The times., 1897-09-09
MYSTERY BEING SOLVED
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was found
Mr. THESE said the tramp showed him
the condition OF bis shoes. The soles Were
almost off This bears out Miss Woods,
who sitis. that the soles Were nearly oil tiie
tramp's shoes. The baker spoke OF the
curious twisted look In the right eye
of the man, his long sharp nose, his red
dish Thrown stubble of mustache, his
sandy hair. thrown straight back from
hls forehead The man said Mr.. THESE.
seemed nervous. The man wore dark
clothes. This agrees with everybody else
who saw the man and woman together
The u,an called at the house of Mrs.
HarrisGa wife of George Harrison. at
Beitsviie on Monday evening and inquired
row far it was TO Washington. He had
the peculiar nustache, Eye and nose. He
carried no bundle. The thing which struck
Mrs Harrison was that behind this tramp
toddled little black, thin, short-haired
dog. The Harrison home is built directly
by the side Of the Washington pike and
Mrs. Harrison watched the man he
trndged on toward Washington He Wore
dark Jiothes. This lady noticed pc
culiadty about this nan which tie re
porter has heard from one or two other
independent sources and which has not
heretofore been mentioned in type. This
Is that The man is soHe~ha tstoop- shouldered
i.Rd carries lis chin sort of tucked in
or depressed.
powerful glass was applied yester
day 10 the marginal writing on the scrap
cf newspaper found in the woods. The
best taat could be made oft was "Leene"
With large percentage OF men, when
they are in an idle humor. they VIII toy
with their lead pencil, and in nine cases
out OF ten they VIII write the first thing
that comes into their thoughts. This is in
most instances their ow name or the name
of their sweetheart oT Of their home
The reporters yesterday went through the
directories OF nearly every city in the
United States without finding the name
''Leeme" This may have been the given
nar.e or the nickname of the writer IL
may have been the given name of tie
woman.
The Times man drove yesterday to the
home OF Mr.. George W. stansfield, FARM
or Who lives In Howard county. This man
was driving into Washington over the
Washington ana Baltimore pike on the
morning Of August 10, which was Tues
day lie recalls this because it was the
itAS DtfDit tic StdSGSSlltc
As he neared the Bull Tavern near Belts-
vile he saw two men walking ahead ana
going in the directions of Washington The
sun was just up. As he overlook the men
they asked for a ride. One was white and
the other Colorcd. TIE white man seemed
freshly washed and shaved. He had Il
stubbish muStache, about the color of
which Mr.. Stansfield could not be posi-
tive. He had peaked" nose.
He said he was from little place in
York State, not far from the city Of New
York, and that he was by trade IA painter
He had worked two weeks in Baltimore
He saiG he had been all over the country
He said he had slept in thu woods near
Laurel the night before. He had crook ed
| mouth and sort of chawed his words -
There were wide gaps between his teeth
He made some inquiries about the police
IS they neared Washington. He used dark
chewing tobacco. He left the farmer 5
wagon at Fifteenth and Maryland avenue
He had gray pants. Farmer Stansfieid
said this man was rather small and tuin
and looked as though he had consumption
This was probably not the murderer.
The man wanted is big man. He was
farther on the road to Washington when
Mrs. Harrison saw him on Monday after
noon than where Farmer Stansfield picked
up the man Tuesday morning. The mur-
derer would not have told a man coming
from tie direction of Laurel that he had
slept In the woods near Laurel the night
before. The kind of tobacco that Farmer
StanSfield's man chewed on Tuesday
morning was not the kind of tobacco which
tue murderer bought at Farrell's store in
| Laurel on Friday. Farmer Stansfield is
related TO Policeman Mari of The Fifth
precinct, and he spoke TO the policeman
about the stranger. Farmer Stansfield
could identify him.
The Times man drove last evening to
the home of Sylvester Smith, in Anne
Arundel county, Md.
lie said that during the last Week in
June lie was working on the place of
Louis Haslup. near Savage. In ar un-
occupied house on the place he saw a
man and d woman. They were trainps
There Were two or three wet days and
he came to know the couple pretty well
The man said his name was Brown. Il
was either Bill or Jim Brown. lie said
that he was from Baltimore, where he had
been cheated out of pr operty ON Stockholm
street by a lawyer. He was tall raw
honed man with one eye. The left eve
was out and the lid closed. lie wore
corduroy trousers with patched seat The
n.an and woman worked half a day each
at packing peas for Nat Wheeler and John
Wheeler near Savage, The woman had
BLACK hair tied in 4 Knot at the back
of her head. She was small woman.
Mr.. Sylvester Smith went to the town
hall al Laurel and positively identified
tire black and shrunken hand on the skele-
ton as the hand Of the woman he had
seen over two moths before.
The murdered woman did not have
black hair, and it was too short for a
Pschye Knot at the back Of the he al. She
Lad not baen trampine since June, because
ier feet We're blstered. The murderer had
two eyes. Nobody claims to have seen him
IN corduroy trousers. Editor baldwin, of
tie Laurel democrat, referred to his
weather record, and there were no rainy
days daring the last weekin June in thai
neighhorhood
One OF the dogs that followed the irur-
derer and mis- wife was little yellow Ter.
rier. spoken of in The Times. This little
dog, after the deata OF it's mistress, Inade
It's ay to the house Of Basil Levi, which