The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-17
Young Woman Beaten to Death at
New York.
A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY
WENT TO A HOTEL WITH a
STRANGER.
During the Night She Was Beaten
to Death With a Piece of Lead
Pipe-She Was But 20 Years Of
Age and Had Drawn $500 From
the Bank.

New York. Aug. 16.-Emiline c.
Reynolds, a young unmarried woman
about II years of age, was found muir
dered in the Grand hotel. at Thirty
first street and Broadway, in this city,
today. Her death had evidently re-
suited from repeated blows on the head
with a piece of lead pipe. The crime
had been committed some time between
midnight and 3 o'clock this morning,
but the police have not as yet been
able to definitely determine whether
the motive was one of robbery or other
wise, though they are inclined to the
former belief. After some hours of in
vestigation and upon statements given
by the mother of the dead girl, DR..
Samuel ]. Kennedy, a young dentist OF
this city, was arrested and is being
held on suspicion of the murder. The
fact that not only the murdered wo-
man was robbed, but another robbery
was committed on the same floor, in
cline the police TO the belief that the
woman was killed in an attempt to
prevent the robbery.
1t appears that Miss Reynolds went
to the hotel at 1890 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon. In the registry she wrote
z. e. Maxwell and wife, and a room
was assigned to her. Between 3 and 8
o'clock she was seen walking through
the dining room with man, apparent
ly about 80 years of age. The couple
left the hotel about Z o'clock, but the
time of their return is not known. Some
time after they had returned a bottle
of wine was ordered to be sent to their
room.
At GAS this morning a chambermaid
found the woman lying dead on the
floor. The man was gone. By the
body of the woman lay a blood-stained
piece of lead pipe, 16 inches long, and
one and a half inches thick. On the
end of the pipe was a piece of cloth
wrapped around it as a handle. AS
yet the police have obtained no trace
of the man.
Miss Reynolds lived with her father,
Edward Reynolds, a contractor and
builder; her mother and sisters and
brother. When Mrs. Reynolds was in
formed of her daughters death she
shrieked: They have murdered my
child for her money" She afterwards
said that her daughter had intended
visiting a dentist yesterday, and had
gone TO a, bank and drawn some money.
Miss Reynolds said her daughter had
drawn not less than $500.
Miss Reynolds. according to her
mothers statement, was only 20 years
Of age. While Mrs. Reynolds was talk
ing a telegram came addressed TO the
murdered girl. 1t read:
''Wil call tonight; have been very
busy"
The telegram was signed M. b. NJ,
and had been sent from 20 Broad street.
where there is a telegraph office Mrs.
Reynolds did not know from whom the
telegram came.
Theodore Vail, chief of police of At
lanta. who arrived in this city yester-
day, occupied a room adjoining that of
the murdered woman. Chief Vail says
that before retiring last night he pinned
$3.50 in bills under his pillow to the
mattress. When he awoke this MORN
ing the money was gone.
When the woman came to the hotel
she wore a handsome pair of diamond
earrings. supposed to have been worth
$3.50. These were missing when the
body was found, and evidently had been
torn violently from the ears. In her
pocketbook 80 cents was found.
Another search of the clothing of the
woman was made and a check on the
Garfield National bank for $4,000 was
found, made out to Emma Reynolds
and signed by Dudley Johnson At
the bank it was said that the check
was no good. Nine dollars in bills was
foL.Id under the .woman's corset, One
of the diamond earrings was found, but
the right ear showed that the other
earring had been roughly torn away.