The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-01-26
WILMINGTON DEI.AW ARE FRIDAY. JANUARY 26 1909
CHESTER PA, Jan. 2J.-Parts OF the
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stolen skiff OF B III ali LidOmus were dis.
covered this morning hidden away In the
old building on this Ice Consumers wharf.
wherein tho boat was hidden. Spots of
bio cd made tho bits OF wood hideous They
were found tehlnd pile of boari' stored
near tho wall of the ruinous old pile
Shor ly after thev were III entitled by their
former owner. Late toni ght shey We're
inspected by DR.. H. L. Long and Mayor
Jefferis, who Is also doctor. L. has not
been settled as yet whether the marks are
human blool or not, They were OIL the
board hat fits In lhe fortpnrt of the skiif
Il he location Of this board on the boat
would be near hat portion on which tho
blood stains declared positively tn be those
of human blood, were found q short time
ago.
Both the houses of the two men accused
of the murder of George Eyre were search
cd bv officers to dav, as was also Plerce's
boathonie and the different boathousss on
tha banks OF Chester Creek. Search war;
rants were irssued early this morning by
Chief Of Police Berry. Tho withdrawal
of twelve officers from the ranks OF Ches-
ter's force eau cd rather inconyenient
contraction for time. The dozen under
the control OF Sergeant L,arv searched tho
two little houses on Graham street At
the same time the boathouss Of the Pierce
pofs was suDJocpeu " ihoao iiSi" eA"'A'-
nation.
For days Chief berry has had his men
looking about the buildings on the Con-
sumers' wharf, wherein was hidden the
Ladomus skitf, which "Jim" Pierce says
he found adrift. To-day lie had almost
given up the search ss useless, Mhen tho
Ladomus skiff was recovered 1t was found
that besides the stripping OF all Its brass
two pieces were missing. The dummy
al -, ~ noni nj Hto hn
front of tho boat. is movable, and makes
the foe and aft portions conform, and
also smaller piece, which fits tightly In
the bottom and is really part of the fal s
bottom.
Both Of these pieces were found early
this morning. The structure on tho Ice
Consumers wharf Is an old one, once used,
and, as matter Of fact, sometimes now
used to store away the cargoes that arc un-
loaded at tho wharf. In their former ex-
amInatiOns the officers had noted large
pile Of refuse wood and other things stored
In corner. This to-day they tore down.
Beyond the refuse were stored two boards,
one the spar deck or dummy deck of
cunning skif. the other board part Of the
spar deck was spotted with dark
brown blotches. similar in appearance to
those found on tho bow Of the boat when
1t was recovered.
lpB pUaltlou VI tlieSe spoUs 10 uIrCCpiy
over those on tho bow of the boat. In
other words they are really part of the
same stain. All nre similar In appear
ance and wero apparently caused at the
same time. Tonight they were e1amin-
ed by +. Il. Long and Mayor Jcfferls, but
were not subjec cd to microscopic nnaly-
sis. This will be- done tomorrow. No
doubt exists in tho minds Of the
authorities that they will prove to be hu.
man blood, aud that of tho same person
whose blood stained ths side of Ladomus
skiff.
During the search OF the Plerces' boat
house the officers ran across tha ducking
skiff of the accused mon. The inner
part Of this was plentlfully stained and
blotchad with blood. but it is not likely
that this ia ofa human variety. It was
however thought worth while to deter
mine it surely, and the stains will bo SUBJ
ircted to analysis at the same timo as
those found on the boards and false deck
OF Ladomus' skiff
Pieces OF clothing belonging to jim
Pierce woro found in he search of his
house to -day These were parts of duck
ing suit, used By him during his expedi-
tions. On this suit werJ found number
OF blood stains,