New-York tribune., 1907-01-31
BELLS BROTHER TALKS
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made statements. which the police say viii ada
TO their chain Of circumstandal evidence NIs
Samuel Bell, the prisoners stepmother' 'oi"
how, she saw two revolvers in a bureau drawer
,vbare they had been placed by John Bell on
Thursday. She said she looked into the drawer
on Saturday, but the revolvers were gone. ohe
also told how her suspicious were arouseu oS
the Young mans queer actions on SaturdaE'
Mrs Bell said her curiosity was fur'her a'ouSeu
when she saw that several pages hao oeel O1' ~
g., ~, ovaninp paper The next morning 'Suh-
day) she saw in the newspapers 'he s'o'S VI '-
rrov,nsend murder. She said she left the news
,.,,ors ON a table. intending 10 read the story OF
the shooting later. but when she returned the
accounts Of the murder had been cut out
LOOKING FOR FURTHER EVIDENCE
INSPECTOR schmittberger and his detectives
continued Yesterday their tour Of visits 70 for-
s.. .ot,arts NJ the dead man, In the hope Of
Andng clews which might lead to further
arrests
The testimony of William Coar. brother-in-
law of the prisoner. was in part corroborated by
his wife who was formerly Miss Grace ben. %
The two had told conflicting stories untu u, te .he
family conference was held IhGn 20 an about
District Attorney that he rnet JONI D'A
6 o'clock on Saturday morning, =, o-5trs- -
ar Is all up with me-" Bell said accordlhs %
Gov He tben gave Bell several dollars. ne salu'
NJ Coar added that when she asked her nus
hand why John Bell had been around so edI1t ar. !.
on Saturday morning, he replied. suesS y,tt nc.
a. ts oil ofP. Or Townsend has been shot w Ilell
- asI-s5 bir, who do n. Coar. aCcordlnS 20
her statement. replied. 1T looks as II 'oui Ni''
H. That is what he said TO me-
At the conclusion OF the all night session
district Attorney Kenney decided to hold MIS-.
Coar her husband and Howard Bell in $1,000
hail each as witnesses They we're later re-
leased when bail was furnished
KENNEY SAYS CASE is CLEAR
D,,,r,c, Attorney Kenney said last night; Il
think that the case Is cleared up now We have
annie evidence even II Mrs. Townsend faiis 70
identify the prisoner. John Rel Is one OF the
most remarkable men ever accused OF commit
ting a crime Tho tragedy is itself a deed WHICH
bes no paraileI IN the annals Of crimino!osy'
70 +b. man we have under arrest did the shoot
i,g then we have an entirely new brand of Grim
,,al He seems perfectly sane. The facts about
nts mental debate before the shots were tred
&c another feature which has no precedent
NJ Kenney's views were shared by Inspector
c.,h,,It+beraer who declared that in all MS eN-
narience he had never met a man OF BelfS type
Coroner Cahill will have Bell arraigned to-day
or Tomorrow before magistrate, as the Tune
allowed to hold him on the homiclae charSe
,,.,+hout formal arYaignment has passed An
other attempt was made yesterday TO obtain \
confession from the prisoner, but he refused 10
ranIv 70 any OF the questions put TO him by the
police John F. Ffnnegan. counsel for Bell. was
not at the West Brighton police station yester-
dav 10 sec his client. The coroner has decided
70 hold the inquest tomorrow. 1t is expected
that Mrs Townsend viii be prepared to face the
man suspected of numbering her husband. At
Dresent Mrs Townsend is too i'll to leave her
home.