The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-20
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N fesari 10 the occurrences on tho night
# 'hc murder and In fssard "a family and
rraucial matters that might hrlp 10 ~
tho responsibility for tho crime IN fact,
.r ~ sunday tho Cofunrr. Cart Price and
u f,un " uihaon. the wnman'a lawyer.
,remol ~ 10 ~ one mind that Mta Slrrtoh
~ no, strong mentally There was even
'i.t ~ having u commission appointed
,l examine into her sanity Rut no more
4 this has been heard sinrs tho Interview
with hrr lalt sunday
When they arrived NJ tho house the
Coroner and Capt Price found the old lady
wing On u couch. They went NJ her sharply
rtfh questions which In y short time were
rr ductive. Instead of being tho hclple's
and cnfecbled old woman. eager 10 he let
clone, she assumed n defiant and angry
stand Though her two visitors talked
with her for over an hour, they never once
succeeded in trapping her into an incon-
sistency or a contradiction or any express
sion tending to show that she knew the
identity Of Mrs, Kinnan's slayer, :
With tho documents and other articles
which they had discovered in their search
Of the old house that afternoon in mind.
the two were able to put to her questions
which threw her into a high rage n showed
her in a light which they had not witnessed
heretofore. She became domineering and
often insulting and she convinced both
her visitors that, when che was really angry,
she was entirely capable OF holding her own.
At last, having worked her up to a pitch OF
angry excitement. Acting Captain Price
thought he saw his chance and bluntly
asked her to tell him what really happened
on the night Of the murder.
Immediately there wa a perceptible
development OF caution in the woman's
attitude and all she wouldlsay was:
why do you ask ma about that9 Alice
lie dead and that is all you'll ever find out
about it,
Then she threw herself back on the couch
onJ affair aopna ~opnapta ram rlaj apaar-
ingly:
If you gentlemen have any more ques-
lions to put, l wish you'd do it. as l am
sleepy and want to go to bed
Capt. Price did have one which he pro-
oeeded to ask:
Don't you feel any sorrow or grief over
the death of your daughter. Mrs, S%tenton,
especially when she met her death in such
a manner and with all the talk that has
been made over it?'
Il told you Alice was dead: that's all
there is to it, was the reply.
That was all there was to it, except an
imperious command to Capt. Price to turn
0 { the ls as he was leaving tbs room.
When the two men had left the house
mrs. Stenton, they say they have ascer-
proceeded to the dining room and
ate a hearty meal, before carrying out her
wish to retire expressed to them.
Capt. Price said yesterday that he was
cor rdent the old woman could unravel the
whole mystery in a very few moments il
she would. She is being kept under sur
VIGILANCE at the Miller house, where the
ira med nurse ia still in attendance and
ctiveS are on duty to keep outsiders
from communicating with her.
The detectives vi,ited the old house again
vest erday and made som strange dis
coveries. Detectives O'Rourke and Wines
found within a day or so a person who,
Cart. Price said yesterday, was for several
years in the sos AN inmate OF the old house"
He would not commit himself as to whether
the inmate" was a man or woman, though
he left the reporters with the impression
that il was a man. That the inmate" was
young at the time was clearly intimated,
give the exact age or the approximate
amount of years that had passed since this
person constituted one OF the family at
Shadyside. Neither a 'no' nor a yes"
be dra wn from him when it was eug-
gested that Percy McIiroy, who used 10
Be friendly with Mrs. Kinnan and her mother
In he old DAYS when his father was rector
Of st. Georges Church, might be the person.
l. seems improbable that the person is
|. kinnan, the husband OF the
woman. klnnanS OanPnter,
with her husband, called at the Stenton
the day after Mrs. Kinnan's funeral,
but kinnan has remained at Belmar, n. j.,
where il is said he has expressed a desire
10 be let alone, though, unless a will to
he contrary exists, he will come into at
least SO COO as his share Of his wife's es-
Whoever the witness is. he or she did not
volunteer the information. The Coroner
and Capt. Price had several interviews
him or her, probably OF Monday,
Tor vest erday afternoon the Coroner, Capt.
Price and Detectives O'Rourke, Heffernan,
Wines and Connolly Of the Bronx detective
bureau went to Shadyside and started on
4 definite and entirely new plan OF search.
Their new wit ness told them that there was
/ secret room or apartment in the ma nsion
had not yet been examined by them.
Following the tip, they went to the room
occupied by Mrs. kinnan. which Ia also that
n which Contractor William Clinchy drew
his last breath, and began their investiga-
there.
Behind an old dresser they noticed a
curtain at the east or rear side Of the house,
on their previous tours Of explora-
ton they thought was intended to shut
,ut the light from a window. Removing
he dresser and pulling aside the curtain
hey found not a window but a door. The
upper part of IL, containing half a dozen
panes of glass of ordinary size, caused
to be mistaken for a window. The detec-
opened il with little effort and found
IN the other side a storeToom about eight
square, with no windows.
Tho Oontapta bore ONT the statements