Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-12
DID HE KILL HIMsELr?
The Family Of c. e. Andrews no Nos
Believe He Committed Suicide.

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FoRE MS DrssrrEARaScE rHe MISSING uax
MADE BUSINESS ARRASeENESrs ron rHK NEXT
DAr-A IKrTrR wEAKESs rHk SUICIDE rHsoHx
To all appearances the mystery that sur
| rounds the death Of the missing man c. c. An
drews lie no nearer a solution than IL has been
at any time since his disappeSrance about two
months ago. Any number Of theories have
been advanced. but each in turn has been
questioned or overthrow BY the police or by
the members Of the missing mans family The
theory OF suicide Is the one that attracts the
most attention from the police. and the state
ment has been made that the Andrews family
are satisfied with this explanation Of the case.
But IL Ia certain now that this is not the enact
truth. They have no theory Of their own that
| is at all satisfactory 20 them. but they are
| strong in the belief that whatever NAV have
been the cause Of the death of c. G. Andrews
the one thing certain n that he did not take
his own life.
PRANK ANDREWS ACCUSES THE POLICE or rxprr-
FERENCE.
This morning a STAR reporter had a long
talk with Mr.. Frank Andrews. brother Of the
missing man. II was clear from the first that
Mr.. Andrews was not pleased with the ate ution
the case had received at the hands OF the po-
lice.
Very soon after the Disappearance OF nv
| brother" said Mr.. Andrews. I've became wor-
rled. and on the 2sth OF July. week after the
| finding of the body in the river reported the
matter TO the police and called their attention
10 the various points OF agreement between the
body OF the drowned man and that OF my
| brother and endcavored 20 interest them IN
the case, but received little encouragement
| AS they expressed II they took little stock in
| the story. On the 30th reported 20 the chief
1 n dot INNe ISL -
afterward We employed a special detective 10
| work on the case"
! the FAMILY SATISFIED WITH THE iDHxrFrcarrox
Our family are thoroughly satisfied with
the identification, aud there is no donbt in NV
mind that the body found in the river Is thar
of nv brother. Still, don't believe for mo-
ment that he committed suicide The after
| noon before his disappearance. when lie Was
| leaving his work for the day. he told the men
| who were engaged under his charge in decor
| ating wall 90 leave IL as IL and he would
| be back the next morning and give them fur
| ther instructions. In another house too he
| told the workmCn TO wait until the following
day.
! ALATER LETTER TRAN M'csRrY's
Il see by The STAR that letter from nv
brother to Mr.. ID. J. McCarty giving certain
| directions 20 what should be done in tho
event that anything happened 20 him is looked
| upon as evidence that he contemplated suicide
/ understand that that letter was dated early IN
June. Now. NV mother has in her possession
a letter dated the 10th Of July, in which he re-
| ters TO his future plans and tells about the
business engagements he intended TO nil after
| that date. This letter. 20 my mind. DESTROYS
| all the value of the other one as evidence in
the case. l am pretty sure that Mrs Andrews
believes that suicide was not the cause OF her
| husbands death.
THE PAWN TICKET FOR THE WATCH.
with reference to the statement that has
been made IN the papers that had the ticket
for the watch my brother pawned some time in
June and that for some reason unknown 20 any
one else 1 kept quiet about il, have this 20
say: Every one, with the exception OF Mrs.
| Andrews, who was interested in the case. was
told about the pawn ticket The special de-
tective certainly knew about il IL may be that
the local police did not happen to know, but
then, You must remember, they did not ask
any questions or have anything 20 do with the
case. Or, at any rate, that was the way u
seemed"