The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-02
Boston Police Admit They
Made a Mistake.
in YESTERDAYS ARREST
William Haynes Not Connected With
Boston's Suit Case Mystery,
and Was Let Go
Today

Boston, Oct. 2.-William A. Haynes
and Samuel r.. Ningfield were this morn
ing discharged BY the police. Pawn
broker Berkman, after looking HAYNES
over, said that lie had never seen him
before, and that he was not the man
to whom he sold the suit case, in which
the body of the young woman found
in the harbor ten days ago.
The arrest of the two men was made
yesterday, they having been taken on
suspicion. Wingfeid told the police
that be had friend who had cut up
a body, meaning Haynes.
Haynes was examined at length BY
the police and while he denied the accu-
sation and claimed that his friend had
confused it with his being on coron-
er's jury, he was locked up. Haynes is
clerk in a shipping Office. Wingfeld
was also held.
The authorities, while declining to
make a specific statement regarding the
arrest, indicated by their manner that
they were lar from confident that the
right man was being detained. Up to
last evening no definite charge had been
preferred against Haynes. Wingfeld
was interviewed in a West End saloon
by newspaper man on Friday and the
attention of the police was called to
alleged statements made by him regard
ing Haynes on Saturday.
Ningfeld and Haynes were both ex-
amined by Sergeant Bloulton. Wingfield
is said to have told in rambling and
very nervous manner that Haynes had
informed him that he (Haynes) had cut
up a body or a portion of one at I
wharf. Wingfeld could not say wheth-
er tile body was that of woman.
A woman named Kate Conway, who
claims to be engaged to Wingfeld, i:
said to have corroborated some OF hi:
statements regarding Haynes. Hayne:
denied that he had ever made suci
statements and asserted that his friend
had confused the fact that he (Haynes)
had been on a coroner's jury and also
had helped once to drag a body from
the water near Z wharf.
Haynes is 3S yearsof age and is mar
ried. His wife is at present in Cape
Breton. Haynes is employed as clerk
at Lewis wharf by the Ocean Steam
ship company. In some respects his de-
scription resembles that Of the mar
who purchased dress suit case al
pawnbroker Berkman's store on Pleas.
ant street
Late last night acquaintance oi
Haynes and Wingfield said they under
stood that the two formerly lived il
Richmond Va. They thought that
Haynes had been in Virginia part ol
the summer.
Capt. Joseph Dugan, Of the bureau oi
criminal Investigation, said last night
Examination and questioning 81
Wingdeld has only served to strengthen
his original story, and Mrs. Kate Con
way has also corroborated all that HI
has given out.
"Wing6eld has been detained as a wit
ness. Kate Conway is his fancee, anC
they have been constantly in the com
pany of Haynes, so that they ought *
know him very thoroughly.
eAs to my personal opinion of the ar
rest, think that we are not on th'
right track, and that eventually it vii
lead to nothing. In fact, cannot SCI
where there is any reason to detain th'
man any longer, but as our whole fore
is untiringly working on it, it only re
mains for the future to determine tn
worth Of this incident