Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-27

Whites Murderer Convicted in
ladciphia-Other Killings.
Lynn, Mass. Oct. 25.-The final search
at the Breakheart Hill farm for evidence
of the murder of George e. Bailey was
made yesterday afternoon by State Off
GERS Neal and Hammond and they
io"""ea '""t r~""i""s To Sept. ~, the date
on which Susie Young went away, Best
had no hey to the back kitchen door,
Bailey always keeping it with him.
Since Oct. s, the date on which Bailey
disappeared, Best has had a key. 1t
may be, of course, that Bailey gave Best
the key or that he had hung it up where
Best could lave got ii after Susie went
away, but the fact that the key has been
in Best's posse ssion only recently looks
suspicious.
On Friday. a report of the analysis Of
the supposed blood spots found on diff
ferent pieces of clothing ut the farm will
be made by Professor Wood of Harvard,
and the case practically rests upon the
result of his findings. If he decides
| that the spots are not of human blood,
the officers realize that they have hard
| proposition to face, while, on the other
hand, If they are declared to he blood,
| their evidence against Best will be Won
| derfully strengthened.
Officer Neal made a discovery last
night which he believes to be of special
| Importance. Early last evening he went
| to the Pleasant Hll neighh"rhood and
| rad a talk with Charles Dcc!y, to whom
I.niiey delivered milk daily. Ry the
| conversation, Office Neal is confident
| that Dee"y was the last man to see
Bailey alive, oct. S. with the exception
of The person or persons who caused his
| death
After supper on that evening, Bailey
| took his usual drive to the house of Mr..
Deery with the milk and, after re-
naming in the stable for nearly half an
hour he returned home. which would
make him absent from his farm about
an hour, If he wcnt directly home. Mr..
Deery recalls that on that night Bailey
| wore an ovcrcoat over his shooting
| Jacket because it was raining quite hard.
| He Is positive that he wore the over
,oat, as they talked together for quite
| Whil2.
| The coat that Bailey wore that night
has been found in his room 1t the Break
heart Hill farm. 1t was behind the door,
where he usually kept it. No blood
stains have been found upon the gar
went, and officer Neal reaches The con-
,lusion with great certainty that Bailey
was killed about the place. Advancing
the supposition that Bailey put up his
| horse a ft sr returning home he then went
into the house and hung up the coat in
| hplipVEG ~ H.
nlg was subsequent to the routine work
If IA iley during the evening.
The Lynn police yesterday received Il
letter from Mrs. G. Irene Best of
Thompsonvillc, Corn.. in which she says
that she has reason to believe that John
e. Best is her husband.
She sent a description which tallics
with that of Best. and added that they
were married at Troy. y. Y. on Dec. :,
1850, and that on March 10. 1885,, Beat left
her to go to Springfield. Since that
| timc, she says she has heard nothing OF
him, until she read his name in the
| papers in connection with the murder
case. Mrs. Best further states that she
has valuable information concerning her
supposed husba md and as a result an
officer will so to Connecticut and inter-
view the woman.
When Best WAS seen IN Salem Jail he
declined to talk concerning his affairs
| ard refused to tell whether he had been
married or not. BY advice of counsel he
| refused to discuss the case in any of its
phases
| Thompsonville. Conn. oct 25.--Mrs.
G. Irene Best received a letter last night
from Deputy Marshal Bartlett of Lynn.
| containing a description and a picture
of John G. Best, and the statement that
| the authorities considered that the man
under arrest was not Mrs. Bests hus-
band.
Philadelphia, Oct. 25.--Henry Ivory,
colorcd, charged with completely in the
murder of Prore ssor Ray w. White, the
| law instructor of the University of Penn
| sylvania, was convicted of murder in the
| first degree. Professor White was mur-
dered with Il railroad coupling pin. and
robbe I'd on the street on May 10. Amos
Stirling and Charles Perry both colored,
are yet to be tried for the same crime.
Boston, Oct. 25-Charles Alberto, who
| is want ed in Holyoke on the charge OF
| numbering his wife, by cutting her
throat with Il razor and for whose ap-
prehension the city authorities of HOl-
yoke offered reward of $500, arrived in
this city last night from sydney, c. b.,
in the custody of Springfield officers. He
| was taken to the latter city this morning.
| Providence, Oct. 25.-After two hours
deiberation. a jury brought in verdict
of mot guilty" in the case of Charles
| T. Mclaughlin, charged with the murder
of John n. Drape at the state hospital
| for the insane. where Mclaughlin was a
| keeper and Drapa an inmate. Nc
| Laughlin was thcreupon discharged.
| Appointment Pleascs Diplomats.
| Berlin, Oct 25.-Baron Won Rchtho-
| fcns has been appointed minister of for
| egn affairs, in succession to Count Won
| Rueloy The apDoiDtnfnt iS hail ID viii In