The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-09

and held Oh the ground that she was
the LAST known person 10 have been
yTlta Tlnoo0 about the tine OF the
sIab5ing-
Tln8cos wounds are even more slight
than was Al first supposed ana he VIII
Be able % APPEAR IN court today H
passed 4 comfortable day AZ the City
Hospital yesterday
The air Of mystery which surrounded
the case K not yet cleared Up, for Pope
does not admit having used Z knife
while the Gould woman Is as retIceat
as ever. Il was OF account OF this al
rnoSphsTe Of mystery and the refusal
OF the interested parties 10 give any IN
formation, that the police were deter
mined to probe i 10 the bottom The
staobing Itself was not serious
Il was through the admissions OF the
Gould woman that the police got on
Pope's track. she ~as brought sta
ton l and questioned by Chief James u
brennan and the inspectors. sne sLu.k
10 her original story, that she knew
nothing Of the stab.bing until she re-
sponded to TinOco's cries for help TIE
lmprobs oility OF the story was plainly
manifest 10 the police. and she was
submitted 70 rigid cr0ss-exanninati0n.
She finally admitted that she had come
to Worcester from Grafton in COMPANY
~ --4- C-4- thai 1t AAG4 dzLEAEEL
from the Grafton car with her Further
than that she would admit nothing. It
was sufficient 10 give the police the
clew thsy desired. and the inspectors
went 70 Grafton
Pope is a coachman in the employ Of
Dr.. Maxwell. He was questioned BIZ
the inspectors and told his story. He
refused 70 connect himself with the
stabbing. He said ne came 10 Worcester
. with the f-nrrld n -Fs r~t,s .
the corner OF Front and Church streets
about 1910 o'clock. Tincco was stand
ing at the corner. When they reached
the sidewalk. Tinoco came up to them
and addressing the woman with pro-
family, asked her where she had been.
He then turned 10 Pope. and said. You
come up here 10 the aIieyway and III
settle with you" Pope says ne refused
the Invitation. whereuDon Tfnoco hit
him in the chest with the handle Of an
umbrella He says nothing more trans
pired- The last he saw Of Tinoco and
the woman thsy were walking up street
he said Re aid not know for what pur-
pose they went He denied having
struck Tinoco either with a knife or
with his fist or engaging in a conflict
with him.
Pope's face bears several scratches
ali Of them slight. There is one on the
top o. the nOse, another on his cheek
another on his chin. When the ingDec-
tors asked him if he had a knife. he
said he owned one and that he had left
II upstairs. He offered 10 20 upstairs
and get II, but the inspectors said nav.
One OF them stayed with him and the
other got the knife. 1t is a two-bladed
pearl handle pocket knife One BLAZE
y about two and half inches long. and
the other less than an inch and a half
The smaller blade would infict wounds
exactly lIk1 those which Tinoco re-
ceiyed.
The inrestigation at the hospital
showed that the walls Of the chest wera
not penetrated, and that the wounds
were not more than half an inch deep.
the blade did not go beyond the ribs.
me knife is new one and looks as if
the smaller blade had never been used
extensiN ely. There are no scratches on
Il such as are present on a blade that
has seen service. About a half inch of
the blade from the point is slightly
stained. rs if It was thrust into some
tning. for there is no streaking to show
z cutting motion OF the blade.
Only an expert examination would
reveal whether the stain is q blood
stain. but even under artificial light
the blade shows q slight redness. The
brightness Of the half next the handle
shows that the discolo-dtion nearer the
PNA-4N NNN=A iiVl nave U-eN caused UF
rust. Whatever caused the stains. II
is certain that the knife was not
wiped for there is no streak t. show
that the blade was touched after be-
ing used.
The appearance Df the knife would
tally with that of q small blade used
TO produce exactly grch wounds as
those Tinoco received. The shortness
Of the blade and the thickness of'cloth-
ing which 1t had 10 penetrate before
entering the flesh would not only pro-
duce a slight flesh wound, but would
leave one-half Of the blade stained and
the other half bright.
Inspector Stone put me knife in his
pocket and tie there now.
Inspector Stone held. up the woman
yesterday, as she YES evidently about
10 leave the city. She was at the
home Of her sister, 2h Spring street,
d. during the day, and the house was
under surveillance. She left tho house
IN the early afternoon IN company with
a man. Inspector Stone, who had OBJ
tanned a description Of her from Of