Evening journal., 1891-02-05
EDGAR OR EVANS, WHICH,
The Yonkers Mystery Bobs Up
Serenely Once More.
THE AsTOE HOUSE SUICIDE IN N.
He Has Been Identified as George n.
Edgar, Nephew OF the Famous lonker-
Suicide. BY Broker summers son. and
as Fred Evans BY Another man.

| Ol \ ne 4 fonkefN Mystery, or, The Missing
Black Bag, being d story Of murder, sui.
eide, robbery, love. etc, by Perrin H. sum
ner, Arthur +. Sumner and others. was
given to the public yesterday. The first
twenty chapters Of this wonderful mys.
terry were printed during October and No
vember last year The story ia short was
Of how man with 4 black bag registered
at the Getty house ia Yonkers as George
Smith, committed suicide. and was identi.
fled a. one james H. Edgar by the author
Of the mystery The black bag was miss
ing
| The authors OF the mystery asserted that
the bag had contained s. 600, and had un.
donhtedly heen stolen and the man mur-
dered. The body was buried. In three
days i was dug up, the identification was
taken back, and the body was reburied
Then the authors received letters from
James II. Edgar
Mysterious Edgar and His Ncphews.
The authors asserted that james II. Ed
gar and two mysterious nephews. one
George II. Edgar and the other James
1 Rowe, had fled from England on account
Of George II. Edgar's love scrape. Neither
james II. Edgar, Mr. George II. Edgar.
| nor James Rowe could be found. and no
one could be found who knew them
Here the authors Jagged Their work
lost some Of its brightness, and the news
papers left them. The forty-four inter
vening chapters have been merely men
toned from time 70 time They were m
interesting. They included only the ar.
rest Of the chief author on a charge of
forgery and other events Of minor i'm
p0rtance.
The Astor House Suicide in II.
On saturday chapter sixty-three, an ALI
davit made BY the principal character in
the story, James H. Edgar, was printed
In i the principal character hinted at
frightiul crimes said the YOnkers suicide
was George II. Edgar his brother. that five
Of the crew who had got ia trouble in Eng
land Ind committed suicide and were
buried all over the face Of the earth aud
the rest were wanderers Chapter sixty
four transcends ia interest OF an tie rest
Il is the Identification III the body III the
man who committed suicide III the Astor
honse on Tuesday night as George II Ed
gar one Of the missing nephews, the sixth
Of the English fugitiyes according 10 chap
ter sixty-three, 10 commit suicide This
man called at the Astor house late on Mon
DAY night and engaged a room. He paid
Tor Il and registered a. Fred Evans Eng
land. \ lie did not appear III the morning
On Tuesday evening the door Of his room
was burst open, and he was found on the
floor with his throat cut from ear To ear
He had been dead long time
lie Was the Missing Nephew.
No one knew him, and the body, with |
the permission of the coroner. was sent IA |
Duify's undertaking establishment. In |
Greenwich street. Yesterday tall. good |
looking man called az the hotel He looked |
at the register. The handwriting Fred |
Evans, England, " was familiar. Heasked |
for Mr.. Evans and learned of the suicide |
lie went 70 Dutfy's establishment, and at !
once identified the body as that Of a man /
ne knew By the name Of George II. Edgar. /
the missing nephew. He said his own /
name Vas Powell. He lived at 80 Decatur
street, Brooklyn
He went from the body to Author sum
ner's office and wanted the author 10 90 /
with him to the undertaking establish
ment. Mr.. Sumner wouldn't 60 but his
son went. The identification was com
plete
He Would Bary the Second Edgar.
Powell told a reporter that Mr.. James n
had been stopping at his house in Brook
lyn. He had intended to start the nephew
ia business in this city He went away
week ago Friday to Montreal The nephew
had written that he would be in Now York
on Tuesday and asked Mr. Powell to call
at the AstOr house
With the chapter thus partially devel
oped the reporter called on Mr.. Summer AZ
his office 1913 Broadway, for the remainder
Mr- Powell was there figuring on the fun
eral expenses He had determined TO hurry
the young man just as Mr. Sumner bad
buried George II. Edgar ia the first mart ~
the mystery Mr.. Powell said that the !
suicide bad been engaged to De married. m
whom be did not know. He thought thi.
impending marriage might have driven
the young man 70 suicide
The Edgars' Mysterious Crime.
When he had gone out Mr.. Sumner re-
viewed the mystery He said when tbe
story was all out and it would surely be
al out some day, it would be better than
she best dime novel ever written. The
crime for which the Edgars fed from Eng.
land has never been told In chapter sixty
three Of the mystery ii was said it never
would be told
Mr.. Sumner said yesterday It was % a
Rowe alone was s20O,O0O. Nephew Rowe v
Mr.. sumner said, had got the better OF his :
lrother.in-law, a Mr.. Bullen, BY that 9
amount. How much the rest OF the fugi-
ives had had he did not know. 1t was
good deal more than l2O0,0OO. He knew
ione of the details of the trouble Chan r
er siXty-fouf Of the mystery will be com g
1leted when the body of the AstOr house }
uicide is buried by Mr. Powell who has b
,een friend of Mr.. sumner for five years. Il
according to Mr.. Sumner. Jr The con l.
luding chapters OF the mystery will either a
nclude the suicides of the rest OF the En- q
'lish fugitives, or else the return OF James n
i. Edgar and Nephew Rowe to New York q
Ind the story Of the great English crime. d
Identified as Fred Evans. =
strong circumstance that would seen, =
o brand Author Summers story and that >
Il Powell rs a fairy tale is the fact that at
O'Clock last night man called at the
Indertaker's and asked permission to view
he body OF the Astor house suicide. saw a.
ng that from the published description he a
vas confident that the man was friend p
4 his from San Francisco named Fred u
ivans. The stranger, after a long aud =
lose scrutiny of the dead man's S face. said: A
Yes, | am sure that is Fred Evans u
ave not seen him for year and half y
ut the likeness is remarkable" y
The gentleman then drew from his
ocket portrait of young man who
ore a strong resemblance to the dead man,
bore the following signature: Yours 81