The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-20

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Downrtairs IN thu SINE room with the
chest 81 silver nv. Detectives came aCrf-s
two silver mounted ritlS and two dirka ~
dnRgurs with finely carved handles, In n
clo@et m q little C~asaaseway hrtwecn the
parlor and the kitchen The detectives die.
covered two Aandbaga. These were made
Of red flannel and Allied with sand ~ u fns
quality and the Detectives said they were r..
inarkahle specimens 81 the WEAPON which
an expert footpad would he likely TO use.
Whether they have ever been used or
whether stains upon them are blood ~
yet 10 In determined, The detectives
also took way n bunch Of souvenir postal
cards. These had evidently been sent TO
Mrs. Kinnan enclosed In envelopes, and
perusal Of the inscriptions, sonse written
In ink and others in pencil, would readily
explain why the writer had taken this pre-
caution. They were Of an improper char
acter for tho most part.
The detectives Honoer how the women
ever came to purchase the queer aggrega-
ton Of valuahles found in the house yester-
CAV. They raid the collection looked more
like what might be found in a fence" where
atnInn nAnHa m Dot.Vntt1aNa ehAn tln RAa,,lta
Of any sane women's shopping tours. Acting
Captain Price plainly minated that the
stuff gave him much food for thought. He
also expressed astonishment at two APP
parently innocent women having in their
possession two s%andhags, two Gasgers. two
rifles, a pistol and several other dangerous
looking weapons.
Mrs. Stenton, so tho story goes, in the old
days wa wont to receive visits from mys-
FERROUS men at night at the time when
Prices informant lived in the house. some
of these were said to have the appearance
OF cultured and prosperous men, while
others looked like rough and tumble Gus
toners. At that time Mrs. Stenton was
scarcely ever known to leave the house
during the night, and in the daytime when
she went abroad she was always heavily
yelled.
At one time one Frank McGovern kept
a little notion shop in the basement Of the
house now occupied by the Shippos, and
the police are trying to find out his where
abouts, as from what they have been told
he never relished visits to his shop from the
women upstairs. On one occasion at least
Kinnan with making away with half a dozen
pairs Of cocks while he had his bach turned
getting some flannel for her which she said
she wanted to buy for her girls. Mrs. Kin
nan, 80 far as is known, had two children
by Kinnan, but both died young.
Nathan Cnr0nar hpIOppal6 NOR Cant
Price would consent to give out a list of the
witnesses whom they expect to have at the
preliminary hearing in the case on Thurs
day. The Coroner said that he would issue
subpGnas in blank and that Capt. Price
would fill in the names Of the persons whose
presence they needed.
The Coroner said last night that if an
arrest we're not made in forty-eight hours
the solution Of the mystery would not seem
so promising as at present.
The weapon that killed Mrs. Kinnan
has not yet been found. Burton W. Gibson
did not go to ~Shadyside Yesterday after
oon but remained at his Office at ll8 Mas
sau street. He said that there was no
reason why he should be at the house.
He was surprised at the revelations that
and says that though he thought he knew
Mrs. Kinnan and her mother fairly well
the discoveries go to show that he had but
little acquaintance with their affairs.
Many phases of the life of Mrs. Kinnan
and her mother are illustrated in he record
papers on file there allegations appear
repeatedly regarding the controlling in
t1uence exercised by Mrs. Stenton over the
younger woman. This figures all through
the papers in the divorce proceedings be-
tween Mrs. Kinnan and her husband.
The Stentons lived at IL Second place
when Richard |. Kinnan married the daugh-
ter in January, 1882. The couple went to
live with the mother, and apparently they
all got along very well together for about
a year, Then the quarrels began. The
suit for divorce was begun in 1880 and Mrs.
Kinnan charged her husband with improper
relations with one woman in 1883 and with
at various times between 1884 and
1889. She said he visited a hotel at Rock
away Beach with one OF these women and
spent large sums Of money left her by her
grandfather She also accused him of
her.
Kinnan, in his answer, denied all these
He said he had always beer kind
to his wife, and had given her all the money
he earned, amounting to Sl2 to $l4 a week.
He said that Mrs Stenton, had turned his
wife against him. He said that in March,
1888, Mrs. Kinnan and her mother turned
him and his daughter out Of the house, and
he alleged that on July 4, 1882, and on March
II, 1884, she had beaten him severely, using
vile and unbecoming language,
H Q also said that after he left the house
two OF his children died there and hat
his wife would not allow him to remain in
the house over night upon either occasion.
The couple were reconciled once, after
heir separation and Kinnan went back to
live with his wife, but the reconciliation
lasted only a short time. Kinnan blamed
Mrs. Stenton for the second breach also.
When the divorce case came before Judge
who was then sitting in Brooklyn, a
motion was made for ahmony and counsel
Both sides made pleas of poverty,
Mrs. Kinnan saying that she was entirely
dependent upon her mother and hat the
had not sufficient means 20 support