Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-25
MIR. Paul's Strange Fate.

DR.. Goldschmidt. who made the post mortem
examination Of the body of Mr.. j. Marshall
Paul-who came to his death ia 50 strange I"
way in Central Park Sunday night-said to
reporter last evening that he failed to discover
any signs of foul play. mr. Paul had died
natural death. lie had an abscess Of tho liver
lust beginning TO grow, and there were the
scars loft by an old absoess. Mr.. Paul had also
slight enlargement Of tho heart. DR.. Gold.
schmidt decided that death had resulted from
a chronic Inflammation Of the liver, and that the
slight % lena of the lungs aud the Indications of
vi e mic poisoning in the kidney were onIy the
consequences OF his maIadY.
Mr.. Paul belonged to very old and we'll
known family 10 Philadelphis. The person
who had first called the attention otthe Central
Park police to the fact that man was lying
dead or dying on beach near the Seventh ave-
nuo entrance was young woman VINO gave
her name as Lizzie Heindell, and her home as
No. $50 West Thirty eighth street. Her story
seems to indicate that MIR. Paul must have been
near the verge Of insanity at the time OF his
death. She is brawuy, bard handed, broad
sbouldercd German woman, who. on being
questioned said:-
II first met this gentleman at p!cnlc up
at Sixty third street and Tenth avenue about
three weeks ago. made his acquaintance
there, and he asked mo to come out and take
o walk with him the next Sunday evening. L
met him at tho time appointed, which was
o'clock, at the corner Of Eighth avenue and
Thirty eight street. We took a walk that
evening, and agreed to meet him again tho
next Sunday evening at the same place. LIE
didn't get to the place till about ten or fifteen
minutes after tho time last Sunday evening",
We went through to Seventh avenue and
walked al! the way up to the park. l had 90
light clothes, and he kept on asking mo wasn't
| cold. | said, No, why should | be cold?,
He said, well. I'm cold, and I'm dressed
much warmer than you are Then he said
several times, Lizzie, L think you must be
cold, and you know you have cold already:
| said, No. amt cold. lie asked me wasn't
married. | said no wasn't, but had been,
and asked him wasn't he marriedI seen
that ho was man OF age, and not likely to
be single. lie said, Perhaps, you think moa
widoWcr.' laughed and said. Maybe you
are. Tne man never sald bad word to me all
the time and as he said be liked me lots when
he first seen me at the picnic | thought no
was very nice gentleman. But ne Kept
talking about boing cold. and ne thought 1t was
AWFUL queer tuht L ulun AoOt suo NoAet W.
When we 90! up to lha Park the seats were all
full We walked on little ways aAd found
seat that wasn't taken. So said, Here's a seat
He says, We'll, We IL sit down ust q minute and
then 60 home for it's awful cold: We sst down;
He put ono hand around my neck, and hsnd
around my waist. and didn't say nothing, but
put my hand on his neck. 1 am decent wo'
man, and everybody thstknowS mo will say. 80.
Whom told him b ow I had to work for a living n
he said he was poor too. He had been rich once,
but had lost al his money. lie said he expected
to hsve some money, and that he would help mo;
Well as we sat on the bench he leaned over ana
put his head against my shoulder. Thon he BE-
gsn to snore Says l, that mans got an a|iul
Check 10 do such thing as that Thon no stop
ped snoring and IshGv0d him with boy IApafs oofed
and ssw tbst his mouth and eyes was wide open.
1 thought right away that the man was dead.
and dropped him and jumped up ss ssreaIlng' 1n,Is
A policeman ran up and lot OF otno1 iolks;
They slapped his hands and gave him drink OF
wstsr, but tho policeman said: Tho mans dad.
N y World.