The evening world., 1911-12-15
Italian Thought to Be Donate,
Wanted for Killing -Four,
Held in Buffalo.
APPEARS TO BE INSANE.
Another Man Arrested Near
Troy as Third Suspect Is
Sought in Massachusetts,.

v hbs-h tIhn ar
raisned In police court here to-day 20
closely Tailed with the description OF Di
Danato. the young Italian charged with
the murder OF the Morner family. near
Troy. that Judge Nash remanded him
until officers from Albany could come
here to Identify him.
The man under arrest here attracted
the attention Of detectives at the Now
York Central station. where. according
to the police, his actions Indicated that
he might be mentally unbalanced. lie
gave the name of Tony Mort, and said
no had come to this city from Syracuse,
but further than this gave no account
OF himself.
He evidently Is about .thirty-fve years
old. When arrested he was dressed In a
black suit n had no overcast. Fol
lowing his e~xaminI..on at the detective
bureau. the police stated there was moth.
Ing to definitely Indicate that he was the
missing farmland.
Another arrest Of q suspect has been
made at Abba. near Troy.
ALBANY, Dec. 15.-The Rensselaer,
County authorities renewed their efforts
to-day to ~apprehend Edward Donate.
the Italian farmland who Is wanted in
connection with the murder OF Mrs. Con-
rad Morner. her two daughters and son
some time Tuesday afternoon on a farm
near De F~reestvillc. a few miles west OF
Albany.
TRAILEo BY sLoopHouNos TO
TROY ROAD.
With the aid of b~loodhounds the on
GERS yesterday traced the movements
Of the italian In the direction Of Troy.
The dogs followed the scent to the West
sand Lake station Of the Troy and New
England Railroad Company. A conduc-
tor wal found who remembered that q
man answering the Italians description
had boarded . car there. rendering five
cents for fare. saying he wanted to 20
to Troy. The fare to Troy In ten cents
and tho conductor put the man of at
Snyder's Corners. There the blood
hounds again picked up the scent. trail
Ing It to a barn on the road to Troy,
where II Is presumed the italian spent
Tuesday night. The scent was lost q
short distance from Troy.
The officials believe Donate went from
Troy to Hudson and thence 70 Spring
field. Mass. Sheriff Cottrell left Troy this
morning for the latter place In the nops
OF running down the man. A man recog-
nized from the general description as
Donate was spoken to on the street In
Springfield last night the police are
hunting him.
Donates description has been sent
broadcast n this morning . suspect
WAS picked NJ at Buffalo and another
at Abba, neal Troy. The missing Ital.
Ian 10 described ~ being twenty-five
years OF sgs, medium height, weight
la8 pounds, dark complexion, smooth
faos. 10 polite n speaks good English
The motive for the crime. which al
the time the bodies were discovered
Wednesday night was not apparent
was Indicated last night when It wal
announced by one of the physicians
who performed the autopsy that tn,
younger daughter. Blanche. q girl O
seventeen. had been slain in defense o.
her honor.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Dec. ED
ward Donate. the farm hand wanted ~
the quadruple Mornsr murder near Troy
N. Y. was seen here. IT IN believed, las
night at II o'clock. Every italian board
ing house and the freight yards are be
Ing searched to-day by tho police.