New-York tribune., 1901-09-02
his room. put on his clothing. and set out for
Mount Vernon.
THEY DID NOT QUARREL.


The suspected man does not think that the
murdered men quarrelled. as he knew them TO oe
on the best Of terms when they went TO bed.
Somebody he thinks. broke into the place ana
killed them for the money there. Two big
butcher knives, he says, which he left in the
kitchen, missing.
The robbery theory is borne out someYnat py
the fact that a door was found broken
open and the fastenings Of the cigar case, in
which the cash kept, were also forceu' ahe
the money is missing TIE TeInoraIuuli Ti Jul .ta ~
the telephone expenses was scattered on tiie
floor: box Of cigars ana oottle oI I@aytIv
whiskey were also found in the pahIy p paIIIS
depleted. The storeroom from which they were
taken had been forced open.
Arthur D. Stone, who is the treasurer OF the
club SAYS that the steward had in his posses
sion from S125 to Sl35 which he took IN on on
saturday He usually turns this money over
10 the house committee Monday morning
Mr. Stone says that Scott was in the haplt @ oL m
keeping the money in black tin box. coroner
Banning and the police were unable 10 nhu lhls
box They found Scott's own savings, amount
ing TO S36. in a wallet beneath the mattress OF
the bed on which he was stabbed. but none OF
Another important piece of evidence that was
found by the Coroner while searching the rooms
was the steel part of lofter smeareo WIN
blood and hair II was discovered in the bed
room where the murder was done. Ihe prohSi
handle of the Iofter was found in dark halI-
wav on the floor below. The Coroner. upon eN-
arnining it. found the New-York address OF
Simms burned i'm the handle. The police regard
this an important cleN, p"ihlliiS ~ -
OF Sinms. but its real value In unraNellhg me
crime will not be known until the autopsy us
closes whether or not the murdered men We're
struck with a weapon of this KIND. 30 lar ohi3
knife wounds have been found
The bodies were removed TO NIlam =: ; @ an
Arsdale's morgue. where Drs. Weiss. KNAPP.
Fleming and Van Pitten conducted the autopsy
last evening ,,,-.-,
Coroner Banning has ordered the cluohouse
closed until further notice. In order tit' az
orranrennant 81 the rooms shall not he dis
turbed He viii probably hold the inquest to
morrow Many members of the clup Went
there Yesterday for their usual game on Iilo
links but could not get in TO get tnelr ClupS-
Policemen stood guard at the d9oIs Cnro,e aIo
body was admitted except on the CoIoheL one, >
orders The Siwanoy Club was organized tdIIS
4tts wear and has about two hundred netIipeI ;,
made up of some of the most proIliilSrht r P,, 49,
in Mount Vernon. BronNVllle ana nc ~ /;
They have fourteen acres Of ground ana an oIu
ynansion formerly occupied by the Glover Ia
;lx which they have repanted ana reInooelie9
Dr A NJ Campbell of Mount Vernon. rs pIesi-
dent of the club and Glen Ford Mcklnnes' 3"
wealthy broker is on the house committee
1he members thronCed the verandas last even
Eng and talked about the murders lheH ~
not lelieve that there was any trouple aooul
+,e helm but are inclined TO accept the robpeIy
theory Coroner Ranning believes that IL was
,oossifle for the two men TO have killed eaCn
aptber and he is going 10 probe the case deeply
10 6nd If there was any reason TOT q lual
between them. He heard report lasl , iiIs ia ~
that some Of the servants of the clup ldu 80
going with white woman anu tha' ~ -
ing existed over her ,.-,.o 7ct+
The nolice have learned that desperate nghl
+nolT Mace on the club links about TWO Weehs
ago in the early morning Nhe1hSr tils m ,it II5
was between the servants OF the cluD OF W. NiLI
outsiders has not been ascertained- Inc pooIes
oS a. ,,nrdered men will be removed 10 the
bone Of the Rev Mr. Hunt, who viii conouct
the funeral.