The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-22
Police Thoroughly h. vestigating His Story. MAY HAVE BEEN GIVEN
 AIM 10 KEEP SILENT Many Clues Being Run to
 Earth. U -. \ ristei Nexrees Claan to .Hsve ssen |. Gelastein's Hand Undiscovered --ssystery stin Surrounds Double Ixinins-Ne Fur
 ther Arrests.

A bloody bank check blowing along Hall Street, on the other side of Oak Park, which was found by the negro, Burreil Burch, the day after the mur- der of Leo Spiegie and Abraham Gold stein Monday night. is still the only clew the police have to work on in solving the mystery of the killing of the two men. The negro. Burreli Burch, is not implicated in the killing, he has an uncontrovertible alibi. The only thing that is suspicious about him is the fact that he tells the po- lice he found the check on Hall Street, when there Is . possibility of its hav~ Ing been given to him to keep silent. The check is headed Brunswick, Ga. s1s dated January Il ,and Is made out to A. Goldstein by the Fruckman O., l,of that city. Goldstein's name is in- dorsed on the back of 1t, and it is sup posed 1t was given to spiegle as part known to have owed Spiegie.
 At first the police hoped the blood snnears on the front and back of the check might eventually lead to an Identification through the impression of finger or thumb. but the paper was microscopically examined. and there Is not the mark of . human skin print on 1t. It. appearsS that the blood srnirch came from It's being dropped in blood or taken from a bloody pocket, or possibly the blood came from a wounded hand and was wiped from the paper before it dried. @,
 In the peculiar case time after time clues have presented themselves, but fin each instance they have led to q dead wall. At first sight the murder presented a easeSof a duel with pistols. 7 The presence of but two glasses of tea on the table when there were three persons in the house at the time ofSthe tragedy seemed to substantiate the duel theory. the towseied bed and pill. lows on the sofa seemed to indicate q tussle, but the presence of the bloody check, blocks away from the scene of inc tragedy. knocks the foundation from under the svggested idea of do- nestle trouble.
 The pistol some of the negroes say they saw in Goldstein's hand -has not been found yet at least by the poltce. The condition of it's magazine would. had the police been able to get 1t be- fore anyone. else. have explained a whole lot. So far but five. and pos- Bibly six shots have been accounted Tor. The, negroes testify to but four. get one bullet was buried in Gold. RDiegie. and remained in his head, an- bfher is buried in SpieEle's body. The 1, sound in SpjeEle.e hand mayhave been Esnsod @by one ufs the bull lees tin ths Mall, but there are two bullets Tn the wall. each shot from the other side of kffe room from where Spiegle fell. what calibre these bullets were has not yet been stated bys the police. but If the balls were of different weight Or diameter, they may show that more ehan one weapon was used.
 ' If it is a fact that the negroes who came to the housue immediately after khe shooting saw a pistol in Gold stein's hand, what became of 1t? Po- siceman Thorn, one of the first of- ncers to arrive at the hose. says there was a mans derby hat on the touseled bed, but both men wore derbys. their occupied by Goldstein. That was the only hat found at the house when the oficers arrived.
 7 Speiele and Goidstein are said to have gone to the house somewhat over an hour before the shots were heard,