The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-05-13
CRIME UNSOLYED.
Many Theories, No Arrests.
In Double Murder Case.
THINK PRONLERS AFTER $1,000
On Learning That Or. Cannon Had
Large Sum In house Just Before
Tragedy Police Watch Suspect
Who Might Have Known.

New York, May 12.-Still cropping i'm
the dark in the investigation into the
strange double murder in the house OF
Dr. Mott ID. Cannon. the police have
succeeded only in piling up a multitude
of confusing theories. AS the investi-
CATION proceeds one after another of
these ingenious theories is being aban-
doned.
Discarding all such theories as the
one that the aged housekeeper and the
Hindoo butler were killed by members
of Hindoo society. the detectives at
work on the case are directing their
endeavOrs toward locating a man who
knew that DIR. Cannon on last Satur-
day morning had $1,000 in a drawer i'm
a desk in his library.
One person who could have known
that DR. Cannon had large sum of
money in mis- desk on Saturday, but
might not have known that the doctor
deposited the money in the bank be-
fore noon of that day, is under close
surveillance. This person was familiar
with the doctors affairs, knew every
nook and corner of the house and
might have been in possession of key
which would fit one of the rear doors.
Miss Meehner had been in DIR. Can
mons employ as housekeeper for more
than twenty-five years. Benam entered
the household only last Saturday. He
succeeded William Carter, a negro.
who quit DR.. Cannon's employ on Fri
day night to work for DIR. Ruben Cron-
son, who lives next door to DIR. Can
mons residence.
Carter says that at the tine Miss
Meehner and Benam were shot ne was
in the front parlor of DR.. Cronson's
residence. He has been closely ques-
| toned. He did not hear the sound of
pistol shots, he says, on Monday after
noon and observed nothing suspicious
about persons entering or leaving DIR.
| CNnnOn's home that day.
Or. Cannon. it appears. like many
professional men, was not regular in
banking his fees. He was accustomed
to let money accumulate in his desk
for days at a time before taking II TO
! the bank. On last Saturday morning.
! when Benam entered the household
! and was introduced to the housekeep-
| err. DIR. Cannon had $1,000 in the draw
er Of his desk I'm the library on the
| parlor floor.
| Although Benams recommendation
| We're of the highest order. the doctor
with natural prudence, concluded that
there was too much money in the
| house with Il new servant around.
! Accordingly he took the $1,000 from
| the desk and carried it to his bank.
One of the most puZzling features of
the case was the result of the autopsy.
| DR.. Cannon's revolver. which was dis
covered lying close to Benam's body
on the scene OF the crime, had had
| three cartridges discharged, and it was
! believed that these three shots were
the only ones fired at the time of the
murders. In the autopsy, however one
bullet was found in the body of the
! HindOo and three bullets i'm the body
of the housekeeper Three of these
! that of the revolver found beside the
buffers body. The fourth bullet was
so much splintered that it was difficult
to determine its caliber. The presence
of the fourth bullet leads the detec-
tives to believe that the person or per
sons who came to DIR. Cannon's house
Monday afternoon came armed and
prepared for trouble of some sort and
did not merely chance upon the physl-
clans revolver in ransacking his bu-
reau in search of plunder