New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-07
is JAMES H. EDGAR ALIVE
A LETTER SAID TO HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
FROM HIM.
er sAYs THAT HE HAS BEEN SICK IN THIS CITY
A SERIES OF STRANGE CONDOLENCES
REFUSING TO TELL HIS AD-
npESc

Tbere was another development yesterday In the
strange case Of James II. Edgar, the English druess
who for several days was supposed either TO nave
mitted suicide to have been poisoned by some oee'
hand than his own, at the Getty House, IN fohAe,s
Arthur X. Sumner, Of Perrin H. SUMMER, 'o ,s'
broadway real estate dealer who at first posiuveiy
identified the body OF the dead as that OF 'ses n
Eear, and afterward said that 1t was not Hue",
BODY came to The Tribune Office late last nisn' a..
that his father had in the afternoon, receivea s
from James II. Edgar, who was alive ana IN us ..
sThc letter. said young Mr. sumner, 49,
600 900 words, and was closely "."" =. had
sheets of foolscap In IL Mr.. Edgar sa'o 'ne. ~
heen sick during several days. and that ycsteiuay ~
the first time he had newspaper our''e an ~.
time and so had not known OF the my s'eis .o ~ -
his supposed death I'm Y0nkers hc sa'" '''aV ~ ,,.
IN this city, where he had been all the uh'c 'u' W VIZ
not give his address, because. ne sao, ''e uiu o
TO be troubled with reporters ior '0 "' ~
enough TO talk to strangers A.. x,,s
M. .xr,ens5 the whole my stery OF the fonKers
- so far .s he is concerned with 1t. He said III the
letter that about two weeks ago he told MS nephew
George H. Edgar. that he was going W .aAe
. trim I'D the Hudson, that the nist piacc
where he would stop would be Yonkers ana tha'' ioi
some reason which he did not explain lie wouiu "a'o
under the name OF Smith. few days later whcn
ST., nenbew saw In the morning newspapers the story
.hout the death of an unknown man In fonkers' VINO
md registered at the Getty House under the name OF
George Smith and whose description correspohueo
NTH that Of his uncle, 1t the most natural thins
IN ,be world that he should conclude that the deaa
man was his uncle ~ -.
sGeorge Edgar went to my fathers once az
onoe showed the clipping, and asked my iatnei
10 90 10 Yonkers with him and 1dentiiy "'e
hodv' They were to meet at the Grand Cen,ra
station at 5 o'clock the next morning. MY Iaoei
rnt to the station but did not find young Edgar, a'
then went ON to Yoners alone and dentined te pouS
- has already been told. ...,.u ..u.
snow, Mr. Edgar in his letter 10 my ia'ncr' "n'
how Il happened that his nephew did not meet nls
e.,her M the station lie, James H. Edgar was Walk
me in Madison ave-, the Grand Ccnu"i ooA'ioi
ehst morning, when he met his nephew: Inc Inc wv, wv
Xent 10 the station together TO walt ior my iaer, ou
IN some way they missed him. Young MI. Eesss q,
"a Manned trip to Colorado and he went away tia
sichf His uncle the letter says, was taAen sei
shsf night and had not seen the newspapers agaii
until Yesterday 49,. co,,o,n N,a,cin NJ
,h. Vonkers police ard McCosky. one OF Inspector
pyrness men, had seen the letter, and had expresset
doubts OF its genuineness. They had taken ~ IT,, u
n r Ames an expert, who after carefully comParnis
n with other letters written by Mr. EAgar hau sai;
that the handwriting was the same , MS la,nsI,
snntinned Mr. SUMNER unwilling thai the ieItel
sbonId 20 out OF his hands, and do not Know wheth
he has II now or whether Mr.. Ames has IL. c..,
" The identity of the man who died at the Iet9
t1mase is still a mystery Captain Mangn found yes
terday In the clothing an adverlseme, vi , rrh,
Allen, tailor at No. II winterst, Boston. rn rn'
dead mans overcoat bore the marx " Il. W. 9" w.
Inxfon y These clcvs will be followed up.