New-York tribune., 1906-06-22
THAT DEVIL LAWYER" !"
MRS. KTNNAN'S DEATH CRY
So Declares italian Who attended
Dmng Victim.

Termination er Coroner Mcdonald and De-
tective Sergeant Price Of about nifty persons yes.
terday brought out only one new phase in the kln-
nan murder mystery This. a long statement from
Marie Shippo the Italian who lives in the base
,n.nt OF the old stenton house. and cared for
Mrs Kinnan the night she was murdered, con-
:esned what purported 10 be the only statement
sh. made after she was struck down. Asked who
eid 81. she replied weakly, according 10 tie
Italian woman:
1T was tllat devil lawyer"
Police and ooroners are in a quandary es 70
the truth and application OF this statement
Though the Shippo woman had explained 10 her
In the bluntest possible fashion the nature OF per-
fury and the punishment therefor. and was put
through a gTslling c9oss-exa animation. she stuck
20 this etory. IL IS uncorroborated from any
source save those 20 whom she also told It
Previously she had told 10 police and visitors
one two tales varying widely from this one.
whose truth she earnestly protested.
DEAD woMAN's MOTHER TO TESTIFY
II the Coroasr,s plsu- are carried out. old Mrs.
stenton the woman Of life as marvellous and
mysterious as the house in which she lived and
the manner OF the murder. viii be examined
practically as a witness This procedure. Dr..
Mcdonald and sergeant Price believe. Will bring
out the knowledge which they have felt certain
from the beginning she possessed. Burton w.
Gibson lawyer for the dead woman and Tor old
Mrs Stenton. Will also be called. Mrs. A. z
NiIle- at whose home Mrs. Ste1ton is now Nv
ing; Mrs. Louise LUnd, daughter OF dcharo
Kiroan by & former wife: William * Aston, a
lawyer who was oo-partner with Gibson in The
arrangement by which they obtained two-hfths
OF the proceeds from the sale of the Stenton
house. and Robert Elaherty, former lawyer OF
Mrs stenton. viii be other witnesses.
The proceedings yesterday were handled in
peculiar fashion Deputy Assistant District At
torney Cardozo. whose first appearance in the
case was responsible for the farcical arrest of
several Italians on the Sunday after the muir
DER because OF gossip among the police took
command OF the case practically, displacing
Coroner Mcdonald and Sergeant Price. whose
work hitherto has been faithful and diligent
He decreed q star chamber inquiry, though
the Coroner, and Sergeant Price advocated pub
ncity and the persons examined were sum-
Ynoned there on subpenas. 10 regular in
quest His explanation was that undue pub
ncity might prove detrimental TO good work
Various witnesses told of the events of the
night Of the murder, but the statement obtained
from the Shippe woman was not the result OF
The DAVIS examination. According TO the Coro-
ner. Marie told of hearing loud talking upstairs
the night before the murder, apparently quar-
relling. in which she distinguished the tones Of
q mans voice. The next morning Mrs. Kinnan
came to her rooms looking worn and Ill. so that
the Italian remarked that she must be sick
Her reply was that she was not i'll, but had
much trouble about money and a lawyer.
The next night Marie Shippo heard the
screams and ran upstairs TO see what the
trouble" went on DR.. Mcdonald. she told US
she saw old Mrs. stenton standing on the porch
with lamp in her hands. The old woman tried
20 drive Marie away but she said she went over
10 where Alice Kinnan was lying at the end OF
the porch and asked:
Do you know me-?
Yes you are Marie. downstairs was the
answer Then Marie asked:
Who did this?