The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-24
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lightly Z ear-O Old oman En-
ragged satsS rggestio That SHE IS
& Killed Own Daug hter.
DRAMATIC sc EN 4 EAR ING
InquisitorsS al Wits End and
Unable to Shake Witness, 4,
3855s.S Exery bod cited. q.
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81 NEW. YoRK. June % Dramatic
scene y ~ a ttended o.day's proceedlngs at
the coronor's inquiry into the death o q
B rs. a Ice .. Itinnan yyiio wa beaten to
death at the home Sof her moi Their In the
Bronx, on theSnight I OF June 81 Il.
3s5s Mrs Stenton. the aged mother. Of the
murdered woman, 4 was n unde going ex-
animation 4 by Coroner McnGnald n when
no suddenly asked her: Isn't this the
hammer with which you X lied IA Ice ?na
III. II the same time exh ibi ting the wea pon.
How: dare YOU sugg est that q. killed
my daugh ter...' cried t he %witne IS, her
Dyes flashing and her bod y shaking with
anger.. ss;.' knew nothing q bout the hans
sIner and ont know how came g
Sbe hi den In Il, pom. never 4 saw
git before,
" Az anoth point durthg the examine
ftion Mrs. stentonf start Il o a leave the
room. hut was persuad ed Ito sresun ME her
seat.
u,y;, got 4 "a; tell 4 us all YOU know
ID about Ills ca se,', she was told by AS
5sistant District, Attorney Card oza.
as;.".I don Il know anyt thing e bout ct, VA re-
torted Mrs. s ton.
ID rs on 4 d . X ~ asked gMr, Cardoza
4RnaklnH ms s1lIlSSTTlHl lStiE ! hGc
she II shrieked why don't you
Kill SIne Instead Of asking mo all these 9.
questions III - - - S is3 .3
These outburts on the part Of the Wit
ness came at the end Fof twcl,h ours OF a
Vigorous cross-examination on She had aus
spwered every question without hesl tation,
but threw very little new: light on on the l1!
case. 8 8ssSl Y :5s
5i8 The Days II earingt IL:
II This M rning Acting Captain Price OF
the Bronx + De elective n Bureau, and two
4 detectives went vi to vs. the home Of Is tho.
sNlillers at No. 1864 sprlggs Avenue, where
she has been stopping, and the sno IN s
Of the murdered woman raised no t iop-
lection to being before Il Coroner
McDonald, N Mrs. stenton was calm, and
her. mind appeared to Il be part icularly
clenr. The route TO the ( coroner's flea
flny5Spast tile house where the murder
was committed. *
Mrs. stentong sig hed I: II DOR a lice. There. 3
y, aha was killed. know q man
did il. Have you found him yet 353
\ They we're obliged to tell her that they
had not found him. SD II. si5s
s$iS The carriage arrived at the Scoroner''s 8.
Office at about y; 49, MIS- i sten ton
WAS led to q seat Mt the \ end OF q long
table. Somebody gave the old woman 9
fan which she waved steadily before aher
placid face while she tai ked. .'5 5s is I,
your K anne ~ was the firs 2
4ssseaG Malcolm stenton,' came the he
Undertaking reply. 3,;s n TIL
How old are you s{js 81 4 #
NJ .,Will You tell us what happene ed on the
night OF Friday, June St M; Y. .
90 "A H.
grnoams 10 me Ii, the kitchen, the tale
began, ''when the bell rang. cautioned
Alice about going 1.-THE door hui. g J.
went, Il waited some time, ~ hen A!lce
did not return, I wa w rr!ed about her
,ihse,,ce. y 81 went to the door with q lamp
III my hand, II Then 7 kept on outside. % !
found Alice lying In a pool OF blood at
the end of the porch "A 4.
IA Denies Intimation Of Guilt,
Shouting out question and answer N
theatri tones that could S be heard
through closed doors, Assistant District
Attorney Cardozo and Mrs. g ten ton 1ad
q dialogue which rose to Its Bcll max when
the prosecutor asked bluntly a
murder OF the witness daughter, Mrs,
ALICE X imam. Again and as lin the met
ar's denial rang out. I was the most
dramatic scene In the whole inquiry.
WHO came to your house on Friday,
tune Stl, r., asked Cal dozo, n. ID
S5s 4 Nobo replied the II old swoHlan
H Ipidn't q man come to see you on q TINT
4 y No. Nobody called,,"'a lais5
Il 5s,,yEagn't & there a Violent quarrel m
stairs between you and your daughter g! ter
after that man YETI -, . !, :,
No. there was not, N q ma =Yas there"
Npidn't Mary shlppo come 2llpstal ana
AJAX what YOU ana your dapghter were
iouarreIlng about ~ ~ M
VINO she did not,'' q 4, NJ! Il!
ppldn't you have g quarrel R'th y 9 =
daughter ~ ~ Il SiS
mo 'S N 8 ~, !. !, !, !, y, !.
this murd # /. - Y. !,
s'' n don't knew anything more thah
what I have already told Byoa "
Very Excited, a.;5s'
EiDuring this period " "a tls ina piry the
old woman had become more and more {,
excited, scanned a. thongh sha Go 2
ftt,as Al, rp- 10 Iced at Who kept llllT