Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-24
MONAGHAN HEARD FROM.
He Sends Cablegram From Australia
to His Wife in West Chester.

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Dec. 16.-This
morning. Mrs: Il. Jones Monaghan, the
wife of the missing lawyer, who suddenly
and ,mysteriously disappeared in last Sep
TENDER while on business trip to New
| York city, received cablegram from sgd
ney, Australia, purporting to be from her
husband. The message read as follows.
/ SYDNEY, AusTRAL1A.-Love to yourself,
Frances, Walter. Cable me $500.
| RoBERr JONES MONAGHAN.
The cablegram is regarded with consid-
cradle suspicion by Mrs. Monaghan and
AZ her friends because of the fuliness of
the signature, Mr.. Monaghan never using
his first name in full, but always RI
Jones Monaghan" The mention of the
wife and the two children's names has d
semblance of genuineness. but their names
could easily have been obtained by some
impustor in order to make the effort to
raise 5000.
ASKING FOR PARTICULARS.
Il. L. Monaghan, uncle Of the missing
man, cablcd message at once to Australia
asking for full description of the sender
OF the message.
The matter has created much interest
here this afternoon, aud many are tho
opinions and speculations of people in re
gard to the new revelation, though to
many IT is not much of surprise, as there
have been rumors ailoat here for some
weeks to the effect that Mr.. Monaghan was
known to be in Australia.
WEST CHESTER, Dec. 17.-Later de-
velopments go to prove the authenticity
of the cablcgram from Australia, signed
by Robert Jones Monaghan, tho LAWYER
who mysteriously disappeared fow
weeks ago. 1t was developed last night
that Mr.. Monaghan's law partner re-
ccived n telegram December 9th from
Melbourne, Australia, which read:
Monaghan is improving; see letter.
OI,YRNE.
Those who believe the message was
sent for the purpose of fleeing Mona
ghan's family out of $500 are changing
their opinions.
The first message which came from
Melbourne Counting the addresses) had
about IL words and cost little over 81
per word, which would make the cost Of
the first message about $52. The one
which was received on Tuesday night
mot on Wednesday, as has been stately
had 10 words, which would cost over
$40, thus making the total cost over
Sl25. 1t is not plausible that any
stranger would risk that amount of
money in the hope Of gaining only $500
which was cabled for.
WEST CHESTER, Dec. 17.-To-day the
uncle and brother Of Il. Jones Monaghan,
Esq, the missing lawyer from this place,
went to New York city, and placed the
matter OF his being in Australia in the
hands of Inspector Byrnes, with instruc-
tions to cable the chief of police of sydney
to ascertain the certainty Of his being
there. This action follows the receipt of
the cablegrain Of yesterday from Sydney,
purporting to be from the missing man,
which asked his wife to cable him the sum
OF $500.
The theory is now advanced here bv
several physicians that he was mentally
unsound in September, when he suddenly
disappeared while ON visit to New York.
and while thus i'll he sailed for Liverpool
and from there to Australia.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Colonel r. Wayne
Wilson, an intimate friend Of Robert ].
Monaghan, the West Chester lawyer, who
disappeared in this city couple of months
ago was seen i'll this city i'll relation to the
eablegram received from Australia by the
Monaghan family, and which was printed
III this mornings papers. MIR. Mona
CHAN, he said, was not in the habit of
signing his name in full But the fact
which seems to identify the sender of the
telegram as the missing man is that he
mentions the names of his children,
Francis and Walter. Their names were
not published in the newspaper ACCOUNTS
Of the disappearance. have known Mr..
Monaghan for some time. and have made
couple of trips to Bermuda with him. He
complained Of overwurk on one or two
occasions, and spoke of taking an extended
trip to Trinidad and South America
Speaking as his friend / should say that,
IN Q, state OF temporary insanity. brought
on by overwork and insomnia, from
which he was known to be suffering at the
time; that idea might have REQUIRED to his
mind and have been acted upon. 1t is Just
possible that he did not come to his senses
until he found himself in Australia. -