The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-15


COLLEGES and The remainder Of his pocket money, sUo
Mr. smith had been out Of the country for eight months
10 ESCAPE the Consequence u duel IN which he fatally
The secretary stated leNeVer hai Mi smith returned
himself up and let ihe law take s course Il acquitted
he was 70 marry young lsik ., south n Amesy Jt9
states Goyerninen bonds.
tor%ac RVS to Dr. Va TnAse e inv ssns,On PS
for cremation
Signed to this communication was tho name
"A s. Perrne. NJ d."
Coming as II did from an unknown corre-
spondent. the story was too extraordinary TO be
printed without investigation, and on Wodnes-
day a reporter for THE sun went to Asbury
Park to look into it, The drug stores
of the little village suggested themselves
as places where information about DIR. Per-
rne could he readily obtnined; but no
Asbury Park druggist knew OF any such physi-
clan. or Of the death OF any Mr.. Charles Is.
Smith. Then the physicians OF Asbury Park
and Ocean Grove wero visited. but none Of
them knew OF the dead mon. or OF DR.. Perrine.
and one OF them confidently affirmed that there
was no such physician in Monmouth County.
The undertakers of Asbury Park were next in
terviewcd. hut they had heard Of no case Of
death. and had certainly had charge Of no body
II occurred to the reporter that II $4,000 had
been sent out Of town by express, the express
agent would know ii. He saw the express
agent. and the agent was positive that he had
sent no such sum Of money out OF Asbury Park.
by this time good many of the citizens Of
Asbury Park had become interested in the case.
and were doing all in their power to aid the re-
porter in his Investigations. and soon 1t was
| limited that the station agent Mr. Il. L. Brannin.
| had sent some kilograms for either Charles d.
| Smith OF j. b. Edgerton. Mr.. Brannn was
found. and hs said that he had seht some tele;;
grams, and had had his suspicious aroused
| that all was not right IL was contrary 70 the
| rules Of his office 10 show the kilograms. but In
the course OF the evening It leaked ont that
| man had sent "A telegram TO Miss Emma {.
| Ayres OF South AmbOy. on Monday, saying
that Charles b. Smith was in Asbnry PARK. The
| man signed the telegram j. u. Edgerton.
| Miss Ayres answered the telegram. saying ia At
| she had written. On Tuesday the same man
| sent another telegram saying that Charles Is.
| Smith had "expirod" nj half past that after
noon: that his body would be sent To- Washing
ton, Pa, TO b. cremated and skiing Mss Ayres
| TO assist " at the ceremonies. which would take
| place az half past on Friday afternoon. That
was NIL thatwns known in the telegraph Office.
| had been received for both smith aud Edger-
ton. Edgerton was described as young man.
dressed In liLht-coiortd sack coat. and notice
able for his large head. his peculiar eyes and
his slow manner OF talking. Then another
discovery was made Edgertpn had registered
| nt the Lake View House on Monday evening as
| a. y Siad-. y. Y" There could he no doubt
about that, for men had seen him IN, the tele-
graph offlce and in the hotel. Moreover;
| Mr.. Brannin recognized the writing =, 81
Slado rs the same IA that OF Ed
tor Of the hotel. said thet slade had no baggage,
that he had supper. lodging breakfast ana
| ped" without paying lila board Just before the
last train going south. He spent good deal OF
-" i'd give 4 len dollar bill to see Mr.. Slade or
| Edgcriou. or whatever his name is." said Mr.
Meanwhiethe station agent had teegraphed
to nrighboriug stations asking II body had
been shippel. The answer everywhere was
No" Al nine O'Clock On Wednesday evening.
accompanied by Mr.. Brannin, the reporter
drove 70 Alnnasquaw. as the old village oil Squan
| Is now called. At the Osborn House q man an
swering fully the descriptisn OF Edgerton had
stayed on Wednesday night There's his
name" said the cIeTS' p2intlng t2 ne resistcT'
j." The minute Mr.. Brannin saw 1t he said.
That's the fellow. know II by tho s. His
small IS In his telegraIus were so peculiar
that / had 10 ask him to read some words for
me-
Tho IS" was certainly peculiar. looking
| like this-v. Moth lng further could be- learned of
| Elgerton -Slaie- Halnes. except that he had
quilted the Osborn House and gone. no one
Al eleven o'clock yesterday morning no body
had been sent away from Ashury Park. and no
one knew anything about either smith or his
Then the reporter went to South Amboy. AT
the Rippowam House he got more Information.
Mrs Clark. the lnndlady OF the house. gave IL
10 him. On the 22d of October" said she. " a
young man came here 10 board. He was n very
He had a rather large head. and looked pretty
smart | understood that he was waiting on
| Miss Ayres one OF the school teachers here, but
| | didn't know his name. for l meyer looked on
| the register. On the morning OF election day
the chambermaid came down from his room.
| saying that he had taken his valise away. that
the bed hadn't cen slept in that night. and that
she had found this pinned 10 tho wal" The
this" was soiled paper Gun. on one side OF
which WIS written:
s go a Tsa .a @ Know { P .S: S. s g,SS TsS
| MT Dufsiuus MI ferrlue, clse.
have been deicndinf upon reminittances which lex
leave, but m pay you Yours, fRASK BESsETr.
THE Perrine mentioned was the bartender
he does not sign an N. u. after his name.I
| The writing OF this epste bore the charac-
teristics ot that Of the telegrams sent by Edger-
ton and the names registered by Slade ana
Haines. Particularly was this true Of the queer
SIS which showed enthusiastically that they
were written 10y the same hand. The register
bore the name Frank Bennett. Philadelphia
Pa"
visiting Miss Ayres under tho name OF Charles
Il. Smith. aud that news had come % her that
| he was dend. Two or three young men. board
ing at the house. hnd heard tnM ne was wealthy
that he was travelling Tor his health that he was
very smart, md that in dying he had left A Will
giving Miss Ayres a good donl Of money. These
| rumoTs were in tue mouths Of those who had
| n ,yos then uroyed thar Benuett who sfopp.d
al the RippOwuLi House. and won't of without
paying his hoard and Charles B; smith, the
wealthy young Bntimorcnn. who had distributed
|
pnupers. were tho same. and, judging by those
| quOer S." Edg0rtou. Sade, and Haines were
| only other numes for the sumo individual,
| The reporter songht for Miss Emma {. Ayres.
She had boarded with Mrs. James Foreman.
Mrs. Foreman came 10 thr door. and said that
| Miss Ayrcs was not iu. She was ont OF town
She w0uldn Doc bari until Saturday.
| Who're hns She gomez asked tho reporter.
| Mrs. Foreman hesitnted.
"T6 Washington. Pa. 2" continued the re-
porter.
Mrs Foreman looked surprised, and said she
| hal zone therN 10 attend tho cremation cere-
| monies OF friend Then the reporter went
INTO thc house and talkei with Mrs. Foreman
Mrs. Forcman's story was simple. Mr.. Smith
came 90 South Amboy, about three weeks ago
| He had Just returned from Europe. He came
| L. SEQ Miss Ayrcs whom he had met two years
before in her home N Hightstown. He boarded
| al the Rippowan House. He was very talented
young man, aud a man OF wealth; quite indie
| PENDENT Of his father. who was a wealthy resi-
dent Of Baltimore. On the night before election
Mr. smith stayed there very late. He was going
away the n"Nt morning, Then after going away
no walked The beach Tor two hours, and then an
down on Il stone for IN hour o. cool on In IN I
way he took cold. TINS explained the unused
bed found in his room on the morning OF the
9th Of November election day.l lie went tC
Baltimore TO attend the funeral Of his sister
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