Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-19
ANOTHER RUMOR EXP[ ODED-- ljRPEE'S STATEMENT
Story About Woman who Saw Fight Car Night of Bupe Denies Several StoriesBoss Farley Looking up Houses
 for His Men-Strikers Daily tement-Men Anxious
 y Waiting Word from President MahOn

A fumOr was current aDOut the streets that Deputy Coroner Pond was in town to-day taking more evidence in the Paul Mendelssohn murder case. Chief Egan when asked about the matter said that if the coroner was in l Waterbury he knew nothing about it, so that 1t is safe to state that no inr yestigation is being held to-day. Of ! course there is no end to the number of clues the police are supposed to have in their possession, but whether any of them will amount to anything or not is another matter. Already the local detectives have worn out good deal of shoe leather running down rumors that promised to throwea little light on the mystery, but so far as can be learned none of them was worth the trouble. Before the detectives call upon the ! Knowing ones they pretend to be able Ito tell lots of things which if true would be of interest, but once the officers appear on the scene the parties become confused and appear to know nothing about the case beyond what they have heard from somebody else. It has been said that woman claims to have seen two men engaged i'll q scuffie on the trolley car before it stop ped at all, which if true would be quite an important bit of information, but whether this is so or not is d ques- ton that has not been given out but if there be anything to it, it will receive due attention. The story has been go- ing the round of the city for over . week, but it appears to be generally believed that it will turn out to be much the same as all the others. There is no truth in the allegation that the motorman and conductor who were on the car on which the officer was killed have left town.
 It was learned this afternoon from a reliable source that the story about the woman seeing fight on the car be- fore 1t stopped had been thoroughly in- yestigated and if the case was not so serious people would regard it as a good Joke. When asked about the matter the woman who was supposed to be in possession of a lot of informa- tion said she saw nothing at all and that all she knew about it was what some other woman had told her. The other woman" was cited before the < coroner last week and while she got sixty cents for her service still she could throw no light on the mystery. People who have nothing tangible on ms Question. would do we'll to keep clear of it.
 Many of the legitimate detectives that were attracted here by the enor- nous reward to discover the parties who killed Officer Mendelssohn. have gone away without finding clue that would lead them to the reward. They friu |,oy But there are others here still. and they are working with all their senses on the alert night and day. Some of them have ssdoubled up 'on the work, that is, one works by day and the other picks up his threads at night and keeps on the alert Some of them admit that it has so far proven the-mo difficult matter they ever un- dertook. They have not discovered the slightest trace of the guilty parties.
 Business men and others will hold sf meeting in the City hall tonight for the purpose of protesting against boy cotting and transact any other mat { ters that may need attention Ad- mission will be by ticket. These are in the hands of parties Interested ia the meeting and will be passed around !, to as many desirable persons as the nall will accommodate.
 A travelling salesman came to this city from Waterbury yesterday and i'll speaking of the strike situation in Wa terbury said he thinks all the trades unions in that city will go out soon in sympathy for the strikers. The situ- ation is not very promising he claims. Merchants are giving orders on condi. ton. Business is beginning to suffer. Meriden Journal.
 No disturbance of any sort has been reported the past few days, but this must not be understood as conveying the idea that the increase in the num- Der of patrons of the cars within that time amounts to anything worth men tioning. Compared with the number that used the cars before the strike. very few are now riding, and it is not likely that many more will ride until the difference is settled one way or the other A man who does q good deal of walking told a reporter to-day that he has ridden on the cars once or twice since the strike started and that he intended to step on when he had a long trip, but not under other condi-
 
 who are riding since the stfike whose sympathies are with the strikers, but find it, practically impossible to get along without riding.
 A number cf workmen happened to be standing near window in the fac tory where they are employed, when a shower of trolley car tickets fell on them, literally drenching them, so to speak This happened yesterday and in a factory where women and girls were until quite recently employed on the floor where the tickets fell. The presumption is that the one who threw the tickets in the window supposed girls were still employed there and that they would fall easier victims than men to the temptation to free rides on the cars. There were at least a couple of dollars worth of tickets in the shower and the group of men pick ed them up and tore every one of them in shreds. There is a strong feeling against the trolley company. i'll town. and the above is only an instance of