Show STill IN THE DARK Little Progress Made in Solving Solv-ing Bartholin Murder CLAFFY DECLINES TO TALK Man Who Was Expected to Impart Information Which Would Throw Light Upon tho Clin o Not Only Refused to Admit That He Was Ono of the Men Seen by Mrs Tallorday but Declared That He Was Not There at All Oscar Thompson Also Silent Chicago A tmg 115LI l t tin progress was made today by 1 time police In solving them the-m ICIk5 of the Bartholin case Inspector In-spector Hunt was convinced that he would obtain I Important information from John CIII fly who was positively I identified by Mrs Tallerday as one of the men she paw with the laundry wagon on the morning following the night of the disappearance of Minnie Mitchell Claffy has been accustomed toa supply of liquor I and the inspector was of the opinion that he would weaken weak-en after he had ben deprived of his allowance al-lowance for a few clays Late this afternoon he concluded that daffy should be about ready to tell what he knew and had him called into the office The result was a failure Cluffy not only refused to admit that he was one of the men seen by Mrp Tai lerdny but declared with great posl tlvcness that he was not there at all When asked how he explained Mrs Tallerdays I Identification of him i he replied re-plied that It was not for him to explain it She had simply madE > a mistake and that was her affair and not his He Insisted that t t he was at home In bed at the time Mrs l Tallerday declared that sho saw him with the laundry wagon and denied any connection with the case The police could make nothing whatever out of him and he was locked up again V Inspector Hunt said liT thought that we would get the story frorn daffy but we did not get a single thing He denied de-nied everything and stuck lo his denials de-nials I asked him where he was that night and he said ho was fit home In lied I asked him Is he had not gone to bed i intoxicated and if while In I that condition he might not have done 1 something he cannot now recall and he said he was sober that t night I Milton Edwards who arrived today I from Denver was able lo do no more I than to strengthen the suspicion of the police regarding thc I guilt of Thompson Thomp-son lie recited no facts that bore directly di-rectly upon the killing of either of Mrs Bartholin or of Minnie Mitchell Oscar Thompson still declines to tell thc police anything and Inslts he has told all he knows and he cannot remember re-member where he was or what he did on the night of the murder of the Mitchell girl |