, 1875-06-11

ttomhn, giving h's ran,o, as aonos Salvador Cor
torcal, arrived, with Ills wifo. 1t 4 fashionable
boarding homo in Nineteenth Atrcot, ncar Fourth
avenue. whore lIo hired apartments. Which hc
ch0so 10 furnish hmsolf. It Has discovered by tho
other occupants Of tho houAo, aftor sonor Cor
toreal had been In tltelr company for short
ti,no, that llo Was not i communicative man. but
rather taetnrn. a.,d oyon moody It times. Still,
ho would worry oftou engage In conversation at
tho tnblo, and at aucll tltnes would provo by his
rc!oroncoa and quotations that ho waA man OF
talent, cultivated by travel and atudy. Mrs.
Cortercal. an American lady. nscrncd to DO Do
voted 10 her husband. proud Of llts 1nontal pow.
ers. yet occae!onaly expressing by hcr action
illat hho was IN Awo Of him.
Sonn after TIC arrival Of Gepor md Mira. Cor.
toreal At tho houBo In Ninetco7th stroet another
but worry different kind OF family party look up
t!loir alodo there. Thts part. waa composed Of
Dr: Algornon sldney Curtis, !. Young, physician
and reemngly Without voll.l'oI*cd intellect:
Mira. Curtis. youthful u,alon, who appeared
10 10 stricken witt, sorrow by tho 6rrattc
life Of her husband aud three worry
Lotwocn tic two families. THO attachment
was apparently encouraged moro by Tug aIinoat
simultaneous arrival Ut tho parties su tho honHo
and tho cuntigusty Of tlior roo1na tsian by any
rcal sympathy Leswocn tho1n. afrs.. Cortercal
a1,d Alra. Curlls indeed, were naturally enough
attached to zach other, for both wore members
Of wealthy New York families, and. upon 1noc.-
ing, found many soclnl topics upon which they
woto equally informed. but tho association
Of senor. .CoE.cFod and D1. Curtis was 1nattor
1or Which no real cauae can, bo found;
Tho 1h4tor was light in buJy, az we'll
as intellect. About twcn!y-Aix years Of
ago. l,c WAS short and thin light halred, aud h1uo
eyed, lls manner without token Of inanreas
nor Of healthy boyisllnons be seemed. indeed,
m enlarged infant, with feetle, dissolnto In.
ssIncts. flo WAS spendthrlft, and EosiGed
!'lnself ~ q trno gentleman md therefore =
being Tho shoqld laooE neither Mits his h.nds
no 1Dan Who laborod icould DO truo Hen-
tlclnan. ltouco hs only real business in life
VIM 70 ougago 10 freaks That brought Borrow
and dtsmay to lis respectable pasouts and tho
real, OH tho oslcr hand, was strong, mau!y
perao,, about feet iucAos hieh,
vol developed, and with g dark face. on which
intelligence WAS depicted. IIo impressed cyo1y
yot insplrcd very fow with dcairo to be friend
~. lie spoke English. French, and Gcsman nj
1noat as tuently ~ la did his uative tongue, tho
Spanish. 1le appeared to bo q mau who lived
and l,onco wss scnsitiso and suspicious. III
lin tho tlory Spanish nature waz very fully do
yolopod. lie was apt to tako otIenso, mag
nifty blight omissions into gseat insults
to himself, and resented tLorn spocditY ant!
powerfully. Still le was 4 man naturally good
ut heart, and though lo would do harm III Lie
anger, when his iii vas past would quickly ap.
rroach and apologize to those 10 bad bce.l
on!bittoted against. h1r. Cortorcai, In tact. wns
passionate man, but gentleman. Ilo was CO.
gnged iu tho tobacco buBness III this city. and
had branch establishment or AGENCY IN
| Iavana.
Strange as It may DO to lilo readers, incomprc-
| liensiGlo as It was 70 tho observers Mt tho
time, Or. Curtis aud slr. Costcroa. during tho
| two uonths' stay Of tho former and hia family
in tho Nineteenth street residence, became great
trionla. And, after pr. Curtis and wfa left tho
] llouno, they rou,auod Buch. Mr. Cottercai and
tho for1nor uuii ast April, tito latter Until tho
carly DAYS Of May. III tho meantime Dt. Ctr
| tn called upon them vory often. Tho, departure
| Of Mr.. Cortoroal for Havana waa very su1don,
| md ho therefore, left Ills wifo belind linn to
mako nll the necessary arrangements hero for
thelr rosidonco in 1IayAnk for HOMO time.
| After Dr. Curtis and his family left Nineteenth
street, they went to tho country, and upon thcir
| return took up their residences in Sixteenth
street, wherc they remained until about thrco
| Wecke ago. At that time tho doctor. who MAS
still freak!dh as ever, suddenly informed afrs.
Curtis, his wife, tl,at he waa going out Of town
lott his homo. and no hint OF his whereabouts
| WIZ had By his wife o1 parents uutil Saturday
| last, when his fatler WaH informed by a third
| party that he Was In uayann. III tho meantime
lAH doapa!ring wife had loft tho residence In Six
teentla gt1oes and gone back to tho homo OF lor
No information was Ind Of tho unfortunate
affair which has happened In Havana by any Of
Or. Curtis relatives or acqualntancca until It
MAS conveyed to than bY : Herald reporter last
evening". Sorrow aud disnay we're created by
tho noNs. At tho boardfng-honsc in Ninteenth
etroot sympathy was Expressed for tho autcide
| c"rtorcnl. 1t Beo1pcd to DO the general boliot
that tho suspicious and passionate Cortereal
| freaktsh young doctor, had brooded over It
and decided tint it was al evidence Of Curtis