The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-25
TO W|DO'
IN MURDER
MYSTERY
CHICAGO DETECTIVES THINK a
KNOWS SOMETHING ABoUT
sTEVENsoN's DEATH.
ALLEGED DISCREPANCY
Fopnd in Her atenents--AIttoi
She Has Proven An Alibi the AA
thorities Think She Had
Knowledge of Crime.

Chicago. Oct. 24.--Revelatsona
ugly dongs' Immediately before
after the death Of Attorney cha
I II, Stevenson, who died In a u
terious manner beneath an eley
shaft at 9G Washington street. arol1
the detective department t9 rene
activity last night
There are several Indication
| Charles II. Stevenson was marde|
aud hat although his wife atl |
home reading a novel she had |
siderable knowledge Of what
! going on" said Captain O'B!ien. a
of the detective bureau Just Il
was ready to pronounce the case
be a peculiar accident. I learned
several ugly doings just before |
attorneys death and ONE III
spondingly suspicious thing vii
| followed Immediately afterward.
Seeks Identity Of Friend Of Cod
Who Is the friend of Mr. aud n
Stevenson who went home lntoxica
lat 4 O'Clock the morning after
death OF the Attorney" Is the al
tion which Captain O'Brien ayows
will have answered before the n
ner's inquest. Information that
tual friend of the Stevenson and
person said to have known Mrs. 81
enson before her marriage to the
torney conducted himself In a II
terious manner the day following
tragedy reached detective headq
ters. The man III said ID hive
absent from his office s.nee that nl
ing.
Although Mrs. Stevenson can
doubtedly prove an alibi, and aithd
she sat at home reading THE Ma
Christian" it is NOT altogether
probable, said Captain 0'Brien.
she anticipated--weil. sometil
serious. Some man-and Ii would
folly 10 diyulge his identity at pd
ant-sceompanied Stevenson as
as the edge Of the deep pit where
body was found. Whether she knl
of this man. hatred for her husbs
is what we hope TO learn soon. N
Stevenson, in her interview with
yesterday, revealed plainly that
Is not reliable woman and that
is concealng something. She
that she is an English woman
others she avs diffe, emily.
stories Of her wealth. Of which &
has been telling, dwindled during Z
interview, and she admitted that
and her husband had had a fear
struggle against adversity BY
time he inquest is held. on SaturdI
we probably will know enough to
eide the exact nature of the case.
Detectives Question Mrs. Stevens
Attired in a DIRK green tailor ma
suit Mrs. Stevenson appeared In
ante room of the detective chic
office yes. erday noon. Captain q
bon4 and Detective Book escorted
into the captains room.
Immediately after asking the va
en- 10 be seated Captain O'Brien sal
One finger Of suspic on points
YOU. madam"
Mrs. Stevenson arose and replied
lignantly:
How dare you insinuate? ! cad
here because you sent for me. cad
here voluntarily. What have you be
able % learn about my husband
a great deal Mrs. Stevenson. Al
before you go I expect to learn ma,
more. Please sit down. BY the wa
his most intimate friends state n
there had been serious trouble
-wcen-"
How dare theye They know nod
ng absolutely nothing about our
airs"
But they have no motive in mis-
orming the authorities. madam.
This is unkind sobbed the wo1
m. Il am sure 10 was nothing but
ccident Why even his eyeg' ass
we're unbroken and on his nose
But we're they the manent
lll2" How should { know -
Mrs. Margaret E. Piummer.
those house Mr.. Stevenson lived
he night Of the attorneys death.
aid To have informed the police IN
fs spe-iaclcs wee never worn
stevenson unless he was readln
frs. Stevenson SAYS he always 40
hem.
Find Discrepancies in Stories
After the interview Captain 0'Rris
aid that he had found several a
reparcies in Mrs. Stevens1a's sfaf
rents. and that although she had e
ihlished an alibi she had not @ (
inced him that she vas not conce
e important information A eabi