The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-24
NEW UTRECHT'S MYSTERY.
L0rE LETTERS TO THE MAN VINO SAID
HIS WIFE MAS MURDERED
Two Women 10 he Arrested on the strength
OF the Garages Made by the Suicide W. ~.
Cooper-Justice Cropsey's Investigation.


Cooper-Justice Crop.ey'. Investigation.
There is no longer any doubt as to the
names Of two OF the women who are accused by
William B. Cooper, in the paper that was found
in his vest pocket after he had committed sui
edo, OF poisoning his wife. Eliza Cooper. who
died suddenly on tho 10th OF July. The paper
as II WIS written now reads;
r. ,e,om may -,neeyn
itismpo,.ibe ie me to live any longer for life is only
into a criminal niatusten for woman, and my Miie
S a s sa Gs rsS c af s g s BY 4 hs
sister Mrs smith OF Y9 johnson street Br9ckyn, .,
WI be arrested on suspicion as also - God forgive
from true and loving vie and mother
Justice A. q. Cropsey yesterday said: " The
name Of the third woman cannot allow you to
publish. have no idea that she had anything
to do with the matter. and shall not arrest
her"
| There Is no doubt that the third woman named
! Is Mrs. Havand. the mother OF Kate johnson
and Mrs. Smith. She il an aged woman. and
has resided with her daughter. Kate Johnson.
opposite the little brown cottage where the
! Coopcrs lived
One clause Of the paper left by Cooper when
| filled out. roads:
Cod . God Myhcart I, bursting with grief and re
morse At the loss of awiic who. In an nnguaricd hour
Johnson JOINS street BrCokiyn ''''
After Mr.. Coopcr's death his stepson. Eugene
| Tyrrc. collected all the papers that he could
nnd belonging to the father. In the bottom Of
an old trunk he found n number. some Of
mere business character. others OF quite dif
| fcrent nature. Among these was cabinet pho
toeraph OF n good looking. buxom woman.
dressed in tights. On the hack Of the card WIS
written. Ella Smith. Lulu Mortimer. Madame
Rentz's Female Mnstrels" This was n por-
trait OF Mrs. Coopcr's daughter. who is a vpry
pronounced blonde. She Is married and when
not travelling. resides in Washington. She has
! frequently visited her mother in Bath. and was
| there after her mothers death.
pddressei 70 E' i. Cooper. either. Pier ii. North
River. New York city or New York city LIST
writer signed herself Name /. s." in one.
spoke OF her husband smith" also OF her
sister Kit and 81 being home at her moth
er's. where she saw Cooper going to the depot.
| Mrs Kate Johnson the sister oi Mary l.. Smith.
Is familiarity known as Kit The writing,
spelling, and composition are those OF a poorly
educated woman. They are lengthy. and
crowded with protestations Of the most fcryid
love and DEVOTION The first letter i, dated
| Will" Tho writer asks him 20 meet her at the
corner Of Third avenue and Forty ninth street,
| Brooklyn. which Is some distance beyond
Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn. She writes:
Hove YOU better than life it~elt Il could believe aal
sp s brn u' So s ak Hg me- y" e
,e ,gr e or no. tod. :? i1i msy ere,g 70 S9
an', q, WIG to wait such tunes A. viii he nee
the sun Shine asai'
She closes the letter:
r.a~r, dear WI. lctmc ~e YOU tomorrow possible,
NAN L =
On July she wrote:
NV 9ss ~ wt vs., S'h ,, , 1o N ' 70! yl% lien
m' r. , I FAX ,bn, & MIN book To road Ys
trance a.Nc 40 Ga. mr., nelt on and went there.
G Soaa Jury " % rtass do "i not let It DE he ' rs a
where any ono will come across them When ,ee you
Thursia, gong g. ask HtaVur az Then The love
lave herr tailed 70 pn'n Will he given to you IN eahH
In a letter Of July - Is this sentence:
Idol OF my heart, Gpi above ~ both viii see his
children surer-wo oNn- heart, beating warm 9r each
being viii cseh other always never to separate You
ahie humble LOVING way, and since ,seeiyed your let
YER is., W. hssIlnf W. two Ms,h Va .".H
Ing about Kit oh, dear don't zee what she wants 70
WASH, m, sister
Again she wrote:
Iawoke about O'Clock. and never went aseep again.
thinking o the past aud OF the one that have "a r.hced
On the 10Th % July the day on which Mrs.
| Cooper died. she wrote:
Nv A. o. I'M. k.su. ~ p.nu>e Boy shoad have
ul". , w, w w. ' Us ~, a. w. , h ,' ~, y
| II o.ciock nicf both our circumstances We
anss we 6 s%' Ga, esc o6t ,s T " Me
should never TIRE waiting. tor when once happy Will
make ~ Tor o,, nj Wasted time There 5uld new,
he day but what 1 would "a, and make your home
oyi@s i, t' sir ''' '"' N.Sy
On the 22l Of July she writes that she has not
! heard from him since Friday and she is heart
broken. Death would ne sweet t. what such
misery Is. II is more than can bear" The
letter Is full oi such passages ~ this, In the
| name 81 Heaven write me- one line. II only %
say am forgotten then will know never 20
lisp the word love again. but bury Il deep. pray;
| July "a showed that Cooper had written 10 her
Of lis wife's death and had evidently expressed
desire 10 sever his intimacy with her She
writes:
Wy G you AK me to GoIsS, yqa 80 never ,25ss,
HSa 2pT 'H a . & 'front.' T III me- ina, evening az
mother ms heart went out 10 lsr loved her then
or los, indeed Ny heart aches loi Oh YOU
little ones
She asks for another letter. and is broken
hearted At his expressed wish that she should
give him M. God forgive me-. cannot think
that this is wrong n loving YOU So
didn't ask her to answer his last. but she does
She wrote six pages in which she upbraids him
that she can safely say that 1t wouldn't take
much for her to end her days. She says:
You also ~ oke about loving my husband as far a,
rnakns hi. home bright ami happy 1t haseSe been
Then follow eAtrayagant expressions Of love
and grief. ma then tne sentence: 4 instead
never. no never. loved my husband" Sh,
closes by asking him 10 meet her on sunday al
IN" letter Of Aug shows that evidently their
old relations were re6stahlishcd, She says she
mas lhuENl MS uhIluk HllIr ElIl lo lONn ntI
and wants her TO come 10 her house. Then
comes the last letter which shows that Cooper
had already charged her with being the cause
! Of his wife's death. 1t is dated Oh. 8. and be-
gins:
Ma R-Dsnv Sir Your conduct toward me las
evening Was cold and hearuess 10 think that should
be blamed for your wites death Il has caused ms
lifetime of misery To say that led you 10 tile beac
and that caused you neglect your WIFE Never You
yourself persisted in having me aud you Acknowl
edged YOU did 90 for honorable purpose, while
did not think of dishonest criminal thought Nut
have often told intended ~ from her whom
YOU neglected long before you ever knew iOt
loved her Nuu say you have stayed away
from her two months at a time. SuppOs'
had LEFT husband when you asked me IN with yul
forever refused you, did not and told you could no
break his home, bat GOi above, never can think
I the of i9r death when looked at you
little golden haired grl lelt ms though could take hr
to my arms and Mss the tears away.
am sorry any unknd thoughts ever had for Mrs
Cooper and II such could be would 10 her and al
her forgiveness from her know It would he given me
. Then she asks him TO destroy her letters ant
: decides that she will be true TO her husband
l She says:
when they thought me asleep was sitting at the win
| 10 the world that did not break up Your home
must something Ia occupy my mind and thought
|, from that horridoh. G0il what shall sayi was tn
- means Of breaking up family,
On the margin she wrote. 81 hope | ma
| never set eyes on you again. aud then care
!, fully erased the words. There were no NOR