The evening world., 1891-06-26
SURE SHE Is MRS. ATWOOD.
TarrytOWn'S Beautiful Suicide Claimed
by a Philadelphia Drummer.
His Story Told TO the Coroner's Jury
Other Possible IdentincatIons.
ESPECIAL TO THE EVENING WORLD

TARRYTowS, june 28.-Frank Atwood, the
travelling salesman from Philadelphia, is
certain to-day that the body OF the beautiful
woman who committed suicide by drowning
at Croton, last Friday night, Is that OF his
long-lOst wife.
Ills identification last night was positive; !;
and on closer inspection OF the body and hear
ing all the details Of the tragedy, his belief in
her identity is to-day confirmed.
To an EVENING WORLD reporter Atwood
said this morning that he should claim the
dead woman's body and take It to Philadel-
phla for burial as soon as the Coroner would
permit.
The Coroner says that he shall require
more than Atwoods unsupported evidence OF
the womons identity. He has brought no
photograph Of his wife and appears very re-
luctant to name any people who knew her.
The Coroner's jury was called together this
morning, and Atwood repeated the story he
told the Coroner last night. The only thing
that shook his faith in the identification OF
the body was the letter signed AN p. j." In
which words are misspelled, and the hand
writing Is different from that OF Mrs. At
wood.
He named Druggist Brown, corner OF Full
ton and water streets, New York, as a
former acquaintance OF his wife.
Atwood did not think his wife had ever lived
IN New York prior to their marriage.
Atwoods story, as told 10 the jury, was
that he was a travelling hardware salesman
for Whit, Post Co., Cleveland, o.
While travelling on local train between
Philadelphia and Germantown, about 1887,
he met young woman who gave her name
as Miss purcell Marini The Acquaintance
rlpened into love, and though he knew
nothing OF the girls antecedents or history he
Isl She e had d told him that her parents were
wealthy, but that She left horne owing TO
quarrel. He accepted her assertion that she
had never done any wrong.
delphia. where their daughter Louise was
born. Their home was happy, although his
business frequently compelled him 10 be abb
sent for weeks.
Two months after Louise was born he
started ON one OF his periodical business trips.
At omaha, Neb,, he received despatch stat
lag that his wife had suddenly left home and
could not be found.
He returned u Philadelphia immediately to
find Louise in the care Of neighbors.
1t was July rs, 1888, that the baby's mother
took her into a neighbOrs house with re-
quest that tile little one he cared for few
minutes. she never returned
Atwood visited the morgues, the police
searched the city; but no trace OF his wife
Much OF his time since has been spent in II
vain search for the missing wife aud mother
lie has visited every part OF the country to
gaze at unidentified bodies Of women, always
taking Baby Louise with him, and II was u
newspaper account OF the finding OF this body
that brought him to Tarrytown yesterday
hoping against hope that Ills long search
would be ended.
When he saw the body OF Dolly payls's
double he had no doubt that II was that Oi
his loug-ost wife.
The Coroner to-day received u letter from
Hartford Conn, saying that the published
that or a factory girl named GeTtie Wood,
who had disappeared from that city several
months ago
Mass, asking that the body could he kept
until parties nom that town could inspect H.,
US the description was that Of girl missing
rom that place.