The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-17


lutsiy ~irapcnsibIe for her 20 have walked from
the thtsd hoor to the bathroom, and u By any
possibility she could have done ft she would
have lsft a trail Of blood Behind her, 50 IL vas
certain EllaG che bad been murdered. But her
murderer had left absolutely no clue. The
hiood-staiued knife. IL was found, belonged in
70 match IL vas In one OF the drawers in the side
beard n the dining room Nothing else In that
draTer had been disturbed.
Bctfret Hayes wns we'll known IN NawhurE-
sns lad lived here . great many years. and her
brother and sisters live here. She was an old
always said. she had some money. She once
Lived In Bruoklyn, and she had an account in .
savings bank thsra. She also had an account in
q savings bank here. She had always saved
her money. How much she had nobody knew
bus herself. for she made a cunddank OF
no one. sumo time within the last two months
abe drew her money from the savings bank in
brOokiyu, and she did not deposit It in the bank
nere. it To not Known hat she spent any run
siderable amount. so il is reasonable TO suppose
that she had a sum Of money with her. and. II
she did. then probably ruhbsrY was = ugssivs for
Tbs small Change. ~psrhaus. was left in the
pockesbook and on he dresser TO make 10 appear
S NnaI soG ss IVA was not The motive THIS Sne srS
known that abe had money. So TAR as il known
but two persons knew that One was Mrs.
Hayes to whom Mrs Ssapie1on said: - Bridget
haa drawn her money frum the Brooklyn bank-'
rot tnto tse house. m Sn and sai Sew he SsT rS see .Wag. WHY
be was 80 cnreeul to Let his vtrt1m's blood dow in
the waahbowl, and why he carried her body
Town . tight Of stairs to the bathroom after
he had killed her. Not q soul saw him enter the
house. The police have visited all the netrt-
hnrs. The servants in the two houses adjoining
the CARPENTER home werv around al day. They
saw the woman Ne work In the hou z. She was
alone. They saw no enc call during the day and
There were no sfranHerS about When evening
came they saw lamps 1T in the house. and. as
stated before, &C 10 0'cloek one OF these servants.
The troaa room On the third door. where later
the blood vaa found The police did not ind
any Lamp in the room to-day and there were no
murderer must have brought the light down
with him. The houses On either side are close
% the Carpenter house. but nobody in them
hanr-i n suund turing the night
No ordinary murderer. particularly one with =
motive such - this one apparently had would
have taken the cnre that this Que dad TO avoid
hlOod stains. he diin't succssd very well. ts u
trua. hue why did he take rhs trouble 20 let the
than where ir wouIdf He must hArs
stood there all Of dive minutes holc1ng
he have taken the body 20 the bathroom These
TWO things show elaboration such aS would not
be shown by an ordinary murIterer, who would
and get away. NJ ordinary murderer. actuated
by the robbery 10 il supposed this one was. would
a snv so oske Ma sa sg 1su ' T. 70 isa 70 i n SssI sitS ae I Issf
any ordinary murderer would want 10 look NJ
himself in . glass after he had killed his victim.
a. this ans lid He evidently picked up this
hand glass After the killing, his hands still rsek.
tnK III the woman : blood.
An0Cner Curi0u9 LnfnE - EntS. tne Wrmdn
must have bern dead when shs was taken % thn
bathroom Her murderer must have carried
her inside the room and gone out amt closed the
door AFTER him. yet she was lying 80 that thai
fBor could noe BE- opened until she was pushed
aside Il she was ient when ane was laft there
the muriersr mist have placed her in n sittinR
position On the floor. her back leaning against
zn9 tuUr. 80 that when nc closed &c she would
slip down tnra The pustIion in which she was
found. An this shows elaboration and thought
which would not Be shown were the case an or
binary one.
The murderer must have yut into the inuss
4 through thu front door The lock On hat dpoI
in = surfing Oek- Perhaps the woman left it IN
locked and he concealed himself IN The houss
until the Gpportuns time tor murder. or per
haps he vas an acquaintance And she AL
. mitref him. One thing Is as possible a
the other. and the facts seem 5B point u
the LATTER rather than 10 the former. H,
want out by that same door and locked IL be
hind him. He could have gone on IN 40 othel
way and left the house N Tho eundirlDn that il
was found. To-day tina palics viii mako
more thorough examiuatinn OF the premises
and they viii ufsn make Inquiries shout shi
waman'a trienis and aguuafuGancea.