The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-17
CASE AGAINST BEST GROWS
STRONGER, SAY POLICE


Wout'sued from Pugc one,
running upstairs. al he admits, first
looked over the rail on the side near
est the woman.
II Ii regarded as significant. too. that
Best told no one In Comber. when he
returned, SUNDAY morning. of having
seen woman drown, Then there ar,
ais loving letters I his wife, just pre-
ceding and following her disappear.
ance, which are IN marked contrast 10
the letters he had been wont to send
her. Ills sudden return to Comber,
after he mad planned TO spend SUNDAY
with his wife In Detroit, Is anothc-
Joint that seems tn require explana-
lion. II also develops that Best. IN
stead OF coming Oh the 10 o'clock
train, as he had planned. took an
earlier train and waited around the
depot until his wife appeared.
In fact. his conduct. both preceding
and subsequent 10 his meeting with
hIs wife. Saturday night. Is regarded
AZ most peculiar by the police.
Looks Bad For Best.
1T certainly looks very bad for
him. said Lieut. Thomas Lally.
Thursday noon.
Best was subjected to another long
examination during the forenoon AMI
his statements wer, taken down 10y
Stenographer Herbert Bliss, of tho
prosecutors Office.
Asked II the examination would be
continued, CHEZ Mcdonnell replied:
No. we've got all we want"
Did he break down."
mo. he didn't break down, but LIE
tells a very peculiar story"
Waterman Russell says he was able
20 recognize Best in the station De.
cause he got gooc look at him at the
alley entrance by means OF an electro
night stick he carried. When he no
tlced that the person with him was
woman he paid no further attention
10 the pair. Russell says he also threw
his fashlight on tn, woman who met
ie. death in the river some time later
as she foated past Randolph-st. on d
axe Of ice. He toll her to keep up
her courage. he said. as the ferry boat.
lust below, would rescue her. Rus
cell was unable 10 say whether this
woman was the one he had seen talk
ing with Best. He believes that the
woman who was drowned either fell
G: was pushed into the river some
where near BrushsI
Figured Up Cost " Housekeeping.
In anticipation Of starting house
keeping, following the receipt OF the
cheering news last Saturday that Ar
thar had lecided TO do the right thing
by her. Mrs. Best, il is learned, had
gone so ,ar as 10 figure up the cost
A search OF her effects revealed slip
OF paper on which she had put down
The various items and totaled them UP.
She had enough money coming to her
rom her fathers estate to cover the
cost and vas willing and eager to lie
veto IL to such a cause. Relatives point
TO her plans in this regard as another
reason why she would not wish TO
IKE her own lie.
Mrs Best had also planned to have
III. portraits of herself and her huS-
band enlarged to hang In their new
home. These are the photographs re
foduced In The Times today.
When first taken. to Wind
scr from Comber. Wednesday after
noon. Best refused to cross the river
alter he was persuaded by Detectives
Kunkel and McCarty to accompany
them to police headquarters In De
roit for little talk with Capt. Me.
DonEell. After the chat he was o.
dered locked up
Heard Cries Of Drowning Woman.
Best told the captain that he heard
the cries Of the 'sovning woman from
the steamer Promise Saturday night.
bit was sure that the woman was not
tain fatty contradicts the one h
told his wife's brothers. He told
lem that 10 pu, :.irs Best on Brush.
st. car at IL o'clock. To Capt McDol-
nell he stated that he had not put nls
wife on car. but bad left her stand.
ing at Woodward-avs. and Atwater-st..
while he hurried down to the ferry
dock to catch tn. boat. He was Just
100 late and had TO walt for the next.
In the meantime he walked back -
where he had left his wife, but found
she haG gone. Then he returned TO
the ferry dock and waited for the
Promise
IL can hold Best for 10 days with.
out warrant. by having him remand
ed each day" says Captain Mcdonnell
There are many things In the state
ment which he made to me. Wednes-
day. which do not make me feel In.
clned to let him walk out Of here.
intend to put everything as far as we
have gone. up to the prosecutor, and
let him decide what to do
Hest told Chief Mcdonnell that
after getting on the boat he heard the
woman's screams.
II ran up on the upper deck SO as to
get away from the screams" said
Best. according TO Chief Mcdonnell.
Didn't you recognize the screams"
asked Chief Mcdonnell.
lest said that he didn't
How do you know that II was my
wife," Best shot back.
You know" said Chief Mcdonnell.
quietly.
There was moment OF tense
silence after that remark. but Best
said no more on the subject.
Three Hours Unexplained.
Rest admitted TO Chief Mcdonnell
that he reached Windsor at ~: 30
o'clock Sunday morning. but he did
tha ~ ttoh- A Il