The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-09
THREE WOMEN CLUE
IN KINDRED'S LIFE
One, Now Married, Provides
Police With Outline Of
Cashiers Career.
NEWEST FRIEND rs FOUND

Little ny little the dark places In the
life of Edward c. Kindred. the model
assistant cashier OF tho Booth 4 Finn
contracting company OF IL Battery
place, who vanished on Wednesday with
$4,000 Of the company's payroll money.
are being lighted by the police.
Although the authorities have not
round any probable cause for Kindred's
act except a sudden desire for S22. 900.
and although they appear to be no
up many odds and oads Of Information
which may turn out TO be useful.
They have learned that Kindred wa
moi quite the woman hater he was pic
tured at first. Three women are known
% have held an important place in his
affairs since he came TO New York six
years z One OF these three IL now
married and lives here but. II Is said.
her husband does not know of her ac-
Quaiutance with the missing cashier. Be-
cause Of this. and a promise she exacted
before she consented to aid the police
with information. her name Is withheld.
Before she was married she knew
Kindred we'll. her acquaintance with him
dating back more than Ave years. He
told her, she says. that he was a West
erner. had lost all Of his money In the
contracting business and had come to
New York to make a fresh start.
Gets Grnndmother's Money.
He said he had worked his way east
from the Pacific coast by doing railroad
construction work, and had lived and
worked for several months In Chicago
and Kansas City. This was In the period
Just before 1909. After he got to New
York he Inherited a sum OF money he
had not expected. he toll this m
He didn't tell the amount Of Il. but said
II came from his grandmother.
The Pinkerton detective agency.
which has been called into the case. has
received reports from It's agencies In
California that no trace Of Kindred, or
any family Of that name. has been
found. Kindred's bank accounts. In
which for months he deposited $3.50 a
month. and other circumstances. have
caused the detectives to believe that
Kindred Is not his real name. hut was
adopted by him when he came here.
The second woman Is a manlcurist
who worked In a barbershop in the
ne,ehborhood Of l25th street and eighth
avenue. She has not been found by the
police. but It is not believed that she
can throw my light on Kindred's where
abouts.
The third woman to whom II Is known
that the missing cashier paid attention
u Miss Lulu O'Neill. % years old. OF
Sol Jackson avenue. Long Island city.
assistant cashier Of the Mason Manu-
featuring Company. which has offices on
Davis street. Hunters Point.
Mis- O'Neill has been at a camp at
Greenwood Lake for the last few days
but at her home. where she lives with
her sister and parents. her friendship
with the missing man was admitted.
Her father. Herbert c. O'Neill. Owns a
%lunchroom beneath their apartment.
Miss Kathryn O'Neill said last night
that her sister and Kindred were only
casual acquaintances n that he never
gave her jewelry.
Wesley Ripperger Of 207 Academy
street, Long Island City. who was for.
merly in the employ Of the Booth 4
Finn Co.. said he introduced Kindred
20 Miss O'Neill about a year & and
that the cashier frequently took Miss
O'Neill out In n Of his two auto
mobiles.