The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-11-21

The MARY ROGERS MYSTERY We gave in our
paper ofyesterday full report ofhe Police examna-
ton which took place on Saturdayat Hoboken rea.
tive to the murder of Mary Rogers, from which it ap-
pears that the following story published in the Tri.
bune, is all falsehood, and absolute fabrication -
From the Tribune]
The MARY RoGERs' Mystery ExPLAINEp.-Thete terrible
mystery which for more than year has hung the
fate of Mary Rogers whose body found readers
will well remember, in the North River, under crcum-
stances such nvDced every that she the VIC
tim OF violence and then OF murder is at last explained
to the satisfaction doubt not, of all 1t may be reco
lected that associated with the tale of her
the of Mrs. Loss the woman who kept the re.
freshmen house the of her death About
fortnight since-as have already stated-ths woman
was accidentally wounded y the premature discharge Of
gun in the hands of her son; the wound proved fatal
before she died she sent for Justice Merritt of New
sey and told him the following facts On the Sunday
of Miss Rogers disappearance, she 10 her house
from this city in company with young physician who
undertook to procure Tor her premature delivery While
the hands OF the stefan she died and consultation
then held disposal of her body l. was finally
taken at night the son Of Mrs. Loss and sunk in the
river where was found Her clothes first tied up
in bundle, aud sunk in pond the land of Mr. James
G. King in that neighborhood but it was afterward
;h"ns.t they were not safe there snd hsy accord
found. The of the phi stefan s unknown to
us, nor do we know whether was dvulged The
Mayor has been made acquainted with these by
Merritt and we dnuht not immediate inquiry the
guilty wretch will he made. The Of Mira Loss
ter the factwe suppose will be- II he has
ready BEEN arrested No doubt apprehend can be en-.
teained Of the truth of this confession explains MANY
things connected with the affair whic before
ped in mysery-especialy the apathy of the mother of
Miss Rogers the discovery Of her body. will be
remembered that she did not indemnity it, and
made no inquiries ncerning the affair.
Thus has this fearful stery which has struck fear
and terror many hearts, been at last explained by
circumstances in which fail TO rerc Pro
vidental agency. Besides the guilty murderer the
cret rested with two persons One of these through the
involuntary agency Of the other is laid upon her death
bed-and then Conscience, longer able to keep ST.
lence breathes its accusation into the of Justice
OF all this wonderful development. not one word
is true. 1t seems to have been manuf ctured in the
same way that the other statements in the Tribune
are got up-to serve some dirty purpose. The fol-
lowing is in addition to the evidence we gave yester-
day.
Death OF Mary Rogers.
noticed statement in the Tribune of this morning
relative confession said to have been made before me-
by the late Mrs Loss which is entirely incorrect as no
such examination took place. could it, from the deran
ged state OF Mrs Loss's mind
Respectfully Yours
GILBERT MERRITT.
Hoboken, Nov. H. 1912.
But it is due to the public to say that, although
the "mystery" thus developed in the Tribune is Ut
terly without foundation, there lisa mystery" which
we have fathomed, and which we can give at the
proper time To say more at present might defeat
the ends of jusce-to say less would have encour-
aged the imbecie, laundering beings of the Tri-
bune, to 90 on in their ridiculous fabrcatons about
matter that they cannot know, and cannot appre-
cate