Evening journal., 1910-08-24
$21O0 Now Hung Up for Person Who
Catches the CniminaI---f Poison Was
Used If May Have Been ObIiferafed

WOlcott. i'm the absence of Attorney
General Gray, to-day announced over
the signature of Mr. Gray, a reward
of $1,000 for the arrest and convic-
tion of the murderers of Robert and
Ann Casey, who were brutally slain
while asleep in bed at their home in
Claymont on Friday night. This sum.
with the $500 offered by the governor,
brings the total reward offered TO
date up to S2,100. This sum may be
increased, provided the guilty parties
are not apprehended. by the New Cas-
lie county Levy Court. which is ex-
pected to take up the matter at it's
meeting next Tuesday.
Laboratory Test.
Deputy Coroner James T. Chandler
this morning took the stomachs of
the murdered couple which we're re-
moved at the autopsy held by Coro-
ner's Physician Bastian yesterday, to
the State Laboratory at Newark TO
have the contents analyzed.
Deputy Attorney-General Wolcott
said today that he ordered the autopsy
held purely as a matter of extreme
precaution. He considered that other
evidence than that of a layman to
establish the cause of death, was
necessary, and for that reason had
physicians to hold the post mortem.
When asked why the stoma hs of
the murdered couple had been re-
moved for analysis and if he thought
the victims might have been poisoned,
Mr. Wolcott said he could not say
what had caused death and he order
ed the stomachs removed and exam
ined in order that the post mortem
would be thorough
If the deputy attorney general does
have a suspicion of poisoning, accord
ing to Deputy Coroner Chandler
traces of the poison would probably
have disappeared by this time
formaldehyde fluid was used in
embalming the bodies
When asked why the stomachs of
would have elimipated all traces OF
poison had there been any in the
stomachs of the dead man and woman
Mr.. Chandler said that it would have
a tendency to. He added that there
was no evidence Of poisoning.
Officials at Odds.
The deputy attorney general and
deputy coroner had an argument yes
terday over the matter of holding an
inquest over the bodies
When Mr.. Wolcott learned that nc
aufopsy had been held he asked why
and was told by Mr. Chandler tha
the coroner's ofi.e didn't think one
was necessary as the appearance o
the bodies following the discovery o
the murder. plainly showed that thu
aged couple had been beaten t'
death.
Mr.. Wolcott, however, insisted OF
the coroner's Office ordering an au
topsy to be held but Mr.. Chandler
replied that the coroner's Office woul'
have nothing TO do with II.
Both men had warmed up TO I'M
discussion by this time and Mr.. Wol
colt finally told Mr.. Chandler tnat NJ
could place the bodies in the graves
but that he must leave the grave
open until he had time to secure
physician to hold the post morten.
FINALLY the two officials agreed tina
Mr. Woieott should call Dr. Bastial
and Mr. Chandler would take tina
rbvsician to the home Of William
Cloud where the bodies we're, to hol
.,e autopsy.
Mr. Chandler said today that he ha
had no words with Mr.. Wolcott Du
he considered the removal OF IN
stomachs for analysis a piece Q
foOlishness.
Was Robbery the MOtiVeF
The authorities now are direcun
their efforts to learn whether ther
might have been some papers In tn
safe I'm the Casey store that afte
IN furnished the motive for the mui
der and robbery. The detectives hav
obtained a list of the articles SUI
nosed TO have been in the safe, an
rumor has It that some papers beal
inc ON financial transactions wei
suDposed to have been there and wei
taken by the murderer.
Somehow, the opinion prevails th'
person familiar with the Case
store and with the habits of MIR. an
Mrs. Casey had hand in the Grim
II is said that the little dog belonl
ing to the Caseys was locked In Il
house the night Of the murder, al
Il would likely have made an alar
bv it's barking if somebody it did n
know had entered the place.
On the other hand, If it had be'
aroused to barking by the intrude
II is likely that Mr.. Casey would ha'
seized his shotgun, which he ke
loaded in the ROOM AS it was, Il
aged man and woman we're batter'
TO death as they slept, evidently wit
out any warning of the murderer
presence. 1t is said, too, that a Ia
der really was not used to enter &
Casey house, as was first suppose
but that it was placed there sometir
after the discovery of the crime
some of the persons who gather
At the house. The fact that mu
money was left in the safe, and
Mr.. Casey's room, strengthens {
the theory that after all the murder
was not seelSinESmoney alone.
YaluabIeS Not Taken.
The murderer left untouched Fl
watches. some gold coins in bs
a diamond pin and a wallet in n
Casey's room, but it has been learn
that a bunch of keys was taken fro
Mr.. Casey's trousers, although 50
money there was not taken. In
safe the sum of S71 was left behi
by the criminal.
That the murderer was stur
person is evident from the fact Il
his blows with the cherry cudl
caused death. II required a power
man TO infiict the blows that caus
death
Walter Witsil, a private detecti
is now at work on the case, and it
eXpeCs~4 that other sleuths will be
tracted by the S2100 reward hung
Detective Ratledge is working W
State Detective Gillis. and Chief
Police Black has made an inVeSti,