The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-18

and set to work to try and clean up the traces of
inc murder from the noor and from the dresser
picked up the hand glass from the dresser and
looked at himself, to see II he was pale or showed
evidences OF the fright that he felt after the
front of the glass and on both sides OF It,. He
set to work to clean the carpet. He found he
OF course With this eSvidenese Of the crime in
the room, disposing Of The body would DO use
had been committed, and here the marks were
indenble. There was one course left for him,
that was to make i appear hat the woman
There is evidence OF the fact that he did try
to make it so appear, for the boty was lying in
other evidence, any one who looked at Il would
gay, that she had gone in there herself alone,
been in tho room afterward until the
men who found her went In. The door opened
inward She was lying so that she blocked the
opened without pushing her aside. II the wo-
man was dead when taken to the bathroom the
body could only have got into that position by
when the door closed 1t would slip down and
As a further evidence of suicide, the murderer
placed q box OF rat poison on the bed in the
fhE0% iai n9 % poison. 10 that msf iS h SSp peS ki ihes bes
quick enough, that she had then cut her throat
and walked downstairs to tho bathroom, where
she had fallen. Unfortunately for him, how
over, tho evidence of his crime could not be
efraced. That evidence the doctors discovered
II the murderer knew the woman, what could
have been his motive in killing heri She was
had no enemies as far as is known. so that re-
yenge could not be O motive. She cared nothing
for men, and had no male friends to speak OF.
she had no one paying attention TO her; 80
jealousy could not have been the motive.
There remains but one other; that is robbery.
money, and she must have had money. The
murderer must have been q man who knew that
she had money, for no man would murder n
woman in her position in life to rob her unless
he knew that she had money to make 1t an OBJ
ject for him to kill her.
She was u woman who kept her business to
herself. SO the circle OF persons who knew that
she had money must certainly be very limited.
1t is known that she had two bank accounts.
One was in Brooklyn and one In Newburg. Tho
Newburg account is q small one. She drew her
time ago.
The man who murdered her must have known
y would sh have ef thst in nfo 9nu tns m n,rsie s = J min Wb Se
One evidence that the robbery was the motive
is the fact that her bank book on the Newburs
bank is missing. Where she kept the book
nobody knows. but she must have kept it either
1t was not at Mrs. Stapleton's. and the Carpen-
ter house was searched yesterday from top to
thought that her gold watch, had been stolen
but this was found yesterday In a little box in
The trunk contained other things. keepsakes
and the like. and 1t is just the place where abe
| WOhlAu nave q ~ hCI boIA " u IL WIN
wasn't there. 1t is possible that this book may
lead to the discovery OF her murderer.
The persons who would be most likely to hear
that Bridget Hayes had money, and most likely
10 hear that she had drawn money from the
bank. would be persons living in the neigh
lives In North Water street. North Water
street contains n good many pretty tough people
A nephew OF Miss Hayes once lived in thai
neiGhborhood. This nephew was arrested once
dicted. He lives In Newburg still. or. at least
was there early in the summer. The reporter
didn't get any trace OF him yesterday.
As has been pointed out, the murderer mus
have known something, about the Carpentel
house. as well as about Bridget Hayes's money
He found. the knife with which he killed
her in a drawer in q siGeboard. he armec
himself with that knife before he wen
upstairs to her room. II he had been an ordi
nary thief he would have taken a large guam
sidcboard where this knife was tept. Not
piece is missing nor was a piece found dis
turbed.
II the man was an acquaintance of Mrs. Haye
that might explain how he got into the house, 10
every door and window was locked and barred
front door. Unless he went in the house IL
the daytime and concealed himself there h
must have been admitted by the woman. Tn
door has a spring lock. 1t closes itself and tn
II he was an acquaintance. perhaps he stopped
gave her some excuse for stopping. said as II wa
dark he would take her home or something
OF that kind. and she asked him to wait unit
she had changed her dress. He secured tn
knife. followed her upstairs. and there kille'
her. The police to-day will begin to make
thorough investigation to ascertain who knew
Bridget Hayes we'll enough to know that sh
had some money. Bridget Hayes's body will b
buried to-ulorrow.