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cause they had broken up his TO-
nance with Mrs. Gedeon's Oldest
daughter, Ethel, who is now Mrs
Joseph Kudner. Byrnes was slain,
they said, merely because he APP
peared at the apartment before the
killer had completed his revenge. 4.
Other Daughter Hidden
Fearing that Irwin might try to
harm Mrs. Kudner because she had
rebuffed him, the police took her
away from her home to a hiding
place. Several detectives were as
signed to guard her.
John A. Lyons, assistant chief in
Spector In command of detectives,
announced that he had obtained in
formation that Irwin once attempted
the criminal assault Of woman at
White Plans, N. Y, where he held
a $40 a month job in 1888. Lyons
said his informant declared that Ir-
win boosted later that he had es-
capped prosecution because Of the
woman's fear of him.
The psychiatrist told the police
that whenever Irwin was frustrated,
he flew into a frenzy and became a
difficult person to handle. Unusually
strong and a good boxer, the sculp-
tor could overpower four or five men
at such times, it was said.
More Irwin News
Additional information about r.
wins habits was sent out on the
eight-state police teletype system
last night. It was said that he had
frequently been @ panhandler and
itinerant farm worker and was In
the habit of sleeping in parks, SUBJ
ways, bus stations or such places.
Lincoln Houser, Jr., who had been
engaged to Veronica, told investi-
gators that on several occasions the
beautiful model had mentioned dis
putes with Irwin. Houser said Irwin
had attempted to make love to both
Veronica and Ethel.
The Bellevue psychiatrist ex-
pressed his agreement with the the
ory already advanced by the police
that Irwin was likely to commit sui
eide If he thought arrest was near.
Among the "tips" on the possible
whereabouts of the suspect was a
message from the Boston police adj
vising authorities here to have de-
tectives armed with a photograph
Of Irwin meet the steamship Kent
of the Merchants and Miners line
when she docks at Baltimore Friday.
The message gave no further details.
Boston Police Busy
Boston, April 7-(UP)-After a
day of running down tips to the
whereabouts of Robert Irwin, chief
suspect in the Gedeon triple MUIR
der case, Boston police today re-
garded as the most promising local
clue a report that a "highly nerv-
GUS" man answering Twins descrip-
ton had embarked from coastwise
steamer here Monday.
The purser and a passenger whose
name was withheld told detectives
that a man giving the name of Ir-
win and resembling the suspects
description had boarded the Mer-
chants & Miners steamship Kent
Friday at Baltimore, Md, and de-
barked here Monday.
When the boat docked, the in
formants said, the man inquired
the way to Northampton.
Boston police asked Northampton
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and requested New York police to
send a recent photograph of Irwin
to Baltimore to be viewed by the
Kent's purser for possible positive
Identification. The Kent sailed from
this port for Baltimore last night.
Lowell Suspect
Meanwhile, in Lowell, William
Sheldon, a Yale graduate, told po-
lice he had met Irwin previous to
the murders and had accompanied
him to the Museum of Natural His
tory, where he tried to get Irwin a
job as a taxidermist.
From virtually every city and
town in metropolitan Boston came
reports that men answering Twins
description had been seen in auto
mobiles bearing New York registra-
ton plates, but all proved fruitless.
Two Boston detectives attended
a meeting at a west end religious
center last night after George Cal
bouth, a mission worker, told police
he was certain" that Irwin attend
ed a Roxbury mission last Sunday
and planned to attend the west end
services last night. The purported
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