The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-21
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her hotns In Tho BronS on June q was
found la-, hlaht In thu bouss whete tina
murder occurr~d
Thu nnIcr vas Policeman Mann nR NJ
thu fremont police station, who vas rum
maainE around tho old houss oil afternoon.
lie says II was sealsd when he found w..
II vas addres~pd 20 Mira. Kinnan.
Manning Immediately notified Acting
Captain Price, the chief of tho Bronx
bureau. and DETECTIVES o'Rourke and
Mccarthy were sent Up 10 Investigate
They brought the letter to Price, wio
opened II and Rad the contents.
Capt. Price refused TO make tho letter
pubic, for fear. he said, Of defeating the
ends Of justice. But he declared that the
letter was the most important and tangible
clue that had yet come into the hands Of
the police.
II was learned from police sources that
the letter Is dated June o. just two days
before Mrs. Kinnan was murdered, and that
there are in It threats against the life Of the
oma
Capt. Price would not cay whose name
was signed to the letter. nor whether Il wa
written by q man or q woman. He intimated
that the whole force at his command would
be busy to-day following up the clue de-
veloped by the letter, and that he expected
to nab the writer within tw~enty-four hours.
Meanwhile, he said, he would notify the
Coroner.
Previous 10 this discovery Coroner
Mcdonald and Acting Captain Price were
rather at a standstill yesterday. Certain
discoveries made in the old Stenton homo
which seemed at first to hav a significance
turn out to be practically valueless, leading
to little more than conjecture. Mrs. Stem
ton has kept her mouth tightly closed, and
the detectives with all the tricks Of their
trade haven't been able to find out what
she kno vs.. This morning the inquest will
be held at the Office Of Coroner Mcdonald.
Most Of the time Of the police was taken up
yesterday with serving summonses. Forty
six witnesses have been directed to appear at
the preliminary examination. most Of them
persons living In the neighborhood of the
ramshackle old mansion, who possess vari-
Gus scraps Of information about old Mrs.
Stenton and her murdered daughter. Act
ing Capt. Price declined to make public
the names Of these witnesses. but intimated
plainly that no new ones Of value have been
discovered.
Both Coroner Mcdonald and Price were
hopeful that they would strike a lead during
the inquest, both believing that there is a
fair chance Mrs. Stenton may be led to
tell things of Importance. Yesterday morn
ing and afternoon Prices sleuths questioned
Mrs. stsnton again, but got nothing from
her.
Coroner Sohwanneke Of The Bronx, who
ia assisting Coroner Mcdonald in the in
v~estigation, made a broad statement yes
terday as to whom he believed to be the
murderer, saying at the same time that
the person he alluded to has been practi-
cally under arrest for forty-eight hours.
He admitted at the same time that 1t was
merely his own supposition. Apparently
Capt. Price was not especially pleased when
ne neaIO t0hl NoiOtiOi AiiiSN AeN
been talking.
There is nobody under arrest said
Price with a slight show Of irritation, A
far al / am concerned I have said nothing
about who / believe is guilty. don't hin
it is time to talk.
Coroner Mcdonald listed and ticketed the
various articles Of ~silverware n junk
which were discovered on Tuesday when
the police found a secret room in the old
house. Most Of the silverware bore the
initials OF Mrs. Stenton's maiden name,
Louise Malcolm. There we're liz articles
found In the room, most OF them silverware
OF various kinds
When Mrs. Stenton was asked about these
things she replied shortly that they were
all her own property. The police believe
this to be the truth. The discovery Of two
silver mounted rifles didn't seem to indicate
much to sober judgment, since Mrs. Stem
ton, according to the gossip Of the neigh
borhood, was a collector of all sorts Of queer
junk.
Almost every day since June 8, when Mrs.
Kinnan was murdered, an axe or a hatchet
or a rusty knife or, perhaps, on the dullest Of
days, only a suspicious looking iron bar
has been discovered in a convenient rubbish
heap or weed patch or dark cellar. Yes
terday afternoon a long handled axe was
brought t. light, the iron stained with a
reddish rust and a long hair twisted neatly
under a splinter. Prices men said shortly
that il the axe had been anywhere in the
house or on the grounds IL would have been
found during the search Of the first few
days.