New-York tribune., 1906-06-11
MURDER TANGLE GROWS
1RRESTS IN KINNAN CASE.
Police Place Little Weight ON In
formation Gained.

,rraSts were made but the persons We're heio
oplv as witnesses, and though representative
of the District Attorneys office examined thehi
sharply. the police place little weight on what
was learned from them believing that 'hey h"'"
nothing about the murder.
One fact alone stood out, accredlted py an
whom the police examined, save by Mrs stem
ton. the aged mother of the dead woman. "iio
tells stories which vary on that point-no persoh
was heard to approach the house, climb the steps
or ring the bell, and sound If violence was
heard until there came the crash OF the iais
body which reused the tenants OF the srophu
floor of the Stenton house. This fact the poii
are taking as a groundwork for the nearest ap
proach TO a theory they have at present In
their opinion, either the murderer was sohe oie
well known to Mrs kinnan. who came TO meet
her by appointment, or some one cohceaieu On
the deep porch in the house itself Mo'iVe
TO account for the supposition that the mur-
derer came from the house they have none; con-
lecture even falls fiat.
= Still another development of yesterday ranks
prominently in the work the case. although
the police build little faith its help in SOWING
the mystery. The detectives of the Central of-
fee have track of Richard Kinnan, the MUIR
dered woman's husband. and feel conndent tha''
If he does not appear voluntarily to give what-
ever help he can, they can apprehend him to-day
without work. shfftless and drinking consider
ably. they heard but they want him for some
of the history of Mrs. Kinnan's past.
The arrests of yesterday which the ponce
made principally at the instance OF Assistdh'
District Attorney Cardoza, who has taken up
the case were of five Italians living IN the Vicih-
ity who were on a drunken debauch In the VI
cinity of the Stenton house on Friday night In
a quarrel among themselves one threatened an
other with an iron bolt like that found near the
house supposed to be the weapon with which
Mrs Kinnan was killed. AT first blush the STORY
as the police got it looked promising. but it soon
s1Iyindled irto a mass of hearsay. twisted hor-
ribly between the broken 1talian-Engish ana
the English-Italian of the detectives.
ITALIAN OFFERS INFORMATION.
One Carlo Marino, who keeps saloon and dance
hall at Pelham and Arthur avenues. called at
the fremont police station late on SATURDAY
night to bail out a friend, held for some minor
offence. Incidentally he said he couid give
valuable information to the Kinnan murder
t4is story was that he, Dominica Campolo. a
watchman at a new building at Arthur avenue
and 1S2d street; Theodori Scala, of No. 2ll2
Second avenue; Frank Deicice otherwise known
as Kelly: Carnino Vario, of 1S9th street and
Third avenue, and others were drinking IN his
place on Friday night.
Marfno says there was young German sir'
present over whom the men wrangled- DoriiH-
leo WAS the favored one but presently Marlno
won her, and he, the girl and the others started
downtown Dominica followed, according 10
Marino's story and near the house where ne
was watchman tried TO induce the girl TO leave
the party. She refused, and Dominica produced
a piece of gaspipe or an iron belt. threatening
\NIarino with it. Marino showed pistol anu
Dominica dropped out temporarily. Then, as
+be marty reached 1S9th street and Washington
avenue the girl quarrelled with them, still ac-
cordins to Marino and across the street 70
the bushes of the Stenton place, with Domhco
after her. The idea that Marino conveyed 10
the police was that Dominica. believing Mrs
Kinnan was concealing the girl, murdered her
with the weapon he carried.
The detectives under Acting Captain Price
rounded up several Italians early yesterday
Marno, Dominica Campoo. Scala and few
others we're examined by Price, Mr. Cardoza
and Coroner Mcdonald MarinO stuck to his
story except that when confronted with Domi-
nico Campolo he could not Identify him, say
ing that there was another Dominica in the
original party. Later he said he did not see
the girl run into the StentOn place but had told
that on the authority of kelly Dominica
Campolo and Scala, who is an intelligent young
fellow said they did not stay with the others
but with the girl, walked down through lSith
street. two blocks below the house. TO Third
avenue, boarded a car and rode down 10 l@oth
street kelly arrested late last night was
detained without examination. His sole con-
tribution to the police information was that he
didn't know why he was arrested, and that II
he didn't show UP for work to-day ne q De
without a job All the Italians were held in
500 bail as witnesses
SILENCE BEFORE MURDER WAS DONE.
Acting Captain Price and Mr.. Cardoza spent
most of the day at the Stenton house examining
the premises and questioning Mrs Stenton. To
them she told her original story-that she heard
a ring at the bell. heard Mrs. Kinnan bid good
evening to the person at the door. and heard
Shrek as the murder done. Little else
could be obtained from the old woman. From
Mrs. Marie Shppo. who lives just under the
Stenton floor the police learned that she sat
at an open window directly under the end of
the porch where Mrs. Kinnan was murdered, on
Friday night. She nobody enter the yard
or go up to the porch She heard doOrbell.
She heard sound of any sort, until there
came the scream and the crash of the falling
body Then, she said IL was she who took
lamp and examined the body. rousing the house
hold This peculiar silence is the most nys-
terous phase of the entire murder case One
Jacob Carpenter, Negro, who lives in a shanty
on the Stenton grounds, says he was writing
letters Friday night He heard nothing
whatever until somebody in the house told him
an ambulance had driven away with Mrs. Kin
nan, who badly hurt. 'Oh. she must have
fallen downstairs" he remarked The detectives
cannot reconcile the idea that a stranger called
Mrs Kinnan to the door with the fact that
there three or four dogs in the house, not
of which was heard 10 make any disturb
ance that night.
Burton w Gibson. who acted as lawyer for
Mrs Stenton in various real estate transactions
and for the dead woman in her contemplated
divorce proceedings was at the house all yes
terday. MIR Cardoza asked him about Mrs.
Stenton's financial affairs. He explained about
the sale of the house, in which ne and another
lawyer acted on contingent fees. When the
entire transaction was finished Mrs Stenton was
htrfa a{ras affa