The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-24

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AMI Watched To- dhl wurian 1sedly wurh.
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4 iti M stld Mira Stentoni hefcelT
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hanted n hark ~ the tahle There want
q hfcak In her voice wheb, frplying ~ tho
persistent questions ND you do w she
That's enough Noboiy darea ~ cay {
killed Alice. wont stand that any luhgef '
They questioned her then ~ 10 Tho articles
found In the soscallad aecret room ~
the rifles and tho rest n the queer. collection.
4 never saw the daRgers before and !
never saw the sandhags before, said Mrs
Stenton. III they werp In my houeg have
no idea how they got there, Inever brought
them into the holtsg.'
Tho silver was all hers, she said, all tho
plate marked IL. M 'iouIee Malcolm
and Louise ". Stsnton.- Some Of II be-
longei 20 her ancestors and had been In
tho house several generations. What busi-
meas was that Of the police' Was u n crime
to have silverwarep
They questioned her for hours about her
business affairs and tho litigation oyer her
property. There Mcdonald and hls a.,
sistanta got n surprise. Mrs. Stenton said
she didn't know the house had been sold
and said she wa still t.eowner OF the prop
erty. Frequently she refused absolutely
Affairs or said simply she didn't know what
they we're talking about. No amount OF
loud talk could shake her n hairs breadth.
II was the same when she vas questioned
about her life In the old house for the last
fifty years. Often she said abe couldn't
remember. They asked her about her re-
lations with her daughter. -.
Il loved Alice and she loved me- said
Mrs. Stenton. W never had what you
could call real quarrels. We we're pleasant
and friendly, and whoever says we wern't
IL a liar" 49,,
Did you ever say that a man killed your
daughter?" asked Price.
Il did" replied Mrs. S%tenton.- Nobody
but a man could ave killed her.
When the officials went out 10 lunch they
left Mrs. Stenton in the Office guarded by
two detectives. Nobody provided any lunch
for her. The detectives seemed nervous
and kept close to her. She walked back
and forth until somebody brought a maya
zine, which she looked over quietly. In the
afternoon the same course OF questioning
was pursued, utterly without result, until
about 28J O'Clock, when Cardozo suggested
that they take her for a carriage ride and
question her in the carriage. She looked
tired and sick when they led her downstairs
The officials planned to take her to her
house and go over the whole place. When
mansion Mrs. Stenton baked. She would
mt 20 in. She was tired and hungry and
she wanted to go back to the Millers. No
amount Of persuasion argument or any
thing else could move her. She wouldn't
get out and wanted to see them try to a k
her out. They didn't try, but drove her
to the Miller home and left her.
They vent pack to the Stenton house
Cardozo saying he wanted to make another
search. They sleuthed for an hour. up
and down, in and out, until finally Cardozo
uttered a cry Of triumph. He had found g
anQDaR u InlTu SdIuDdB III u iooIi liiS
must already have been gone over not less
than fifty times by Sam Price and his COL
lection OF Bronx sleuths.
When the officials came out of the old
house the reporters asked Mr.. Cardozo
to give them a little straight information.
III never talk to reporters, " said he.
Coroner Mcdonald thereupon gave the
substance of the days proceedings that far.
Then Cardozo, Mcdonald and Price
drove to the Miller house, carrying the
mysterious sandbag and proceeded to in
more. She had changed clothes and rested
and felt more able to cope with them. She
smiled and joked and when Price, illustrat-
ing the force that can be put into a sandbag
blow, struck himself over the head too hard
she laughed, saying.
@You hit too hard. You didn't need to
hit that hard"
'Very significant" remarked an In
q%uisitor.
than they did the first.
"She certainly played horse with u.s.
said the amiable Coroner.
When he reached his office Coroner
Mcdonald made this statement to the news
$50 far as obtaining evidence showing
who was the murderer Of Mrs. Kinnan goes
are up against a dead wall. We have moth
ing to show tIlat any woman did it, nothing
to show that a man was guilty. Facts have
cropped out, but they aren't germane to
the important thing. 1t isn't agreeable to
say this, but an official should be honest
enough to admit failure when it comes to
him.
aMrs. Stenton, despite her age and APP
parent physical feebleness, is a woman OF
Intellectual strength and keen wit. She
knows how to meet questioning and to make
speech serve its real purpose, the conceal.
ment OF thought. She may know a good
deal about this business, but she has baffled
us and may continue to do 30. II she does
we are up against it,. and all the kings
horses and all the kings men won change
NE result.
Monday we are going to try something
else. We are going to bring Mrs. Stenton
and Lawyer Gibson to the examination
room and question them together, face to
face. | understand Mr.. Gibson called at
the Miller house last night to see Mrs. Stem
ton. We want to know why. Also we will
examine w. X. Astin, the lawyer who
has been mentioned by Mr.. Gibson. If the
examination fails Monday, l shall have to
end it. Nothing further would be gained.
We haven't any more witnesses and we
can't seem to get more facts.
Richard Kinnan, husband Of Alice G. D.
Kinnan, refused to appear. He didn't
nave to, of course; but We asked him to
te stify as a favor. He lives in Belmar,
N. j. Kinnan refused, / believe, because
he would lose salary by taking the time to