New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-29
Wisps of Hair Also Found
by poIice-Skirt Adds
to Mystery.
STATE TEST SHOWS
BLOOD ON FLOORING
Mrs. Angles Father Asserts Dis
coIoration Was Caused
by Tobacco.
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st,-5 Conn. June 2S.-Mere
'.'tnrv was added to the puzzling CIR.
~,r,stanees that surround the death Vi
TsiSo r Ballou, by the finding TO-DAY
hv the police, Of black skirt on whicn
,beye were blood stains and wisps OF
erav hair. and the admission py MiS'
Helen NJ, Angle that she wore the sNir'
the night Ballou died.
Thor came the announcement from
nv Rruee 6. Weaver, pathologist OF
he Stamford Hospital, that his analy-
s;s sbou,s the stains on the grass mats
"a Aooring in the apartment IN the
p;nnowan Studio Building, where MIS-
EncIe lived. are blood stains.
IN attempting to explain away tne
,,o;rs on the skirt Mrs. Angle told
Th;ef Of Police Brennan they came
when she dragged the UNCONSCIOUS ""'
lou to-the street .I
- o,arined again by Homer S. Cum
lines State Prosecuting Attorney
eiecf who tried to reconcile the dls-
coveyies in Mrs. Angles apartment with
her story. -. ~ ,vs4orv
are inclined TO believe the sklTt Wa, Mas
psed TO wrap about the head OF baIiou
sfter he was wounded upstairs. rms
would have prevented tracing the BODY
hack from the street, If 1t were done
According to the police, Mrs. Angle
has changed her stories OF what nap
pened in her apartment, particularly
in regard to what she wore when baI,
Ion went to his death. At hrst she tolo
Chief Brennan she was clad IN wnlte'
After the black petticoat was founa on
a chair. she said she wore that and &C
counted for the stains by SAYING Ihey
were received when carrying BalIou ar
ter he had fallen downstairs ana IN
jured himself. ....
the mats and flooring Of Mrs. Angle 5
apartment were analysed. -.
There yet remains the analyzatloh
Of the electric fiatiron, which the, au-
tborities hint was the weapon used on
Rallou. DR.. Weaver will make re-
mort on the flatiron tomorrow, and on
what he finds depends in great meas
ure the next move of the state IN re-
gard 20 Mrs. Angle. -
Her father, Leonard Blondell, VINO
has said he will spend a fortune 10
clear Mrs. Angle, recently reported tnat
he had made an analysis Of the stains
on the mats and found them to be
tobacco juice.
An inquest has been set for o'clock
tomorrow afternoon, when Coroner
Phelan will hold a private hearing and
examine Mrs. Angle. 1t is expected
she will tell much that will help TO
clear up the mystery.
other witnesses will be called be-
fore Mrs. Angle is examined. She also
viii be asked about the letters found
IN the lat.
The letters signed "Charles'" and
&C" were traced definitely to-day to
the battleship Texas They were dated
in Nav and mailed from Vera Cruz.
II is said they are not ardent, but
rather the letters that pass between
warm friends.
Mrs. Angle is with her father at the
home of Mrs. George Eagle, where she
refuses to talk about the case. She
spent to-day reading every printed
word about the mystery and preparing
for the hearing before the Coroner.
Mrs. Eagle announced for her that she
was bearing up we'll under the cloud
that hangs over her, and was confident
Of clearing herself when she tells her
story.