The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-07-19


called to mind by the announcement that the
Coroner at Philadelphia may be called upon
in few days to reopen the inquest. Hover
was found dead in his bed at the family
residence, s65 Preston street, Philadelphia.
on the morning of June 20, last. The Cor.
oner's jury decided that Hover committed
suicide by inhaing illuminating gas
Now Frank A Hover brother of the de-
ceased, and editor of the B,'yn Ma,or Ne,os.
alleges foul play and it is expected he will
make affidavit to the facts and produce eyi.
dence sufficient to warrant re opening of the
case.
Hover, at the time of his death, was inter.
ested in various Southern railway enterprises
which had failed to prove successful, and to
which failures, as well as to an alleged threat.
ened divorce proceeding by II woman who
claimed TO be his wife, were supposed to be
the causes of his death. At the time and for
some months prior to his death, Hover
boarded with Mrs. Clementina Mordaunt
who, it now turns out claims to have been
married to him in November last, but for rea-
sons not yet divuged, the fact of the marriage
was kept secret until after his death, when.
as his widow Mrs. Mordauns applied TO the
Register of Wills for letters of administration
upon Hower's estate
According to the statement of the woman's
counsel, the brother, who had been consulted
by her as to the turial, and to the settlement
of the estate, concerned himself little. if any.
about either, the wife being compelled to
pawn diamond ring to pay the funeral ex.
penses. Subsequently the dead mans brother
was told that on the day his brother died he
had $1,000 on his person, which, together
with his jewelry, could not be found, and
that he was also the owner of various rail
road stocks and bonds,
Editor Hover began an investigation with
the aid of Detective Geyer, He was not
long in arriving at the conclusion that Charles
P. Howers death could not have been the
result of suicide. He surmised that it would
have been an easy matter for some one to
adm mister some drug and when his brother
was unconscious, had turned on the gas.
The woman in the case was seen and when
addressed as Mrs. Mordaunt, said 81 am
Mrs Hover" but declined to say anyfhipg
about her marriage except that for private
reasons it had been kept quiet, and referred
the interviewer to her counsel, who said he
knew nothing about any suspicion of foul
play until his attention was called to the
newspapers.
The counsel also said that Mrs. Hover
called upon him on July and retained him
to assist in procuring letters of administration
upon her husbands estate. He never ques.
toned her marriage, and had no evidence
bearing on the subject beyond her own state.
ment She informed him that she had the
necessary witnesses TO establish themarriage.
Several days after the application had been
filed he was called upon by Editor Hover.
who informed him that he questioned the
claim OF Mrs. Mordaunt to bel, G his brothers
widow.
He asserted that woman who was the real
widow and from whom his brother had been
separated, but had never been divorced, had
been discovered, though he failed to disclose
her whereabouts. E itor Hover at the time
informed the lawyer of his brothers alleged
large estate, but personal investigation re.
vealed the fact they represented a railroad
that exists only ON paper, and is therefore.
practically worthless. Even these had been
transferred by Hover himself before his
death