The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
Young Woman Murdered With
Piece of Lead Pipe
At the Grand Hotel In New York
City.
ROBBERY THE MOTIVE
Diamond. Earrings Torn From
Her Ears.
A Dentist is Arrested Charged
With the Crime.

New York, Aug. 17.-Emelihe c. Rey-
nolds, an unmarried woman about u
years of age was found murdered in
the Grand hotel, at Thirty-fiFst street
and Broadway, in this city. Her death
had evidently resulted from repeated
blows on the head with a, piece of lead
pipe. The crime had been committed
some time between midnight and
o'clock in the morning. The police have
not as yet been able to definitely de-
termine whether the motive was one Of
robbery or others, though they are in
clined to the former belief
After some hours of investigation, and
upon statements given by the mother
Of the dead girl. DR.. Samuel J. Kenne-
dy, a young dentist of this city, was
arrested and is being held on suspicion
of the murder. The fact that not only
the murdered woman was robbed, bat
that another robbery was committed on
the same floor, incline 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 in the aft
ernOOn. In the reglStery she wrote e.
w. Maxwell and wife" and room was
assigned to her. Between 3 and o'clock
she was seen walking through the din
ing room with man apparently about
30 years OF age. The couple left the no.
tel about o'clock but the time of their
return is not known. Sometime after
they had returned a bottle of wine was
ordered to be sent to their room.
At 9:45 O'Clock in the 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
One end of the pipe has a piece Of cloth
wrapped around it as 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 and had gone to a
bank and drawn some money. Mrs.
Reynolds said her daughter had drawn
not less than $500. Miss Reynolds &C
cording to her mothers statement was
only 20 years of age. While Mrs. Rey-
nolds was talking a telegram came adj
dressed to the murdered girl. It read:
"Wfll 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 cable office.
Mrs. Reynolds did not know from whom
the telegram came.
Theodore Vail, chief of police, of At
lanta, who recently arrived in this city
occupied room adjoining that OF the
murdered woman. Chief Vail says that
before retiring he pinned $3.50 in bills
under his pillow to the mattress. When
he awoke 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 pocket
only 63 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 cheek
was not good. Nine dollars in bills was
found under the WOman'S corset one
of the diamond earrings was found, but
the right ear showed that the other ear
ring had been roughly torn away.