New-York tribune., 1912-08-26
GET CURRAN CASE CLEW
Waldo Orders Detectives to
Run Down Every Lead.
DESCRIPTION OF MURDERER
Police After Long Delay Find
Man Who Saw Suspected
Slayer Leave Hotel.

able TO solve still surrounds the murder
Of Miss Julia Curran, the young woman
who was found dead at the Boulevard
Hotel, at Broadway and 67th street, on
Thursday night. Following the outcry
raised against the manner In which the
police had acted after the body was dis
covered, they having entered the cause OF
the woman's death upon the blotter at the
6sth street station as due TO natural
causes and reported TO the Coroner TO
the same effect orders were given by Com
missioner Waldo that nothing be left un-
done to determine who the womans slay-
er was.
Detectives. acting on orders from Police
Headquarters and from the 6Sth street
station. worked on the case all day yes
terday but UP to late hour last night
no material progress had been made. II
was said, however that the police had
been furnished with certain clews, among
them a detailed description OF the man
who registered at the hotel as MI
Reilly"
The clew which may lead TO an arrest
shortly was given by a man who is said
to have been standing al the side en-
trance of the hotel when the murderer
sauntered out He was noted by others
also. but they did not take time to make
note OF his appearance. The fact that ne
walked leisurely across 67th street until
he reached the curb on the opposite side
Of the street and then set out at fast
pace toward the 66th street subway en-
trance was corroborated by several per-
sons
Efforts were made yesterday TO find the
dead woman's employer Mrs. William ID.
Smith Of No 116 East 5Sth street with
whom Miss Curran set out on an auto
mobile tour on August 10.
Mrs Smith and her husband were on
thusiastic automobilists. and had invited
Miss Curran. who acted as companion
to Mrs Smith. to accompany them. The
length OF time the party intended to be
gone. according to the murdered woman 3
sister. Mrs John I<innears, OF No. 2Os
West seth street. was at least three weeks.
Their ultimate destination was some Ca
madam city. They were 10 have followed
the Hudson River 10 Albany. Mrs. Kin
nears said yesterday. but from that city
on she does not know how their route lay.
Three DAYS after her sister left New
York Mrs. Klnnears received a postal card
from Hudson. y. Y. in which Miss Cur
ran referred briefly to the trip and stated
that she was getting on splendidly."
When she left the city with Mrs. Smith
II was with reluctance, owing to the con-
dltion Of her health.
The one brief message was the only
word received and the next Mrs Kin
nears heard Of her sister WAS that she
had been found dead within few blocks
Of her home. The police are confident
that they might learn something val
liable II they could communicate with
Mrs Smith or her husband and learn
when and for what reason Miss Curran
left them The police IN all towns through
which the tourists might nave passed on
their way to Canada have been wired
asking II anything has been seen OF the
party. but no satisfactory replies have
been received.
That the Smiths have not learned Of
the fate OF their companion seems prob
able 4 few days ago Mrs. Knnears
received a bunch Of keys that she rec
ognized as her sisters from Mrs Smith.
No word of explanation accompanied the
package. and Mrs. Kinnears was alarmed
because she feared that the internal dis
orders from which her sister was known
to be suffering had caused breakdown
of her health The postmark on the
package was illcgibe and furnished the
detectives no clew as to the whereabouts
Of the sender.
The information that Will probably re-
suit In the immediate recognition of the
man who accompanied Miss Currsn to
the hotel and after ordering a few drinks
registered as Mr.. Reilly and wfo' was
obtained from some one whose name was
withheld. The police scout the theory.
however, that the man. who is well
known in the district as a gang leader.
was the same Reilly who entered the
hotel with the woman scarcely three
quarters OF an hour before her death.