New Britain herald., 1929-05-15
MYSTERY
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& If kennelIy ndS
 ayihi of his movements that hikh. why have they not made it puohe
 {. h there any basis for pers's- tent rumor that kennelly nao quar- relied with Huntington?
 Why in view of these tninss n.. not Kennelly been held as ma terial witness or the eXplanatioh 'i h,, actions been made pubic?
 s-Why has Hickey at every op ror,nnity called the case su'cioe when ali available evidence pof''eo to murder?
 s-Has the gun been foand'
 ,o-Hax the bullet been founo
 ,,-Has any member of the Hunt ,,-,on family given any informatloE of value to the police!
 1.-Despite numerous visits oi DO, ,ice to the Huntington home anu other places. the public has been un- ,hl. to learn anything of their ma inxs although they say lhey h"'o nothing pointing to murder.
 ,s-Has the maid at the Hun.lhs t.n home been questioned and II 50 what information did she lmpar'
 14-How many guns were louhu in the Huntington home:
 1s-who owned them?
 West said that when he brousn' +hs ouestions to Alcorn, the state attorney turned to him ana asheu -.Wel. MT. West, what do you an. ..;i tho townspeople think aoout 'h'' case yourselves? ;
 i've think there is plenty or eN', oence of f6ul play" West quo'eu himself as saying. .o
 To this. Alcorn replied, west oe- clared II don't blame you.
 Alcorn told the grand Juror ne would make full public explana'ion of his own attitude and Of the ln'es- tir.tion 'in a short while.
 Hickey Investigates Quarrel
 County Detective Hickey learned t.dsv from Mr. and Mrs! Hugh Bal lantyne, who live near the Huh'ins 5. ton home, that at 2 O'CLOCK .as. Wednesday morning. an hour oeioie w.lt.r Treadway Huntington IS De, ,i.yeA to have been shot, they hearo txo men auarreling in front oi 'iie'' house. They said that the two 'ie. m. .rreled for about half hour anu when the quarreling stopped 'heS heard . car drive away
 Hickey seemed to attach much iln m oortance to this new testimony 10, the death of Huntington occurreo .hout q half hour after the tune re- norted by the Ballantynes' put he refused to comment.
 Resume Search For Gum
 Hickey and his assistants went out aeain today to the spot on Mulp' % fsrm where Walter Treadway Huh'- inston's body was found week aso ana on orders of States AttorneE uurh NJ. Alcorn began anotner ..srch for the pistol and the slug which caused the students death'
 The case, a week old today was m nearer solution than on the das the body was found, bullet hoie II" the head. To Hickey and Aicorh the missing weapon is the only iinN needed to close the chain of suicide evidence and the detective and ms sssistants. working again with mag netic irons, picks and shovels, proo- ded the lot, soaked with the waters of . rain that fell several hours isst -fieht and early today. for the key to the investigation.
 While they worked. Coroner J.. Gilbert Calhoun indicated his bellef Young Huntington died a homicide for II am not reconciled to the fall ure to find the missing pistol and do not believe some one not con- nected with the case picked It up snd now fails to report it out of fear"
 Alcurn Refuses to Break Silence
 Dr.. Henry N. Costello. medical examiner for Hartford. adhering to his interpretation of the medical evi- dence reiterated his opinion young Huntington was slain. while States Attorney Alcorn again refused to comment.
 Alcorn said: 'I have given my word that I would not talk about the case and I intend to keep my promise" He refused to say whether he had talked to Dr. Costello or to Coroner Calhoun.
 Alcorn has apparently taken active charge of the case. for he holds numerous conferences with his de- tective, the latter emerging from them to renew activity in case which he had said he had closed two days ago.
 Today Hickey said, The case never can be considered closed if the pistol is not found.'' and this was understood to be a reflection of what his superior had said to him. Hickey and his assistants made futile search for the weapon and slug yes- terday their work being halted by rain and night fall
 His failure to find the weapon" said Coroner Calhoun. .'is the weak est point in the suicide theory. Hickey has no reason to assume that 2 passerby has the pistol. He has talked with everyone who had occa- SlOu tO Pd4s tlle 8CeDS Ol lHS SllOOl- ing and he is convinced not one of these picked up the weapon. In ad- dition, the assumption that work man or any other individual had req son to go off the roadway and enter the lot is false. l am keeping an open mind in the case
 It may he many days. the coroner said. before he would make report of his own findings in the case.
 Hickey Denies Run,Or Of Clue
 After another conference with AL corn today. Hickey denied obtaining a bit of evidence which he had ad- mitted finding. This was the hand kerchief with one spot of blood said to have been found in the blue coach" of Mrs. Mary Clark Hunting ton. widowed mother of Walter.
 This coach had been driven by flare Kcnpe11y forptcv ch fo