New-York tribune., 1906-06-14
MURDER TRAILS BLIND.
Kinnan Mystery Still UnsOtUed-
Police Balked.

Every effort to find the murderer Of Mrs. Alice
! G. D. Kinnan, who killed at her home In
! The Bronx last Friday night, has come to
noueht and last night the police were marking
time-following up any bit of information which
came to their notice Not the slightest clew has
been obtained in their weeks search. and Cap
tain Brennan and Detective Sergeant Price. who
have been working on the case. said yesterday
that they had not found the shadow of motive
for one of the most puzzng murders in the rec
ords of The Bronx.
Several leads which appeared promising have
been run down and have yielded nothing There
remains undisputed a condition discovered early
in the case-that no person was seen or heard to
approach the house, no sound of violence was
heard before the murder and no person was seen
to leave the place after the of the mur-
dered woman and the sound OF her falling body
had~been heard. The testimony of Mrs Marie
Shippo. whC lives on the ground floor of the STEM
ton house; of Hattie Watkins, the Negress who
stood acorss the street from the house, and of
other neighbors has established this.
Mrs Stenton the aged mother of the muir
dered woman put through a long exam
ination by detectives again yesterday. The
police still think she knows more about the mys-
terry than she has told. but her mental condition
renders 1t impossible to get any information
others displays childish frivolity. Only when
the detectives found old picture of Mrs.
kinnan did she exhibit any emotion She looked
at it for moment. then cried:
"Oh, Alice. my dead Alice, my daughter
The next moment she had resumed her custom
ary demeanor.
A systematic search of the old house was be-
gun yesterday. The interior of the place was
found to be ramshacl<le IL exterior. Old
odds and ends of furniture books and docu-
ments were found in every Many old
songs written by Mrs Stenton, popular
"authoress" were discovered. Letters re-
ceived during many years by mother and daugh-
ter were found packed away in boxes. Among
Mrs kinnan's letters were none throwing any
light on the murder. Love letters were among
them, and letters from women friends. but
from these and what business correspondence
there information obtained. About
the only thing substantiated by the search was
that Mrs. Kinnan. contrary to report, had pot
had any love affairs since she left her hus-
band prior to her wooing by William Clinchy,
the dead carpenter.
Various stories of other mysterious deaths on
the old Stenton place have been called to the
attention Of the police, usually without much
foundation in fact result after narration.
One of a gardener who worked there three
or four years ago, who was said to have disap
peared suddenly. Burton w. Gibson, lawyer for
Mrs. Kinnan and Mrs. Stenton. had heard of the
affair. but knew nothing about it. Another
death that of a white known
Sallie. who lived with negro in a shack
the Stenton house. She died on the porch of
that house about four months ago. In her rooms
was trunk supposed TO contain clothing. Ac-
cording attache Of the coronSCs' office. Mrs.
Kinnan claimed this trunk and iN contents but
II given to the sister of the dead woman,
who came from Southern state.