Show MYSTERY Of MURDER S STIll DEEP LP Police Say They Have a Strong Case Against a a Cripple The police entertain no of or a doubt but hut that old Hugh Meyers crippled and anti puny of body waBan was waB an accomplice If tr not tho principal in inthe tho the murder of of John 0 0 in room room 12 42 of the American house last Thursday morn morning In g. g In Iii light liht of the most recent developments de dc IC- IC it is held possible and nud even ceD probable that Mayors Meyers was the only murderer murderer mur mur- derer and that there thero is no such uch person as us Boston Joe Joc That ho did diel not Dot leavo room 42 12 at 7 o o'clock clock W Wednesday night and retire retiro as 19 ho bo says pays s but was in the room at 0 9 o o'clock clock at 10 io 0 o'clock clock and again ain after midnight is attested to by two additional additional addi addi- witnesses who were located h by Detective Shoots Sheets last night Florence Richardson a ne re s of tho the red light region who stops at tho the American Amen Ameri can ran house bouse ea says 6 she talked with Barnett Meyers and two mon men at tho head hend of the stairs stains on tho the third floor after midnight ht on the of the murder and that they invited her to their thir room She Sho did diel not accompany them she eho says pays A quarter of an hour bour later she says sho bo a again ain saw Meyers como rom from room 42 go to to his cot in tho alcove and aDd then theu return to the tho company compa of the revelers The guest who occupied room 44 directly di di- across the tho han hall from the scene of the murder also tolls tells the police that ho he heard beard the tho men talking to tho the n cress cressand am and that thai they left her bor at tit the head bead of the thc stairs going down the tho hall hail to their room the tho tap of Meyers' Meyers crutch was as plainly distinguishable Blood on This Thi say tho the police completes ol peteil tho the chain of evidence c tending to prove pro that Meyers was at least present when the murder was done donI Cers was tas first arrested because became of bloodstains found on his crutch his bis shoes shoos his has pocket handkerchief and his bis hat haL He IIo told toM a n story t tending to show that tho the murderers had bad exchanged ed clothes with him while ho f leaving their blood soaked clothes on ou his bed The Tho inquest proved however ever that the clothes were ere his bis and also alro brought out c contradictory to his claim of having inc left tho the room early in tho the night I Such e evidence has been proved to betrue be bo true truo boy beyond ud a doubt think tho police Saturday afternoon tho the first t direct evidence o ton tending ine to prove Meyers' Meyers complicity corn com in iu the brutal cr crime was foun found when detectives Cs carried his crutch to tho m morgue and found it to fit exactly in tIll the rounds inflicted ou on the head henri of the murdered man That the tho murderers should have left their room and gono ono no to Meyers' Meyers cot to secure bi hi bis crutch as a weapon was considered highly improbable ble hie an and Detective Sheets was then convinced con con- vinced meed that Meyers Ic t had hael not ant told toM a 1 true truo fit story 0 V Ito IIo determined to l learn Arn how tho the crutch came camo to bo used to kill Barnett Says Moyers Meyers Was There Since the fittin fitting of the crutch into the wounds at tho morgue de developments have been heon rapid In discussing tho the murder murder murder mur mur- der this morning Chief of Detectives George Georgo Sheets said Alt Although ouch nothing but bitt c circumstantial evidence is in in our hands bands I have o no doubt but hut that Meyers was in in tho room whon when the tbt murder was done Tho The bloodstains bloodstains blood blood- stains on ou bis his clothes and antI even es-en on his handkerchief indicate that be he took f some porno part in the tho killin killing Wo have havo a n strong caso cago against him and expect ct to be ho ablo able to convict him of murder in t tho bo first degree There Ther is 5 not ono one thing in his bis favor or so far as ns I have havo b boen beu en abo ablo to determine His actions in staving about the tho American Ameri can house all aU the next day even thou though h ho bo knew the dead body lay we wol in in its blood are considered by some ome as proof that bo he was Vas not mixed iu in the murder but to mo ma such seems the most likely thin for a n person in bis his position to do Ho lie could not flee fleo with his bis partners being a cripple and so 50 ho he hit upon the tho plan of attempting to toe e escape cape suspicion by staving close to tho the place where tho the crime crimo was com corn mitt d The mo roost most t pil piece e of evidence evi o ovi- ovi deuce dence so far obtained is of course that of the crutch That it W was A the tho death eath weapon I am convinced And Aud in running run run- ning niner down the evidence tending to prove provo this wo have been fortunate eno to disprove entirely Meyers' Meyers alleged e 1 alibi Believes Meyers Was Vas There Thero We now noVo have havo a n chain of proof with which we wo can go O unto into court and prove pro conclusively ly that Meyers vas was in the tho room when the murder was dono done and that tb the tha crutch was wielded either in his bis bands hands or in n of his J J ph e es The story of V. V Bombino tho the proprietor tor and bartender of the saloon run in connection with the American house that th three men nien came into his Wednesday night and invited Barnett Darnett to room 4 4 and th that t Meyers was not ono one of them thorn and did not return with them at 2 0 o'clock clock in the morning when they thew again camo caine into the saloon with blood on their hands bands and clothing is the ono one puzzling thing thil to tho the police If levers Meyers was ono one of the plotters i aa against tho the lifo of Barnett then why t was he not in company with those thoo who lured the tho man to the room i Another thin thing somewhat iu in in Meyers' Meyers favor is that he lie retired to his Ins cot scarcely scarcely scarce scarce- ly a dozen feet from the scene of tho the crime and apparently slept soundly until 9 0 o'clock the tho next morning A cham chant says that Meyers was wa-s sleeping quietly when sho she passed his cot the next mornin morning Heard Quiet Steps That a youth of l 19 years could P pass a a. I seemingly ly peaceful night after bavin having I participated in ono one of the unreasonably fiendish cr crimes mrs on record appears rs almost I impossible It is also known that Meyers Mey Mey- eyers ey- ey ers era went downstairs Tuesday moraine mornin inquired if his bis companions ons from room 42 12 had been called yet vet and calmly ate several sev sev- eral cral sandwiches evidently with great reat relish That such actions were but those thoe of a 1 cool cunnin cunning 1 criminal brain appears equally impossible in iii one ono so 50 yo young unA and who has bas shown unmistakable able signs sig-ns of fright and blundered repeatedly under uDder the cross rots examinations be ho has been subjected to since his arrest I Other developments in the case caso tend to prove that the murder occurred between be tween half past 1 and 2 0 clock o'clock Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day lay morning morning- A man located last night says that ho he heard the men mon Jau laughing hin in I ro room 1 42 as liS late as half hall past 1 Shortly |