The evening world., 1905-09-16
USED IN
MORRILL, CASE
FOREIGN MADE
Police Now Believe Brown
Brought 1t from Ireland
with Him.

Especial TO The Evening Worldly
GREENWICH. Conn. Sept. 1.-THE
oaly additional evidence which the Pin
kerton detectives ave gained In four
days. which might in amy way connect
John Brown, the New York stableman
under arrest for the attempt to murder
Mrs. WALKER C. morrill, with the crime
Is concerning the pistol which was found
In the door yard by Sheriff Ritch the
morning after the shooting at Green-
wich.
Detective Wade has carried the re-
volver to many places. and finally has
found out the gun is not a Smith q
Wesson make, as was at first supposed,
but an imitation gun, costing about
half as much, and made in England.
An attempt to force the sale of 1t on
an American market failed.
They believe the gun was purchased
in Ireland by Brown and brought to
this country with him five years ago,
The leather holster found within a few
hundred feet of where the gun was
picked up fts the gun exactly and
shows much wear. The gun itself was
we'll covered with vaseline n was only
rusted n little where 1t lay in the wet
q" tA"h hfe'Nt ~ utOppoA
frof the burglars pocket as he jumpe
the picket fence separating the Morrill,
yard from the roadway.
The chisel is also In the possession
Of this detective and it has been ascer-
tanned that it was manufactured in
Southampton. Conn, and sold to the
trade through a Sew York house n
afterward resold to a Connecticut
dealer, Yesterday afternoon Detective
Baily, who Is looking Latter matters in
the case i'll New York, came 10 Green
wlch and he and Detectives Wade and
Wilcox took a walk into the outskirts
of the village.
They were ON a clue In connection
with the purchase or ownership oil the
chisel. u they did not find the man
they were looking after. This was III
they would tell.
officers are looking up concerns a state
ment alleged to nave been made BY a
man OF shady reputation. inferr1ng that
he knew where there was a trick to be
pulled of and Il good one inside of
forty-egnt hours. This statement was
made Just previous to the morrill, crime.
Mrs. Morrill, is resting comfortably to-
day. No attempt Will be made to re-
move the bullet imbedded in the mus
Giles of the left side of the neck below
the ear for several days at least. DR..
Bishop, a New York surgeon, has taken
up his residence at the house, and will
aid the local physician in charge OF tho
case.
Sheriff Ritch was absent from town
all night following a clue in a neighbour
ing town OF some suspicious persons
seen in town before the Morrill, affair.
The public feeling in the case Is that
Brown is not guilty OF the Shooting. but
that some one knew he was started for
Greenwich and got him to help him at
the house.
An attempt was made last night to
steal s.. 900 worth OF silver plate and
So, Oo worth OF jewelry from a chest in
the front upper bedroom of the summer
cottage No. 1866 Shore Road. occupied
by c. b. Delayersne. a member Of a
Surge clothing firm In New YORK.. The
stun was all packed. as the Della
yergnes were selling out.
A s~econd-story man had entered the
room while the family was at dinner.
Mr.. Delavargne and an expressman, CO.
ing up the stairs. scared the thief, who
got away over the piazza roof.
He tool no silver or jewelry. but car
rled away two satchels, the contents Of
which are not known.