The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-20
MURDER
 STILL MYSTIFIES
Fall River Police Unable to IProve Body that of
 Amelie St. Jean
Especial from United Press.)


 Fall River. Mass, Oct. 20.-tUnless St. Jean which we are sure belongs to the girls body found in sections at Tiverton. R. l.. the suitcase mystery will never be solved. Lacking that head, the best we can hope to do is to convict Dr. Frank Hill for criminal malpractice Thibeault is almost cer- tain to go free as nothing has been brought out to connect him with the St.. Jean girls murder
 For the first time since Frank Hill and WiIfred Thibeault were arrested here for the murder revealed at liver ton, a prominent police official of Fall River to-day spoke frankly of the case in the confession of defeat. He wou'd d not allow his name to be used but went over the case fully.
 "It all amounts to this" he said.
 Portions of the body of a girl were scattered around the country at liver ton. With them were found pieces of clothing identified as belonging to Amelie St. Jean of Woonsocket. There were also pieces of clothes ident4 fl ed as belonging to Frank Hill of Fall River Hill admits the girl counselled him as to her delicate condition. Thibeault also admits the St. Jean girl told him of her trouble Search of Hills office here revealed a piece ofs cloth said to have been from the cloth ing of the St. Jean girl and Marsei Ludorico, Greek fruit dealer. said he saw the girl go into Hili's office on the afternoon of Friday. October 8. Ludorico never saw her come out. Luderieo also swears aessbfSodstained box found near LFfverton was one he sold to Hill This box is believed to be the one used by the slayer to trans port the body of his victim.
 con Friday Amelie St. Jean ate din- ner at noon here with her aunt, Mrs. Lamoureaux. Professor Whitney of Harvard. who examined the stomach clares that the girl died within two hours after eating. It was about two in the. afternoon of Friday. October 8. that Ludorico saw the girl go into pr. Hills office and we believe she was killed after fainting while undergoing an operation.
 Whether or not a charge of this kind will be placed against Hill I do not know But the vital spot in the whole mystery is the failure to identf fly the victim as Amelie St. Jean. The girls narents refuse to do so in any definite way. Delina Leblanc. Miss St. Jeans closest friend. firmly denies that the body is that of the St. Jean girl, pointing out the serious discrepancies between the body and her friend. in the shape of the. hands, the condition of the nails and various other more Intimate particulars.
 "I believe that if we could prove that the body vast that of Amelie St. Jean we would have a fair chance of finding the murderer"
 :. To-day actual developments in the suitcase murder are slight. Alleged statements by Inspector Medley of the police here that he had discovered in- controvertible evidence against him in his search of the quack doctors office yesterday. are to-day practically de- nied and the whole hunt on the sur face at least, seems to be at a stand still. At Tiverton the policeman of that sleepy Rhode Island town are still searching in a half hearted fashion for the missing head and in the jail here both Hill and Thibeault still stick stolidly to their denials Of having any part in the crime. Attorneys for both the prisoners are confident that the cases of the police against them will prove to be things of spreads and patches when the test comes and in the case of Thibeault at least there is strong probability that by the grant ing of a habeas corpus he will soon be free.