New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-08
WOMAN POPS UP
IN KINDRED CASE;
CLERKNORECLUSE
Police Uncover Stories of
$1,000 Hush Money and
Nights on Broadway.
WANTED TO MARRY:
HUSBAND OBJECTED
Detectives Satisfied Fugitive and
Contractors Thousands Have
Left Town.

Acting on the time-honored suspicion
that there must be a woman at the
bottom Of the trouble, police investi-
eating the mysterious disappearance
~ Edward c. Kindred. Of the contract
inc frn Of Booth & Finn, who dropped
out Of sigh, last Wednesday with near
:, so 900 Of his firms money. searched
the city Yesterday
While an information is being care
fpUv guarded. il was learned last night
rat Kindred was hy no means the re-
eluse which he was at first thought
q be.
Detectives found at least one woman
vho is said 70 have given much valu-
sble information about his habits and
associations. Kindred had quite a
number Of women acquaintance. ac-
cording 10 the police.
Detectives who have searched the
bospitals on the theory that Kindred
MIGHT have been taken in while he was
Guarding the twenty thousand odd dol
lars Of his employers reported last
night that no clew had been found.
As matter Of fact. the police are now
convinced that Kindred Is not IN the
city
Although the Grand Jury found an
Indictment for grand larceny against
Kindred Yesterday following the testl-
nonv Of William 4. Finn. head of the
contracting firm. and Graham Caldi-
colt. its cashier. witnesses and many
business and other acQualntances Of
Kindred Yesterday expressed their be-
lief that the missing man was the VIC
tim Of foul play. They say that he had
been complaining Of headaches lately
and might have heen seized with
faintinc spel, while he was alone IN
his automobile with the money. Even
rolice officials IN charge Of the inves-
ticauon expressed their faith in Kim
dred's honesty.
As far as the police have been able
10 ascertain. kindred's private life was
dean and above reproach. What he
did on occasional automobile trips
which lasted far into the early morn
irc hours the police have not been
able 20 ascertain. Road houses in the
vicinity o. New York are now being
visited with a view OF learning some
.h.cz more about the young man.
Beautiful Woman" Sought.
Another rumor the police are inves-
tics'irc is that Kindred was engaged
10 a. beautiful woman who lived in an
arartment house on Central Park West,
near Flghty-frSt Street. A fellow
enploye Of Kindred volunteered this
Information. lie said that Kindred had
told him about the affair.
a few months ago he showed me the
stub u check for 81 800 with the re-
marx that he ought 10 be kicked for
being an Easy mark" this person told
the police. He explained that he had
called ON this beautiful lady TO propose
"a her. when i'm rushed q man with a
revolver in his hand and said he was
her husband. Kindred told me that the
alleged husband demanded $1,000 to
keep the scandal out of the papers, and
Kindred paid Later on he said that he
and the woman in question had been
Guped and that he intended TO marry
her
A, the garage on Audubon Avenue,
near l5s,h Street, where Kindred Kept
his TWO motor cars. II was stated posi-
lively last night that he always took
out his cars alone and never returned
with women acquaintance or other
friends. .
In contradiction is the statement Of
several witnesses who have testified
that they had seen Kindred with one
or two women in his car. In addition,
IL was learned that Kindred drew most
Of ms $4,000 deposit out Of the Wash
ing,on Heights Bank in small amounts,
and that most of the checks which were
returned cancelled 10 the bank bore the
Endorsement Of a woman. Neither the
hank officials nor the police would DIS
close the identity Of this woman, but 1t
is said that She had been found and
had told the police all she knew.
Acting Captain Deevy, who Is IN
charge of the investigation, said last
night that the police had been unable
70 find out anything about Kindred s
past prior 20 1907, when he came to
New York. apparently in financial dis
treSS. and obtained a minor position
through an employment agency. Efforts
10 trace his income, which was various
y reported 20 have been from Sl5O TO
$500 . month, were equally unsuccess-
full. The only thing which the police
learned in this connection was that
Kindred was known in many restau-
rants and cabarcts along the Great
White Way, had charge accounts in a
number Of stores and generally gave
the impression Of "a gentleman of leis-
ure."
Having exhausted nearly every clew
about Kindred'S whereabouts. the local
police place much faith in the results
Of The circulars which have been sent
broadcast throu hout the country. They
bear Kindred's photograph and descrip-
ton.