Evening journal., 1914-06-24
Find slain MAN
At WONAN'S DOOR
W.R. Ballou, Wealthy SuitOr
of Divorce, Beaten TO
Death in Stamford
EXAMINE BLOODY
TRACKS FOR CLUE
BY ALICE ROHE.
ed Press staff Correspondent.


STAMFORD. Conn, June "a. -
Bloody footprints, which led from the
apartment of Mrs. Helen Angle, to
whore w. r. Ballou. her rich suitor,
was found battered to death at her
door early today, we're microscopical-
ly photographed this morning In the
belief that they will show the slayer.
Leading from Mrs. Angles door to
the bottom Of the stairs. where Bal
LOUIS body, his skull smashed, as
though with a bottle. lay when il was
found at 1856 last night, the bloody
footprints, which we're small. showed
heavy on the trip down the stairs.
The police believe the person making
them bore a load as the imprints of
the balls OF the feet and OF the heels
are plain and clear.
On enlargement Of these footprints,
which Will SNOW markings OF the
skin, the police will depend largely
10 show whose was the hand that
struck Ballou down, and whose were
= the feet which bore his manned and
/ battered body down TO the street.
Arrested after the crime was discov-
ered Mrs. Angle was reported TO shave
been hysterical all through the night,
and today TO be still in the throes of
violent emotion. RumOrs flew thick and
fast through the little city that she had
made a statement to the police. This,
however. it is not believed verified as
influential friends of the woman have
exerted themselves TO quiet the case
and every avenue of official information
was closed until this afternoon when
Coroner John j. phelan. of Bridgeport
will hold the first public investigation
into the tragedy
No trace of the weapon with which
Ballou was killed had been found at
noon today so far as the police would
admit. IL was reported, however, that
Ballou's knife blOodstained. was discov.
cred on the bark porch Of the Angle
apartment. The dead mans body was
found at the foot of the stairs in front
Admission when she was first arrest
cd that Ballou had been at her home
until 10 o'clock last night, when sh,
said. he left, was made by Mrs. Angle
Today. the police assert. she declared
she tclephoned Ballou 10 come 10 Sec
her. The mystery of what happened
was deepened by the report Of a police
man on the beat that he was in The
hallway TO the Angle apartment at l.3l
o'clock and that there was certainly no
body there then.
II was learned today that Mrs. Angl
was not widow, as was general.
supposed In Stamford She was divorc
ed about Ave years ago from Fran
Angle. who is said to live in Bridge
port
Admission that a strange man
was at least closely associated wit
the train Of events which led up
Ballou's murder was made 10 N
police today They admitted IN;
Mrs. Angle, Ballou and this secon
; man took a long automobile ride yei
terday afternoon, during which. ther
was a bitter quarrel. At s O'clOc
i'm the evening the three returned
the second man got out OF the auto
mobile at the city hall. evidently an
gered. and Ballou took Mrs. Angl
home. They, too, It is said, parted 4
anger
This second man in the case was a
first described by the police as
"stranee man" Later, however, Tn
detectives we're confronted with re
ports which made them confess tina
the mans identity was known an
that he was not at present unde
surveillance.
Details Of the telephoning by Mri
Angle which brought Ballou to hi
death at her apartment also cam
out today. Ballou's telephone was
two-party line. One branch led {
his home, the other 10 the water
works. At 8 o'clock last night, Hrl
Angle called Ballou, by error, an
got the other extension. A watch
nan at the water works answere
her call for Ballou and eXplaine
she would have TO get the other en-
OF the double phone. Then he list
ened. Mrs. Angle, he said, toda,
called Ballou. got him on the phon
and asked him 10 come 10 her house
The watchman heard Ballou repl,
"All right, dear. I'll be right over.
Ohsetting in some measure the II
dications that Mrs. Angle was at leas
witness of Ballous death-blows cam
statement today by Mrs. Frank Eagl
wife of a Stamford policeman. Mr.
Eagle declared Mrs. Angle called her q
the telephone at 10 o'clock and that N
two women held an ordinary, normi
conversation over the phone. If Mr.
Eagles statement of the time was co.
rect. the police said, IL would go
prove that Ballou was not killed
Mrs. Angles apartment by 10 o'clo'
and would corrohorate her story 20 d
extent that the murdered man left,
she said at that hour
The statement was taken as indica
ing, however, that Ballou must. If
did leave the Angle home as elaine
2 have returned later and then met b
fate either at the hands Of woman
from crushing blows from some M
who was in the apartment subseque
TO Ballou's first visit. Just here pub
expectation is that the identity of {
man who quarreled on the automob
\ ride yesterday afternoon may prove
he most ,nterpstino