The sun., 1903-06-03
ARDSLEY MYSTERY CLEARING.
ASSASSIN MAY RE CAUGHT IF
MISS CAMPBELL SPEAKS.
She IL Not Allowed to Sign Her Testimony
Until Further Questioning e. q.
Janray Summoned by President
Abercrom5ie-Arrest To-day, Perhaps


Until Further Questioning e. q.
Janray Summoned by President
ACKNOWLEDGMENT To-day, Perhaps
TARRYTowN, N. Y, June 2.-The arrest
of man for the murder Of John Heffernan,
Max E. Sands's coachman, which was ex-
pected to-day, was not made. owing to
the refusal Of Sarah Campbell, the only
witness TO the murder, to answer any more
questions on the subject of the crime. The
Pinkerton detectives admit tonight that
they have narrowed the case down to one
man and that he is under surveillance.
The evidence against him is purely circum-
stantial however, and their ability to hold
him more than twenty-four hours II they
arrested him now is doubtful. Under the
circumstances they have hesitated to take
this man into custody. realizing that a pre-
mature arrest might ruin their whole case
1t is still believed that Sarah Campbell
knows more Of the murder than she has
told. Repeated interviews with her by the
detectives have elected nothing new She
is apparently determined to answer no
more questions and to-day her employer,
Prof. Furman, asked the loca authorities
TO protect her from the detectives, who are
constantly calling to see her. The authori-
ties rather surprised Prof. Furman by
promptly refusing to do any such thing
They declared that as long as the detec-
tives believe that the girl is holding any
thing back she ought to submit to exami-
nation. as the county has already spent
a large amount of money trying to solve
the mystery.
Sarah Campbell has been questioned
about the man under suspicion. but has alb
solutely failed to strengthen the case against
him The girl is said to have evaded some
questions and until they shall he answered
the case against the suspect will hang
fife
So strong il the belief Of the authorities
that the Campbell girl knows more than she
has told that an extraordinary course was
taken with her tonight. With two other
witnesses who testified at the inquest
before Coroner Russell, when Rufus Sewnll
and Edward Jaffray established alibs for
themselves she was to sign her testimony
at the Ardsley Club tonight, Coroner
Russell met them, but Miss Campbell was
not allowed to sign her testimony. De-
tectve Field asked that she wait until to-
morrow us ne DelleNeS JlleTe dTe points
in it which she will want to change after
he has had another interview with her.
Tho detectives are guarding the identity
OF their suspect very closely. A number
Of names have been mentioned, some OF
which were introduced earlier In the case
but he officials decline even to discuss the
r,lmors which are flying around tonight.
About one-half OF the people hereabo
incline to the belief that the suspect is one
Of tho Ardsley set--not necessa rily mem-
Der OF tho Ardsley Club. but one Of the
wealthy men identified with the Ardsley
colony. The other half believe that the
suspect ia a man on the same social plane
as Heffernan and Miss Campbell. and that
he was jealous rival Of Heffernan for the
favor Of Miss Campbell. In whatever set
the authorities have no fear that he will
run away. That Is the reason they feel
they can afford to walt for more convinc-
ing evidence before ma king an arrest.
The Pinkerton men have given the i'm
case i approaching. crisis. Seven Of
them are driving about the country in
carriages and three more are expected here
tomorrow. There will then be ten i'm
ported sleuths at work in addition to the
local men.
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Field drove to the Office Of Justice Of the
Peace /. Nj. Taylor in Irvington with De-
tective Mcbride They had previously
had long ak with Village President Aber-
crombie and the news spread around that
a warrant had been asked for crowd
TO see what would happen, but nothing did
happen, the two detectives coming out
and driving away in about an hour.
When Mr., Abercrombie was asked what
discoveries had been made he said
THE most important discoveries. We
are doing our best to run down every clue.
but Of course we canot be certain OF our
ground right away, 1have received letter
from the Marx Clothing Company Of Spring
field. Mo. which originally sold the hat
found near the scene Of the murder. and
10 us, but it would be shortsightedness
TO make that letter public now. II may
lead to important discoveries and in
the interests OF justice We must guard
our developments until we have taken
advantage OF them"
Justice Taylor when asked about the call
OF the two detectives. said the subject Of
a warrant was not mentioned by them.
Justice Taylor said that the officers had
not suggested the advisabiity OF taking the
Campbell girl in custody, but volunteered
the information that In his opinion Miss
Campbell ought to be held as witnsss.
Edward s. Jaffray and his brother created
something OF a sensation by calling at the
Town Hall in Irvington to-day to zee Presi-
dent Abercrombie The two men had n
long talk with Mr.. Abercrombie. After
ward Mr., Jaifray said to reporter,
"We talked OF a private matter having
nothing to do with this Heffernan case, OF
which ], for one, am heartily sick and tired. >
Mr., Abercrombie said Of the interview:
"Mr. Jaffray and his brother called to see
me by appointment mad, over the tele-
,Nh ht. are
that have grown out Of this Hefernan
murder. There were some things 1t seemed
ad vsable to settle. and that 8 why asked
them to cal! on me-"
Coroner Russell said tonight that to-day
had been tho most active one for the author !,
ties since the murder The chances Of
clearing up the mystery and getting the
guilty man were never brighter than to-
day.
dIf ] find that Sarah Campbell knows
more than she has told = said the Coroner,
Il will send her to the White Plains Jail 20
be held as a witness 30 quickly that she
won't have time to put on her bonnet
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