Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-17
YOUNG WOMAN FOUND MURDERED
IN THE GRAND HOTEL.
PIECE OF PIPE THE WEAPON
POLICE BELIEVE THAT ROBBERY
WAS THE MOTIVE.
Man in the Adjoining Room Was
Robbed of S1sO-Murdered Wom-
an Was stopping at the Hoo
tel With an I'm.
known Man.

NEW YORK, Aug. 16-Emiline Z. Key
nolds, young unmarried woman ABOUT q
years of age, was found murdered IN the
Grand hotel, at Thirty-first street anu
Broadway, in this city. to-day. Her death
had evidently resulted from repeated oiows
on the head with piece OF lead pipe. Inc
crime had been committed some time oe-
tween midnight and o'clock this mornihe'
but the police have not as yet been aoie
definitely to determine whether the notFe
was one OF robbery or otherwise. thoush
they are inclined to the former belief.
After some hours Of investigation, anu
upon statements given by the mother Oh
the dead girl, DIR. Samuel j. Kennedy. d
young dentist of this city, was arresteu anu
is being held on suspicion or the muroer'
The fact that not only the murdered "o"-
an was robbed, but that another ROBBERY
was committed on the same noor' ihchiie
the police to the belief that the woman was
killed in an attempt to prevent roppeiy'
1t appears that Miss Reynolds Went 10
the hotel at 1890 o'clock yesterday a1ter-
noon. In the registry she wrote. "E. Max
well and wife" and a room was assigned
IN her. Between 5 and o'clock she was
seen walking through the dining room with
a man apparently about 35 years OF age.
| The couple left the hotel about O'CLOCK.
but the time of their return is not known.
Some time after they had returned, a bot
tle of wine was ordered to be sent to their
| room.
| At 9:45 this morning chamoermao
| found the woman lying dead on the moor.
The man was gone. By the BODY OF the
woman lay a bloodstained piece OF lead
pine. sixteen inches long and one and one
| half inches thick. One end of the pipe mad
a piece of cloth wrapped around IT as q
handle. AS yet the police have obtained
| no trace of the man.
Miss Reynolds lived with her father. Ed
| ward Reynolds, a contractor ana ouiloef
her mother and sisters and brother. When
| Mrs REYNOLDS was informed Of her dauEh-
ter, death she shrieked, They have mur'
dered my child for her money" She art
erwards said that her daughter hao IN
tended visiting dentist yesterday ane
had gone to a bank and drawn sons
money. Mrs. Reynolds said her daugntel
had drawn not less than $500.
While Mrs. Reynolds was talking. tele
gram came addressed to the murdered girl
1t read: will call tonight. Have beer
very busy" The telegram was signed M
B. NJ" and had been sent from 20 Broa'
| street, where there is a cable office. Mrs
| Reyrolds did not know from whom tn
| telegram came.
Theodore Vail. chief Of police of Atlantis
who arrived in this city yesterday, occu
pied room adjoining that of the mur
dered woman. Chief Vail says that befor
retiring last night he pinned $50 in bill
under his pillow to the mattress. Whe
|, | he awoke this morning the money wa
| gone.
, When the woman came to the hotel ST
wore a handsome pair of diamond ea
| rings, supposed to have been worth $2o
{ | These were missing when the body VIZ
found and evidently had been torn violent
from the cars. One OF them was afte
| wards found.
:, An autopsy on the body showed that Il
l woman's death had been caused by al
Y location of the spinal vertebrae. The SKI
, was not fractured as at first supposed. =,
! Another search of the clothing OF II
:, woman. a check on the Garfield Nation
s bank for $4,000 was found. made out
Emma Reynolds" and signed by .a,d 9udl an
s the check was not good. Nine dollars
# bills was found under the woman's corsf