The sun., 1903-12-23
MORE RIPPER CASE EVIDENCE.
NILSSON WORE IN BRIDGEPORT
Old SHOE LEFT WITH BODY.
Sailor Who Came From Bridgeport with
Him Saw Him 60 Into Meigs's store
Stains That Look Like blood Found
on sheets He Slept In After Murder.

Him Saw Him 60 Into Meigs's StOr,
Stains That Look Like blood Foun'
on sheets He Slept In After Murder
Handcuffed to Detective Cronin ane
accompanied by Inspector McClusky, Emf
Totterman, or Carl Nilsson. who is accuset
! Of the Ripper murder Of Sarah Martil
at II James slip, was taken to the Tomb
court about 10 o'clock yesterday morning
and sent over to the Coroners' Office.
In the Coroners' office he was confronted
by Henry Gray. shipmate OF his on tn
schooner Fred. B. Balano, who came to thi
city with him on Saturday. Nilsson smiled
and shook hands with Gray. Gray sale
nothing.
Are you guilty or not guilty of the crime
with which you are charged?" asked
Coroner Jackson
"Not guilty. Nilsson replied, in sharp
clear tone.
The Coroner sent him to the Tombe
and he was put in cell in Murderers
Row.
Gray Nude long statement TO Assistant
District Attorney Garvan. He is an Ameri-
can seaman, as we're his father and grand
father before him. He is a clear cut in
story. His home is in Portland, Me-, and
on his promise that he would appear when
wanted Mr.. Garvan allowed him to 60
home.
Gray says that he shipped with Nilsson
on the Balano from the Sailors Union
headquarters at 81 South street. on Nov.
10. They arrived at Portland, Me-, the
day before Thanksgiving and left there
on Dec. S. Storms delayed them in getting
to Bridgeport They were discharged and
paid of on Saturday and Gray went with
Nilsson to Meigs 4 Co. g store in Bridgeport.
He waited outside while Nilsson went in
and made .some purchases. Nilsson came
out with bundle and the pair came to this
city on the 6:35 o'clock train and rode on
the Third avenue elevated to Fourteenth
street where Gray got of.
Gray didn't see Nilsson again until Mon
day morning when he went into the Sailors
headquarters in South street. Nilsson was
sitting there reading a newspaper.
Did you read about the murder?' asked
Gray. having read newspaper himself
and being interested in it because sailor
was mentioned.
NO." replied Nilsson. Not long after
that Nilsson was arrested.
Gray, who lives in Brooklyn, told his
was advised to tell the police. So. he went
to Capt Gallagher of the Hamilton avenue
station, who sent him over to McClusky.
1t turned out yesterday that after trying
to get lodging at "a Coenties slip early on
Sunday morning after the murder Nilsson
went to the hotel about 8 O'Clock in the
morning. The proprietor, Louis Bergen.
fixes the time because Nilsson was the last
lodger to come in. He gave the name
Emil Totterman" and Bergen wrote it on
the register. Nilsson was sent to Room 40
x1<. tIo
Nilsson left the hotel at 10 o'clock that
morning. Bergen's daughter made up
the room which he had occupied and found
two sheets which the police think are stained
with blood. The sheets have been sent
to DR.. James Ewing of the Cornell Univer-
sity Medical School for examination.
L. B. Baldwin. the salesman for Meigs
4 Co, who identified Nilsson as the man
to whom he sold on Saturday the shoes
of which the purchase ticket was found
in the room where Sarah Martin was mur-
dered, made a new discovery yesterday
Inspector McClusky showed him the old
shoes left in the room.
Baldwin said that the right shoe was
one Nilsson had on in the store on Satur-
day. Baldwin says he is sure because
fashion and coppertacks had been used.
Nilsson told Baldwin that he would have
to be very careful about the right shoe,
because there were three bad corns on his
TlBHt lOOl. lushy says tIldt tne pTiS-
oner has three bad corns on his right foot
and that he has had them treated at
Bellevue Hospital,
This new evidence to-day" said the in
spector, with the evidence we already
had, clinches the case to my mind. l am
practically ready to go to trial now. but,
of course, there is no need to hurry"
Coroners' Physician O'Hanlon made
an autopsy on the body of the Martin woman
at the New York Hospital yesterday. The
womans nose had been bitten, and, in the
opinion of DR.. O'Hanlon, she had been
strangled before the body was mutilated.
DR.. O'Hanlon suggested that it might
be a good scheme TO have the prisoners 8
fingernails scraped, as was done in the
Frenchy case. MIR. Garvan was asked
what he thought about it., He laughed,
Of scraping the prisoners fingernals and
will not"
Mr. Garvan has not discovered any
symptoms of insanity in the prisoner.
Frederick f. Goldsmith, who says he has
been retained by Nilsson, issued a state
ment in which he sale that his client was
innocent and that the police are prosecuting