New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-16
BLOOD TESTS MAY
FREE MRS. ANGLE
No Crystals Found by tx-
pert in Stains Discovered
in Her Apartment.
tRv Telegraph 70 The Tribune !

BY Telegram 10 ne llIOuH'.I
Stamford, Conn, July 15.-lf Mrs.
Helen NJ. Angle is discharged on Mon
day when Coroner John J. Phelan fin
ishes the inquest into the death of
Waldo r. Ballou, it will be principally
because the chemical analysis by DR..
Bruce Weaver, the states expert,
shows that stains found in Mrs. An
gle's apartment are not bloodstains.
It was learned tonight that num-
Der of the marks do not reveal blood
crystals, according to the tests applied.
1t was said tonight that the states
investigation is not being conducted on
the theory that Mr.. Ballou was struck
outside Mrs. Angles apartment and
pitched downstairs. II is not admitted
by the state that he could have re-
ceived his injuries by falling down
stairs.
There is nothing new TO the police in
the story told by Patrick Rabbit.
They have his signed statement, made
on the day following Mr.. Ballou's
death, setting forth what he knows.
Rabbit was on hand prepared 20 teS-
tify at the first session Of the inquest,
but was not called. He lives with Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Budwig, who have
the apartment beneath Mrs. Angle.
His story to the effect that he heard
noise as if bed had broken down
and that he waited to hear other
noises, as if the bed were being re-
paired. but did not hear them, has
been published before. Mr. and Mrs.
Budwig. who were in the room adjoin-
ing Rabbits at the time, did not hear
any such noise. nor did Frank Keller,
agent for sewing machine company,
who was at work on his books along
side the stairway partition on the first
floor Of the building.
A state official. commenting on the
Finch Rabbit statement, said to-
night:
when Waldo R. Balous body was
found there was the distinct imprint
of the braid of his straw hat on his
forehead, Just whore the denied hat
would have been forced against the
forehead. The braided straw along the
inner part Of the dent was split. This
showed cCnclusively that Mr. Ballou
was struck heavy blow on the fore
head. There is plenty of corroborative
evidence to establish the imprlnts OF
the straw on his forehead.
Judge Finch claims Mr.. Ballou re-
ceived his injuries by falling on the
concrete landing below Mrs. Angles
apartment, first stumbling downstairs.
Il would be impossible for Mr.. Ballou
to fall upon any such fiat substance
and dent his straw hat in the manner
in Itch il was dented, or sustain the
iniufes he did sustain. That can be
easily proved.
The stairs have rounded edges, but
in order for Mr.. Ballou to fall on the
rounded edge of a stair in a manner
that would dent his straw hat as 1t Is
dented it would positively be neces-
sary for him to make a perpendicular
dive. A man who stumbles and rails
downstairs would naturally fall at a
sharp angle with the stairs, throwing
his hands out palms down to protect
him.
at is apparent that Mr.. Ballou wore
his hat when he was hit, and TINS be-
ing so. he could not have received his
injuries by falling downstairs unl less
he was caught up and hurled down IN
perpendicular position.
Coroner Phelan was here this after
noon making tests IN the Rlppo"qm
building to see if the statements made
in Rabbits affidavit were plausible.
States Attorney Cummings and Dr..
Charles B. Mead listened to the Cor
oner and Dr.. Weaver run up and
down the stairs from Mrs. Angles
apartment to the landing on the other
side of the partition against which
Patrick Rabbits bed stands. Their
footsteps could be heard distinctly;
Mr.. Cummings and the Coroner tried
10 talk TO one another through the
partition. Both were satisfied as to
the FEASIBILITY OF Rabbits story as
far as hearing the noise goes.
Other tests will be made By drop
ping a weight on the landing and one
in Mrs. Angles apartment above.