The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-10
Slight CLUES TO
SOLVE 4 MYSTERY
Investigation of Death OF
Auditor Hutchinson.
MENTIONED a W0MAN'S NAME
Tracing His Movements on the Night
When Re Was Found Mortally
Wounded-The Locality Where He
Was Found d Fit Place for Crime.

NEW YORK. June 1O.-with two
mysterious and significant clues to work
upon, the detectives Of the central Ct
fee and the West Forty-seventh Street
station are trying to penetrate the veil
Of secrecy surrounding the death Of
Walter Z. Hutchinson, the high-salaried
assistant freight auditor of the New York
Central Railroad service. who was found
in West Fifty-ffth Street. wounded unto
death a week ago Sunday morning Al
though ne fingered between life and
death for week in Roosevelt Hospital.
Mr.. Hutchinson did not rally sufficiently
from his injuries to make any explana-
ton of the circumstances which led up
to the assault Of which the coroner and
police are convinced he was a victim.
One Of the clues TO which the police
attach the utmost Importance is a. in
cident in the hospital
In his delirium Mr.. Hutchinson fire.
quently moaned and uttered the name
Of a woman Captain Schmfttberger and
his detectives. IN rivalry with Captain
Titus force have been trying to ascertain
what connection the woman whose name
was last upon the dying mans lips might
have with his last fatal adventure. Nj.
Hutchinson was a bachelor and made ms
home in rooms in One Hundred and
/ Twenty-second Street. His goings ana
comfngs we're but seldom observed by
the other occupants Of the house where
he lived.
| The other clue, so called because Of
| its mysterious significance. is the dis
appearance Of Mr.. Hutchinscn's watch,
which he guarded so jealousy that even
I his relatives at this critical time cannot
give the detectives q description OF IL
Details of the Case.
These two details of the case are OF
great interest" said one of the West
! FoIty-seventh Street detectives yoster-
! day. because the first may lead to dis
covering who led or induced MIR. Hutch
/ inson to 90 to the lonely spot where he
was found. and the other, the finding Of
4 his watch. may serve to fasten the
crime Of his murder upon whoever has
/ the timepiece in his, or more probably
! her, possession
Captain Schmittbereer succeeded yes
terday in tracing Mr. Hutchinsons
/ movements during the night he was
/ found mortaIly injured What he learned
only serves to make the case more mys-
FERROUS Instead Of coming down from
/ his rooms at 247 East One Hundred and
/ TWenty-seCond Street 10 Ffty-eighth
! Street 10 attend the performance at
! Proctor's Pleasure Palace. and then go
I ing TO a Turkish bath at Fifty-ffth
/ Street and Seventh Avenue, and so get
l ting within a reasonable distance Of
where he was found, yesterdays devel-
opments made it plain that up to 1:10
/ O'Clock Sunday morning Mr.. Hutchinson
} had not ventured below One Hundred
4 and Twenty-ffth Street.
Evening Before His Death.
Instead Of going to PToctor's. the po
lice learned from Peter Biancke. clerk
in the Germania Bank. and a friend Of
the dead man, that they two had spent
( the evening together at HuTtig & Sea
( mons Hall. in Harlem. and then gone
to the West End, in One Hundred and
Twenty fifth Street. to hear the music.
Leaving there at 40. when the place
had closed. Nj. BIancke said that he
had seen his friend aboard an east
bound One Hundred and Twenty-ffth
! Street car, presumably en- route TO his
/ rooms
At $40 that morning Mr.. Hutchinson
was found lying IN a stupor from which
/ he never recovered on the sidewalk be
fore No 553 West Fifty-ffth Street
! Policeman Lyons. whose attention had
been attracted to the PROSTATE figure by
James J. Mcintyre. Naughton & Co
Waterman. glanced hastily at the white
{ waistcOat, the well-cut clothing, and the
I white hose CATERS of the fastidioUs man
I about-town and suspected Instantly
that foul play had been done.
Besides calling the ambulance Lyons
notified the West Forty-seventh Street
Station. From that hour to this the
detectives have gone over the neighbor-
I hood trying TO learn some detail OF Mr.
/ Hutchinson's coming TO that part Of the
town
! The block is one Of the most unallur-
( ing in the city. It is ill-lighted, the
/ pavement is ilI-kept, and it is fit scene
/ for robbery and murder. How Walter
E. Hutchinson. the alert business man
by day. ard the fastidious man-about
town by night, came to that dangerous
I and lonely block is as yet beyond police
comprehension.
! Mrs. Walter B. Pollock. Mr. Hutchin-
sons sister. who identified him as he
/ lay unconscious in the hospital, was i'll
! yesterday with worry over the case.
Mrs Belts. who Is staying with her,
said that the family had absolutely no
. clue to offer the police.
Too Weak to Resist Attack.
There can be no doubt Mr. Hutchin-
son was assaulted and robbed" sad
/ Mrs Belts He was almost an invalid,
for all that he kept at business, and he
could make little resistance to his as
I sailants. His clothing. for he was al
ways well dressed. doubtless attracted
the attention Of some desperate men and
/ led to the assault"
! Mr. Pollock is the New York CentraTs
/ sea freight agent. and lives at No "a