The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-24
THE WAGES OF SIN.
A Young Woman Murdered in q
New York Hotel.
THE MURDERER ARRESTED.

The Victim was Beautiful and
Her Death Revealed the
Fact That She Led
Doucle Life.
New y ork has another sensation on
hand. \ very handsome young woman
was found on Wednesday morning mur-
dered in respectable hotel. The mur-
der was committed in room on the
fourth floor of the Grand hotel, Broad
way and Thirty first street. She regis
tered at the hotel Monday afternoon
and later was joined by the man who is
charged with her murder. he was seen
leaving the hotel at 2.30 o'clock Tues
day morning, and few hours later the
woman was found lying on the floor of
her room dead. She had been killed
with a bludgeon and her person robbed.
a fact which at first seemed to indicate
that the deed was the work Of an ordi-
nary burglar was that in the adjoining
room, Thomas 4. Veal, ex-chief of the
sanitary department of Atlanta, Ca.
was during the same night robbed Of
$50, which he had pinned to the mat
tress when he retired for the night.
The body of the woman was found
lying near the mantel. Near her was a
piece of lead pipe. one end of which
was covered with insulating or bicycle
tape. This was the weapon with which
the murderer had caused the woman S
death. The scalp was broken in two
places by the blows of a heavy instru-
ment. The woman had evidently been
lying on sofa on the west side of the
apartment, with her back to the assas-
sin. There were marks upon the fringe
of the sofa which indicated that she
had clutched at it. She had then evi-
IDENTIFY staggered to her feet and made
her way to the center of the room, where
there was large table, by the side Of
which she had fallen. No time was
lost in making IN examination of the
clothing and effects Concealed in the
folds of her dress was the check which
forms such an important part in the
chain of evidence, and 50 in money.
The check was for the sum Of SO. 400
and was drawn on the Garfield National
bank to the order of Emma Reynolds
by Dudley johnson. On the back was
the endorsement, IS. J. Kennedy" in
free and flowing hand, which CORES
ponded almost exactly to the signature
upon the Jace. There was no revenue
stamp, but the person who had drawn
the check had affixed an ordinary cent
postage stamp.
There was also found satchel Of
black leather which had beon slit open
with knife The catch which held it
shut was exceedingly intricate. and had
not yielded readily to the efforts Of the
person who had tried to hastily open it.
Papers, a blank contract for subscrip-
tions for book which bore the name Of
3. c. Reynolds, and card for exam
ination for admission to, the Academy ct
Dramatic Art revealed the woman ad-
dress. No. $40 West Fifty-cighth street.
Captain Price Immediately sent to that
address. where the detectives found an
aged colored servant, who said her name
was Margaret Adams. She was taken
to the hotel, and after making hystcr-
ical demonstration identified the body
OF the murdered woman as that Of her
mistress. She SAID first that the wo-
man was married and lived at No. $40
West Fifty eighth street with her hus-
band. Under cross-examination she
admitted that her mistress was single,
and that she had frequently been visit
ed in the fat by Maurice B. Mendham,
broker, Of No. 20 Broad street.
Captain Price, while detectives were
busy upon the clew afforded by the
check, made the most searching inqui-
ries Of the clerks and attendants OF the
hotel. He learned that the woman had
gone to the hotel at about half-past
o'clock Monday afternoon and had reg
istered the signature. II. Maxwell and
wife, Brooklyn She then went into
the diningroom, where she had luncheon
and sent her check to the desk. This
is trivial circumstance in itself, but it
served to attract the attention of the
walters to the woman, as it is against
the rules Of the hotel for bills in the
restaurant to be charged to patrons.
The waiter who served the woman, the
head waiter, and the clerks were all more
or less concerned in explaining to her
that the check should be paid in cash,
and in this way their attention was di-
rected to her more than usual. The
woman left the hotel at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, and did not return until be-
tween and 6 o'clock. She was then
accompanied by man, with whom she
went to room No. 81. Shortly after
the couple arrived there was an order
given for pint Of champagne.
Nothing more was seen of the woman
The man, who had left the hotel, re-
turned again at half-past II o'clock.
when he was seen by the elevator man,
who afterward positively identified him.
The last seen of him at the hotel WAS AZ
half-past , clock Yesterday morning,
when clerk saw him going down the
stairs and leave the house by the Broad
way door. Coroner BauSch and his
physician. Or. Edward 0 'l1anlon. found
that wounds upon the woman 5 head
were merely breaking of the scalp and
that the skull was net fractured. Her
death had been caused by the disloca
ton Of The ccrvical vertcboac. DR..
O'Hm!on called attention to the fact
that the right ear OF the woman WAS
laccratcd. as # tho earring had been
violently torn out, and the lobe of the
left ear showed cveidcnccs that an ear
ting had been worn The colored ser
want said that she was positive that i.cr
mistress wore the earrings when she
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