Evening journal., 1910-08-20

Chief OF Police George Black also Is
working on clue. but he declines 20
say anything about ~ ~ Us known
however. that the chief is searching
for a man who he would like TO exc
plain his movements during last night
and this morning
There was a report about ClaymOnt
early this afternoon that the authori-
ties were looking for q man whose
mind has been affected and who had
been discharged recently from hos
pital for the insane. but Detective Gill
lis and Chief Black denied that they
had any such theory.
Detective Gillis this morning formed
a suspicion that pointed to one or two
men who work I'm Brandywine hun
dred, whose movements have excited
suspicion. He IL now following out this
theory. First of all TO test out this
idea, he started out late I'm the morn
ing to try to locate the tree from
which the wild cherry bOugh was
taken that was used as a cudgel to
beat the life out Of the sleeping couple.
After a hunt in the direction IN
which the suspect or suspects live.
Detective ellis early this afternoon
found a cherry tree that had stout
limb broken of. Whther the chunk
of tree used In the murder of Mr.
and Mrs. Casey will At this tree De-
tective Gillis has been unable to de-
termine absolutely. as the club had
been taken TO Wilmington by Deputy
Coroner Chandler. From every ap-
pearance of the club and the tree,
however, Gillis believes it will it,
This discovery is regarded as very
important Detective Ratledge Joined
Detective Gillis I'm sthe investigation
early this afternoon, and they re-
turned to the Casey residence to 90
al over the ground again. and search
for marks or fragments of clothing
that might aid them.
II was found that the ladder used in
clambering on to the roof of the back
shed OF the Casey residence had been
torn from the Casey barn. The lad
der was used in getting into the hay
NOV, and Il had been torn from its
fastenings by the murderer, who used
Il TO climb into the house containing
couple.
Boots are Missing.
Il also was discovered at neon thai
four pairs OF new rubber boots had
been taken from the Casey store.
They had besI bought yesterday by
Mr.. Casey. ana he showed them to
Foreman Eagan of the railroad force
at Cl NmOnt and others. These boots
are m,Ssing. and they may play an
important part in ferreting out the
I crime
Still another incident that may help
| the authorities is the fact that the
murderer I'm his hasty exit from the
store must have bespattered himself
with eggs. A basket of eggs was near
/ the side window through which the
murderer went, and I'm his anxiety to
/ get out I'm the darkness he fell into
the basket, breaking the eggs and
knocking many of them TO the floor
II is thought TO be a pretty safe
hazard that the man must have
smeared his clothing with the eggs.
Mrs. Eliza Carter. who has done do
nestle work at the Casey home for
many years, feels positive that the
clothing and woman's skirt found
tucked under the railroad tracks at
Claymont station. a short distance
from the Casey residence. this morn
ing, were not owned by the Caseys
Mrs. Carter has done the Casey wash
ing for some time, and she says she
never saw such a table cloth in tho
Casey house and does not think they
owned IL.
! If the goods did not come from
Casey's, il is thought that some othel
dwelling in the country roundabouti
may have been plundered. and tha
the articles We're taken from IT,
Neal Yet Shocked.
Wharton Neal who discovered th'