The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-19
MRS. JERSEYS FATE AT SEA.
MORE FACTS POINTING TO DR. H4M-
MOND df a POISONER.
A Flight from Imbeciie Husband TINT is
Supposed TO hnve been Followed bv Rob-
berry and ~ urder, and then bv suicide.

Supposed to bnvs been Followed bv Rob-
berry and ~ urder, and then bv suicide.
Another link was added yesterday 10 tho
chain OF circumstances apparently connecting
tho late DIR. Gerard II. Hammond with the dis
appearance Of Mrs. Janc jersey OF Spring VALLEY.
bill receipted by DIR. Hammond was lsm pared
with the certificate OF death written by " DR..
Hamilton," and tho steamship agent says that
the two are in one mans handwriting. After
ward DR.. Hammonds signature to a legal docu-
mcnt WAS compared with that Of the certificate,
and found to resemble II strongly in many re-
spects. In both cascs the capital letter II is al
most identical. The agent is satisfied that the
"Dr. Hamilton" In the Cuba was none other
than DR.. Hsmm )nd.
strange Circumstance about tho cramina-
tion and recognition OF Mrs. Jerseys effects by
her relatives, not before stated. WIS related by
tho agent yesterday. About one hour be fere
Albert Hammond and bis wife called TO ex-
anime the trunk In the AGENTS office, Mrs. DR..
Hammond told the agent that her son and his
wfe were coming To look at the dead Mrs. Jer-
seys luggage, and that sue desired to be In the
oncc when tho examiuatiOn was made. She
was perrh'ed TO De In the once, and the agent
says that abe first mentioned the fact that fy2U0
was missing. She also told tue agent about Mrs.
Jerseys domestic unhapplness. After the fact
young Hammond asked the agent to give him all
tue effects aud papers, saying that he (Ham.
mOnd) would discharge the agent OF all liability
for snything else. 1nis proposal aroused the
agents suspicious, and he refused to give up
tue effects At tue time OF the Interview In the
steImshlp ofilc0 the purser Of the Cuba took Mr.
Gelpcke aside and said, referring to Albert
Hammond the doctors son, " There, that Is Dr.
Hamilton, II you make him older aud somewhat
stOuter." Tuts recognition becomes striking
when II ts added that Dr. Hammond strongly
resem bled his son Albert.
Tho steamship agent employed a detective to
fathOm the mystery. The detective when told
that Dr. Hammonds name was Gerard b., and
tnat the doctor vi tue snip signed his name e..
Hamilton, ut once said that he would willingly
wager that the assumed name OF the dead wO-
man began with tue letter II, which proved to
be tue case, h.s. Jersey having given her name
as BALDWIN. The detectives theory was bred "
experience, twh .ch had taught him tnat In
taxing assumed names novices instinctlveiy re-
tain tho Initials of their real names
10 those who say that N the doctor" who
gave the certificate OF death had been Dr. Ham
mOnd. he would not have imperilled himself by
leaving his handwriting In the steamer, IL may
be said that the doctor" was Obliged to give
Tho certificate else he might have Oeen put In
irons. some OF those who believe tuat Dc.
Hammond WAS In the Cuba, but did not poison
Mrs. Jersey, say that In their opinion he oloped
witn her. that she died In one OF her hys erical
nts, that he took the money she had and IN
tended to give IL to their children, and that.
knowing that ne could not escape suspicion, he
tned To Keep the facts secret but that, finding
discovery inevitable, he died II not by suicide,
by oyerdosos Of ChlOral hydrate taken on ac-
count OF his gathering troubles and anxiety.
The doctors stancbest friends, slthough :un-
able to ex plain away the clrcumstantial evidence
asainst him are busiiy trying to establish an
dlbt for nim, and they say that they will surely
succeed.