The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-26

from one man TO the other.
"oh. I would be glad to tell you"
Mrs. Angle said, with more animation
than she had shown before, but they tell
me not to say anything"
She appeared very weak after this. and
her gray haired father went toward her
quickly. She saw him and half rose
from her chair. trying to put her arms
around his neck. Her hand reached his
shoulder and then she collapsed. falling
In heap on the floor The court room
was cleared and she was carried into
another room. where restoratives were
administered.
BAIL Is Agreed Upon.
In the meantime the Coroner. Judge
Downs. Albert X. Phillips. the city prose
cutor. who also is Secretary OF state, and
Mr.. Blondel consulted together In a pri-
vate room. The upshot was the agree
ment that bail might be accepted on con-
dition that Mrs. Angle be wholly under
orders OF the Coroner, who would aues-
ton her further the moment the physi-
Ban considered II safe
Mrs. Angie was taken from police head
quarters about 6 o'clock. She passed the
reporters on her way out She turned to
them
"oh. you don't believe me guilty. she
exclaimed, adding They cannot hang
me for this"
1t was noted that In all her conversa-
tons with officers. reporters and others
her principal question. after asserting her
innocence. Is always Can they hang me?"
Chief of Police Brennan sprang his new
evidence with the first witness at the in
quest this afternoon. following it ub him
self, when, very dramatically. he pro-
duced first "A bloodstained and battered
straw hat, and next the electric fiat
iron. The broad end Of the iron was
fitted into the dent on the side OF the
hat ana filled IL perfectly while the
chief added
And these stains on the iron here
look very much like blood"
Detective Sergeant Thomas Foley, tall.
gray mustached and deliberate. was the
first witness The police revelations OF
yesterday told OF the bloody footprints
from the bottom o; the first flight Of stat j
of the Rippowam Building straight up to
Mrs. Angles apartments. The pool Of
blood on the landing at the head OF the
first flight also was revealed. II was said
that thereafter. on the second flight, there
were only footprints.
Foley on the stand told OF visit and
inspection this morning.
Were there any splashes Of blood or
drops OF blood on the upper flight Of
stairs?" was asked
There were" he answered. On the
wall at the right side OF the upper f'io .,
OF stairs there were seven splashes OF
blood as high as three feet from the floor
and on the steps going up az nigh as the
third step"
More Bloodstains Found.
Were there any more" continued the
Coroner.
Yes" was the reply OF the detective.
producing a diagram. "On the floor OF the
hall OF the third floor. at the top OF the
steps. there was a long splash of blood
which some one had tried to wash out but
had not succeeded. The blood had run
over the edge on to the riser Of the stairs.
where II was very plain"
Any more?'
Yes" went on the detective calmly.
Inside the front room OF Mrs. Angles
studio. foot from the piano and six
inches from the wall. there were two small
pools of blood. one of these had been
cradicated partly with a knife. An at
tempt had been made to splinter the floor.
Two splnters had been cut out, but some
blood remains"
Foley said there were marks near the
telephone stand, on the grass rug and IN
the sleeping room. but he could not say
positively whether these last were blood
drops or the obiterated marks of "A heel.
Foley left the stand and Chief Bren-
nan succeeded him. Brennan had been
called between IL and | o'clock Wednes-
day morning and was the first to enter
the building, at the head OF his men. They
had followed the footprints to the third
floor. This was more than two hours
after Mr.. Ballou Is thought to have re-
ceived his Injuries and accounted for the
ample time in which Mrs. Angle has said
she tried to wash away the stains.
When they reached the top floor they
did not go at once to Mrs. Angles apart
ment. but proceeded down the hall to II
lavatory. Just outside the window they
found a box, in which their flashlights
disclosed washcloth soaking with
blood. a pocket knife and some papers.
Looking further they found on the roof
of a back piazza of the building n quart
bottle. broken. II had contained sherry
wine, but 1t had not been opened. as the
cork was still in 1t, They gathered up
these things and then went to the door
of Mrs Angles bedroom. Brennan
Enter Mrs. Angles Room.
81 told her wanted to speak to her
and she said. 4 want to talk to you
alone. Bill I said I can't do that, Nelly
having known her long time. ] went
into the room.
What is the matter. what is the mat
ter?' she asked me-"
The chief said he told her that some
Ballou had been there that night. She
said he had been there from 80 to
10 80 o'clock The chief asked II am
thing had happened between them and
the answer was:
II cross my heart nothing happened"
II said to her, Nelly, how was he
hurt% and she grabbed my arm, saying,
Was he hurt bad?' I don't know az to
that I told her, but he has been taken
to the hospital
"She begged me TO call up the hospital
on the telephone and ask how he was.
] did and they told me he was dead. She
kept saying. Tell me. please tell me.
hasn't he been able to say anything -
I up and told her that he was dead.
She staggered back and asked her
again what had happened"
The front room OF the apartment then
was crowded with detectives and police
men, who began search for evidence.
The two rooms were divided by a curtain,
through which II was possible to hear
everything. They heard Mrs. Angle say
ing that she could not find her clothing,
she did not know what she had done
with II. The lights suddenly went out.
coming on again a minute later. and then
they heard Mrs, Angle say
"Oh, here IL my petticoat." 1t was
stained with blood.
Then a detective opened the small
clothes closet and uDon the ton Of "a