clocks, crockery. and brlc,a-brac. In passing
dining room and Kitchen, one was Obliged TO
climb over. q pile OF bedding in order TO reach
tho stairs leading to the bedroom whore Miss
This dust covered stairway leads to an attic
storage room, which Is also filled will. odds and
ends. To tho east of this room Is where Miss
Reed slept. There Is nothing characters tic of
an old maid about the room. Cockroachos
S SnSs cha iSG or 0 snS S arfieie t on f qaGGifPSsod save n9or a
rickoty dissrranged bed, was TO be seen. Three
mattresses were piled upon this bed, and their
reclining position half upright. There were no
sheets, pillows, nor spreads.
Reeds room was only a little heater. There was
an old piece OF Brussels carpet on the floor and
n pair OF pillows and n sheet on the bed. An
organ stood IN the corner OF the kitchen nnd It's
had curtains. Tho blinds are invariably kept
closed.
their truth or falsity could DO established, would
assist the officers In abandoning or adhcring to
With whom Reed Transacted business say that
he had a tray OF gold and silver watches. lot
Of silver watches were, found by the police in
ono he carried. has been discovered thus far:
The gold watches may yet be found. as it viii
require n weeks good work TO search the whole
house In a thorough manner.
On the other hand, others ellcge that Reed dis.
posed OF his gold watches quito recently. Itthis
DRY to rest upon. Reeds clothing containeda few
dollars, and three plain gold rings worn by Miss
liable trinkets about the house which were not
taken away. The theory OF revenge is accepted
p py S s 'fBs ut q thsy t DO P not ov sg SelRs a sn9 d mSss
theories, and are ready to act upon the slightest
suggestion that appears reasonable.
when zen Examined. p The po sHn &oHGl0e EXAMINE ina
lions were made at Simmons s. Carpenters
was found that Reed had fbs BEEN s siubbed and shot
to death. His skull was fractured. Miss Reeds
body showed that she had been shot four times.
One bullet wound was in the throat, another
was in tho temple, the third and fourth were in
the breast. The woman's face had been beaten
to an unrecognizable mass. As powder marks
were visible on the skin, she was evidently shot
at close range.
Chief Of Police Kendall and. sherin Frink
meet the 2:39 train from Boston. 1t was cX-
pected that a young woman would arrive on 1t
very well known in North Adams, and the police
had received information from an apparently
trustworthy source that she had been engaged
to marry Reed. 1t was said that she would have
welded Reed long ago had not Miss Reed OBJ
jected.. 1t is certain that Roed feared assassina-
ternoon a is mentioned by joseph II. Levine. the
Eagle street grocer. He met Reed coming out of
Stumbled, Slipped Sip from from the /" step asasV and Si't turned if lis
ankle; ,,u., ,
1t is said that Reed remarked to several PEG.
pie lately that he was afraid that an, attempt
Noulu 10 u W Idho MS llc w Hit lhteu
had tho reputation of being a shylock, accord
ing to Joseph Haskins he was not the merciless
man that the tongues of some had made him out
to be. II was in debt to Henry Reed not long
ago." said Mr.. Haskins. Il owed Reed $50.
When he came to my house to collect the money
he found me sick In bed. He looked at mo for a
minute and then remarked that he guessed l
wasn't able to give him any money and that
some other time would do just as we'll"
Joseph Haskins says that Reed was in need of
ready money n day or two before the tragedy.
He asked my brother Herbert for SO that
Herbert owed him. said Haskins. "He told
Herbert that he was very short, and that he
could use all the money he could lay his hands
on"
Some people here believe that Reed went
around begging and borrowing money when all
the while his pockets were filled with bank
notes. From hints that the detectives tonight
are dropping it is probable that several arrests
will be made shortly.
1t is reported tonight that Reed left a will
which beQueaths to Miss Jennie Ray of this
place all his property, real estate and otherwise.
Miss Rays relatives refuse to discuss the mat
ter. She arrived here from Maine late to.
night. Miss Ray is the young woman to
whom, according to current rumor, Reed
was to have been married. She is an esti.
mable young woman, and is the forewoman in
w. C. Ellis s. Co. 5 big establishment. Ellis 81 Co,
make ladies' wraps. waists. and deal in dress
goods. Miss Reed opposed the marriage Of Miss
Ray to her brother for selfish reasons. She
feared that in the event of her brothers mar.
riage to Miss Ray she would be compelled to 60
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