New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-09
RECALLING 4 MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
4 STORY WHICH GAVE EDGAR A. POE PLoT-THE
KILLING OF MARY ROGERS.

4 STORY WHICH GAVE EDGAR A. POE A PLOT-THE
KILLING OF MARY ROGERS.
The sut of Mrs Mary Maud Carr Watson to
tost tine legality of the will OF millionaire John Anderson
who died in Paris few years ago recalls one OF the most
mysterious murders in the criminal annals OF this city
Anderson was wealthy tobacco manufacturer aud left
real estate personal property valued at about SlO
600 600 He left the greater part to mis- John Charles
Anderson The claims that the will is rraudu
leni and invalid alleging that Anderson insane when
be made IT, and was unduly influenced by his and
Kate Anderson his second wife. The contestant is
the granddaughter OF exJudge Barnard, who was
impeached aud removed from the Supreme
Bench The case will be heard by surrogate Coffin at
Whits Plains next week Though the mysterious affair
Occurred forty years ago. it Il not forgotten The pecu
arity Of the crime the apparent absence of motive, its
brutality and fcndshncss the absence OF cews and the
uccessfll dc.eat OF detectives ut every point by
known but powerful persons invested the case with adj
dtional mystery and not only the sensation OF the
day. but was talked about for several years. The offer OF
rewards, aggregatng $4,000. avaied nothing
Mr.. Anderson had Office and tobacco warehouse
IN Nssslu-st. in 1874. Mary Cecilia Rogers,
beautiful girl of seventeen years the only daughter Of
a mother IN her dotage was cmpIoyel IN ANDERSON
family. subsequently she Kept cigar store III the rear
Anderson's Office One Sunday morning she left home,
telling her mother that she wouu spend me uy '" er
aunt at Weehswkcn. Payne her lover, TO whom she was
betrOthed was TO call for her NJ night but as II rne
ne chose TO st her remain az ner aunts-so ne stated
Three days atterward the girls body found in tho
HUDSON river nfr WlStS tleu Win ropes III sailors
knot, and strip OF cloth drawn tightly across her
throat that It was mbedded in the flesh The body was
taken charge OF Crommen, and hastily buried in
spite OF the emonstnnccs OF the mother The newspapers
cast much suspicion on Crommelin Payne. aud a
young naval officer that the body was exhumed for
further evidence Several arrests followed, but con
yction. The mystery has ever since remained mys-
terry
Edgar A. Poe worked tho tragedy into Partisan ro-
nance under the title OF The History OF Marie Roget"
lie transformed the cgarglr into pretty flower g aud
made her mother the keeper OF boarding house among
whose favored dodgers was II. lie Blanc pcrfluucr.
Nassaust was the Rue Pavec, the Hudson became the
Seine Crommeln BednrGis, and Payne Nares lover
who committed suicide by swallowing laudanum, was
styled Jacques ~ EusGchO. Payne left note stating
that he loved Mary, and could not live that she was
dead He also suspected OF being her murderer but
his sadieah removed suspicion The naval officer whose
was not mentioned suspected OF being the one
who tied the sailors knot rudderess boat found
the floating corpse One night the boat stolen
from the barge office. The broken Tudder left. But
cew could ever be found OF the missing boat So
pletc all concealed that The OF the
crime remained buried with the unfortunate girl Poe
invested the horrible crime with glamor Of romance,
and depicted the incidents with wonderful dramatic