New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-28
LOOT ANGLE SAFE
TO OBTAIN PAPERS
IntruderS Outwit Police
and Search StrongboX
in Apartment.
THIRD MAN BROUGHT
INTO DEATH MYSTERY
Police Say HeiresS Told Him to
Get DOcuments-Case Hangs
on Stain Tests.
Irrom a stan Correspondent ]

IFrom a stan CorrcspondcntI
Stamford. Conn, June 27.-The apart
ment in the Rippowam studio building
which was occupied by Mrs. Helen NJ.
Angle on the night that Waldo r. Bal
lou came to his death from fracture
Of the skull was vigilantly guarded by
the police to-day following the discov-
cry that some person or persons had
gained an entrance and evidently made
a thorough search Of it.
II was considered significant that a
safe in one Of the rooms had been
opened since Tuesday, on the night Of
which Ballou's body was found.
On the top of the safe valuable
papers we're found, which lead the po-
lice to believe that some one directly
interested went there and took away
papers which might have had some
bearing on the case. The papers found
were mortgages and deeds of real es-
tate owned by Leonard Blondell, the
father of Mrs. Angle. There are only
two persons who are supposed to have
had the combination OF the saie-the
father and the daughter.
One Of Chief Brennen's men reported
to him this afternoon that he overheard
conversation between Mrs. Angle and
man whom he described as being
short. Eat and wearing Panama hat.
This man called on Mrs. Angle, who Is
living with Mrs. George Eagle, during
the afternoon, and upon his leaving the
house Mrs. Angle was heard to say:
go to my rooms quickly and when you
get those things destroy them" He IS
alleged to have replied: an get them,
all right" Immediately after Chief
Bremen placed extra guards at the
apartment, with instructions to seize
any person who sought admission to
the rooms.
New Mystery in Case.
Fred Lane, proprietor Of the lunch
room az the station of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, told
the police to-day that he saw Ballou
on Monday night at the easterly end Of
the station platform. in company with
another man whose identity as yet is Il
mystery.
Lane asserted that Ballou made in
ouiries OF him about the incoming
train. while the stranger withdrew to
the end OF the platform. The police are
anxious to find the unidentified man,
believing that he may be able to throw
some light on the case.
Al. e..
much annoyed yesterday by the pub
licity given to the letters signed
"Charles" and &C." that we're found in
his daughters apartment. He said:
"The man referred to is friend of
mine as we'll as Of my daughter. He
has been in correspondence with her
for long time. There is nothing clan
destine in the correspondence. This is
just another sample of the unfair tao
ties that the police are employing
against my daughter"
As a consequence, he refused to allow
visitors to see Mrs. Angle. He said
they both had been advised by n. c.
Downs, his daughters counsel, to keep
a strict silence until the next hearing.
The report of the psychologists, it
is expected, soon will be filed with Cor
oner Phelan and Albert Phillips, town
prosecutor.
DR.. George Sheriff., local medical ex-
aminer, and DR.. Bruce II. Weaver, of
the Stamford Hospital, now are anaIyz-
ing fourteen specimens, and upon their
findings, in a large measure, will de-
pend the case against Mrs. Angle. The
most important of these is the fatiron,
which Bremen repeatedly has said had
blood stains on one end.
Another sample that will have i'm
portant bearing in the case is the whis-
key bottle, which it is said had blood
spots on the label.
Flask Proves Puzzle.
A saloonkeeper on Main ST., Andrew
Kessler, has confirmed the report that
the pint flask found in Ballou's pocket
was purchased in his place. He said,
however, that never within his recollec-
tion did Ballou buy a flask of that de-
scription On the other hand, he as
serted that he often sold whiskey in
such a container TO women.
The man suspected of having been in
Mrs. Angles apartment during Ballou's
visit Tuesday night went to Chief
Bremen to-day with indignant denial.
He offered to account for all his move
ments on that evening.
Harold Parson, city engineer, to-day
entered the apartment to make meas
urements for a model that is to repro
duce in scale the situation Of the land
ings, the flights Of stairs and Mrs. An
gle's apartment Also he will indicate
on the facsimile the position of every
blood stain that has been discovered by
the police. This will figure in the Coro-
ner's hearing.
Inquiry among the tenants of the
apartments adjoining that of Mrs. An
gle revealed only one who heard any
unusual noise on the night of the trag-
edy. Patrick Rabbit, a boarder with
/ Mrs. Moskin, said that at about II
o'clock he heard noise as of fall
He paid little attentior to the sound at
the time, thinking that a piece of fur
niture was displaced by some one OF
the residents.