The Washington times., 1910-05-15
FACTS IN CASE


WHAT the police know Is that in the
neighborhood OF 800 O'Clock last
Monday afternoon some one murdered
an old woman and a butler The woman
had been with Dr. Cannon and with
his vie before their marriage. for forty
years The man had been employed only
two days
The murderer or murderers, not salts
fed with having killed the pair heat
and hacked at them with a v-eapoa
which Is believed TO have been q burg
lars Jimmy" Then he or they. got
away without detection, as completely
as though they had vanished in air.
The police have discovered posftfvalv
nothing which is servicea bic as a clue.
a newspaper OF the date on which the
murder was committed. which was
creased as though II had been wrapped
about the Jimmy believed 10 have
been used, was discovered. Il was
printed IN English, and might have been
bought or picked Up IN an alley
Near the body Of Miss Meehan vas
found dolly smeaTed with red, on
which the murderer evidently had
wiped a bIoodstained finger But mic
: TOsocOpic examination has failed To -
veal any print which later might he
used in the identification Of any sus-
pecL
The wife Of Dr. I Levin. who lived AZ
u West 122d street, next door TO Dr..
cannon saw two men Of suspicious
appearance IN the neigh borhood early
Monday morning, but she paid little
attention 10 them and could not now
Identify them. she says
Little Girl
Talks to Murderer
One person is known 20 have talked
with the supposed murderer This IS
thirteen-yeaT-Old Helen Hammond. the
daughter Of Dr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Hammond, who live at 143 West 14ed
street. a few doors from where the
tragedy occurred
She went to the house on an GRAND
and rang the bell A mans voice from
the house told her 10 so away. She was
surprised and frightened. and went hack
home She did not see the owner. Of the
voice, but she says II was not that OF
anyone she knew
Nowhere in their search. the police
say, have they been able to obtain the
slightest help.
On the other hand. the puzzlinr oues-
tons which confront them run into the
oozens Was there lone murderer. OF
were there mOre2 How was entrance
object IN going into the house2 II IL
was robbery why were the burglars con
tent to take less than 500 worth OF
money and few stickpins, when there
were Jewelry and siIverware worth soy
eral thousand dollars within reach and
unprOtected2
Reason for Killing
Woman Still UnsoIved.
Why was il necessary 10 kin che old
woman = She was feeble; q blow in the
race would have prevented her from /
making the thief's presence known unfi- (
he should have had time 20 make his 1
escape Or was IL that the old woman 4
knew the man WHO killed herr was n 4
This knowledge that signed her death
warrant
These are only some of the questions
which the best detectftes in the coun- /
Try have csnvassed-
What the police actually know is the
story which has been made known 10 4
every one through the newspapers the 1
country over Dr. Cannon is q physi- I
clan OF prominence. a hOmeOpathiSt /
no has made a reputation as a baC-
teriOlogist- He Is. perhaps, sixty years
old perhaps siXty-fives welI-preserved /
seemingly substantial citizen. and in an
psarance OF a type not unusual among 4
professional men
For year he has been q widOWer ]
His wife was a native Of Richmond I
Va They were married tEenty-sfx 4
years ago With Dr. Cannon lived his
sister, . Miss Cannon, the Misses Free
born, Two sisters, who are school teach
ersi Miss Meehans and the butler
Buried IN Plot
Next to Former Mistress
Miss Meehan ranked higher than a 4
servant. She had nuTsed Mrs. Cannon
when she was a child. and had lived
with her many years After the death 4
Of the doctors wife she continued in his 4
house. looking after him and his sister. I
she was regarded by both as z member 4
Of the family She superintendent the I
household affairs and ''nothered'' I
every one else IN the house She was 4
buried Thursday IN the lot in Green /
wood Cemetery beside the grave OF Mrs 4
cannon
Beenarn. who was called Dhanukdha-l
RE Beenam before he was converted to 4
Christianity. had entered the Cannon +
household on Saturday preceding the
murder he was TO be butler and i
general servant, under Miss Meehan's {
direction.