Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-09-16
LECONEY'S KNIFE.
Annie's Uncle Arrested for the
Merchantville Murder.
MURDERED FOR HER IEHERITAECE

Suspicion Turns from the Negro Lingo
In ChauIkley Leconcy, who Disputed
the Murdered Girls Claim ON the Es-
tate OF Richard Leconey-A Basketful
Of blood Stained Clothing Found.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16. - Startling
developments have made in the Leconey
murder case, and from Merchantville to
Camden people were as much shocked
as the day Annie Leconey's body was
found in her uncle's dining room in the
Merchantville farm house.
To Clerk Edward Burrough is due the
credit of first discovering the clew which
the detectives have followed until il led
them to arrest Chaulkley Leconey, with
whom the murdered girl lived as house,
keeper. Garrett w. Murray, the 49,
year-old colored laborer who was in the
field with Chaulkley Leconey, was ar
rested. 1t was charged that Murray re-
ceived part of the money taken from
the dead girls chest by her uncle to con-
ceal the bloody clothing, which has
been found. Burroughs was foreman
Of the coroner's jury, and irritated
Chaulkley Leconey by insisting on
learning the money relations existing
between the dead uncle. Richard Le-
coney, and Annie LecOney. His ques-
tiOns revealed the fact that some thou.
sands of dollars were due from the eS-
tate to the murdered girl for wages as
housekeeper.
Charged with the Murder.
Chaulkley Leconey grew pale as Ed
ward Burroughs remorsely pressed his |
questions and stepping out of the room
he called Samuel Burroughs to him and
in evident anger said:
what does Ed mean by these insult |
ing questions
Burroughs looked him in the face and |
said solemnly: "Chaulkley, you are sus-
pected of numbering your niece?"
Chaulkley left Burroughs and dropped
the question.
idea not to state publicly any suspicion |
of Chaulkley Leconey's guilt, but all the |
time Chaulkley was kept under strict
surveillance. Chaulkley wanted to ac-
company the body of his murdered |
niece to her fathers home near Chilli |
cothe, o., and for that reason his arrest |
was ordered.
Blood Stained Clothing.
Detectives Patrick Gallagher and War
rem had shadowed Garrett Murray, the |
negro who said he had accompanied |
Chaulkley Leconey to the watermelon |
patch near the farm house, just before
the murder, and they arrested him. |
Murray's first examination lasted from
noon till midnight on Friday at District |
Attorney jenkins office. When MUIR
ray left the Office a broad smile IL |
lumined the face of the district attorney
and his two assistant, Richard NJ. Jen-
kins and Richard Ridgeway. A basket
full of clothes stained with the blood of
the poor girl were brought to the office
of the district attorney and identified by
Murray. The clothes are locked up in
safe. and will go far toward proving that
1t was Chaulkley Leconey who COM
mitted the murder. and not the negro
Lingo or his brother-in-law Atkins.
AIurray's Admissions.
Murray has made many important
statements. Mr.. Jenkins turned MUIR
ray over to Detective Warner, who took
him to John Cherry's, near the court
house for dinner. Cherry had already
started the theory that the poor
girl was killed because she claimed a l
large sum of wages. Warner fed Muir
ray lavishly and secured an admission
from him that the clothing stained with
blood was hidden by him at the request
of Leconey. When Warner was done
with the negro the latter was sent to
secure cell and Prosecutor Jenkins
made the keeper promise that he would
not question Murray, and that nobody
should see or speak to him.
Theory OF the Prosecution.
The theory of the state is that Chaulk-
ley Leconey killed his niece to save
money to himself and other heirs OF
Richard Leconey, whose estate was
about to be settled 1t il believed that
the dead girls clothes were afterward /
arranged SO as to give the impression
that some Of the negro hands had muir
dered the girl in an attempt upon her
honor.
If Lingo did really 60 to the house Of
Chaulkley Leconev on the morning OF /
the murder it is now believed he il
guiltless Of the murder. In fact. DR..
lizard, the county physician Of Camden
county, gave it as his opinion when
Lingo stepped off the witness stand al
the inquest that his clothes were too