The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-31
Whereby the Retaliation of the Dead Girl
is Not Improved.


Whereby the Retaliation of the Dead Girl
is Not Improved.
/ Boston. July 29.-Fire Marshal Whit
comb today continued the hearing as TO
! the cause of the fire last Saturday in
| the Office OF Goldman & Goldman, in
| which Alice NJ. Barrett was found dead
| VITA a bullet in her heart.
The most sensational feature OF the
day was the testimony Of P. ]. Collins,
proprietor OF the London Shrub Col
Inns stated that he was with Miss Bar
rett on parts Of Thursday and Friday
night preceding the Saturday on which
she died; that ne took her around 10 sew
eral hotels for suppers and that they
drank bottle OF wine. Thursday night,
ne declared. Miss Barrett asked him for
the loan Of $1,000 to meet pressing need.
He could not furnish this amount, but
gave her $40. He said the girl was very
respondent. He would not tell where he
had the suppers with the girl
After the hearing Collins alluded TO
certain improbable speculation in sugar
and talked about a shortage in the &C.
counts of Goldman & Goldman, but the
members OF the firm deny that there is
any truth in this statement.
In every point Mr.. Collins testimony
was met by counter testimony on the
par: Of the relatives OF Miss Barrett
The young woman's mother stated under
oath that Alice was at home on both the
Thursday and Friday night TO which Col
Inns referred. She also stated that her
daughter never asked Collins for $500
Mr.. Foss swore that the much-talked-
Of $50 mentioned in the will Of the dead
girl was not paid to him.
Medical Examiner Steadman has no
belief in any stories which reflect on the
character Of the dead girl.
The Traveller publishes an affidavit by
Mr.. Collins in which ne says:
II firmly believe that Miss Barrett
tween 1000 and $1,000 short in her ac-
counts with Goldman & Goldman. l base
my belief on the fact that on the day she
bought the revolver F'riday) she asked
me to loan her 81, 200, saying that she
needed the money that day. ] did not
have that amount of money with me,
and as the banks were closed / could
not raise it. She told me that Mr.. Foss
was the person to whom she loaned the
$500 about which so much has been said,
and the loss OF which has been thought
to have an important bearing on the
case. He invested the money in his
business. she told me-"
FoSs is the man to whom Miss Barrett
was engaged. The engagement was
broken abou. three weeks ago.
William C. Goldman, the employer of
Miss Barrett, tonight pledged his word
for the correctness OF the following state
ment:
First, no money above $500 is missing.
the cash book. check book and letter
book are the only books burned. Mr..
Goldman admits that $500 in bills is gone
from the safe, but ne believes that /;
was paid out in the ordinary course Of
business on Friday. Not over $500 could
Zoe missing without Mr.. Codman's knowl-
edge now
Second, the statement that the girl had
speculated in Sugar or any other STOCK
70 the extent Of $4,000. $1,000 or SIC. 900 is
an absolute untru;h, emanating from a
wholly irresponsible source
Third. no Miss Wheeiwright or any
other female relative OF Mr.. Goldman
ever gave Miss Barrett a cent of money
or clothes or had any dealings whatso
ever. Mr.. Goldman says that he had
heard that the girl had told her in Inmates
that a Miss Wheelwright gave her
dresses. bue declares that the name is
fictitious and pure forderol OF Miss Bar.
ie;t. If i. was mentioned by her a; all.
Fourth. Miss Barrett did not GO 20 the
Hotel Thorndyke nor any other hotel
With lady about to depart on a jour-
ney.
Filth. she was murdered
Mr.. Goldman says that M. Steadman
has told him that The wound was not
suca as would be inflicted in the average
case OF suicide. and had a admitted no
shadow OF doubt. NJ. Goldman chaI-
lenges the police in their verdic. of sui
eide. He believes that the murderer was
a vould-be thief, who escaped by clam
be-ing in the light shaft with the aid OF
projections there. He thinks Miss Bar
ret bought the revolver for protection
on account OF the robbery a year ago.