CAPE MAY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1905

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A NARCOTIC POISON Herbert Oroker'a Death Looked Like Foul Play. fissioiunouui mss boetoi

Clmthim* W*r» by Yaeaa *•»« T»rk«» rr*v»4 «• *•« MU Ow«—.’••wtM's CbUf •( P.llry D««bU MBr4*r Tbvwry. NEWTON. Kan.. May 10.-AdditloD-a! rride&ce haa bc«n foe ml that eontIrcm Um local •uthoritlpa that Her bort V. Crokrr of Now York waa druggwl and robbed In Kansas City bofora batng placed on the Santo Fe train on which be died. The eor©n«r*» Jury has rendered a rerdlet that the young man died of narcotic poison administered In Kansas City, and Investigation has shown that the clothing he wore evidently was not his own. being of cheap material and badly Rolled. Tba hat Croker wore had on It Initials other than his own and bore the trade mark of q Minneapolis (Minn.) firm.

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Els own clothing evidently had been stolen and other garments given to him. No Jewelry or valuables of any kind were found on his person. T. F. Cunningham of New York has arrived here and positively identified the body of tbe young man as that of Herbert V. Croker. Mr. Cunningham waa passing through Newton on tbe way to Arirooa and, learning of Crokor’a death, stopped here to see that the body is properly taken ears of. He Herbert’s brother, Richard Crokm Jr., on his arrival from New York. Vm' an Interview Miss Horton, who engaged to be marrted to Herbert Croker. said: “I do not believe the story that Herbert was an opium fiend and that bs was s hard drinker. He drank, so far as I know, only as they say a gentleman should -drink, and 1 certainly never saw him drank or even tinder the Influence of Hquor. “1 am deeply grieved over the awful manner of his death, and I cannot but fsei tha$ he has been the victim of foal pUy somewhere.” Richard Croker. Jr., was met by two detectives at tbe station, and they told him tbe particulars of his brother’s visit'to Kansas City. Mr. Croker asked if it could be possible that his brother bad been murdered, and when told that the result of tbe Investigation did . not Justify that belief he Intimated that be would take the body to New York at once and that no further ta▼eetlgation of tbe case woyld be requested. Chief of Police Hayes said: “I am confident that young Croker met with no violence or foul play In Kansas City. I think that the young man's constitution was not strong enough to stand the form of dissipation that he Indulged in there. After drinking hard he smoked opium, which proved too much for his heart."

DUAL PERSONALITY.

Trial at SoaMrrUle, V J. SOMERVILLE. N. J, May 1«.-Pe-euVar Interest attaches to the trial of George H. Wood, arraigned here charged with tbe murder of George Willi* m*. by reason of the unique character of the defense made. Counsel for Wood Is trying to show that he was mentally irresponsible when be shot Williams, while not being Insane In tbe ordinary sens-_ The contention l* that Wood was afflicted with a form of aphasia, causing him to have a dual personality, which resulted at times In the commission of abnormal actions in innocence of any wrongful Intent, and that It was while In such a condition that be killed WlltUma. retaining no recollection of what be

Several witnesses testified to tbs finding of tbe body of Williams It his sleigh and to haring aaen Wood to tbe vicinity that day and that ha was armad with a revolver.

UNDER THREE FLAGS. Praam Mae# Tar Kalaee Wlthataa'a UaM Can. NEW YORK. May 10.-Eleven deep sea going yachts, tea cream of American. Oenunn and English raring boats, manned by expert sailors and captained by long experienced Rklppers, cross sd the line today at Sandy Hook In the start for the German emperor's transatlantic yacht race. Tbe Harters Include eight American boats, two English and one German boat. Tbe eight American yachts entered are: Atlantic, the early favorite In the betting as a winner; Apache, Allas. 1 Endymioa. Fleur de Lys, HUdegnrde, Thistle and Utowana. Tbe British boats are tbe Valhalla and Sunbeam, and the German boat Is the Hamburg. Their appointed course is from s Mae between the Sandy Hook lightship and the Lltard point, on tbe Southwest coast of England. The dlstauce Is shout 2.000 miles as the crow files. « Rndymlon, one of tbe starters, bolds the present transatlantic sailing record. She covered the distance from Sandy Hook to the Needles, on tbe Isle of Wight snd considerably farther than the Utard. In 13 days 20 hours and 30'tninutee. Propellers hare been removed from the auxiliary yacht*, by the conditions of the present contest. v Emperor William's prize Is a fiS.000 gold cup. offered In the name of the Khiserlicher Yacht-club of Germany. Additional prises will be given, one among every th/ee yachts starting. Emperor William has cabled bla fell citation* to the yachtsmen, saying: “Best greeting* to yacht oaners and storting committee, hoping race will be a sucres* and wishing good and speedy cruise*."

EXPRESS WRECKED. Peaaartvaala Train lilt a Krel*ht IxandrU 'Pith Dyaamlir. HARRISBURG. Pa.. May 10.-U U now known that at least twenty persons met death In tbe wrecking of the Cleveland and Cincinnati express, westbound. on tbe Pennsylvania railroad, which dashed at midnight Into a wrecked easthound freight train, exploding a car filled with 60,000 |>ound* of dynamite. Six minutes after the express struck thf freight the flames reached tbe car fillsd with dynamite. There was a flash and a deafening roar. Tbe earth trembled as thougl some terrible seismic disturbance had occurred. All who were not killed or injured by the exploolon fled from the awful scene Passengers snd trainmen were bpruad to s crisp, while others were pinned helplessly in the debris. So completely Incinerated were the bodies that Identification was almost Impossible. So terrible was the force of tbe explosion that many of tbe dead could be Identified only by scraps of clothing or by some trinket or stray cards or letters. Tbe nine who are still unidentified will remain so If tbe discovery depends upon any semblance of humanity In what Is left of them.

CORNELL’S BODY FOUND.

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ayncaraaoe Claareg Up. NEW YORK, May 16.-With tbe pockets rifled of more than *100 In cash, diamond ring, stud and pin gone and a handsome gold watch and chain missing, the body of R. Lester Cornell of Brooklyn, ■ prominent member of the First battalion naval'reserves, who disappeared on the night of April 8, waa found In the East river here. After Identifying tbe body at the morgue tbe father. Reuben L. Cornell, gave It as his opinion that his son had been murdered, robbed and then thrown in-

to the river.

Identification* Was made possible by a card case found In a pocket of tbe overcoat It bore the name “R. L. Cornell." and the police at once notified tbe parents of the young man. Mr. Cornell, the father, was greatly affected when the body was shown to him. It was In an excellent state of pres.Tvatlon. ao that Identification waa easy

and positive.

Cornell, with a party of friends from tbe ship New Hampshire, which was at that time lying lo tbe Brooklyn navy yard, bad a- dinner at tbe Arena bote) on tbe night of April &

CMareh Servlea Steppe* ay Taaader. RICHMOND. Va., May Id-While Rev. W. F. Dunaway of Ashland was exhorting bis congregation in Cool Spring Baptist church at Lee, Va., lightning struck' tbe building and Injured some eighteen people, several of them seriously. Tbe stroke splintered a part of tbe floor, tearing a bote through one of tbe pewa and cnoatng a panic among file congregation.

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