Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-02


alley, but found no traces of blood
Carni claimed that a handkerchief,
when taken from the woman's throat,
had blood upon it, and that there was
! no other sign of blood about her, al
though when she was taken away in the
I police ambulance, her hair was matted
with the great quantity of blood which
oozed from her head. In his search Of
the Carni tenement, Inspector Stone
found the pillow slip which covered the
| pillow upon which the Woman's head
rested This was in a wash basin of
water on the stove. Two towels were
| hanging upon a rack. They were
stained and the inspector was of the
opinion the stains were left by blood,
although the towels had both been
washed. In a lavatory, a cloth with
blood stains upon it was found. No
other signs of blood were found either
upon the floors, furniture or walls, and
there were no signs of recent washing
away of what might be stains.
Nothing was found about the tene-
ment which looked as if it had been
used as a weapon. In Carnps bed
room was a heavy trunk with iron cor
| ners but the woman could not have
fallen against that as, in that case,
there would be stain. The only other
metal object against which she could
| fall was the kitchen stove, but as there
was no sign of blood here, it is unlikely
that she fell against this A wood fire
had been built in the stove on top of an
expired coal fire. A poker was white
some distance from the end. If the
woman was dealt a blow with anything
about the house, so far as the investiga-
ton shows it must have been this poker
or a club. To erase any blood stains,
the poker could be placed in the fire
and heated to white heat, as its APP
| pearanee would now indicate, or if with
club it could be burned.
Inspector Stone in his search, found
evidences of crooked work on Carnis
part with his employers. All kinds of
| leather knicknacks were found and
brought to Station 1. A trunk full of
4 brand new horse blankets were found,
J and a new heavy harness which had
never been put together, was also
| found. The small stuff was taken to
| Station 1, but the blankets and harness
were not taken.
Inspector Stone then tried to trace
the woman's movements up to the
| time of her alleged finding in the alley.
! The woman was we'll known to the
! police, and bore a very unsayory repu-
/ tation. She was Nellie Fitzgerald, and
some time ago worked as a waitress at
the restaurant in the Union station
!
leaving the restaurant. She wore
glasses, and among the FOUNDERS was
known. as "Four-eyed Fitz." About
eight years ago George Fuller married
| her to save himself appearing as de-
| PENDANT in q bastardy case. They lived
| together but six months, and since
| then the woman has been working as
clerk and waitress in several places.
She was frequently under the influence
~, e-I,1 hos ii witt h
Lille N. Matthews, at II Salem street.
She has been frequent visitor at
Carni's tenement, which is directly
across the street.
Friday afternoon she was in her
room much of the time and complained
of a severe toothache. About 6 o'clock
she remarked to Mrs. Matthews that
she was going for something to eat.
She went to Douglas restau; ant, on
Myrtle street. where she formerly
worked. The proprietor was there, and
| the Fuller woman asked for some sup
per. saving that she had no money.
She was told she could have all she
| wished, and to go there any time she
felt hungry, whether she had money
| or not Some Of the help at the restau-
rant noted that the woman had been
drinking. The Fuller woman remained
| there until 7.30 O'Clock. She told the
proprietor that she was going to work
| that evening for G. w. Parker and
would receive a dollar, and claimed
that she was engaged for Friday night
to work at a party. At 7.30 o'clock she
left the restaurant, and that is the last
trace the police have of her.
One theory is that she went from
| there direct to Carnfs tenement and
while there became involved in a quar-
rel with him and received the injury. II
is not thought that Page was at the
house until next day but f a case can
be proved against Carni there are suf-
| ffcient grounds to hold Page as access
DRY after the fact The claim made by
Carni that no blood was noticed until
| after the woman was in the house 10 OF
16 hours is regarded as improbable, and
the fact that an attempt was made to
wash the blood from the pillow case and
| towels is regarded as suspicious. The
police will work on the case today and
hope to find conclusive evidence which
will settle the question of how the wom-
an received her fatal injury.
| The autopsy was conducted at the
hospital during the afternoon by Medi.
cal Examiner f. H. Baker assisted by
City Physician w. 7. Clark. 1t showed
an extensive scalp wound on the back
of the head. a part of the scalp being
torn out No fracture of the skull was
I
tensive hemorrhage and the formation
of blood clot which nearly surround.
ed the brain and pressed upon it, caus-
| ing death. Death was due directly tC
violence. The condition OF the scalI
might be produced by blow from q
club or other heavy article. or might
be produced by fall providing the per-
son fell directly upon the back of the
head. Such a fall seldom happens
however.
Carni was formerly resident OF
| Westboro where he was engaged in the
harness making business. He is about
45 years of age, hunchback, about 4
! feet in height He removed to this city
a short time ago, and has worked most
| of the time since in the shop of J. f. &
| c. G Warren. lie Is married, but does
not live with his family, his wife and
son residing OH Chandler street. The
revelation of Carni's erookedness with
| his EMPLOYERS made by the search OF
his house Win furnish grounds to hold
him upon ,he charge of larceny, in case
nothing comes Of TIE more serious
charge.
Page is married and has been en-
ployed by {. C. Fuller His family
| lives in High street court.
/ The husband Of the dead woman was
| formerly railroad man, and later a
waiter in the Star Lunch room. He has
not lived with ner for more than seven
years.
Thomas Fitzgerald, brother OF the
| dead woman, called at police head
quarters last night and made inquiries
| in order to arrange for the funeral,