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Show A TRAIL OF BLOOD ronnJ In a LoneJr Tlaec Canici a Kreat Peal or AfoBiler. COMMENTS ON THE ELECTION RETURNS. Xoticc to Harrison that the (Jot- ernment Cannot lie ltoogM. ENGLISH PAPERS DO NOT CONCEAL CON-CEAL THEIR JOY. St. lVtcrabnrff Is Again Suffering from Flools. Ollirr IUnn; B j Tdejnp to the h Kw M I'HOFor.VD BCMIATION Canard br DliwtHTof nTrnll orillood. riAISHELD, X. J., OT. 5. Tho JUcoveo'ofa trail of human Mood leading from a lonely clump of trees In tho ouUklrtaof Bahway to the edge of a dock Jutting out Into Railway Rail-way river has caucU as profound a eemaUon and a mystery as thai aroused hy the discovery of the murder mur-der of four years ago. George Ball, a worUng man, went out for n walk ontiunday evening and was horrified horri-fied on returning home to find clots of blood clinging to his fingers after removing his shoes, lie remembered having stepped into what he thought wu a mud puddle, and the idea thai this must have been a pool of blocd kept him awato nearly all night. Early on Monday he retraced his steps and found that during the wait ho bad indeed struck a gory trail. Ball followed the crimon stains along a zigzag course, which seemed to indicate that the bearer had staggered stag-gered under a burden. Hire and there were little, pools where a rest wemed to havo been taken. The trail led along a lonely way to an old unused dock en the river front. On the edge was another pool, and then more drops on the bank of the stream. Ball reported his dUcoMry to a State detective, who promptly had a physician analyze some of the blood. Tho physician said It was undoubtedly human blood. The matter will be reiorted to local authorities today and Ihe river will be thereafter dragged for the body that Is rapporcd to be hidden In Its depths. |