The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-06-15
CONFLICTING TESTIMONY.
Mrs. Hall Tells q Story About the Kinney AZ
fair, and Then Says She Spoke Falsely.

The coroner, who has about closed his in
vestigation of the killing of Thomas Kin
ney, says the case is almost as mysterious
as it was before the inquiry began. The
testimony taken is so conflicting that he is
unable, as yet. to arrive at any definite
conclusion. Four disinterested witnesses
yesterday testified that they heard shots in
the block on the night Kinney's body was
ound. These witnesses were not acquainted
with each other. and did not know Kinney
or Mrs. Hall. The testimony of the last
named was to the effect that she
was not acquainted with Thomas Kinney,
although she had seen him. Blanche Hunt
er, who had been living with witness, had
a friend she called Ton. He called Monday
night. was admitted by the Martindale
girl, and was told that Blanche had gone.
He remained some minutes, witness and
her husband being in the room. 1t was be-
tween 9 and $50 o'clock when he left. He
did not return. Her husband left about
the same time, aud did not return until
after midnight. She said she knew nothing
of Kinney or how he met his death.
Lima Martindale said she was not person
ally acquainted with Thomas Kinney, and
had only seen him twice. The first time
with Mrs. Hall and Blanche Hunter. The
witness, Mrs. Hall and Blanche Hunter We're
on their way TO the circus, when Mrs. Hall
said she wanted to see Kinney. The three
stopped at a saloon on washington
Kinney was there. The barkeeper said he
was not, but might be found at another sa-
loon in the neighborhood. That saloon was
also visited, but Kinney was not there:
They walked on to the shOw-grounds, and
there met. a man Mrs. Hall introduced to
them nc Thomas klpnpV- Mrs. Hall talked
with him for some time, and as she ap-
peared not to want to have witness and the
Hunter girl hear what was said, they went
away and left Kinney and the woman in
was on the evening he met his
T Hsa1h' about vas > O'clock 10 "fs said hs she'
Kinney and anothers man came to the
door. | opened it for the former, and he
said Where is Carrier / told him she was
in the kitchen, where she had company. He
asked me to call her, which l did, and she
came in. She said to her visitor, Go OH
away; you can't stay now Kinney and
the other man then left. Mr.. Hall left
about 1918 o'clock. The next morning,
about s o'clock. / went to Mrs. Halls. and
she asked me If / had heard about o man
being killed in front of the block. She
said she did not go down and see the body.
s shs then a sala to T Tem 'DP Seins say hhs eyye
last night, for if You do 1
will be accused of his death The next day
she said: If you testify you tell them that
the man who called here asked to see
Blanche She also threatened if / did say
anything about Kinney being there she
would do me harm." In conclusion. Miss
Martindale stated that she heard Kinney
tell Mrs. Hall that he would go and put the
rig up and come back. In corroboratiOn of
this evidence, Harry Stevens, a bartender
in a saloon at No.. 43S West Washington
street. testified to the three women coming
into his place and asking for Kinney. Mrs.
Hall, yesterday afternoon. called on. the
coroner and admitted that she had testified
falsely rs to some things. She said she did
remember stopping at a saloon on West
Washington street and asking for Kinney,
thus acknowledging that she was ac-
quainted with that man. She maintained,
however, that she did not see Kinney, if he
called at her room, on the Monday evening
in question. The coroner and the officers
think that Mrs. Hall knows how Kinney
came to his death, and they still have hopes
of getting the whole story from her. There
is much circumstantial evidence that the
man returned to the house about IL o'clock.
He must have been there from that time
until near midnight, when he fell from the
window. The officers hardly think it posi-
BILE that he could have remained around the
block so long without Mrs. Hall seeing him.
when. as shown, she was well acquainted
with him