New-York tribune., 1891-02-06
SUMNER PILES UP THE SUICIDES.
he SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE IN THE
EDGAR FAMILY RECENTLY-HE SAYS OTHER
TIL NGS JUST As SENSIBLE

The body of Fred Evans. Of England who com
mttcd suicide at the A,tor House on Monday night.
su lies at DuIy's undertaken shop in Greenwich st
Between thirty and forty people call 10 look at the
body Yesterday but nouc pretended to identify it.
one man. who would not give III, name. Ihdt man
says the body is that Of Fred Evans mind drcadcr
and sprituaistic medium well known in san Fran
cisco WHY Evans should have registered under his
own name and then taken such pains ~ he did To
DESTROY every evidence Of his identity are peculiarly
contradictory features of the case which The dcnlcr
does not explain
Perrin H. sumner whose and william II. Powell
identified the body on Wednesday rs that of George
H. Edgar u nephew bf the alleged lonkcrS suicide.
also named Edcar said yesterday that he had no in
tercst whatever in the case. 3" In the first place
said sumner want you To contradict the statement
that either or my son. Arthur +. sumner have been
10 Yonkcr, 10 get the effects Of the suicide Edcar
do not want them. have had them once ana sent
them back Another thing please say for me; II any
insurance company anywhere in the world mas ever
issued an Insurance policy upon the life OF any oi these
Edrar, or whoever they may be, / wish they would
let me know. have never had any pccuniary In
terr,t in their affairs. want nothing more To do
with them. They are bad lot
But YOU think that Fred Evans wa, George II.
Edcirl7
~Oh yes. | am quite positive Of that, though have
not seen the body. NV son and Powell kn"" the man
we'll But / have told them 10 have nothing more I"
do with the case Jane, II. Edgar is the man Ia take
care Of the body OF his nephew
James II. Edeari7
~Why. yes. the brother Of George Il. Edgar, who
committed suicide at Nonkcr-. and uncle Of the youth
who killed himself at the Astor House
Then after all. il really was AN Edgar who died
and was buried AZ YOnkcrs l'
There is no doubt about it In my mind. nor in the
mind Of James H. Edgar
Where j., the surviving Edgar. Mr. sumner, ana
how i, II that no one but YOU IN, ever sen HING
Fifty people in this city have seen him, but tney
have known him only as Jane, smith,
Where Il he now -
believe he is In Philadelphia or Montreal Let
tiers and tcItgramS have been sent to him at both
places. | have written 10 him to come I" New-lorh
and take care OF his dead
Frankly now, Mr. sumner, what Is al thS NS"r
mess and mystery about
Mr. sumner weighed his words carefully and spoke
i'm slow and positive accents: o" cannot tell You All
the fact, but / know this: The three Ed-ar and a
distant relative known a. Robert Rowe were mixed
np I'm some financial trouble- IA England which forced
them to leave the country, and rendered one or more oi
them liable to eNtridItou. A. result oi those
troiblc- there have been five -uicidc>. the one at
Yonkcr, and the AT the A7tor House being among
th. number. Rowe l- now ia 1cXas. have known
him since l--5. since then he has lived under the
alia~c, Of Richards. >rhlaud and Howe lll' mother
Threatened 10 come a. New logk and expose me but
tI,lc is nothing 10 cApprc.
Mr.. sumner repeated portion, "f ne now "el,hno".
Fd ar story far h- -iaicmcht@ nave made IL
puiIc and ln reply 10 nual query -,ld
No. the Eirar- are uot hdsar'' ana d'h ANo"
what their real name i~. o.
william II. Powell Wa, at sumner, once Al " O'CLOCK
v,-t.ty unrIue II wa~ af that time. according to
sumner that Powell decd'd 10 wtilri" from thr
case. sumner. when Seen iu the aii"1l''l Hld ihit
p,t,.u lad zone to New jersey. III" cnud not tell
when hc would bee back II VA. Reported lat mehi
tnat poveu was in SUMNER once later lh ~,
d,y Icfoftsr- who visited his home at NJ. 90 ID
c,fur IT, frooklyu. Al different tmc> n The ditfp"n.
received mo- answers to their ring at III" dp"rirH-
4 man Who refused 10 give hi name. aud who
looked Al hc hody the undertakes shop Yesterday,
ald That h. had once sc~en spirit All,i ahrh Evans
aud ,,n, mo- tive that there was no similarity IN The
faces. ,. . go,
Coroner IIauly. who has charge 81 TIE case. VII
b.ls .u iunuc.t Al the COroucr'- Ont@ ai O'Clock
Tins afternoon The two summers ana Powell have
been summoned to appear.