New-York tribune., 1911-12-17
DIX MAY OFFER REWARD
Believes Every Effort Should Be
Made to Arrest Morner Murderer
WRONG MAN APPREHENDE0
Suspect Taken at Coxsackie Re-
leased-Theory That Donate
May Have Been Murdered.

Albany. Dec. 1s-GovernOr Dix may issu"
a proclamation Offering a reward by the
state for tho apprehension Of the murderer
of the four members Of the Morner family
VINO were slain IN a barn ON their farm
at De FreestvilIc last Tuesday.
81 feel very kecnlv about the situation"
said bc Governor tonight and believe
every effort shoud be- mad by tho au-
tnoritles 10 brins the murderer 10 Justice
Prcccdent> Tor action on III" pari Of the
Governor are on record
Instead the police went 10 Brookyie"'
hamlet near the Morner farm. where II was
reported - man answering Donato's de-
ycrlpiion had been scen. They were unable
10 lind any trace Of the missing Italian.
\ difference Of opinion has arisen 40 10
tho handwriting on tho note found on
uiaro ~ inc Morncr home. which read:
italian meat ap American made sausage
imported from Rome. italy" District At
tornoy Jcncs OF Troy said to-day that he
had arrived at tho conclusion that thi'
note and the letter founr in tho room OF
Edward Donate. the missing farm hand
were not written by the same person.
Sheriff Cottrcll thinks both we're written
by Donate
To Search Every Nook OF Farm.
The possibility that Donate IS missing
because ne. too. was murdered, was ad-
vanced to-day and this led 10 action on
the part Of the District Attorney, who di-
rectcd that every nook and corner Of the
! Morner farm he searched carefully.
! Against the theory that the crime was
committed by some one other than Donate.
! those who believe the italian guilty point
/ 20 the apparent absence Of motive, since
| robbery was not attempted.
! Renewed efforts were made at Hudson
and Pittshed. Mass. to-day TO get trace
! of the missing man, and from Port Chester
: came the report Of an arrest of A suspect.
! The authorities OF Albany and Rensselaer,
; counties are convinced that the suspect
arrested at Coxsackle last night is not
| Donate or in any way connected with him
The Italian. who gave his name as Ssmmio
Saveni, was taken to Troy early this morn
| ing and later released. Saveni came to
| Albany this afternoon and was rearrested.
, After proving 10 the satisfaction OF the
! local police that he was not Donate he was
again released.
! II was Miss Vera Vandenberg, Of South
Troy. who declared that the suspect was
not Donate. Before this the Italian had
gone through an exciting series OF advent
ures He had been positively identified "a
! the hunted man by a friend OF the muir
dered people. hustled away from a rough
crowd at the Union Station at Albany an
hour or so before dawn, and driven eight
| miles in a drizzling rain in an automobile
! from Albany 10 the Troy jail over road
deep with mud
! Later this morning Bonacker and Ho-
ratio Mould the Rensselaer, milk dealer
who discovered the murder. went TO Troy
to endeavor to identity the suspect but
when they arrived AT the Sheriff's Office the
| Italian had been released Bonacker as
serted that he still was positive the mau
| that had been released was the man Tor
whom the police are looking.
The only development i'm the case to-night
J came i'm the form OF a dispatch 10 Shcri
| Cottrell from Heartlake. a town I'm Penn
! svlyania. lust across the state line. tn"
dispatch stated that an Italian wearing
blood-stained clothing had been seen thcr"
and that il would be well to Investigate.
! Sheriff Cottrell Immediately called the po-
lice authorities of Heartlakc by telephon"
and asked them TO get on the trail OF the
suspect ana arrest him.
J The funeral of the four Morners VIII DC
held at the family bone to-morro"