The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-26
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tons rplni tus wrrr nnNIUrs for her ~ have
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believed irrslf ~ l." the owner " The old
homestead aud wasn't aware that II had
been .old lc.i her ru'aI woe ~ blink u would
be u good thing 10 rmaluy a lawyer 10 ~
over the proceeding. N,iuh led to the
transfer II the property II was Thought
best also to have y law yer To represent her
In oap Ns-,-'au' Disl riot Attorney Car.
doyo tcsortrd 'u another examination OF
tho old woman similar To the ono u last
Saturday. when She was questioned seven
hours without result.
Their wa sharp criticism OF Cardo2o
on account Of the mel odrainatiC methods
employed n tho effort % extract informs-
ton from a woman who l. nearly " years
old, and questions were asked as to why
she was not permitted to have counsel at
the examination
The preliminary examination was sud-
denly halted yesterday, It was the inten-
ton of Coroner Mcdonald to call Mrs,
Stenton and Burton W. Gibson, the lawyer
who negotiated the clearance of title and
sale Of the estate, and have them testify
face 10 face. The Coroner said on Sunday
night that the whole fabric Of the investi-
cation depended upon this move. There
was considerable surprise, therefore. when
the examination was held up, Sufficient
information developed, despite Mr.. Cardozo.
to indicate that Acting Capt. Price had
obtained from Mrs. Stenton statements
which he considered of value and which
warranted a delay in the Q Examination
until the statements could he investigated.
All day yesterday the officials connected
with the investigation moved mysteriously
speaking to one another in whispers, making
queer signs when newspaper men hove in
sight. and yelling themselves in mantles
Of secre cy peculiar to the Farther Bronx.
They denied themselves the pleasure of
retail ing queer tales to the reporters and
kept chilly and dignified silence.
II was learned that Sleuth Price had a
talk with Mrs. Stenton yesterday morning
at the Miller home, Briggs avenue and 2OOth
street. where the old woman is being cared
for, the expenses being paid by lawyer
Gibson, as he says. Price shifted tactics.
Instead OF bullyragging and browDeating,
he BECAME mild and gentle as a dove and
told Mrs: Stenton it was said at the Cor
oner's office, that the entire case lay in her
hands. II she would give him information,
all right; IL not, they we're utterly at sea.
Mrs. Stenton told Price a number Of
things, according to this story, which she
declined to talk about during the unpleasant
hours she spent on the stand last Saturday.
~Thereupon Price left the Miller house in a
hurry. rushed down to the Criminal Courts
Building to chat with Mr.. Cardozo, dis
co pn1ico of H the third r sandoaE, and then ne vent
spent some time in Brooklyn. He did not
return to The Bronx until a late hour.
Coroner Mcdonald said last night tn at
the preliminary examination would be con-
tinued to-day. He thought that Mrs.
Stenton and Gibson would be fseexamined,
possibly a new witness or two. The Coroner
went a step further than any of the officials
have yet gone, saying that he absolutely
eliminated Mrs; Stenton from the problem
Of who killed Mrs. kinnan and stating that
he was certain a maj did it, He intimated
strongly that within a few days, possibly
by, Friday, there would be important de-
velopments.
1t Is no secret that there is friction between
the officials jointly investigating the muir
der. Price has one theory. Mcdonald
has another. Cardozo agrees Ia part with
Price, but not altogether. Several times
Coroner Mcdonald has manifested disgust
at The course OF the proceedings. 1t is
known that the Coroner blames the police
strongly for lax work Immediately after
the murder and cannot understand why
they have not taken certain decisive steps. |
A. friend OF McDonald's aid yesterday
afternoon that II Cardozo and Price do not
act pretty soon the Coroner will exercise
his own authority and order an arrest.
An. official who has had considerable to
do with the investigation and who has been
more or less disguised with the opera bouffe
character OF the proceedings wanted to
know. yesterday why two or three expert
enced Central Office detectives hadn't been
called into the case.
with the exception perhaps Of Coroner
MoDonald, who has manifested some judg-
ment and horse sense In the inquiry, but
who frankly admits that he hasn't had
much experience In criminal Investigations,
the persons that have managed this inves-
tigation have Numbered from start to
fpish,' said this man.
1t came to the Coroner's attention yester-
day that a friend Of Mrs. Stentoni who
lives In Flatbush called on the old woman
at the Miller home a few days & and had
a talk with her. Mrs. Stenton is said to ha We
told this friend that she saw a man shit
Alice over the head The Coroner doesn't
take much stock in the story, but it will
be investigated.
Detective Sergeant Connolly OF Prices
staf, who wat assigned 10 Iook up the abb
given by lawyer Gibson, told the reporters
last night that he had found the abb to be
sound In all essential particulars.
Gibson said yesterday afternoon that he
was W orking on a theory OF his own "a theory
that, the authorities haven't apparently
touched on.
Price sent a pair OF sleuths and a patrol
wagon to the Stenton house Yesterday
afternoon. The sleuths loaded a bushel or I
more Of old letters, legal papers and junk
into the wagon and carried it to Prices
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