The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-17
Police Are Searching for Mrs, Raynore Believed to Be Woman In the Case Corpse Was Carried Down Four Flights of Stairs and Deposited Before Res
 taurant Door
Apartments of the Raynores Show that Their Flight Was Nasty = Mullen's Missing Hat Found Where Slayers Left It.

nesday night, on the fourth floor ot the Warner Block, at Main street and { Union Square. The mystery which has surrounded the death of the teamsteI was cleared up this morning when Frederick c. Mullins, of the under taking firm of Cullinan 6 Mullins got the janitor of the building to open an apartment at the rear of the building on the fourth floor, occupied until the day of the murder by a couple known as MT. and Mrs. Fred J. Raynore.
 One look into the room convinced the janitor that a crime had been committeds
 The police were notified and Cap tain Arnold and Detective Sergeant Cronaa, of the detective department on inspection of the room, were con- vinced that here was the place where Mullen was pummeled to death. There was every indication that a terrible struggle had taken place. Blood was spattered on the walls and on the floor. The pillows and the sheets on the bed were soaked with blood.
 Besides the bed the only other fit- ting of the room was, a trunk, the meagre contents of which were scat tered about, showing that the occu- pants had taken their departure in haste.
 The woman who was known as Mrs. Bessie Raynore undoubtedly was known under several names. Postal cards were found, in the trunk, ad- dressed to Mrs. Bessie Smith,.
 The Raynores had only been in Bridgeport since December l. The man, a small, dark complexioned fel- low, said he was a painter by trade, but he was never known to work. The woman was tall, stout and had dark brown hair. She was 35 years of age and if it had not been for her look of dissipation she would have made a better appearance than the average woman.
 There was much to show that the Raynore woman was a slave to Ray nore and piled a loathsome trade to support herself, and the man whose name she bore.
 When the police originally searched the building the room where the blood stained bed clothing was found was about the only room in the building that escaped their attention. A fl st look into the apartment gave it the appearance of being vacant.
 In the room was found the missing hat worn by Mullen at the time he was last seen alive on the street, a soft, felt headgear of bluish black color.
 It was this hat that the persons who carried the body of Mullen from the fourth floor to the ground failed to re- move to the rear porch with the rest of the clothing.
 Undoubtedly the murderers after de- posting the still warm body of their victim before the rear door of Broch' S restaurant heard the cry of the cook who opened the restaurant door, and was horror stricken to see the body. Fearful of making any noise they left his clothing on the fourth landing Tn rre ha Fa nd into their rooms. fearful of being heard
 Suspicion rests upon the Raynores because of their disappearance and the leaving behind of their trunk. which was probably their most valuable as- set.
 The police this morning sent a de- scription of the couple broadcast over the country. They learned that the Reynores came here from Danbury.
 When James H. Mullen was last seen alive he had about s1O or SIP habit of carrying his bills folded, with a five or a ten spot on the outside, and this made the impression that Jimmie was always flush.
 He had been drinking for several weeks and was physically in bad shape. The interference is that he was enticed to the room, early in the evening Somewhere in the neighbor- hood of o'clock there was a fight. Whether Jimmie" had caught some one going through his pockets. or whether a man had appeared before him and demanded money as black mail from him, is not known. But it Is evident that there was a fight and that Mullen, with his brain steeped in fumes of alcohol was no match for his assailants, who batter ed his face, closing both his eyes and n from both nostriIs. His vitality being very low. the blows in the face caus- ed the concussion of the brain that resulted in death.
 Mullen was undoubtedly undressed during the melee and his assailants did not wait to dress him before leav- ing him in the alley. They daringly carried the body down four flights of stairs which were used almost con- stantly by the people living in the house. Luck was with them for they succeeded in getting the body to the ground
 If they desired to leave the impress sion that Mullen had fallen from the porch above they would probably have tossed the body over without cere- m0ny. But they undoubtedly desired t0 place his clothes beside him and leave the tragedy for the police to trace out. without scent that would lead back to their apartments. They undoubtedly had started to bring the clothes down. or to throw them from the porch, when the cook in Rrock,s l -<<.x.r n~<kz