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UHL was DOl nieuuuutu. at c* .Iimt will never be called in tbe police sta-ion again. When the roll call was over everal of Roth’s more intimate friends did iQt leave their seats., but sat perfectly still Ooking moodily at the floor. But one by me they left the station to go to the home r tha man who blit a few short hours before iad gone out to work with them.There were a number of additional facts irought to light yesterday in connection vith the killing of the policeman. The first vas discovered yesterday morning when the indertaker went to the house to prepare he corpse for burial, and it confirms the ellef of an Express reporter expressed j vhile the body was still lying on the floor : f the No. 2 engine house. When the patrol ( vagon came for the body the reporter was j :alled ou to lift the dead man's head. In loing so the blood gushed from a wound, j ut the officers believed at that time that loth had been shot but once and it was ioncluded the blood on the back of (he head vas caused by the scalp being cut when the ifficer fell to the pavement. However, when he undertaker proceeded to wash the body le found that there was a bullet hole two nches behind and half an inch below the eft ear. This showed what Bishop’s revolver indicated—that he had fired twice at *oth and that both bullets had taken ef-lect.CAUSE OF THE QUARREL;-ink By Link a Chain of Evidence HasBeen Woven.All day yesterday, the one question was, 'what had caused Roth to get mad at Bish-p. Bishop told a reporter immediately aft-r the shooting that he did not know, and /hile incidents have since been brought to is mind there is 110 doubt that at the time f the tragedy he did not know that Roth -as talking about. Yesterday a report was n circulation to the effect that the dead loliceman had been drinking and at once n effort, was made to prove or disprove these iiterances. The first thing done was to isit -the stables of the transfer company, /here Roth eats his supper. Here it was earned that when Roth left, a very shorn ime prior to the tragedy, he was sober. In act, it is said be had not taken a drink all light so far as appearances were concerned, lergeant Beattie was called in to tell what ic knew of Roth’s condition. He said he aw Roth at 10 o’clock and at that time was uly sober. The sergeant saw Roth in front if the transfer stables, and added that at hat time the officer was talking to some olored man.Tli© Second Link is Added.The name of that colored man was what he authorities wanted to know, and it was lot long before Daniel Roper, fireman at the sTo. 1 engine house was sent for. He put in n early appearance and without the slight-st hesitation he admitted he had seen Roth .1 the transfer stables at 10 o’clock and hat they were standing in front of the lullding when Sergeant Beattie came along, ’hey stood out in the cold talking for sev-ral minutes. Finally Beattie came out and aid to Roth. i‘You’11 freeze yourself to oath standing there.” It was at this mo-nent that Roth walked away from Roper .ml hurried off down the street with a man .ho was waiting for him. Roper came up own and later went to bed.It will be recalled that a few nights ago ’atrolman Roth arrested May Call and iinnie Snider, two notorious white women rho have a house on South First street. It i dll also be recalled that at the time Roth iade the arrest the Express told how. a ew days previous he had gone to the house nd had been refused admission. It now eems that it was on the night of this visit a the Call bagnio that the first act in the rani a which terminated with the killing of j tie policeman was played. This visit with few future occurrences caused Roth to go j the engine house in search of Jim lishop Sunday night at midnight, to be auled away a corpse.Here Is the Connecting T.ink.For some time it has been common talk raong the policemen that May Call and linnie Snider were in the habit of keeping , tie company of colored men. The story j as been afloat for weeks—even before the jhad m told :didn'tries c wholl;Ace bles S ing b They that I becau;go towo meand Iserioubecan:ribledowncalledguess,estlywas i,friendsaid,wasn’Yo u ifacedwordknowtake ime awhenme tlme he‘treedme.I kne\ come 1 was ture. but tl be ac Then Nick Nick want 1 in my As Jo in tht house house phone going have iThu no qii' his bf to braBishothe ei under beingbecan:fightJai bond with of hi inorr lor a dazelt; child this, while terri to ga pr Geor Uzzh Th but form ploye and i foliosirewouThisJut©com bis i innc ttaer fu tu a go-sitiotested yester not se brougi
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Terre Haute Semi Weekly Express
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Tue, Jan 26, 1897
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Tim C.
USA 23 Jan 2018
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