New-York tribune., 1878-10-23
THREE WOMEN acc USED OF MURDER.

CHARGES OF MURDER MADE BY W. B. COOPER BE-
FORE COMMITTING sUICIDE-AN INVESTIGATION
DFLAYED-ONE or THE ACCUSED WOMEN A
FUGITIVE.
The village of Bath L. l., continues to be
in a state OF ferment over the suicide OF William b.
Cooper and his assertions, written before his DEATH
That his wife had been poisoned. Mrs. Cooper
died on July 10, suddenly, from what her ply
stefan believed to be internal rupture. She had
returned rom the seashOre perfect health and was
seized with 1T OF vomiting. She suffered intense pain
until heT death During her short illness she was not
able speak much but she said to Of her
"SOmethng must have been in the beer drank" The
remark was not noticed at the time. Her body was
taken TO Newsrk, N. J., and buried beside that Of a
former husband named Tyrrell. Eugene Tyrrel age
twenty by her first marriage continued to live
with his sep-father. Mr. Cooper, who was a nephew OF
J. FenimOre Cooper, the author, was employed as
delivery clerk in the office OF the Metropolitan Steamship
Company this city. marked change in his behavior
was oced afr the death Of his wife gloomy
and sucn, and avoided the company OF his friends,
He made several attempts TO kill himself and at last
suceeeaed in doing 40 by taking morpnIne pills He died
OH Saturday, and was buried on Monday.
A Coroner's jury, called by Justice A. G. Cropsey on
Sahaay hc6 gave ye[pct orDboe 6s Sene
found BY the bedside. The verdict was con
firIned on Sunday by the discovery OF a paper in
OF his pockets containing grave charges. In
Mr.. COOpers handwriting against three women VINO
had been intlmatey acauant with the Cooper family.
Justice Cropsey refused 20 allow the names OF the
women oe made public. with the exception Of the
names, the paper found Is as follows:
To vhOD1 u may concern!
It's impossible for TO live any longer for life is
only burden 10 me- Ny name 10 W. B. Cooper l
was rOped into a criminal lnfatuatiOn for woman,
and ny wife being taken sick assert that she was
poisoned by -, and also charge - as having
hand accessory 10 the murder hope that they Will
be arrested on suspicion AS also - God forgive me
my past II these women who estranged me
from true and loving gwife and mother.
On the back OF the paper written:
God o God my heart Is bursting with grief and re-
morse, at te Oss Of a wife who in uugudrded hour
forgot for another, and that one ts -.
say here befOr meeting my God, that did nothing
T. cause her death except neglect Anything else
charge tO another person named IN this letter VIII
kim friends take my two children to Mrs. Fuller,
No. 20 81 MarksplHcr, N'w-YOrk CITY know she VIII
put they Will be better cared Tor than can
A package OF letters from OF the women referred
to ;bs found in the house. The letters
G. n AIMED deuce against tue writer which Justice
& 7 sey refused TO reveal All day yesterday Justice
Or psBy WAS engaged in trying TO persuade The Brook
yu authorities 20 make Investigation OF the dead
I mans charges, but tn y refused on the ground
that they had 10 Jurisdiction IN the case Ihe j Jls'
tre returned TO NeW-UtreCht last evening, aud
sent an officer named DrnIy TO arrest Mrs Mary
johnson. OF Bath, for completely M the murder OF
Mrs Cooper Mrs johnson ~ the widow OF the Late JUS
tee Barney johnson, ol Brooklyn. she uas heretofore
borne A good rcput4 ton The officer found Mis- JOhn.
sons closed, and he informed that sho had
LEFT home but he could not get any m OruinffOn as
! to the time Of her departure the place 10
which she had gone. The name OF Mrs. Smith, Oi
BrOOKlyn who Is Mrs JOhnsOn's sister, was also men,
toned as being In Mr CoOpcrs statement, but Justice
Cropsey refused last evening TO give any further mfor
ars. Fuller, OF No, 20 st. Marks-paee, refused tc
70 reporter yesterday When asked If she
knew Mr.. Cooper she replied; 81 don't care
10 telL" Mr. Coopers house at Batl
r.rily AT tho house OF Mr. williams, neighbour aud ma
ugnter little girl of six Is with an aunt 10 Harlem