The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-12
WOMAN FlGuREssIN THE. CASE

Activity OF the Police and Detecttyss-1hey
Say They Have Ciues-Clnyton's
Whereabouts on Night Of
His Death.
II know there is no woman in the
case.,-Chicf Of Detectives Toinlinson.
I'VE now have Ele best clue yet.'1-Po-
.licenan Bailey.
Murdered by person unknown
Coroner's Jury.
"a woman in the case" Public opinion.
Thus is briefly epitomized the develop
'ments OF a day in the mystery which sur
rounds the murder Of Mr.. William Clay
ton. Of No. 729 North Fourth Street, on
last Sunday. Athwart the cloud of mys-
terry yesterday there flashed several rays
of light, which apparently served 70 dis
pei, at least momentarily, some Of tho
dark spots. One Of these was the drag
ging into the case of one, possibly two,
women with whom it is alleged Mr.. Clay
ton was on intimate terms; another was
the positive and unqualified statement
Of Detective Tomlinson that he knows
there is no woman in the case; still an
other is the statement made by Policeman
Bailey, Gl1u SeCOllSeS Ny IoiASSAii1tA AoSAlASAA,
that the most important clue Of all was
discovered yesterday afternoon after the
inquest. From Henrico, meanwhile,
comes a story of bloody negro who was
seen near Laurel by a young woman
and who. it is thought possible. might
have had something to do with the
crime.
The turn to affairs taken at the in
quest which was held in the City Hall
INF a
extreme Up to this point it had been
believed implicitly that the murder was
committed for purposes of robbery, but
Immediately after the statement of Mr..
Willie Campbell to the Coroner's jury
there seemed to be established a plausible
motive in the actions of Mr.. Clayton with
one or two women who remain to be
identified.
GOOD CLUE FOUND.
Following this Policemen Schlief and
Bailey continued their Investigations along
lines different from what were laid down
there, and according to them they had
made substantial progress. Just what they
did however they decline to say. MI. Schlelf
said at the same time that MI. Clayton
was murdered for his money; that murder
had been DONE he did not for moment
doubt. He also made this statement at
the inquest.
After talking with Policemen Schleif
and Bailey, Captain Tomlinson was asked
about the matter.
II know there is no woman in the
case" said Captain Tomlinson positively.
Further than this have nothing what
ever to say
The report that the negro who was
seen near Laurel had any connecticut
whatever with the crime was secuted
by the local detectives. They now seem
to be working along a definite line to a
definite end. and there are frequent con-
SITUATIONS between them. Developments
of a sensa tional nature are momentarily
expected by those who have followed the
case closely. but along what line It Is
hard to say. Yesterday, too, considera-
BILE time and attention was devoted to
the blood spots which We're found by
Captain Tomlinson between Marshall
and Leigh Streets. the scene Of the
crime.
WOMAN IN THE CASE.
The woman in the-case theory, which.
was sprung at the inquest yesterday,
came to the jury from Mr.. Campbell,
who lives at No. SIT North Ninth Street,
in this shape:
Mr.. Campbell was in the al
legged gambling house at No. 712
East Broad Street on both Friday and
Saturday night last It seems that Mr..
Clayton was occasionally employed there.
11c CUlu lIC 5COi olICl JUL DIT llc 1I4ISSI
yesterday that about 2 o'clock on Saturday
morning Mr.. Clayton came to him with a
scrap Of paper, apparently a piece,,o of
heavy envelope or of wrapping paper,
folded over SO that he could see only
a line OF it. This line was written in the
unmistakable handwriting of woman and
struck the witness as being great deal
Of a scrawl.
The purpose of Mr.. Clayton in showing
~. fn If Mr. ne orhe11
could decipher one word in a line. This
Lire was: "Come -- where told
you.' The blank space represents the
word which was undecipherable, and Mr..
Campbell was unable to make it out.
This note was written with pencil, evil
IDENTIFY done in a great hurry, and it bore
n, signature. 1t is hardly probable that,
this line is all that was on the paper,
because Mr. Clayton carefully folded over
the sheet to this line before he showed
it to MI. Campbell. This paper is miss
ing.
THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN.
In answer to further questions Mr..
Campbell said that he had been walking
down Broad Street with Mr.. Clayton on
E;iday night, when Mr.. Clayton made
the only mention he had ever made IN
his presence of woman. In this con-
ection Mr.. Clayton said that he had
Fad an engagement with a woman at ~
q clock that night, but that he had been
unable to go until about half-past 10, and
then he ''was afraid to go.
At the same time Mr.. Clayton stated
that this woman was q young married
woman, Indicated that she lived some
where west of Tenth Street, and SAID
that she lived with her father and mother:
The husband, whose occupation dld NOT
come to the knowledge Of MI. Camppeli,
is now somewhere at work IN
New York State. The name OF
the place was mentioned, but Mr.. Camp
hell did not pay sufficient attention TO It
to remember it.
Further, it seems that the young Wo-
man had been married for only 1our