New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-14
KIDNAPPING NOT TRIED.
BURGLARS, SAY POLICE.
Nan Suspected of Shooting hrs.
Morrill, Held in So, 900 Bail.

From every point there came evidence yester-
day that the mysterious attack on the summer
home of Mrs. Walter c. Morrill, the daughter of
E. c. Converse, the capitalist and corpora ton
director. on the Boston Post Road. near Green
wich, Conn, early on Tuesday morning. was the
work of burglars rather than an attempt to kid
nap the Morrill, children. as has been stated. In
the Greenwich court Judge Burns held John
Brown, young stableman, who arrested in
the vicinity on the morning of the crime in
$1,000 bail to await the result of Mrs. Morrilrs
injuries. The police of Greenwich and the sheriff
of the county are still searching for second
man who is believed to have been concerned in
the attack
Mr.. Converse the father of the young matron
who was shot, scoffed at the kidnapping theory
He declared that while Mr. Morrill, and his wife
were not living together, the husband was
perfectly content that the wife should have the
children. AT his mothers home in Cedarhurst.
Long Island, Morrill, who is recovering from
long illness, seemed particularly distressed at
the trouble which had come to his wife. He de-
clared that there could have been no motive for
the crime other than theft, and spoke of the
fact that it Mrs. Morrilrs custom to hide
the valuables in the country place in an occu-
pied room.
He denied that divorce proceedings were
pending, intimating that the troubles between
himself and Mrs. Morrill, We're so trifing that
they would doubtless be patched up. He de-
clared that with his mother, he would go to
Greenwich and do everything possible for the
sufferer.
Mrs. Morrill, said to be resting easily
yesterday, though her condition is still serious.
The bullet which entered at the point of her jaw
broke the jaw bone, and she is having consider
able difficulty swallowing even liquid nourish-
ment.
Bella Burns, the nurse girl, who has been with
Mrs. Morrill, for several years, is not in dan
gerous condition, though her wounds painful.
Friends of the family talking yesterday
over the courage of little Converse Morrill,, who
was aroused when the burglar attacked the
Burns girl. He is said to have started up in bed
when he discovered strange in the room
and cried, You get out of here!" The young
ster was out yesterday in his grandfather's
automobile, and there appeared to be no special
effort to guard him
Tt seems clearly a case of a bungled job by
burglars. who were looking for silverware and
Jewels" said detective who was at work
the case yesterday. so far as 1 can see, there
is absolutely no reason to suspect that any
had designs on the Morrill, children. If kidnap-
ping was the job, they were very foolish to
break into the house in the way they did The
children were unguarded and could have been
taken at any time
THE window by which the burglar entered
was cut with a diamond and the who went
inside attempting to get the lay Of the
house and the condition of the sleepers when he
awakened the nurse girl. He showed that he
not professional by throwing his electric
fash directly in the nurse girls eyes the mo-
ment she stirred. Being a light sleeper this
thoroughly awakened her and aroused the
house. Even then the burglar could probably
have made his escape without brutality shooting
down the mistress but, being new at the game
ard light on the trigger, he began shooting.
Brown, the young stableman, told very
straight story at the preliminary hearing. but
there are several things that he cannot explain
satisfactorily and which warrant his being held.
Why he should have expected to be able to see
his sweetheart. the Morrell cook. at the hour at
which the train arrived which he came from
New-York is of them. Why he stayed out
in the rain all night when he had So in
his pockets is another. We will put forth every
effort to find the second man in the case, and his
identity may tear Browns story to shreds.''