Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-25
HUNTING FOR CLUES.
Detectives and Sheriffs Think They
 Are on Track of Murderers.

The pursuit for the crowd of men Who are suspected of being the cause or The death of Supernumerary Paul Mendelssohn is now centered around the livery stable kept by Frank D. shepard at PAP South Main street. De- tectives nodds and Keegan passed q. good deal of their time there yester- day and this morning, and Last evening Sheriff Rigney took up their trail when the detectives retired.
 The authorities believe they are on the right scent at last. that all of tn4 story of the circumstances leading t0 the death of Policeman Mendelssohn was not told the coroner in his 1ntuirys here last spring when almost all of the trolley strikers were examined bYt nlm. How they struck the scent .aey are now on has not yet come to light.. It Is Of little consequence however. The police are satisfied that it will! lead to climax, for they have worked late and early on it during the past, week and are working now as they only worked when the awful deed wasl fresh in the public mind year ago
 1t is said, however, that the clue was obtained from John O'Brien, the man. charged with breaking into Dondero's. fruit store and whose trial is pending in the superior court. He has been iilI jail some time and the authorities, itl is said. have had several interviewnE with him on the supposition that het was employed in the livery stable where the team or teams were hired { In which the asSailants Of the police { man and the car crew drove to the trolley terminus on North Main stret. and that consequently he oughtto know who the men were that hired the teams s
 The police have been told that O'Brien placed the reins in the hands Of the driver of one of the teams and ,..at George Alderman, IT. hitched up the other team and handed the lines to the man sitting on the left side on the front seat, with the remark that the man could drive better than the man sitting on the right hand seat. That this remark of Ackerman's caused everyone to laugh, and that the man who was given the lines jokingly f hit hisScompanion on his right blow in the ribs and said to him at the same time, "Do you hear that? He knows whats what guess"
 Both teams left together, and every body appeared to be in good humor. { and one man raised up his right hand ! and shouted something which caused his friends to exclaim, tsWill you shut up? What the - is the matter with you, anywayW
 With this information Detectives Dodds and Keegan called upon George Alderman yesterday and Questipnefg him. This took place at Shepard's stables. Alderman was working att the time and did not seem inclined to give the officers much of his attention. ! He indifferently answered two or three questions and then the officers, gettingI annoyed at his manner and his method { of answering. told him they wanted | him to step into Mir Shepard's office The olnce was engaged at the time. but the occupants vacated 1t when asAeA \ by the officers. Alderman did not !. seem inclined to accompany the offi- I cers very readily. In fact all through l the interview he was very reluctant l or independent The result was that they could get nothing out of him.
 Then Sheriff Rigney tried his hand. | He asked Alderman if the men who the trolley strikers, mentioning two well known young men. Alderman said that he knew nothing about the matter. The sheIirr informed himf that OBrien had "squealed" and had included the two men in his statement I To this Alderman answered that he I did not care what O'Brfen had said. { he could not duplicate him, and at {! he knew nothing whatsoever about the men named or the assault in question: