The evening world., 1904-09-12
n. Clemens, Student Of
criminologx Believes that
Martha Lalmbeer, Found In
Moods, Was Not a Suicide.
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY
SHOCK FROM A BLOW.
Writer'S Theory Is that Three
Men Were implicated, but
Only One Struck Wctim-ln.
iured Man May Reveal Names.

10 9hGo b Q possibility q @s myStsry
ourruurding the death Of Martha
laambssr. the woman found dead v
- woods at Hampstead. l. l.. being
solved In . new investigation nat 10 to
b. made a. o result OF the detecuvs
Work OF wan II. Clemens.
Clemens lives at Hawthorne n. II
ana 10 q cousin Of Marx Twain. Hs IL
"a amateur ~criminologist and believes
~ has solved me mystery OF the
sI1aimbeer woman's death purely BY
sherlock Holmes methods Of deduction
and elimination.
After solving the cas- TO his own
uatisfaction Clemens sent the follow
ans Communication to Judge Arthur d.
wallace. OF Freeport. L. l.:
"The woman was murdered In her own
.Aome and her body carried TO the
sWoods two days afterward. Her death
Vas caused by shock from q blow .
sehs eye"
f. Clemens further stated that he had
narrowed the case down to three men.
ne of whom. In his opinion, wal
guilty Of the murder.
"s When seen at his residence. Clemens
eaid!
q Death Due to shock, He Says
II have spent all my spare time
working on this case, and have made
1htrty Ave trips TO Long Island.
THE woman's dress indicates that she
tgns killed shortly after preparing her
1asband's supper. Her stomach shows
that she had eaten heartily just before
1(he met death. The absence OF car
dude the idea Of suicide.
death was due to shock or fright,
ne direct result Of a blow on the left
temple. The blow wal given In anger.
perhaps drunkenness. but II seems TO
have been automatically hard and not
even with = desire to XII.
3 desd woman on his hands he waited
q couple Of days for the chance Of get
ting rid OF the body and surrounding 1t
with the suggestions OF suicide.
THE matter OF the fountain pen Ia Inn
portant,. The farewell note was written
= pencil There was no pencil near ths
~ a who helped carry the body to
the woods. The pen was engraved
Traced MAN who Bought Pes.
have learned that such 4 pen was
purchased Dec. Z last and ordered by
- purchaser. to be inscribed with the
fnitials of q friend to whom II was TO
~ given on Christmas. The man who
bought the pen I have traced. II Is a
curious fact that he lives within twelve
Milee OF where the woman's body was
round Another curious fact 10 that q
week or 20 after the woman's body wal
found this man went to Atlantic City
mIlKQFinQ frAm parvOila nrasfr.tla,
The anonymous letter sent 10 DR.
d. .B. Denton enclosing a 100 bill
md askinE that the woman be decently
buried under the name OF Martha Lain.
oeer. was mailed three hours after the
Aopearance Of an evening newspaper in
which the name Of DR.. Denton appear
"a Tor The nrst time In connection with
Curious that a man In New York
city should read of the body OF an
Unknown woman being found In the
woods At Hampstead, t%wenty-nine miles
sway, n should send 500 to bury
oer within an hour or Two and without
waiting to have the woman identified.
Crime duplicates Three Men.
so have entered into thi. case purely
- . study In criminology. I cannot give
al the results I have obtained, but
10y say that l have narrowed the lines
0oyn TO three men, one of whom IL
Gulty. and all Of whom may be I'M.
HIicated. Tor one man alone could not
have carried the body.
The e Il an important clue, but
u dues not follow that %. M com
nlitted the murder. II may have been |
dropped rs a blind. which would be In
keeping with the cunning displayed In
the case. shall present the fun re-
suits OF my Investigations n. the In
quest and n will then be up 10 the an-
thori.ies to act"
Clemens has been a student OF Grim
inolosy for many years. and processes
70 hive solved number Of mysteries
during his Investigations on the Pacific
coast. He feels certain that he has
narrowed the case down 70 three mon.
Who. they are may be brought out al
she %innuest.