The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-24

ice station. SnUftII before r CLOCK,
betrayed no great agitation. He was
taken into the Scrgeants office. where
he was questioned as to his movements.
He denied that he had been in the
Grand hotel the night before He was
taken to the captains private room,
where there were six or eight detect
ives. t.mpIoyes Of the hotel were taken
in one BY one. and all of them positive
ly identified him as the man who had
been in the hotel the night before
Captain Price did everything possible
to make the Identification complete
He asked the employees to point out
the person who looked like the man
whom they had seen in company with
the woman about the hotel They said,
with scarcely any hesitation. that Ken
ncdy not only looked like him. but was
the man Kennedy admitted that he
was acquainted with the murdered
woman
Detectives VINO were stationed at
Miss Reynolds fat at No. $40 West
Fifty-eighth street returned to the sta
tion early in the afternoon. bringing
with them Mrs Christine Reynolds,
the young woman's mother, and little
boy, her child She had come to the
city to visit her daughter, and to take
the child to the dentists to have his
teeth treated. She made the follow
ing statement. which was put in writ
ing by police stenographer: My
name is Mrs. Christine Reynolds. |
live at No. 400 South Fifth avenue,
Mt. Vernon. My daughter Emelync
has been living at No. $40 West Fifty
eighth street. She was at my home for
the last time Sunday The previous
Thursday she was at my house, and
said that DR.. Kennedy wanted $500 to
put on race for her, and she would
get 81, 600. She said that would be
great thing for her. She had already
drawn the money, and had it in her
satchel. Then she said: I don't think
I will. think she put it in New
York bank, but did not sec her until
Saturday night after nine. Then Sun
day she said she had given it to DR..
Kennedy, and added, I'm going to
meet him tomorrow at six o'clock.
That is all | know. Emelyne told me
to come to him on Tuesday, He told
her, she said, to bring a little satchcl
to carry the money, and she took lit
tie black satchel from my house.
Emelyne Reynolds, sometimes called
Dolly Reynolds, was twenty-onc year
old. Her father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Reynolds. live at No. 400
South Sixth avenue, Mount Vernon.
MIR. Reynolds is wealthy builder and
owns his home and two apartment
houses. Elnelyne was beauty. She
had many suitors. and was fond of ad-
mirers. She was ever fascinatingly
dressed. About two years ago she left
home. She dressed expensively and
told her parents that she was in the
book business. They saw her every
Sunday, when she went home to visit
them. Sometimes she drove out in a
fine trap; at others she rode 500
bicycle. She always had plenty Of
money, and never would tell her parents
where she got it. 7 earned it. she
used TO say when they questioned her.
She wore several diamond rings, and a
par of earrings worth 81, 000 She had
a poodle which was imported from
China at cost Of $500 on the ship that
brought Ii Hung Chang. 1t was called
"Yako, and Miss Reynolds used to
take it with her to Mount Vernon on
Sundays. She would never tell who
gave her the poodle.
The tragic death Of the young wom-
an brought out the fact that she had
been Ieading>a double life. At Mount
Vernon, \. y, where her parents re-
side, she was a prominent and popular
figure in society. In New York she
occupied fat luxuriously fitted up at
the expense of a wealthy broker. There
she was known as Mrs. Reynolds.
Maurice B. Mendham was the Mr..
Reynolds, of the fat at No. $40 West
Fifty eighth street. He and his brother
compose brokerage firm, with Offices
on the seventh floor OF No. ~ Broad St.
Mr. Ncmdt:,m Las known the Reynolds
family in Mount Vernon for long
time. He fitted up the apar.,-ent in
which Dollie lived and he spent much
Of his time there.