The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-31
RiAacn Under Carpet In Williams
Room at Wakefield.
Strong Chain Of Evidence Il
Being Forged.
Alleged Murderer Rsiteratss Story That Hs
Fcund Money.

Lynn, Mass, July 3l.-While Alfred e.
Williams. who IL held on suspicion OF
the murder OF John Gallo. the Italian
farm hand, In Lynnfeld, is In the Lynn
police station awaiting the formality OF
O. preliminary trial on the charge, State
Officer Neal continues his work OF in
vcstigation into the circumstances sur
rounding the finding OF the body, and
each day manages 10 weave together
evidence which tends to po.nt strongly
to the arrested man as the culprit.
The finding Of the two $40 gold pieces
In the room in Carlet tons lodging house,
in Wakefield, which was occupied by
Williams during his residence there, and
the fact that Gallo, the murdered man,
IL known to have had several gold pieces
Of this denomination in his possession
previous to the murder, Is considered the
most damaging piece of evidence which
has so far been discovered towards es.
tablishing the probable connection OF
Williams with the crimes Of murder.
arson and robbery.
Walter Hickey. his fellow worker and
boarder. who was the first man to see
Williams on Wednesday morning, was
also the las. man who saw him on Tues
day might as far as the police have been
able to find out but no one can be found
who saw him between IL p. N. and 4:30
a. m.
Williams was seen last night in the po-
lice station. He seemed rather gloomy
though not particularly worried. He
was asked II he had anything to say
about the finding of the gold in
his room, and he replied that he did
not know there was any gold there. If
any was found someone must have put
II there, for IL he had known IL was there
he would have used 1t Tuesday when
he had soma bills 10 pay.
He said that while he was on his way TO
Wakefield, ne was knocked down and
robbed near Wakefield farm. and laid
unconscious from 2:3O a. m until he
saw Hickey, about 4:30 a. IN. He was
then bleeding and suffering from his
wounds.
He knew John Gallo. but had no en-
nifty against him, and he did not know
h. had any money. He last thing he
would dream of would be to reb him
He said he wanted to go to Klondyke
and the matter had been talked over al
the farm, but 1t amounted to nothing
but talk. He made no plans to go be-
cause he had no money, though 1T was
| possible that in the spring he coul6
have got some from his brother.
| Said he: IF they are holding ms
for killing Gallo. they have made a .bat
| mistake"
He said the first he knew of the trouble
at Lynnfeld was after he had had
breakfast and washed himself Wednes
| day morning. He knew the place sc
| well that he oouldn't rest until he had
been out there and seen how things were
and what had happened. He went there
saw where the fire had been, and talked
| with his friends on the farm about 1t
| He staid there some time and then went
| up into his old room in Phillips barn
He changed his clothes there becaus,
the ones he had on were blood-stainet
and he wanted some clean ones. Afte
that he went back to Wakefield, takini
| the road that led him past the Wake
! field farm, where he was robbed. A!
he was, going there he found the hand
kerchief with the $75 in bills in it, ant
took it, thinking that the man who as
saulted him might have droppedit.
| That was AZ he knew about the affai
and all he cared to say.
Chief NVannah says that when Will
Jams called at his office at oclocl
| "Wednesday morning to tell him abou
the assault and robbery of himself, hi
| face was bloody and there were BLOOD
stains on his clothes. Williams story
seemed so plausible that the chief at
tached no special Importance to tn,
| presence of the blood. but in tine light O.
later developments he recalls the fac
that the stains were too fresh to hav,
been made at midnight and when tn,
victim had been lying in the open al
| for several hours.
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