New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-26
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POISON FOUND IN HIS STOMACH.
WAS 1T SUICIDE OR MURDERi
INVESTIGATING ROBERT MoRRIs's PECULIAR DEATH
WHO WAS HIS HOsTf

INVESTIGATING ROBERT MOkR1SS PECULIAR DEATH
WHO WAS HIS HosTf
Further Investigation Of the death OF Robert T.
Morris has established beyond doubt that he died
from poison at his home No 80 Willouglby st
Brooklyn, on Thursday. Whether the poison was
taken by himself with the purpose Of suicide or wus
administered by another remains yet to be proven.
Walter H. Kent the cher ist in the Health Laboratory
was engaged yesterday in making an examination
OF the contents of the stomach of the dead man.
He has only partly finished his work but he found
poison In the stomach though in what quantity he
could not determine. DE- Kent said that there was
little doubt that the poison was Paris green.
Among the effects Of Morris were the copies OF
several letters to Thomas Morris, nephew OF No. q
Paul's place, Peterborough, England In one Of these
he saysi
MY Dear Nephew thank God that alive and
WELL and hope those lines viii nnd you all the same, but
before 1 say have Robert Dowborn since he
has returned and not In satisfied In the manner
he talked about things over there have re-
ceved from him before he went at different times
81 which he says has been paid 70 him by the trustees
have kept any but he has charged me with
$40 pay that could have dispensed with and wish 70
say that could do without in must inform you that
have changed my station ct tmo Of nfe and got mar
ried q person at my age. could not
1.-Two with my with my daughter so you must not
send any letters to r. o., but TO me and me only
Please let know whether have received any letters
my II do not pay any attention 10 anything
they say 70 you now as they cheatec In graphing
everything they could from have not received any
thing since he returned and need funds at this time
and II my wife had had little in store, must have
had work for strangers and what have had Of her
she must have back money lying there at per
cent and you decline have 10 do with It let
mo know and will the British Counsel about It The
reason why have written before is that depended
Dowborn Robert and Annie Morria
The man Dowborn or Dearborn is the executor
Of tfe Morris estate and lives in Eew-York
Morris ate dinner with him the day before bis death
The police have not yet boon able to find Dearborn
They told that he was real estate agent and
lvod at No 3s Eghth-ave but one at that address
know of such person. Another report gave his
address Eighth ave. and Forty-second-st. Dr.
Topham, the physician who attended Morris. said
that he showed no resentment TO his wife at the
time of his death.
Morris not III and did not vomt until twenty
four hours after his return from NewYork Wednes-
day, when he met Dearborn. Mrs. Morris says that
he ate only piece of cake on Wednesday night and
some crushed oats on Thursday morning In the
afternoon he took some powders which she obtained
for him, and she left him to visit her stepdau ghter
and was absent about two hours Some Of the pow.
ders that remain proved on examination to be harm
less and that take had been made by the drug
gst. When she returned home Mr.. Morris was lying
tho lounge and q memorandum book lay open the
table near Several leaves appear to have been torn
she found package which the druggist said was Paris
green. Mrs. Morris says that when she married Mr..
Morris, two years ago, he had little money. with
money that she had he opened Q tailoring shop
In Atantic-ave, Brooklyn. but they did not do well
and were almost pcnnless when news OF the to,OoO
legacy, left him In England, was received.
They received the interest on this from Mr.; Dear.
born. and It their sole support. Mr. Morris went
to Dearborn Wednesday, with the view Of get
ting money from him to pay their passage back to Eng
land where they would pass the rest of their lives
He told her after his return that Dearborn would come
to them Saturday, -yesterday-aDd would pay
them $780, after which his connection with the estate
would cease Robert Morris, the OF the dead man,
tailor living at No 141 [ nlonst Brooklyn, sad
last night that he did not think his father had COM
mlttcd suicide. He had net seen much Of his father
since he has been living with Mrs Morris, but week
ago the old man called on him ard appeared ;? be
wc and in good spirits. He then said in case OF his
death his and daughter would have what property
he left. The said that he did not know Of such
person Dearborn.
Tho son OF Morris stated to the police last night
that he had policy of $500 In the Prudential Insur-
ancc Company on his fathers liie The police found
lato last night named Robert Dorben at
NO 4G3 West Twenty thrdst., who answers tho
description given by Mrs. Morris OF the man she calls
DOrbean or Dearborn. DOrbeal away fOm home,
but his family knew nothing OF the Morris case.