New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-13
MCAHlLL GIRL KILLED.
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nappers and stating that the child had Leen
Killed. Last night, when she heard the news
Lndl the body was found she at once collapsed.
She was carried to bel. and a doctor revived
her with extreme difficulty. priest came and
administered the last rites. for il was feared
tha' the strain might kill her. At the time the
hody was found Mrs. McCahfll was sitting in
rocking chair. ana if she could have put ner
nahd through the wall she would have touched
the chtld's body. 1t was the thought OF that
the physician said, that made ner collapse so
scious ~
An ambulance surgeon from the Harlem Hos
Ptai' Dr' Schneppel, thought the child had been
dead several days 1t appeared to him that she
mad died from suffocation
When 1t became known in the neighborhood
that the body had been found an immense crowd
coHected about the house Captain Herlihv. Of
the East One-hundred-an -fourth-st station
had to send mis- own reserves. ten men, to the
elShth-st. and East Ninety-sixth-st police sta
tons. The crowd was finally dispersed
The crowd at one time became so violent that
II began TO stone the window OF the Chinese
laundry at No. 1889 Third-ave. yelling Bring
out the murderer. Let's kill him. The three
Cinnamon covered in the rear room of their
place until the police drove the crowd away
Then the Cinnamon extinguished the lights and
oolted the front door. The window was smashed
in thousand pieces.
East Northumberland fourth-st between
Third and Lexington ayes. was closed by the
police except 20 those persons who lived in the
block.
Three DAYS ago the girls kitten. Minnie was
noticed near the chimney, crying piteously. The
child had playhouse on the roof and often was
kitten missed the child. At midnight last night
when detectives were on the roof and around the
chimney. the kitten strayed our again. and was
found hudded the chimney
After the body had been found Captain Her
llhy told the Detective Bureau. and Captain Ian
gan appeared an hour later with twenty detec-
tive sergeants- Although both captains declared
they believed the case accidental. the detectives
were sent in all directions on what clevs the
CAPTAIN I.dQga0 sal hat TOs
McClusky would appear later and take personal
charge of the investigation.
Il can see how a body could fall through that
due. said the coroner late last night. but
don't see why a child could not save herself
from falling. The space is so narrow that by
putting out an arm the fall must be broken. OF
course If the child standing on top OF the
chimney and suddenly slipped into the fue the
force Of the fall might carry her down so fast
that she could not save herself. I think il is
possible she was murdered"
mass meeting was to be held last night in
the Harlem Terrace at No. 21O East One-hun-
dred-and- tourth-st, TO raise funds TO defray the
expense of the search for the child When the
body was found word was passed around. and
the meeting was not held.
Senator Frawley called at the East One-hun-
Observation-Disclosures. station shortly after the
body had been found and complimented Flynn,
Strassberger and Cavanaugh on their work.
Asked about the rewards offered by himself
and others, he declared:
It stated specifically that the rewards
would be paid for the arrest and conviction of
child was kidnapped and the kidnappers
not arrested and convicted rewards will be
paid.
However. We are not going to let the matter
rest where IL is. 1 Will call a special meeting TO
be held at the Miami Club. No LOCO Lex
ington-ave.. in the near future and we will ask
for subscriptions for a fund for the benefit OF
Mrs. McCahll
1t said last night that Mrs. John Gommen.
who lives the third floor of No. 1.S4l
Third-ave.. had declared that late on the
night of May she sitting in the parlor of
her fiat. with her mother, Mrs. James Stephens
when they heard frightful sound IN the Chin
ney. Her father i'll. and would die,
il was thought. They had been sitting up
on that account. she said. Both jumped
to their feet not knowing what had happened.
then went TO the windows and looked out In
minute they saw a man emerge from the door
way and walk rapidly down Third-ave. He
dressed in white overalls.
When Mrs. Gemmel was asked why she had
not mentioned this fact before she said she and
her mother decided that they had imagined the
sound and that il was presentiment of the
approaching death OF her father. Thew did not
dream that It might have something TO do with
the McCahill girl. The fiue in which the body
was found leads to the Gemmell apartment.
The McCahiI child was last Monday.
May .. at about $40 p m. playing in front Of
her house with little negro girl named Will
Jams. When her mother went to call her for
supper about an half hour later. she had dis
appeared. Great public interest was aroused
over her disappearance.