The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-16
VOL. XLvl.--N0. Il.
THE MAN OF MANY NAMES.
MORE or THE QUEER STORY OF mrs
VERY REM.IRkIBLB EXPLOITS.


nj. Talents Described. and what he Did In
South Amboy, y. j., before TeleEr"Phi"E
a.. sxsetheart 20 Go nnd see him Cremat-
.d-The Blood stain. on his Letter.
so,-ru Annoy. Nj. Nov 15.-This little
,o,,n is thoroughly excited over tho mysterious
...o NJ Bannett Smith .Slade- Edgerton- Haincs.
srI. ,,nriv of SuSs containing the story OF his
r.narkable conduct was exhausted as soon a.
,s.oived bv newsdealer Roddy tho many school
teachers with which this place abounds taking
,nost of them The subject has been the princi-
nal ,opic of conversation on the street. In the
ho..la and barrooms. and among tho citizens
generaily. Miss Emma c. Ayres is very much
yespesed here. | have heard nothing hut good
words OF her. and have talked with many citi-
zens Deep Indignation is generally expressed
a, the conduct Of the man who induced her TO
% n Baltimore aud Washington Pa. by mis-
representations
Miss Ayres when she went away yesterday
morning was dressed in deep mourning. and
was In distress Of mind. The telegram an-
pouncing the death Of Mr.. Charles B. Smith
came TO her on Tuesday afternoon while she
was attending to her duties in the public school
where she teaches. She was inexpressibly
shocked to learn that her lover. from whom she
had parted only few days before. was dead.
She lmmeulWell ulSinlHSfu ueT 'ldHS, anu hC-
compauied by another teacher went TO her room
At Mrs. Forcmans. Soon after she received tho
l.ter from Ashury Park purporting 10 be
written by Smith ms he was dying. spotted with
what she thought was his life blood. and con-
tanning the declaration that he could not live
longer that his body would be sent to Washing
ton. Pa. for cremation.
Il never saw such horrible thing in my life"
said young lady who boards also at Mrs. Fore
mans. and has been very intimate with Miss
Ayres. 1t almost made her crazy. She did
no, know what TO think. She was stunned.
dazed. But she never doubted the truth OF il.
and prepared to go on 10 Baltimore. for in the
letter Mr.. Smith said that his father. mother.
brother. and sister we're with him. and wished
her 70 Join them In Baltimore. and 90 with them
to Washington. Pa. and be present at the Gre
Had you ever seen Mr.. SMITH"
Oh yes, Ispentthree evenings in his COM
Iany. and never met better conversatonalist.
man. Miss Ayres was devoted to him. and Il
was understood that they were engaged to be
carried: he tTe9nently talked Of ny his family in n
The places that he had visited. He never acted
ONE at all ike crazy man. But don't know
what TO make OF this freak OF his Can't they
do anything TO himY He ought to be punished
for Emma Is a lovely girl. and II IL a shame to
delude her so" and thetear stood in the warm
The wonder here is that this man could have
gone under the name ot Bennett al the hotel.
and be known to Miss Ayres and her friends as
Charles b. Smith Tor two weeks. and not DO
found out. He used To accompany Miss Ayres
20 the Baptist Church, OF which she is mem
Der, and he would take notes OF the sermons
and pick them TO pieces with considerable
skill. He had advanced religious opinions and
expressed himself in the presence Of Miss
cremation, consequently they were not so much
surprised when Il was, telegraphed that his
body wis to be cremated.
The clue that led to the discovery that this
man was travelling under many names was his
handwriting and the peculiar 81 Com;
Tom south out e'S xmboy s as sun telling In Of
Smiths death. with the writing on the cum
the Rippowam HOUSE when he went away
without paying Mrs. Clark his two weeks board.
j hnd many points Of similarity. There can be
same man. Besides, Mrs. Foreman and the
young lady to whom have referred, had both
seen a letter written by Smith to Miss Ayres
and they are quite positive that the handwriting
is the same RS n that written by a. 5. Perrine
Mrs Robert Ayres. whose husband Is Miss
Emma c.. Ayres's brother. and who accompa-
MED her. on her trip TO Baltimore. says that
neither she nor her husband knew anything OF
Mr.. Smith. They had not seen him. and did
not know that he was courting Miss Ayres.
Mrs Ayres did not expect her husband home
before Saturday. She was naturally very in
Il have Just received des pacth from Asbury
Park throwing a little more light on the matter.
When the man quilted Asbury Park he left
word at the Post Once to send any letters for
E1xerton or Smith TO Toms River. N. j. II is
also certain that he was in Long Branch three
days last week selling hve-cent pictures He
ftopped nj Van Woerts Hotel. and registered
n n. c. Heatn. Philadelphia" He left there
10 the same manner rs from the Rippowam
trom
49, Vas WORN. am real sorry 10 leave YOU with out
fsln. NY hil positively w send YOU 81 80 by regis
rfsd ,'rr . you will receive y on Wednesday morn
int iorisrsi some pictures 10 Rcd Bank. G. o o. and
jay 500 now will not have enough 20 take them out
o The ofce will sell enough there tomorrow 70 pay
,ur til and you will will send IL 10 you We'd
D. fav morning Yours. n C. II.
Mr., Van Woert says that Heatin has made his
own price in this note. His bill is So. In the
case Of the Rippowam House. he. too. made his
would be per week.