The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-05
DETECTIVES At BEDFORD
WITHOUT NEW CLEW OR
ONE BIT OF EVIDENCE
Have Secured Nothing So Far to
Even Justify Suspicion of
Any Person.
EARLY THEORY REVIVED
Officers Still Investigating Conduct
of an Alleged Dr. Jeykll and
Mr.. Hyde.
LAFAYETTE GIRLS STORY
Is the Only New Development.
Miss Griffin Reiterates Her IS
Statement. -
EARLY THEORY REVIVED
GIRLS STORY
;tar Correspondence or the Journal.

STAFF Correspondence or the Journal.
BEDFORD. Ind, Feb. 4.-The Pinkertons.
tirelessly working to down the muir
derer of Sarah Schafer, have not one bit Of
evidence in their possession to justify even
a suspicious glance to be cast toward any
man.
Despite glowing newspaper tales of COM
promising letters and interviews predicting
a near arrest, the detectives are all at sea.
Chasing after clews appearing reliable at
first, but which always are without founda-
tion, they return to the theories advanced
the first two days of their work.
The Journal can automatically state to-
night that the officers are still working
along theories heretofore mentioned in these
dispatches. the only development of the
day being the startling story told by Kath-
crime Griffin. the Lafayette girl. The great
er part of their time is being devoted by
the detectives on the DR.. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde theory. 1t is known that although
the officers have made statements discredit-
ing any reports connecting this man with
the crime they are quietly at work search
ing for evidence against him.
A report to-day that the man had sud
denly disappeared caused the detectives
some uneasiness. He is absent from the
city, but his whereabouts is known. he
left late yesterday.
The new clew upon which the detectives
placed so much faith and which S. B. Lowe
stated was received in letter, proves to be
an unsigned communication from Racine
Wis. In IL the writer said he knew some
thing that would lead to the finding of
Miss Schafers slayer. and if officers called
upon him he would give them his informa-
tion. A description was furnished 'by
which you can locate me- said the letter
Detective O'Brien is bound for Racine. No
more faith is placed in this letter than in
the dozens received daily, each one sug-
gesting a new theory for the crime.
To-day the Pin<ertons visited the home
of John Sholty and questioned the mem
bers OF the family closely in regard to the
story told by Katherine Griffin. They still
deny any knowledge of trouble between her
and Bedford man and The only informa-
tion given the officers was in the interview
in to-day's Journal. The detectives are in
close touch with the officials at Lafayette.
Chief of Police Russell to-day received
from Chief of Police John Patterson. of
Moberly, Mo-, two photographs of a man
who committed suicide in that city Jan. %.
1t was thought the suicide might have been
connected with the Bedford crime.
A letter from Mrs. l.. l.. Kinsen, of Ce-
lima, o., told of a ring which she had pur-
chased from a tramp, the man telling her
he 'got it in Indiana. and she need not
mind where" None of Miss Schafer's jew
elry was missing. but nevertheless the off,
cials will send for the ring
JOSEPH WEIMER-