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Absence Of Blood- Reported In The Press
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: February 19, 2026, 7:52 am
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A few years ago, someone suggested that the press ( notably
those reporters who were present on the fifth floor) would
be intimidated by the police, or worse, should reports be
published that blood was not visible on the fifth floor, in
room 33, the hallway, the walls, etc., as maintained by the
police.
Not only wouldn't the police harangue, hassle, or threaten
reporters....but reports were published that ran contrary
to the police's findings.
Another myth eliminated.
Click on the attachments.......
New York Evening World
April 25, 1891
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New York Evening World
April 30, 1891
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Re: Absence Of Blood- Reported In The Press
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: July 30, 2026, 9:00 am
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New York Evening World
April 25, 1891
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NO BLOOD TRAIL.
It is barely possible that the murderer might have waited until
5 o'clock before he left the place, but this is not regarded as
probable by the police, as he would have had fully two hours in
which to complete his work and then get away before the door was
closed at 1 o'clock.
[Illustration showing a building labeled "EAST RIVER HOTEL"]
EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE.
A strange thing about the case is that no marks of blood appear
either upon the furniture of the room or on the doorknob or
woodwork.
How a man could accomplish such a fearful butchery without
having the marks of it upon him is a mystery which is not yet
explained.
New York Evening World
April 30, 1891
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The door of every other room, except Room No. 31, where old
"Shakespeare" was butchered, was wide open.
A chambermaid was just finishing her work on the floor, and it
looked as though she might have been doing some scrubbing.
A careful examination of the hallway did not disclose any signs
of a trail of blood having been left by the murderer,
nor did it appear that any of the floor boards had been cut to
remove such a trail, if such there had been.
Proprietor Jennings had refused to say whether the police had
discovered or attempted to remove boards showing
any such marks or whether the furnishings had been removed from
room 31.
He also had refused to state whether anything had been
discovered in room 33 that should cause it to be sealed.
But the door of room 31 was ajar as though someone had been in
there and forgotten to close the door when he came out.
The reporter was not permitted to enter room No. 31, it being
said that the police had given orders not to permit
any inspection of the scene of the crime.
From another source, it was learned that the room had been
visited by detectives this morning.
An inspection of the hotel register disclosed the curious fact
that there does not appear to have been an occupant of
room 33 on the night of the murder.
The room was occupied Monday and Tuesday nights by the same
party. Wednesday night, according to the register,
a different party occupied it, while Thursday night, the night
of the murder, no one is registered for it.
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