The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-14

found a distinct clot of dried blood about the size of the head or me- dium size black pin. This was remoK- ed with a knife blade, placed III clean piece of paper and tested by Dr. Wolff, giving positive reactions for blood. Passing upstairs to the attic there are four rooms opening on the attic hall way and also two dark closets if my recollection serves me. It is true that one of these attic rooms had been kept tightly closed for many years as stat ed by Aldis Hitler. Whether or not this is the room to which the coroner refers when h. states, as appears in your paper, immediately following the alleged statement of Dr. Bartlett, un- der the heading "Coroner's State ment," was found to be barricaded by boxes of furniture" I do not knoN However, the room in which the brok- en latch is, at the time of our visit to it contained no boxes of furniture and the door was not in any way bar ricaded. nor was there any indication that it had been so nor was there any thing in the room excepting a bureau which could have been conveniently used for that purpose. The door opens inward from the hall so that it is not easy to understand how anyone could have barricaded the door on the in side and afterwards have left the room. An examination of this room was made by the same persons l have just referred to, but I am still uncer- tain whether or not MT. Webb was with us at that time. However, Mir. Leete, Dr. Wolff and myself were there. There was unquestionably distinct reddish stain on and below the upper portion of the broken latch covering considerable area on the woodwork of the door. This stain was carefully examined by Dr. Wolff and scrapings taken from 1t for examina tion which also gave reactions for blood. On going mp the garret stairs there were many spots on the treads of the stairs closely resembling those on the stairway to the basement, and piece of wood was cut out of the tread on either the third or fourth step from the bottom, leaving the bright new surface of the wood expos ed in contrast to the old and dlngy sur face of the remainder of the stair.
 Flashlight Pictures of Stains and Re-
 moval of Stains by Washing. As Mir. Sperry. who was taking our 1 flashlight pictures of these bloodstains was not present when this bleodstain on the door was discovered. 1t was not possible to take q flashlght picture of the same at once and MT Sperry was unable to spare the time to go to the Hitler house to take this picture for a period of two or three days. When he went finally he was accompanied by MT. Leete and MT. Leete at once re- ported to MT. Webb that the stains had disappeared and that the door was not in the condition in which we had first seen It. Mir. Webb then sent for Dr. Wolff and myself. We both went to New Haven and 6 second examination was made of the door with the result that after a careful examination of the surface of the door at the point where the stain had been upon its first exam nation, Dr. Wolff was satisfied that the stain had been removed by wash ing in the interim.
 This, with the blood stains found at the outside of the rear door open ing from the dining room into the backyard, which were found by the authorities as stated by Detective Daley in his examination, page 3fS of the testimony before the coroner, on file in the clerks office of the Superior court, New Haven county on January l 7th, four days after the finding of the body. completes the record of blood stains in the Hitler house so far as I am acquainted with 1t.
 I must now refer to some of the criticisms of Dr Wolffs report made l by pr. Bartlett, as he is reported in l your paper l have in my possession the only copy of this report which l believe to exist outside of that on D.. Wolff's own files and the report is Gi- vided, so far as it deals with the bloodstains into two distinct portions, one dealing with the facts discovered and one with Dr. Wolff's personal the ory of the manner of death
 It must be admitted that any man is at liberty to theorize on facts hut the facts themselves are the saliant features which are to receive consid- eration rather than the theory and. if the theory is to be considered nt all it must be considered only in the Fight of the actual facts upon which fl Is based
 You report Dr. Bartlett as saying that:
 "Dr Wolff assumes that the blood on the body and underclothes came from the murderer's finger as he held Mir Edwards down. If so the finger must have bled profusely. The blood was widely distributed from the cal well down on the chest It had diff fusely stained the beard on the left side 1 and had elotted and dried aronnd the roots of the beard here The spots oi clotted blood on the neck and chest were very numerous, etc"
 Criticism Not Justified.
 There is no point in Dr Wolf's re- port where he makes any statement which would justify this criticism. His only suggestion in that regard Is contained in his discussion of his the ory based on the facts in which he states as follows:
 T believe, from the investigations have made in this case that the blood found on the stairs. on the railing and in other portions of the house, is not the blood of Edwards"
 And again he says,
 The act of pushing Edwards back upon the bed when he jumped as the result of the shot. accounts for inc wiped blood on the neck and under wear in front of the neck Of the de- | ceased"
 Of course I have had the advantage of discussing Dr. Wolffs theory with him and know exactly what his