New-York tribune., 1906-06-25
WORK ON GIBSON ALlBl.
POLICE IRE DOUBTFUL.
assertion of Mrs. Stenton Puts De-
tectiues on Ne1c Trail:

| .s.r,,on in the testimonv of Mrs. Stem
! ton the central figure in the mystery surround
ing the murder of her daughter, Al1ce hihhan'
| which occurred more than two weeks ago. en-
| gagged the attention of Coroner Mcdonald ACT
| ing CAPTAIN Price and all of the latters detec-
| tives Yesterday and caused them 10 oetermihe
| to bring Mrs Stenton and her lawyer burton
| W Gibson face to face in court to-day.
"Mr Gibson was In the habit of coming TO see
! rs at night. Alice expected him. and thought
| It was he who rang the bell when she went 70
| the door to answer it," declared the old woman
| on Saturday when she was pressed strongly oy
| DR.. Mcdonald, Acting Captain Price ana Ar'
Jerone's assistant to tell what she knew Oh 'h7
visitor on the night of the murder. She stuck
to this statement, but refused point oiank u
eIa borate 1T with other Information
11,a,n +ha exauo;nation is resumed by TIE
coroner and the detectives to-day, Mrs. Stenton
will be interrogated CLOSELY as to the loehli''
~ the visitor On Saturday she declared sne
knew who +. was but would not tell While
she was eating luncheon, she SAID lhat sne
did not want to tell who 1t was. because She
would lose her property if she did. In the for
NAL examina tion additional details of which De-
came public yesterday, she dodged the ISSUE
adroity. 80,
I'VE know who the man was; youd pe''ei 'e'i
lis all YOU know" was said to her
YOU who mine is.'' answered the shre"u oiu
woman.
..Rnt whv won't you tell us who he was?' her
questioner persisted.
Because I don't want to see man sent -
iail until I am absolutely sure he Is gulity' was
the reply.
Acting Captain Price said yesterday that noun
ing new of Importance had been learned anu
was disinclined to discuss the case saYins'
T4tFaG "
the Miller house where Mrs. Stehtoh Is; ~ ai. ;n
the old Stenton house They continued their ~ iu
vestigaton of the account given by MI eIiusu.' S
of his movements the night or the IIiu 10 .5.i
The murder occurred at about = p M AT ~
u H. Mr. Gibson said he went to the MISS @
County Democratic Club. Inc uelectlSes ~
they have learned that when ne entered tIi1
clubhouse he went Immediately to the stewart
asking him to for small pox OF Caluy.
There is in their mind impression that TINS
might have been planned to fix in the steWaIus i,a
mind the presence of Mr.. Gibson The detectixes
learned also that the lawyer about week aIteI
the murder went to the Imperial restaurant
where he said he had dinner that FRIDAY night
and asked a waiter to sign an afhdaVlt thdt ne
ate there at p. m. on June = rms was tte tie
walters night off and he declined to sign the
paper saying that he knew nothing about MT
Gibsons presence or absence. One OF the oe-
tectives said that of the managers IN the
restaurant recalled that Mr.. Gibson was there
Mr.. Gibson did not want to talk about the case
or the work OF the police yesterday. He said last
night that If the coroner wanted him FOR e1-
animation to-day he would be there
Il did not have any engagement with Mrs
Kinnan that night" he said. in reference 70 Mrs.
Stenton's statement. though l have called at
the house nights. | don't see why Mrs Stentoh
should have feared losing her property.
AS to the efforts of the detectives TO verify the
slibi he had given, Mr. Gibson appeared uncon-
cerned
IF he wouldn't sign il, he wouldn't, he SAID
of the detectives statement that the waiter re-
fused sign the affidavit when requested to DO
so by the lawyer. Il couldn't be responsible
for his memory. 1t didn't make much difference.
anyway
One of the assertions in Mrs. Stenton's tesu-
nlony was that an important witness owed Mrs.
Kinnan about twenty-five hundred dollars. Mr..
Gibson, who served the murdered wcmans
lawyer we'll her mothers, said he knew
nothing about such debt.
The detectives have been unable TO subpoena
W. K. Aston. the lawyer who worked with Mr..
Gibson in trying TO settle Mrs Stenton's prop
erty Coroner Mcdonald wanted AStonS testt-
mony in the examination, but learned that the
lawyer had gone TO New Hampshire, as was his
custom In summer, according to his clerks.