The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-09
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Washington aysnne shortly aftes y o'oio"h
chen Inc from, doorbcii fang with her
,t tho omo VIZ hsr mother, Mrs Louis N.
stanton. who IL Nearly ii years old
ST.. hinhan wont "a tho door and opened
b. Her mother remained In the library
and siys that she heard a mans voic- say'
'Guoi evening, madam
~ tho sans time, 80 the aged woman
.,,- she heard her daughter qsk We'll.
What do you WANT
Nr4 stanton says shs heart nothing
further In the way Of words, but In q mo-
ment there was a sohnd liks that ~ n body
falling.
The old woman called out to her daughter.
askine her what was tho trouble. Getting
mo- reply, che hobbled ~ tcst she could
10 the front door. Stretched ont on the
yemnda was Mrs. Kinnan with a wound
IN her head.
Mrs. Stanton screamed at tho top OF her
voice. and al no one came In answer 10 her
cries she ran down Il long walk loading
TO the front gate. There she attracted the
attention of two boys who were pas sing
and told them in n few words what hal
happened. They nn n distance Of severHl
blocks AID came across Policemen Aiken
and Andrews OF he fremont police station.
The police ran to the house and then
SUNNI oned an ambulance from the Ford
ham Hospital. DR.. Bourke, the surgeon
who responded, said that Mira. Kinnnn was
in a serious condition and hurried with
her to the hospital. She died a few minutes
after reaching there without regalning con-
sciousness.
DR.. Bourke said that the woman's skull
had been frightfully crushed with some
sort OF blunt instrument. such as an iron
bar.
Capt. Dennis Brennan of the fremont
police, was not fed and hurr' ed to the
house with Detectives Thompson and
Gordon Capt. Brennan. after q short
examination OF the scene of the murder,
communicated with Detective Sergeant
Sam Price, who is chief Of The Bronx detec-
tive bureau. and twelve detectives we're
put to work on the case.
Coroner Mcdonald was also notified and
hurried to the house. An attempt to CUES
ton Mrs. Stanton, mother OF the murdered
woman, was made bu she had collapsed
and was IN such a serious condition that
neighbors summoned her private physician
o attend her.
The police were at q loss for any clue
to start them on the trail Of the murderer.
Other than the brief statement that Mrs.
Stanton made to the two boys and to Police
men Aiken and Andrews they have nothing
to work upon.
The house where the murder took place
10 known as the Stanton mansion, and 1t is
one of the oldest residences in The Bronx.
1t Is O large structure, the lower half being
built Of brick and stone, with the second
story Of wood. A wide veranda runs the
entire length OF the front of the house.
The house il of Colonial architecture, the
front porch being supported by large round
pillars Of wood.
The grounds about the place take up
almost an entire block. A long gravel
walk stretches away from the front veranda
and through an old fashioned garden to
Washington avenue in the front.
Apcorlin. tA tho naiuhbnrc Nra 2tnnfnn
is wealthy. 1t is said that she was a friend
Of the late Commodore Vanderbilt and that
he aided her eft che time when her home and
fortune were in danger Of being swept away
many years ago.
Mrs. Stanton told Policemen Aiken and
Andrews that she couldn't think OF any
one who would harm either her daughter
or herself.
At midnight last night over twenty police
men n detectives were searching the
grounds around the Stanton mansion. The
place faces along Washington street for
200 feet, ITO feet on Pelham avenue and a
distance along le0h street. The yard in
thick with bushes and trees and flower beds.
The police, by the aid Of lanterns, suc-
ceeded In tracing the footprints OF the
murderer. II is evident that he approached
the house from the rear and came from the
direction Of what lie known as Belmont
village. A lot Of building Is going on there,
and at a point in the rear where the muir
derer caled the high old fashioned fence
can be seen the traces Of red mud that
was soraped of his shoee as he vaulred
the fence.
He entered che yard to the north Of the
house, and first stepped or to the long We
randa at the northern end. The muddy
footprints were quite visible from the steps
Of the veranda TO the from door n the
fact that there are no other u footprints
on the porch makes the police confident that
he made his escape in the same direction
whence he anne.
A lot Of Italians live in the vicinity Of Bel
mont village, some distance in the rear OF
the Stanton mansion, n 1t was thought
at first that the murder might be the work
Of some of these men. Detective Sergeant
Sam Price, who reached b house late last
night and took personal charge Of the case.
said that the murder didn't look TO him Ike
the work OF an Italian.
The police started in to round up every
suspicious looking man in the vicinity OF
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