East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-24
TRUNK MYSTERY
CONTINUED from page onej
the first examination OF the articles
discovered IN the trunk.
Money Rplf Wru,ufv
Money BeIt Empty.

discovered IN the trunk.
Money Belt Empty.
Though the belief entertained from
the outset by the authorities has been
that the victim was killed in cold
blood with robbery as the motive.
this theory is strongly substantiated
by the finding Of the red-stained belt
the flaps Of which Topped over
empty pockets.
Any doubt that the belt was worn
by the man whose body was found In
the trunk is dispelled by its torn APP
pearance and the stains it bears.
sill the question OF who the dead
man was battles the police. suffi.
cient for this purpose that he was
John Linnd, not the John Linnd Of
Boston, but the John Linnd who in
quired after property values in both
Salem and Albany His name does
not bother the police, for they are
particularly interested now In the
pursuit Of the murderer. and the
Identity Of the dead man can wait.
Pursuits OF Murderer Unsuccessful
In the pursuit Of George Bartholo.
NEW alias Ed Hopkins, little head.
way was made locally YESTERDAY As
yet the means Of egress taken from
the city by the murderer has not been
discovered, and the police no longer
believe that he is in hiding within
the limits Of Portland.
Though no satisfactory clew TO
Bartholomew's whereabouts was
found, this does not mean there were
no clews There were many Of them
for example. 1t was reported to De-
tective Captain Baty that one man
was certain he had seen the green
trunk bobbing jauntily down the vii
lamette and passing under the Burn.
side bridge on Friday afternoon
"Clews" Are Misleading.
As it is positively known that the
trunk was thrown into the river be.
tween the hours of 4 and o'clock
Friday afternoon. later than it was
supposedly seen floating thus does
away with that "clew" Further the
tracks OF the wagon in which the
trunk was taken from Stark street
We're found on the Flanders-street
wharf, and a floating object thrown
in al that spot could not have floated
out upon the bosom Of the river. ac-
cording to the harbor patrol because
Of the back eddies, to say nothing Of
floating upstream
Another clew which Captain Baty
sarcastically remarked docs away
with all doubt as to when and how
the murderer left the city was
brought to police headquarters yes
terday morning by volunteer detec-
tive. He told his story to Detectives
John Moloney and Tichenor and lat
er repeated it for the benefit of Cap
tain Baty
volunteer Detective Heard
He was standing in front of the
Alder Hotel Monday afternoon, it ap-
peared. when he saw a strange sight.
1t was man on horseback. There
was no saddle on the horse, and
across the riders knee were flung
two knotted gunny-sacks The rider
was a big man with brown mus
tache The observer noticed that he
had his right shoe on his left foot
and vice versa.
We'll queried Captain Baty
when the narrator reached this point
in the story and stopped.
That was him. " This was stated
with conviction.
But the murderer had no mus
taehe," objected the detective cap
tain.
"Oh, that was just a part of his
disguise" replied the narrator, air.
lily,
other "clews" almost as wild were
met by the police and dissipated Not
a shred of real conclusive evidence
that Bartholomew did not take an
automobile or train out of Portland
Friday night was found