Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-12
WITHOUT A CLUE.
No Roadway in the Medford
Sturtevant Murder.
Suspect Tomasso Lombardi will Un-
doubtedIy Be Released, Today.
Police Admit That They Are Working
in the Dark.

Mcdford. Mass, May u.-Tomasso
lombard. the suspect in the Sturtevant
murder case. who has been in the East
Cambridge jail since last Thursday,
will be discharged from custody, in all
proba bility, when called before the dis
trict court at Maiden, tomorrow, to
which time and place his hearing was
continued when first arraigned. Mr..
and Mrs. Sturtevant saw the Italian
during a visit to the Jail, this afternoon,
and it is understood they saw no re-
semblance in him to the man who shot
and killed their daughter, last Wednes-
day night.
What TRANSFERRED in the Jail during the
call of the bereaveG parents is not made
public by Chief of Police Holmes. They
went and returned in carriage and
have denied themselves to- all callers.
1t is known. however, that later in the
day Mr.. Sturtcvant and Chief Holmes
lnat Gen. Whitney of the state police,
District Attorney Sanderson of Middle
sex county and Chief Inspector Watts
of the Boston force, in Boston. 1t is
generally accented here as q fact that
Mr.. Sturtevant told of his visit to the
Jail and that the result will be Lom-
bardi's discharge in the morning.
These two incidents have been the
most striking ones since the commits
sion of the crime. Since Thursday the
police of several cities have been run
ming down supposed clews, all of which
have vanished in air Both Chief
'iolmcs and Gen. Whitney. today. said
that it did rot seem to them that they
were any nearer II solution of the lnyS-
terry than on last Thursday.
Tonight, Chief Holmes was expected
to issue an OFFICIAL statement of the
case and this Vas expected to cover
the afternoons Incidents, but he chang
ed his mind because things We're not in
Just the share he had expected. Chief
Holmes attitude just at present Sug
ecsts a little mystery, although he is
outspoken in saying that there are no
important developments.
Mcdford. Mass. May 11-CleWs in the
StIrtcVant murder case led away from
Medford. today. Early in the forenoon,
State Officer Whitney was in confer
enoe with Chief Holmes and Inspector
Kane of this city, and later the three
men left for Boston, presumably 20 con-
suit with Chief Watts, who, yesterday,
it is said. gave the local men some in
formation which had become known to
him.
The exact nature of this information
or Of the cleWs which may have dcvel-
opcd from it was not revealed, but it is
said that they involved a former resi-
dent Of Medford. seen, it is said on q
bicycle in the vicinity of the s1turtevant
house en- the night Of The murder.
Th" investigation of this clue is said
to involve n round about course lead
ing to various points in this vicinity
including Boston. Before leaving this
city today Chief Holmes said that no
n It0rd man Was under surveillance.
y report to the effect that n former
resident of the Hillside district WAS
suspected. who had been refused loan
by Treasurer SlurtcVant of the Med
ford Cooperative Bank and father OF
the murdered woman. and was under
surveillance by the police WAS also de-
MED, both by the police ANA by Lewis
III. Lowering. closest ana most init
mate friend OF Mr. SturteVant and q
director of the bank. MI Lowering de
clared the story to he "ub@olutely false
from Start to finish.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. StuTtevant wee
bearing up remarkably Well, TO-DAY, al
ter the great strain "f yc:terdHy 8 c.
noricnoc in connection VIA the ljne.;.l
Of their daughter.
This morning Mrs Sturt2vant IN
hcsitatingly reafnmcd that she woa!d
be abb, to identity The man, Ghoul /
she ever see ilifn again.