New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-13
SEEK PAWNSHOP CLEWS
Trying to Find Stickpins Taken
from, Dr.. Cannon's Home.
DETECTIVES ALL AT SEA
Burglar Hunt Results in Arrest
Of Two Men and Finding Of
an Alleged Fence.

Four DAYS have elapsed since Margaret
Meennsr the aged housekeeper. and Will
sam Nenan. the Hindu butler. il; the home
OF Dr. Mott u. Cannon. OF No. g West 122d
street Were beaten 20 death and their faces
mutiiated by bullets from two revo!vers-
The mystery. more batIlins than any crime
Of recent years. was no nearer solution last
night than when DIR. Cannon found the
bodies OF his Two servants.
The slender promise of a clew was dissi-
p2ted yesterday when experts examined a
bit of blood stained cloth. The tests showed
nothing, as thumb lines leave no impress
SION on woven material. The detectives,
under Captain Kuhne and Captain Carey,
have been divided on three theories-the
vengeance Of a secret Hindu order, burg
larry or the act of a maniac
The detectives who were detailed TO work
on the theory OF q burglary have been sent
10 every pawnshop in the city They have
descriptions Of the four stickpins and a
leather cardcase bearing the name of Marie
Freeborn, who lives with Or. Cannon s
sister. which We're taken from DR.. Cannon :
bureau. The list also shows a tabulation
OF jewels amounting to $4,000 which were
taken from the apartments OF James z.
Traviss. a broker. living at 18th street and
Amsterdam avenue.
Captain Kuhre has covered every pa WI
shop and fence in Harlem His detec-
tives have arrested five met and are now
seeking three others who are believed 70
be members of a gang Of burglars who
worked The upper East Side The arrests
have so far failed TO show any connection
with the murder.
While the missing trinkets are being
sought the police are keeping constant
watch on several men who they believe may
throw some light on the crime Detectives
have questioned every person living in the
block where the murder was committed, bat
no one has told them OF having seen any
persons leaving Or. Cannon's house on the
dav Of the murder.
The body Of Miss Meehner was buried
yesterday in DR.. Cannon's family plot in
Greenwood Cemetery. The Rev. J. L. Lash
er. Of St. Andrews Church. conducted the
funeral al the house. Besides DR.. Cannon,
the mourners included several relatives an1
his sster-in-law, Mrs. Davis, of Richmond,
Va. The body of the Hindu butler will be
buried by the Young Mems Christian As
sociation.
In the hunt for burglars, Detectives Cur
tayne and Breener arrested Edward Hen
shel and Philip Eirskowitz. two inoffensive
appearing Russians. who We're held without
bail by Magistrate Butt, pending the in
vestigation Of several robberies. The police
found note books with the addresses Of
many Harlem apartments in the possession
OF the men. They also had keys and an
outfit for boring through doors.
An alleged fence was uncovered by
Captain kuhnes detectives yesterday, when
they arrested man who gave his name as
Garry Glatt. and who said he was broth
CT os Harry Ciatt, known TO the police as
This Twinkler Kid" fer his operations on
streetcars- Harry Rudervitch. of East 1898
stree was charged with keeping the
fence" where an assortment Of silver,
which was Identified by a Harlem store
keeper, was seized.