The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-09
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$50 O'CLOCK.
THROUGH
THE HEART
Bullet That Killed Mr..
HutChinS Passed.
BOTH LUNGS PUNCTURED
Result of Autopsy Made by Medical
Examiner Perkins.
BOTH LUNGS PUNCTURED
Result Of Autopsy Made by Medical
Examiner Perkins.
MAYOR BAKER OFFERS REWARD


present time to identify the villsiu who
m-rdcred William y Hutchins at bis
ho on Angell street last evening. Ber-
Ia d j. Horton was the only witiioss OF
the fearful crime. anu oil he can say OF
the murderer is that when he sprang mp
and fired the fatal shot he ~as simply
black snaaow without any distiugu ish-
able features.
50 little Ia known about the murderer
,at he might he one Of the many persoI
Who paused In front of the house dsv
and never be suspected. Even person
strongly suspected of committing this
crime, and arrested with "a fair degree oil
prt sumption of teing the guilty one,
could not be convicted before a jury with
the evidence now at hand or likely to be
evsr accumulated against him.
lie left DO trac,s behind except the
three footprints In the snow near the
fence in the back yard dividing the two
estates. Theso are well defined anu they
show where the murderer leaped over the
low lattice fence in his rush TO get away
from possible cors quences OF one oil tge
IL ost dastarGly murders committed within
the limits Of the city.
Aftsr he went over that fetc, he s'ems
TO have been lost as effectualiy as thong n
[ ne earth had opened and swallowed hiin
m. Beyond the footprints in the snow
there are no tall-tale marks ana no one
has been found who cnn say with any
degree tf assurance that the murderer
lent this way or Tat The only sure
tling Is that he has estapeu anu perEals b
forever In this world
1t is prs sumed now that the murdered
mans cane was broken on the post 'f
the front stOop instead OF the head OF the
murderer. II the villain wore deii y
nat the cane could not have been hroL y
ms IL evidently had been. The stick w.s
OF liuht wood and rnI her trail. IL was
broken short off as though it had come
in contstt with hard substance. The
DERBY nat would have actsd as cushinr,
buI it is as good rs settled now that the
cane was nj broken in this way.
Mr. Horton ates today that M Is cf the
opinion that the cane struck the stoop
aud was broken by the sharp shock. re
fseIs mite sure II thi. He also say
that az soon ms the Murdered Iran saw
at ne vas disarmeu 10 stepped back.
cen hs saw the CLINT oil the iistol barrel
ol chi d bde east front y 81 OF the
stoop ahu the dark shadow of the man
holdi the revolver. IL was no toy
we're, the n suit of the AUTOPSY dem
o al AT d. 1t carried n 81 caiibrs bullet.
II s.w me flash and herd rho report.
st.udinC behirn the BIZ trse Mr.. lIor-
ten said tie ow q de behind the
houss and disaI er. Nj. Hutchins r,n
along Angeli street towar., tao ap itinerary
on tie corner of mayer street, u little
MOI q than 100 10 (. ssy ing, Il om shot, y
MIR Horton was so near to tho actors
In the tragedy that he says particles of
the DOW der from the pistol touched his
face.
In 20 tho prs sent time that is all the
nj co have To work on, and tho detective
oice looks upon the possibility 'f get
N ann ran
thing as hopslsss
The detectives were oil night on ths
casa and stopped for a couple Of hours
this morning Co at6snd & grand jury.
Date ctive Merrill was Mt the houss on
Angel street at ii O'Clock with tho hope
ihas something would turn up on which
to work but there was nothing to pro-
c.ed VI n. Ths other mem bars of the
force we're active all dav. bat he search
for ANYTHING tangible W fruitless.
A large mum ber OF persons were ready
to tell Of suspicious aud quesr acting IeU-
lie they had seen in various sections of
Tn city, bat tnst sort OF thing is Of
common occurrence when anything
strange takes place. No iiiue has beon
wasted in ese wildcat stories,
A. IL o'clock Medical Examiner Jay
pi rk us began IN autOrsy, assis ed bv
Frs. Palmer, sly, Terry, Kim mosll ana
~" ,sls It was conclrdoa at 40
,clocy. 1h, wonder is thar the murier-
Ell man did not drop in his ira ks Instead
Of gong more than 100 foet with bullst
Role in his heart. The missile. Of o2-sal-
ibre, entered just to the left and over the
lsio nipple.
1t went between ths fourth and fifth
MIS- n sss1 through tbs left long and
directly q rough the heart. rupturing q o
valve, pass opliquely aoross ana pune
tur,d the rig Il lung hear the edge and
10 qed Mt hack between the eighth
auu nil - ribs. The victim had no chance
for his life Al such wound
Mayor B~k~r this morning offered a re-
W rd tf $500 for the apprehension aud
O nviction Of the murderer.