The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-18
THE wBALMvILLE TRAGEDY.
Positively NO CLUE TO THE MUIR
OF BRIDGET HAYES.

%, the Motive Must Have Been Robbery
,,.r Rank hook MisainG. ana n is believed
Th,t the murderer Knew she Hsd Money.
SrvpuRo, Sept. 1.-THE police and the
sornty authorities have been doing everything
In their power to unravel the mystery surround
I've tho murder Of Bridget Hayes in the house OF
her employer. L. Everett Carpenter, at Balm
Iii, A suburb Of Newburg. on wednesday
risht. They are exactly where they wero when
,h,v started. They know now that the woman
ga murdered, though there were times yester-
s.v rhen they were half inclined to think that
,hs had ommitted suicide They know how she
"a. murdered, and that's all that they do know.
Not one particle OF evidence did the murderer
lave behind that would lead to his detection.
Tn. real motive for the crime 10 q mystery. It
a, almost certain that the assault was an after
thought. 1t is almost certain, too, that the
murderer was not only acquainted with the
woman. but was acquainted with the house
where the murder was done as well.
B.lmville is the home of wealthy persons al
most exclusively. 1t overlooks the Hudson
River and is one OF the most beautiful towns on
the west side OF the river. While it is not with.
IN the city limits OF Newburg. it is generally
counted q part Of the city, because the people
who live there are all Newburg people. The
town gets its name from q huge Balm OF Gilead
tree, with q trunk more than six feet thick,
that stands in q square at the cross roads. Be-
cause II is not in the city limits 1t has no police
protection. But few crimes have been commit.
ted there and there ha. never been any demand
fora police force in consequence.
The home OF L. Everett Carpenter, whero
Bridget Hayes was murdered and assaulted, is
the second house across the hill from Newburg.
Or. Wesley Waits house is the first. The
Carpenter house is a three-story brick and is
one OF the handsomest houses In the
neIrhborhood outside the magnificent man.
sons that are built along the hluf Just over
the river. 1t is about 800 yards from the trolley
line which connects the village and NewburR.
Its less than t,rty feet from Dr.. Waits house.
Next to 1t. on the other side. about the Same
distance away, is the residence of George
Meyers. the head OF tho Washington Baking
Powder Company. Back of 1t, hardly seventy
five feet away. is still another house. 1t is oc-
cupied by a florist.
The whole village Is built on Q slope, SO that
this house in the rear of the Carpenter house Is
considerably higher. and from the windows on
the first floor one can see into the windows OF
the top floor OF the Carpenter house. Along the
road on which the Carpenter house fronts
there are electric lights, which are kept
lighted all night, and at no time Is II dark or
lonesome in the neiGhborhood. The fact that q
murder such as this one could have been COM
mitted in a house SO surrounded by other houses
that were occupied has frightened the people,
particularly the women folks, half to death.
Bridget Hayes, as THE SUI stated yesterday,
went 10 the Carpenter house. where she was
nestay. The ne!ghbors say that they saw her
there soon after that hour; that during the
R Rss oat in nP shs the yss sif ny I Pss' G han sh' h stisFn s aos se1
times hanging up clothes which she had been
M n The TO o ssfeA doe sae r 1aef s @s.n ws So;
locked and barred with a heavy wooden bal
case. Later in the afternoon these neighbors
say they saw the woman washing windows or
remember this distinctly. because the house had
been, vacant for two months. the Carpenter
remarked 10 themselves that Mrs. Carpentei
must be coming homo or the girl wouldn't b
eeaning the windows.
vas somewhere in the neighborhood Of +o'clock
she was then still cleaning the windows. Abou
temporarily stopping with friends until the res
3. .'s trolley taa1i' 'l Ess 0e Ts.: p eass rune Ins n in9rsq 10 &c =
md, as there was none In sight, they walked
s sssar Of Se The i house. snc TS Ssya ala an not "a srS Sn thu aee doom tsSn,
S SosgS Sld M mo. +, su .3PSs w SnGeo sSsy was MsF IN shs soa as'
tainly II Bridget Hayes had seen them sh'
would have spoken to them. and the last seen o
Washing the windows in the front. wa
There was no sign Of life about the house attel
away until 10 O'Clock At night. as far as TIL
erS reporter could learn Yesterday. A: i
s.eloek the domestic employed in Mr.. Meyer
s sa ss.,I in M sAs ns sShs i9S% I s..sar the h hSe,,
both say that they saw q light in the room OF
The top floor. where, later. it was found tina
certain about the light, because they remarEet
that they guessed Mrs. Carpenter must have go
z. house alone at night; and that room WA
found who saw the light and nobody has beer
s sSS.. S .ns vent by, The folks in DR.. Wait,
between half past 10 and IL O'clock. and the:
heard no unusual noises and nothing 4
house. Yet it Is ALMOST certain that som
nme during the evening, before, IL o'clock
inject itIss HAYES was attaGked' and After tfs som
q stated before, It Is almost certain the assault
was not the only motive for the crime.
Toman's body was found on Thursday indicate
clearly the greatest elaboration;
friend where Hss she f had been s1 ifv ins h for lunch 0t nc .
M meaHesday: she had had nothing 70 eat sinc
he family W. wa. n Expected Ssed TSsniaF the e. n aay' dan Ian
bis more than likely that she found i nece'
y work she wore working clothes. havin
changed her clothing when she went there 1
The morning. 1t is altogether likely that sh
was again changing her clothing in tn
evening, preparatory TO going to the hous
81 Mrs stapleton, where she was stol
ping, when she was attacked. She was stant
Ee up when she was attacked and sh
sAd her ~corsets on, for on the inside of tn
Sorsets there are blood stains. The bloc
Rom he cut in her throat flowed dow
st breast inside tho corset. When sh
vas found she was clothed only in
Set OF underwear and her corsets wer
Upstairs on the bed in her room. The mu
Serer cut her but once. The knife he use
Is mad taken out OF adrawer In the sideboard OF
r. hrst floor. 1t was a carvin3 knife. with
S Siaos twelve Inches long. 1t was stained wit
Tood when II was found. from hilt to poin
moving that 1t had been drawn its entire lengt
srosst ne throat. After cutting her the murdert
s"thS her around and held her overa wash boy
w me moor 80 that the blood would flow in,
ts1., and not on the carpet in the room. This Cal
.ea'e as little evidence OF a murder behind
wac possible bhows very clearly that the mu
seter was not a tramp who had happened AloI
tIa peeh tempted to rob. or worse. by Il
ZION edge or the fact that the woman was
b mouse. II shows clearly that the murder
~ IN mind some thought of disposing of Il