The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-12
SUMMONED TO HIS DEATH.
IN NEW BRtNSWICK.
OaIod out Ia the Night 10 Attend an Injured
nImmn- Thc DIE unrn r. ncc nnh Ilin

Gal cd out Ia the Night 10 Attend an Injured
bo"tmmn Tao Disappearance md the
Srnrch- The tOruse Tnhen frCu, the CarnI
The e has been much excitement in New
brunswick for two days over tho mysterious
ti-api ear .nco Of DR.. Charles Durham. con.
snicUoue phyetcian. About eirht O'Clock ON
Thursduy uisht Il strange man called at his res
idence. The doctor answered the hell In uer-
son. ana returned to his 1lcc. which IL IN the
same house, IN Grove street. IN a few minutes
he went from the house. after enjpiuiug the
servant To attend to toe child, Mrs. Durham
being away. fIc wns seen few blocks ftCm HE
homo at half past EIGHT by Theodore II.
Booorem, whom he saluted In passing. few
minutes aftcrward he entered the drug store "
G aries II. Wells, IN Masonic Han.
Mr.. Wells asked him whether ho proposed to
visit the concert, then IN progress uU stairs lie
said he thought he would, and after "a few mo-
nents' cheerful oOnvets ton, he went ~ tho
direction of the deuOt, that IL near the canal.
This was tho last tuat waa seen of him. The
next morning Mira. Duuham W. alarmed at bis
unusual absence. Hen, his colured coachmsn.
said the doctor had told him shout SIS that
night to put NJ the horse, az II had been out all
d v and required rczt. Nhc found on hrs Office
t1hl" the following note addressed 10 d. WI.
Hanson, neighbu ring physician, whom he had
been In the haoit Of calling III where he required
assistance.
Turr4pAv. Dee. 0. 1873 SanP.M
Dram DoCroH have Ia.t heen srmmo9ei 20 see
hc r,pvit OF tue mse ne,r thr one -evct ~.
y"n ' ~" ,, ,r1 u w., i'gu ss me-, ny, , W.
60 wa you peas leave yoid whetc you e. % o. ould
Cnae. uuNaAM
Tho note was written In clear and W
hand.
ToLTOwts0 rus Ger.
Tho day wore on sud the du,tor did no
turn. the clue given IN tho note wat runstrueo
1, ndic 10 that Le had been lufed ~ tue oaks
ct We canal tpr the rurfust Of robbery and
freomason, Past Master OF Union Lodge.
.nd noted for III Hc,iNc ntN'iene..
Auout o'clock at ishtap rty started to scar h
the en- 4, and toward midnight the wafer "
drawn from The leycl above the New Bruu-wlck
Hosiery C0muany's raccway, II Nituout sue
cess. just az thts time n tumur rcnrnCd tue
party that a srnouloOy named Charles
CronS had picked ~ mem raudnm book
noon On the bank Of tho canal, behind
Hcrtzog Hail, one of the Institutions ~ liutaers
about O'Clock iu the morniu., ana III" memo
rundum book WAS identified. lie cunduc;td
them to the spot where he found H. and the
search was Il once al eot, d To- th.t puin'. More
elective grarpliuF irons were brought f. IN
trenton, ana a numuer Of uoats crews wero
pressed intO the service after dan igh Yesterday,
acrnwd ~ persons lining the hank.
About o'clock heck tie simil r TO that worn
| by The doctor Ma iobud near w"cri the mem
| orandum was picked up, aud his coded ffe-h
| fuel 10 ;nc excitement. Al 31j T. ". parry =
| mtn WIN grhpncls httarhrd o. a rope heli " IA
opposite dies q the canal pullvd up tho bod
| IL was taken upon = s"ow ana cairicu tu the
| store ahd wagon was sent tur. The clu hins
! was an upon II. even to the bl.ck fcit bat aud
liu"d hid gloves, nut the 70 kets "f the pAuta-
| lootA INA vest we're turned iusid uut.
No money! watcn, or t.welty. were found on
| tie body, nor AWNING else = ~ ~ puc,Vt ease
| of eurglcd INSTRUMENTS a comb i.nd Il nvr cent
piece. 40 si-us IL vnence were appuen y
tc.ndlly. save tuat tue -uirt COLLAR md ne, Kite
n.cknand. a. II irclhy graz ped.
Ihc ncNs spread over tie city, srd most Of
TIC rhurch belts we're tollru, ~ nt-- hong at
4 ma lem. .H 4
tue WAGON W. oast tue coiie-r ana 'ne iir1ii
ce9ut g. tne im9" INK hts""ic Hall. io tts
and whose energy O. d been haiu,y in.,ru-
mental In conipi' iug A. was l'd.
TnE iSQctsr
Coroner Kihhe lmp.uprilcd q jnry of innner.
tlal tr-ideht-. VINO net IN tuo h. IA ia rty ,frr
o'clock, with r. yefal phNs' IS ~ thc Pnnif
40 ocmtof, A. '. sHu,nck D.Nd ia,ior.
W i.li-m e,tr@. Goors LCrn, ind MAllac, Ia
bone testified 90 g.. ina.nsr In Vac" t"ey
10 allow t.e puNsichn7 10 eAaml"e tue body
more particularly.
about go and ID. u idwln ,.lsds the tepoI ~
behali "i hirs'ii and "u'iraeu D Iney weic 81
Opiu.on that s.th resulted from ~ hyXtd pro-
duced Nv urownins, aud in"t there weie no
marks of .ipl'r'e spun th" ohy tn,t tne
tct.ing 81 the button -tte 81 I'll. shirt DO ieht
have Uetn c. s"u he III" rrcl ~ HING " hil' IA
tho water, aud ia tue i"-luon 81 tue ffni~
when the hoGJ va f'Iud. tnr elbows tciug
gathered ,lu" u th' siH.. hnd tnc hands
chncued near the IRE q. indicated that no yio-
Iput was lNel before tue drowning. lie hOuN
was then given over IT, the undertaken.
Ii " learned Ia the course Of tue day that
two canal boa were drawn NJ In III upper
level Of the IA on IhursdV night. shortly
before the doctor is supposed To have gone
there. Tney rem ined untl fnd y murnins,
and tncn pissed uu toward Sew YORK. Cniet ~
l 'lice DIVER ana Detective Gth,e Visited New
York Nesicui y aud found oue q them, tho
Emma Tray IT. simmons, II Ncw iutk, At
the foot 81 1wcuiS- fIur,h Rtrert, l.. r.. and tho
other, the Koo"t Adaus. G TT. Jnnn Cross, OF
40 ken, at tlc G nari u ck. jersey C,t,.
I e. II H..
prof 's-t.u thor rhtire wi lucu" = 90 r~turn 10
Sew llrIiiswir h, me officers found uothiu, .tl--
pieious, and 70 reuntied tn tue Coroner after
I. - conclusion u the inquest. h. 80 were ne
only boat. tn.i lay In tue neig huurnood near tue
time OF tue occurrence.
THE SUICIDE THEORY.
A singular f,ct NOT detailed al the Inquest ia
that DR. Williamson. a. w"Om the note above
qlD ted W addressed, in maglne a se,rch 81
Or. Dunhnm's office YESTERDAY found IN the
waste basket "A numner Of scrAis of paper that
uunn bclny pieccd together proved 10 hayr
formed pIr,s II scYrTal Copies ~ the same note.
but dated "WEDNESDAY, ssh T.. N.," instead Of
"InursD nv $50 T.. ~ H. ABOVE. az II the Doc
tor h entertained the purpose Of starting on
the PREVIOUS evening, hat had cnansrd his mind.
Further inquiry Among tue physicians Of tbs
tcqualnt tnce sduced the fact that he had at
various inner recently suffered from sick head
a. he. ana undergone trehtmcnt Nv hvpoderniic
injections II morphine. hey are Te ic,nt on
tre SUBJECT probably because he inquest ~
pending; but some Oi them have lei fall 'uOu-h
to lddicnte their opinion that the doctor h.s
been sun ring from a temporary alteration OF
intellect resulting from tuis cause.
hls Wile has recently rrinalkVi thdt ne acted
queely, ana ul- servant states that while suffer
ing from these attacks he has been greatly
troubled hy Dizziness ana even prostrailon. tdo-
sequent IiiIliry snowa tnRi hl- watch was nor ON
his person CA tue Jay al hi- deitH, but under
going re airs - u watchin,kcr's and that ne
Cuulu not have had hi, diamond studs. because
he wore sht buttoneu in ont tn4t
uay Moreover, he seldom, II Is rad. carried
much money un his pel-un. The continent ION
Of the inquest next week will probably make
further dis los ules.
The doctor w,- anont forty FIVE years Of age,
and, alfhuugn born In Sayann n, Ga, " An
untr-rrVOlutiOnmy iuuiiy IN New jersey, being
great ~ ,nuson Of Col. Marian DUNN IN OF rev.
dictionary fame lie leaves Wifs and one
ehhd,
1he Naxn orL a Fihnu.ss fhsI,