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one Of the affairs built before eombina-
ton locks were known, once the PROP
erty Of Jonathan Hitler. II was locked
and unlocked with a key about SIX
Inches long. This key has been lost or
mislaid- MaXcy Hitler said yesterday
that he always understood his brother
said that he and Af1'. EdwarCs were
given To understand that IL had been
left 10 the care Of Maxcy. While the
coroner was debating about this he was
joined by Miss Katherine Edwards,
daughter OF Charles A Edwards. who
was closely yelled IN mourning, md Mrs
a. Maxcy Hitler and Charles a. 3tiller.
All believed the missing will which
tells how Mrs. Jonathan Hitler disposed
OF her SIS, 800 estate. may be in the
safe. The meeting between the uncle
and niece and the aunt and niece was
said 10 have been very formal as all
stood behind the coroner and policemen
who tried 20 get the safe open. Their
efforts failed, and 1t was decided that
if another search for the key tomorrow
is unsuccessful the safe win be blown
open.
When the coroner returned to his
office il was TO be met Ly a crowd NJ
usually uncOmmunicatiYe. Asked as 10
the status on the case. his dnsw"r was,
81 can say nothing.
''Win there be a bench warrant?'' he
was asked.
Il cannot say"
Have you any new witnesses?'
II cannot say"
The formal inquest was continued this
afternoon by the coroner and only four
witnesses were examined
Startling Tale Told.
Three OF these witnesses were DR..
Arthur s. Cheney. who lives across the
street from the Hitler homestead; VII
liam Brown. night watchman of the
Yale Graduates Club. which adjOins the
Hitler homestead. and another man.
whose name was not given.
DR.. Cheney's testimony shed light on
the time OF the shooting. lie said that
between ! and o'clock in the morning.
he is not sure. he was awakened by the
barking of his bird dog Dewey, which
ranged his yard. The dog. he said.
barked eXcitedlg as If u had heard a
shot The animal was not ordinarily
excited bV persons or sounds IA tHe
street al night
Brown swore that about O'Clock he
had been attracted by a shot The club
is within one hundred feet of the Hitler
from which the report came. II was
muffied. as il il came from inside a
| house. and after mentioning n 10 the
man who was with him ne had paid no
further attention 10 II. He had seen
nobody about the Hitler home that
night. although he walked about the
premises he was guarding
The fourth witness was telephone
witness. He was George +. Hiu a
lawyer. Of Bridgeport. Conn. Mr.. Hill
who is personally acquainted with thl
Mr.. Edwards were very good friends.
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FOOD OR
STIMULANT.

Ask your doctor if when
he orders a patient to drink
lots of pure milk he advises
the addition of large guam
tity of whiskey. He'll tell
you "no +" very emPhatically.
Yet there are people who,
when ordered TO get SCOTS
Emulsion, will accept some
wine, cordial or extract of
COO liver oil and think 1t IS
the same thing or better. If
you want and need cod liver
oil in its best, purest and
most easily digested form,
get SCOTS Emulsion. If
you want whiskey, that's
another matter, but don't
look for the same results.
SCOTT & BOVINE. 500 Pearl St. New York
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Heart Trouble

The heart itself has no poweT-no self
control II is made to beat by d tender
nerve so tiny that IL is scarcely visible to
the naked eye. Yet ten thousand times a
day this delicate nerve must assist the
heart 20 expand and contract.
This nerve is only one of the branches
OF the great symuathetiC. or Inside nerve
system. Each branch Of this system is 50
closely allied with the others that weakness
OF lrTeguiaTfty 1T any point is ant 10 spread.
Heart trouble frequently arises from Stom-
ach trouble through sympathy. and Kidney
trouble may also follow For each of these
organs is operated by branch Of these
same sympathetic neryes-the Inside Nerves.
In Heart, Kidney, or stomach troubles, il
organ itsolf-the most permanent relief lies
in restoring the Inside Nerves. DR.. Shoop
regards these nerves to be the real cause
of such troubles. The remedy-knOwn by
physicians and druggists everywhere as Dr.
Shoop's ReStoratVe-is the result Of years
OF endeavor along this very line. It does not
dose the organ To deaden the pain--but it
aims 60 go al once 10 the nerve-the inside
nerye-the power nerve-and builds It up. and
strengthens Il, and makes il well.
Every heart sufferer may have DR.. Shops
hook on the Heart II viii be sent free and
with it you viii receive the Health Token, >"
an intended passport 10 good health.
For the free book Book 1 on Dyspepsia
an tne II q u Book on the Heart
- $50 Book the Kidneys
Rox I7ss Racio- Book for Women.
WIS state whicl Book ; for Men.
book you want. Book 6 on Rheumatism
Or. ShooD's Restorative Tablets-give fan
three weeks tte1tmeut. Each form-liquid
or tabiet-haye equal merit Druggists every
where.
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MAI. SYLVESTER COMMENDS
LOCK AND HANDCUFF EPERT

Major Richard Sylvester, superintend-
ent OF police for the District. has given
out letter in which he formally admits
the fact that Mr.. Houdni. the man who
defies locks and handouts, when locked
in the cell at police station yesterday
handcuffed stripped and searched.
emerged from the cell and from the
corridor fully dressed in TWEEN ty-siX
minutes Major Sylvester states that
the experiment Is educational and
should lead TO the increasing Of she
security of the District jails and the
adoption of locks that are more difficult
of being opened or interfered with.
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PATRICE'S LAWYERS HERE
TO STAY EXECUTION

A. G. Shenstone, of Shenstone &
Harding. is IN Washington ready To go
before the United States Supreme Court
IN uhe last chance 10 save the life of
Albert T. Patrick, now i'm Sing Sing
prison under sentence of death.
II Is possible that Mr. Shenstone's ap-
pearance before the high tribunal may
result i'm an action that will act as re-
prieve. If this tribunal refuses TO issue
a writ OF error and Governor Higgins
declines 10 interfere, PatTicks fight will
b. at an end.
Af- Sheustone and john Lindsay.
former Senator from ekutucky. on ac-
count OF the illness of David B. HILL
have been retained to take PatriClIS s
case before the court Of last resort IN
Washington. Mr.. Lindsay. however. will
not come 20 this city. as his hands are
full attending to the New York end Of
~ ~
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Coroner Hard at Work.

Therefore, the coroner would not say
"a word when the reporters tried To ques-
tion him. He would only say ne had
concluded 10 allow the lawyer 10 90
home. accompanied by "a policeman. He
would not discuss his days proceed
inss and H. would not tell Of any plans
he might have,
The coroner was mp very early this
morning and sent his detectives out
again lie went 20 conference with
States Attorney Williams. who had ar
rived from his home in Waterbury. He
met the State $ attorney in the court
house and went there. accompanied by
Deputy COnorer Pond. Chief of Police
CowIes and DR. Charles a Afarclay
stenogTapher read the testimony 10 Mr.
Williams. and then the coroner asked
for an opinion. Mr.. Williams opinion
was brief Some way must be found
of breaking the IlibI Of Mrs. A. Maxcy
Hitler, or the case could not be urged
to successful conclusion.
There was only one way Of breaking
this ahbi and that was To find "a witness
who could swear he saw the lawyer in
the street after the hour when his wife
sWhTe 3e wac in ted
This started the detectives on q rev
tack. and in half hour every available
man of the force was hard a. work gu-
ing over the ground between the Hiller
homestead. ll01 College street and 433
Temple street where A MaXcy Hitler
lives. This distance is one block to the
east and about one block and half to
the south, all long blocks making about
five of the New York city street blocks
Every man. woman and child living in
the two thoroughfares within the dis
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VIII Save Husband.

There is one thing that I am sure will
prove my husband innocent she con
tinued. 'They must find the pistol with
which MT. Edwards was shot"
TOld that there was a pistol in the
possession of the coroner. she replied
Il am glad of that. / hope ii is the
right WeapOn-it was never in my hus>
bands possession. 1t can be traced TO
the guilty person without a doubt
My husbands demeanor. l under
stand. puzzled the police. They say he
~ so calm. Why should he not be calm
He knows his innocence. He knows he
will be freed from all suspicion. ] is 4,
terrible trial. but we bear up under It,
convinced of absolute innocence
"All this comes because there is d diff
ference over the settlement of Mrs. Hill
ler's estate There is a difference, that
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LABORER INJURED
BY FALLING BOARD

Isaac Gardner aged hfty-nine. of
Halls hin, Va, a laborer at the Great
Falls @and Old Dominion Powerhouse.
was Knocked from an elevated platform
this morning by a board blown from the
roof Of the powerhouse. and seriously in
JuTed about the head and shoulders from
the blow and the fail He was taken
TO the Georgetown University Hospital
and treated by Or. Z. Wilson. who re
CARDS his condition as not serious
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DIED.

ROTHWELL-On Thursday. January l.
1906 al L j. a. IN, al MS residence. 3 Ninth
the eighty-fourth year Of his a1e
Funeral service Monday. Januar- s fa8s
from his tate residence, 2S Ninth street
northeast. at p IN. Friends and relatives
invited. fas-e+
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holders OF the CaplIal Traction Company
Tor the election oI directors viii De held
al Tie Once or Ihe company, Thirty sixth
ana N streets northwest. or fFEDN ES-
DAY. JAN NCAE1 lVfh 1876. Ihe polls
VIII De open rom 1U:Ug a. N. until Iz.UJ
noon, q. 4. DUNLOP, Pr=sIuenL.
III d. CRAAIPfON Secretary
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To Smash the Safe.
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Itching. Blind. Bleeding. PTotrudinE
Piles Your druggist viii refund money II
Pazo Ointment fails TO cure YOU in to
a days. 50c
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SPECIAL NOTICES

GRAND CHAPTER. r. A. NJ. DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA-Specia convocaJion at
Masonic Temple MONDAY. JAN. s, 1875,
at ! O'CLOCK =. NJ for the purpose Of
attending the FUNERAL Of the late Post
Grand High Priest Charles H Smith. BY
order OF the Grand High Priest. A W.
JOHNSTON. Grand Secretary Ja6-2t
A SPECIAL MEETING of stockholders
OF Continental Coal and Coke Company
of District OF Columbia viii be held At
Riggs House on JANUARY Is. 1906 at
j A. NJ a +. WILCOX.
J. Il SHREWSBURY.
J. r. OAKES- II
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the stock
holders OF the Economy Powder Co. OF
the District OF COluu bia Tor the election
of ten 1W trustees and for other pur-
poses. viii be held at the company
office Sol Bacr Bldg. Reading Pa, Oh
FEBRUARY o. 1856. JOHN T. EMBREE,
Secretary. Il
NOTICE no GAS CONSUMERS-The
pressure in the gas mains viii be con-
slderably reduced on SUNDAY. JANU-
AIRY TIH. between the hours oI 10 4. NJ.
and +. n. owing 10 making counec-
tions at Sew Jersey avenue anu + street
WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY.
CLOSING OUT my entire stock Of wall
pap. $1,000 rolls. AZ cents roll up.
hLNI. 46i Q 81 NV
NEW STANDS. NEWSBOHS and route
agents-YOu can get Baltimore Suns
daily and sunday. NNhy not add them
with your other morning papers. AQ-
oress orders Nm. SMITH agent. "a
Arthur place. Phone East l46I--d. Jal-ls
OFFICE Or THE. MUTUAL FIRE IL
SURAACE cOMPANI, OF the DlsrT4ct
OF Columbia, a 4shingtOn, December ~,
lSU5--Ihe annual meeting OF Jhe AIuLuaI
+ sre insurance Company VI the DIstrllL
OF Columbia viii be held Oh the third
once OF the company. JUz PennsyI-
wanna avenue northwest, commencing az
@ cock a. m l5y The charter OF Ins
company the election OF seven managers
70 conduct the affairs OF the company
Is required 10 De ngIQ at tne above lueel-
ES.
Dy the sixth article Of the bylaws Of
the company II Is provided. AT the
annual lneeuag oI the company tic
nTst business Ia order shall b. the ap-
pOlHJueut OF a chairman, VINO shall con
euIuaLlce WlJse TIE act OF lucorpora tion,
between the hours OF 0 cIoCk =. n. ana
..
Amount Of premium notes. s, ,655. T15. %
Amount OF cash on hand 5Rs- 10
securities --------..---.----..--. ~ ssJeS. ~
Ret4t estate ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -. .vJJ- ~
Once furniture ant nxLuTes.. .,gJyJ
Losses by nre, adjusted and
E'<t-u ,-r-.rsrss..ss fss5J. "a
The annual statement viii be reaoy Tor
Distribution Al me once OF Lue company
about january Is. 1906.
BY order u the board OF managers. .---..
l. PIEhEE EOfF.LER
Secretary.
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EMPLOYERS AND
STRIKERS FIRM
Both Claim Advantage in
Printers Contest.
G0MPERS DELIVERS ADDRESS
President of A. F. of L. Says Union
Chances Are Increasing
Daily.

President Samuel Gompers, of the
American. ederation of Labor, address
ed the job printers OF the Typo
graphical Union who are out on strike,
At their hail, on Ninth and d streets,
this afternoon.
The opinion Of President Gompers
and that of the eight-hour committee
of the strikers is that the chances OF
the union men for winning the strike
are daily increasing.
Getting Women and Boys.
"The employers declaring for the
open shop" said Chairman 7. . Par
sons, of the committee of the union to-
day, are having little success in sup
plying the help to do the work of the
union men. All the people they have
10 put TO work are from the outside
and are mostly women and boys. Their
work is at staudstin and every show
of weakening has come from their
ranks. The strikers are well provided
for and enjoying the rest. Some Of
them having not had a vacation before
for many years
At the headquarters of the Typothetae
the following statement was given out:
Typothetae Satisfied
I'VE are eminenuy satisfied with the
situation II IS but matter OF time un-
til we will be in a better position than
We have ever been in under the union
regime. None of our contracts are this
week undelivered. and our shops are
filling up. We are seeking to avoid the
bitterness and mudsliuging that chaTac-
terize the strike in other cities by Civ
ing out no figures as TO the conditions
IN our shops ana 10y entering into no
controversies through the press or other
wise
Outside printers are being brought in
on most all trains, and il is definitely
known that the forces in all the shops
are today materially strengthened
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STARTING JAN. /. 1896. THE BALTI-
9tORE SjN w4il be served Dy carrier
each morning daily and Sunday. 81 cents
= month -5ally alUne, -5c - month. Al
a. vss All OTCeTS 10 u N. SMIIti agent,
"a arthur pace NV Pnone last l46l-AL.,
Or bdIJo-0un Bureau. I3II = ST. nv.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative BrOmo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money If II fails to cure.
Z. " Groves signature is on each box. e5e
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CHURCH NOTICES.
SPECIAL ANNOUN UNCEAiENT OF
FREE PUBLIC LECTURES
BY
MR. c. JrNARAJADAsA, &. =.

- a
MR. C JTNARAJADAsA, &. =.
tcambrloge. England M r. A =.
or Colombo Ceylcn,
Under the Auspices of The
WASHINGTON BRANCH OF THE THO
sOPHICAL SOCIETY.
AT CONFEDERATE VETERANS HALL
Southeast Corner Eleventh ana L sts nW.
SUNDAY. Jan z, The Inaer Meaning OF
sunday. Jan. :. science As Key 10 the
@ssle5lvs or God sua1aE, Jan a. Arr
As Factor IL the Souls Evolution Il
SECOND CHURCH or CHRIST. Scientist
55ali 1919 / 81 NV Services Grnuay II am
sunday school, y w.. Wednes !av s nm
Reading room. Traders Bank bullding I8th
SC 4ila Fenisf flf aHia ave. II
srIBITCALIsaf-T league Al T5TT5-7z1
Temple I0l2 9Th 81 nv talk by Mr SeIahs
good metiumi special music Il
CHRISTIAN sCIENCE-First Church Of
christ scientist. 18th and Z sts uyv
SrTEiee5 .,7. sunday II a IT. ana o. IN sub
5ett. Truth Sunday school. l1 "a. m.. Wed
nealay D. ID Public cordially invited All
seats tfee- Free readins rooms in the Trad
ers' National Bank building. corner 10th and
SECOND EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN
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room .. corner l-th aud L SITS NV. al s.
p. m- Elder Roland y. Hazard viii de-
AVer lecture On ne subject Of Divine
Healing" All isylteI. Il
VNITARIA$-AH Souls Church. 18th st. cor
neT OF L 81 NV Rev Ulysses q 3. peroe-
minister s-i5 a. IN, sunday School and
class for the comparative study Il religion
Tor adults 10 a ul-. Unity study class. en-
gagged in the study Of Emerson II a. M
morning Service sermon by the minister =
p- IN. Young Peoples Religious Union.
Meeting in the lecture room s j.. M. even
ing service. First N course Of seven ser
mems on The Exodus. 4 story Of the
Sour PiErimage-L the Great Delverance."
An seats free az even ng service. ja6-2t
CHRIST CHURCH PARISH. 9ic5Eget9vyT-
Rev James II W Blake. rector Morning
prayer ana catechis8. $50 a. H.. Idtanv
Holy Communion and sermon hy the rector
II a. M, evening PRAYER and sermon 7.38
d. II
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHT RCH-Seottish Rite Hall, 1ElT = St NV
Services; II g. IN. and 3.39 p. III. Subject
az morning lecture by Bishop Oliver C. Sabin
viii be The Harvest Is Ripe" Subject Of
evening lecture by Mrs. o e Thornley,
/ .'The Power Of Thought 80 Testimonial meet
ing Wednesday evening AT 7.59 p. ~ Hall
centrally located, seats free: comfortable. all
invited. II
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trict named was seen and questioned.
and il is believed no one could he found
that saw the man. There ar ways by
which he might have crossed lots and
approached the house from the rear by
climbing fences. This route was travers-
ed and occupants of houses near were
questioned with ike results.
Pistols Found.
Still another plan was taken up. Ind
then about forty employees of the board
of public health were called upon 10
help in this. There are about six sewer
openings along the route named, and the
department was directed to search each
for the missing revolve-. This was with
out avail.
An old chest. Of drawers. apparently
not much used, yielded up the two
weapons which figure on She examiua-
ton being conducted by the coroner.
The chest was in a little room in the
Hitler homestead. 1907 College street. An
old rusty key was found that opened
! the lock. so stiE that IL gave evidence Of
having been long unused.
one OF the weapons Is an old derringer
with TWO barrels. It is described as
pretty much like "a small round oil can
with TWO tubes by one who knows its
character. The other is i small pistol
| or .2-Caliber but rusted and SO far as
appearances 90 more dangerous TO the
/ one diSchaTging Il than To the person
shot at. Moreover, an empty cartridge
was found IN the same drawer
The drawer was dusty, and so far as
| indications went, the contents had not
been disturbed. there being no finger
marks nor tracks or removal IN The
/ dust and CObWebs This WoulI indicate
I that little reliance can be placed iii any
theory that either weapon was used hy
the ono who shot Mr. Edwards Never
{ detectives "a L. s-r-
thought IL worth while TO have the two
weapons and the cartridge examined bv
a gun expert The room in which the
/ chest stood was TWO or three rooms re-
moved from the front chamber in which
] M Edwards was found
After this the coroner learned that IN
! April. 1893. a. MaNcy Hitler had oh
tanned permit from the chief lf police
/ 10 carry a revolver. aHeginC that he
was afraid Of violence from an Italian
with whom he had a business difference.
/ Mr. Hitler when communicated with ad-
mltIed that he had obtained the permit,
/ buJ more as joke, and had never car
| Ticd weapon.
To Smash the Safe.
Immediately after this the coroner.
Joined by Chief Of Police Cowles. went
/ 10 the Hitler homestead HIS workmen
/ had been busy about the place all night.
They had torn out every trap. every
/ pipe, the heater pipes, they had sounded
/ the chimneys. they had torn up the back
| yard and the front yard. had examined
| the old-fashioned upholstery, the clothes
/ closets; also the old-fashioned dressers
AID even the roof IN the search for the
weapon Their quest had been fruitless.
/ The coroner then decided that il was
necessary 10 ascertain the contents OF
/ The old-fashioned safe. which was iu
I the sitting room downstairs This was
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Wife Is Positive.

IN no matter what FORM the questions
We're put the answers Of the wife were
invariably the same.
MY husband did nos leave our home
that night. lie did not leave my side af-
ter We retired / would have known H.
My deafness has rendered my other fac
ulties more than ordinarily acute.
would have known IL had he left me.
He retired, disposing or his clothing
regularly. as lie always does. They were
IN that condition in the morning. He
could not have done this If he had
sIeTt l1io tur room ia rsc siIThn-s =
The lighting OF the gas would have
af-sW e. e. M a. orc.
This testimony could not be broken.
question as the coroner and his assistant
would, and in The end the wife went
home, 90 bC followed by her husband
a little later
Coroner Mix after the inquest ended
last night. was not altogether in a hap
by frame of mind After a very brief
but pointed conversation with Mr. Ar
vine he had begun TO think il possible
hc might have been a little haStg iE
sending such a reputable attorney 10 po-
Ice headquarters before he had finished
the testimony in his inquest. The law
OF the state Of Connecticut gives the
coroner very strong power. but IL does
not EIyc him the uuWCT. according to
Mr. Arylne, to hola witness without
bail II a man is charged with muir
der. of course. he i> held without bail
and witness may be compelled to give
sufficient assurance of his willingness
% attend any legal proceeding. But
Mr.. Hitler Is known, is Teputa BILE. and
said. 1t was most drastic step 10
take
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lContinued from rs PaeeD

and the other biOther and Mr.. Edwards
one one side the exact status of the
estate and all other details of the fam
lily relations are now known TO the
coroner. but are of little use so long
as fhHt .ilihi stands.
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Coroner Hard at Work.

Coroner Mix's inquest has now been
on for nearly fOTty-eight hours. It be
gan again early this morning. after ad-
journing after midnight last night lie
Is stiH non-committal, but il is known
now that he has submitted all the tes-
timony 10 States Attorney Williams and
has been advised TO take no further
steps until he has stronger evidence
Mr. Mix has been upset in some OF his
calculations by the discovery that near
the bed in the room in which Mr.. Ed
wards was found dying were tobacco
stains He believes these stains might
have been made by the assassin or the
man who fired the shot, and yet he IS
confronted by the fact that there We're
policemen in that room soon after TIE
body vas found, and most policemen
chew tobacco.
He has started a search Tor the VIII
and today endeaVOred to open the old
safe in the Hitler homestead IN presence
of members of the family. II the KEY
cannot be found tomorrow o. Sunday the
safe viii be blown open on Monday. He
mas obtained TO trace of the memoranda
or diary of Mrs. BeZentsOn. supposed 70
ha, q been seen in Mr. Edwards pocket
the night he was shot. He has been
told of the fear Mr. Edwards had of
some violence and Of threats Witnesses
from the neigh bOrhOod have set the time
Of shooting as after 3 o'clock In the
morning.