The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-25
WILL SPEND. FORTUNE TO FREE
 MRS. HELEN ANGLE
Woman Held While Coroner Phelan Probes Death Of Wealthy Stam- ford Man, Either From Fall or Blow, Too Hysterical To Testify Today, Her Attorney Declares.


 Stamford, June 25.-An i4ivestiga. ton, independent of that now being made by Coroner John J. Phe1an. was ordered today by Prosecuting Attor ney Albert Phillips into the death of Waldo R. Bai1ou, which occurred early yesterday. Ballou, former member of the city council, and prominent social midnight at the entrance to a fash ionable apartment building, where earlier in the evening he had called on Mrs. Helen M. Angle, said to have been his haneee. He died shortly after his removal to hospital and, as the result of investigation, Mrs. Ang1>i was detained by the police without bail to await the outcome of the cor : oner's inquiry.
 Mrs. Angle in a statement to Chief of Police Brennan, has declared that she had nothing to do with the death and that it was entirely an accident, the fracture of the skull, which caused BaHou's death. being due to fall down the stairs after he had left her apartments.
 Prosecutor Phillips attended the hearing held by. the coroner ysster- day and had a stenography report of the proceedings made He said today that he intended that his in vestigation should be very compre- hen81Ye.s Various tTufI1OTS. COAAcC- ton with the case were being given some attention by the police today.
 The coroner will resume his inquest this afternoon. It had been expected that Mrs Angle would take the stand and give her version oE the affair as she has already to the el1i'ef police. Her counsel, Judge N. C. Downs, how ever, said today that, unless some thing unforeseen happened before the time set for the resuming of the in quest, he would not permit his client to take the stand, as, in her present hysterica1 condition, he deemed it tn- advisable.
 Mrs. Angle passed a restless night in her quarters in the Jail dornnitory, sleeping ftfully. Her father, Leon ard BIondell, who arrived from Maine last night, declares his belief that his daughter is innocent, and expressed confidence that the investigation would show she had, no connection with the death of Ballou.
 New Evidence For Coroner.
 Chief, of Police Brennan will today submit new evidence before the coron-. CT.
 both Mrs. Angle and Mr. Bal1ou, a member of an automobile party on the afternoon of BaIlou's death, which al- so included the couple, has been 1o- cated by the police. and it is un- derstood, may appear at the hearing. He is highly connected in Stamford
 He is expected to give further de- tails of a quarrel in which MT. Bal lou, Mrs. Angle and third person were involved subsequent to the auto ride It was following this aIterca,- ton that BaIlou began to drink, it is said, and Mrs. Angle called him on the telephone and asked him to come fO her home
 Chief of Police Brennan said that he had discovered that Mrs. Angle called MT. Ba11ou shortly after o'clock He was heard to say to her, ssAI right. will be over around
 Mir. BalIou did not leave shortly af- ter 10 o'clock, as Mrs. Angle had stat ed, according to Policeman Ley. He passed the Rippowan building at T and the body was not then on the sidewalk. George Merritt, night 1atchmar of a dairy company, which occupies a ground floor storeroon of