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Show Premises of J. F. Martin, Uncle of Alleged Blackmailer, Blackmail-er, Carefully Searched by Officers. Special to Tho Tribune OGDBN, Dec 7. With tho exception of a trip by several city detectives to the home of J. F. Martin, tlio uncle, on West Seventeenth stroot in search of possible evidence against tho man under arrest, thero were few developments today In the case of J. Henry Martin, the alleged blackmailer who may be reQulrcd to face a stato cliargo of assault with intent to commit murder. The search brought little lit-tle result. Tho officers found one indication which at first was looked upon as promising when they found evidence of a recent excavation ex-cavation in tho earth floor of the chicken coop, Tho hole had apparently been dug and refilled only recently. When the dirt was again removed thu detectives found notldng which would Indicate that guns or other articles had been concealed In tho holo. A search of tho house apd other buildings failed to reveal anything in the lino of evidence. Sweating Is Vain. That tho authorities hav not entirely given up tho theory that possibly Harry Martin or even the older man. J. F. Martin, Mar-tin, wero Implicated with Henry Martin In thy alleged criminal operations 'has been Indicated by tho fact that thuy sub mitted Harry, cousin of tho man under arrest, to another questioning last night-It night-It was no more successful than the questioning ques-tioning on tin: night of his arrest. Mrs Henry Martin, who ' lias recovered from tho shock following the arrest of her husband, w.-ik alo questioned by the officers of-ficers at pollco hendquarters last night without. Important result. Tho wife, it Is believed by tho officers, knows little or nothing of the alleged operations of her husband. For the purposo of making the photographs photo-graphs an importunt link in the proposed pro-posed prosecution of Martin, another set of X-ray photographs of Martin's Injured logs was made by Dr. C. I". Osgood last night. Tho last plates, made ut different angles, show even moro plainly the supposed buckshot and par-tlclea'of par-tlclea'of lead In the wounds. Carlile Complains. That there has boon no diminishing of tho tempest aroused over the clash bo-tweun bo-tweun the local officers and Plnkerton operatives ovor tho Martin caso was indicated in-dicated today when tho pollco unearthed another clew, which Is said to put more blow holes Into thu sensational story of Dctoctlvo Dave Kd wards with regard to tho white hor3e which was tied In front of a house nuar th home of Joseph E. Illgginbotham on Washington avenue on tho night of tho Seventeenth street shooting. shoot-ing. Coleman E. Carlile, a barber residing at 1738 Washington avenue, a short distanco from tho Illgginbotham home, complained to Sergeant O. H. Mohlman today that Plnkerton detectives bad been to his house sovcral times In the past few days and that the same detectives wore shadowing shad-owing htm. lie declared that It was all duo to the fact that. Kd wards had seen a. white horsu tied In front of his houso early Sunday morning, Novcmbor 0. when the delcvtivc was on his way to keM the Seventeenth street engagement with (Continued on Pago Two.)A DETECTIVES BUS! CATHE1E EVIDENCE (Continued from Page One.) the blackmailers. Because of the fact that the horse was not thoro following the shooting of Edwards and also because of tho subsequent arrest of Hlgglnbotham for his alleged attempt at blackmailing, It is supposed that suspicion pointed toward to-ward Carina The barber declared today that ho and Herman Brummel, proprietor of the Helena Hel-ena hotel, had arranged a duck hunting trip for the day on which tho shooting of Edwards occurred and about 4 o'clock that morning the hotel man had secured the horse, which happened to be a white one, from a local livery. He then drove to Carliio'3 homo, tied the horse and wont Into the house to wait until the barber was ready to start on the hunting trip. The hunters had not started when Do-ter.tlvcs Do-ter.tlvcs Edwards and Frank Blair drove out to Seventeenth strcot, but had left by the time Edwnrds, riddled with shot, was brought back to town In an automobile. automo-bile. On this clew, according to Carllle, the Plnkorton men wero dogging his trail. Without Brummel liavlng been previously previ-ously informed of tho matter. Sergeant Mohlman went to the hotel proprietor today to-day and verified the statements of Car-HIc Car-HIc with rcsard to the hunting expedition expedi-tion on November 9. Apparently the do-tectivea do-tectivea had not yet associated Brummel in tho clow chasing. The police officer then went to tho Lashus livery, rear of 2525 Lincoln avonue, and confirmed the Carllle story by means of tho barn books, which showed that Brummel had hired a horse and buggy for use all day Sunday. Novomber 9. The barber was assured that If he was molested further by the Plnkerton or other detectives with regard re-gard to his supposed connection with the blackhand operations thero may be occasion oc-casion for arrests. Chief of Police W. L Norton declared today he was at a loss to understand the change on the part of Detective Edwards since tho man was released from tho hos pltal. Before ho had sufficiently recovered recov-ered from the gunshot wounds to leave his bed he asked to see Chief Norton who was one of the first persons to visit the wounded Plnkerton man following the shooting. At that time and on tho occasion of following visits Edward3 appeared ap-peared friendly, Chlof Norton said, expressing ex-pressing a wl3h to co-operate with the police, as soon, as he could leavo the hospital, in a renewed chaso for the blackmailers. Tho first or second day after ho left the hospital, Dotcctlve Edwards called at tho police headquarters and talked aboul the shooting, He still seemed friendly toward the pollco. Chief Norton says, but within a few days he fired the broadside broad-side of blttor rosentmont against the local lo-cal officers and federal Inspectors. There Is a possible answer to the blttor attack? of the Plnkerton forcos upon the loca' officers, it Is said. In tho fact that Detective De-tective Frank Blair, partner of Edwards, representing himself to bo a deputy under un-der Sheriff T. A. DeVIne, was rofused permission by Postoffico Inspector Ralph Smith a few days before tho arrest of Martin to see the blackhsmd letters. Following Fol-lowing the arrest of Martin, Chief Norton Nor-ton refused the Plnkerton detectives the privilege of questioning him. |