The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-16
MURDER BY STARVATION.
THAT WILL BIZ 7HE CHARGE IF
STATIONS WIFE SHOULD DIE


She Came to th- noor-Neiehbo~~ Supply
Her with Food-Ns-. str,,tou Locked Up.
Elirhalet Stratton. an oil and hitherto re-
apected citizen Of Brooklyn. was Jailed yester-
day afternoon on tho charge of having attempt
ed TO murder his young wife. tho specification
being that he was systematically starving her
TO death. Mr. Stratton lie 81 years old. and
he has children more than 80 years old
His wife 10 20 He bas hcen married 20 her
for three years, and great deal OF that
time she has been sick. The neiGhbors say
she has been kept alive the last few days by
food which they succeeded in passing to her
from their windows with the aid OF long poles.
A DR.. Cooper, who had once attended Mrs.
Stratton. is the direct cause OF Mr.. STATIONS
getting into the clutches Of tho police. When
he was attending the young woman. he says.
the husband in confidential manner asked
him what he thought was the best way
to get rid II the woman. Then" says the
Doctor. Il thought 1t was time to call in the
police"
II was u long time ago that this happened.
but the Doctor didn't toll the police until Tues
day. Then he went to Superintendent Camp
bell. Tho Superintendent sent to Capt. William
J. McKevcy OF the Fourth precinct. and tho
CAPTAIN detailed Detective Sergeant Delahanty
on the ease. Yesterday the Captain made the
following report
SIN; In compliance with your telephone order VI
22O NJ yesterday. relative to investigating report
You ave received that man named Strntton. r-sid-
ins NJ l24 oates avenue. had locked his wife in
and Starving her to death. etc. have to report
that l imd investigation that Elphaet Stratton.
old resides at tho above address with his wife,
30 years cd whom 10 married four years ago he being
hat Mrs !. Ii i" bel Win no nurse
or seryant other than her own husband to attend
tion' Kind mcivhbnr iMrs. JedwinJ. manages oc-
%nen Ter hubH"a * absent, With sreS Occurs as
he VII not permit any one 70 enter the house From
r"n"rated by Mrs STATION herself who was inter.
SsfsiSs nso the ,'. srstesy
WIN 6npy I" ss HE ls G.nt TO d% r. to
wiLLIAN j. McKrLvhr Captain.
The detective went before Justice Haggerty
homicide. The detective served it. Tho story.
as obtained from tbs neighbors and told by
Last Friday tho little son OF Mr.. o. Fl. jed
win. the next door neghbar Of the STATIONS;
the Stratton house opened and white clad
ghoSt,y IGqra, e. anneared: ~ .. .
un anG down The hoy's spine. johnny. ieil
Johnny stood rooted to. tn. spot until the
figure aMsnnpeeasISd and, and then he told his
little more than a living skeleton. There was
DO one else in the house
III and hungry. and that she had been without
food for some time. Mrs. Jedwin went home
bor G wh" Mrs Jedwn says ate 70 ra ave-
When Mrs. .Ie,lwin was coming out Of the house
he nse y bet M Rer
Y"ur H vile lei is very Ss sal Mrs
stratton. "and do not want you to go in there
again,
ke'5 the n9 Keys
from Mrs. stratton and took her ore food.
and she did not want to take. any chances OF
meeting him again. On Monday she heard a
sSepnE On ths achevery and
. BREAD" . called weak voice. Have you
~ Mrs. nn. Jeiwi Twill answered that she had whole
meal. and she forthwith rugged up n long pole
and put meal Of cold chicken and other good
rear window and stuck the pole out and and over to
the window OF Mrs STATIONS room. Mrs
Strqtton. Looking more Ehostly than eyer. went
pas ed into her in this way from time to time.
The, fact Of the, feeding spread about Tie
Indignation meeting on Monday night. Dr.
Cooper was at that meeting and 1t was there
that it was determined to carry the case to the
i, Detective Delahanty called Mt the strratton
house on "Wednesday afternoon: He found
place 0 50 he said 10 S was am in'0 cm he
come to find ont about case. Of con-
!!agious diseasS Sc, he understood tst there WAS
H. Tat not from ais dse%se
Delahanty said he'd have to Investigate any
he by and into The
floor. and asked her what was the matter. She
said dramsticaly holding up her arm
LAM yinp-of-StRrvatiOnv
:. she was a, skeleton" says Delahanty.
Mrs stratton told the detective a long story
Of nriyation. she ,h said she hnd been II for
i've her ,anythng that she needed. and was
The , poles also picked up wealth Of gossip.
most OF which came from servants who had
nns Of sn and Ie
ng WAS IN every case that they did not get
Mr. Stratton was seen Mt the Classen street
Ills daughter and two 81 his sons were with
'i" is fe"T n0a ,TGs old
She is cross eyed; said the daughter. and
he servant girls told her So ,,; and abe didn't
Ter a servant Al, any time"
respect her as his wife at bis request. but as
mother. Ia see her dead first
aid the elder son
she was hambermaid when she married
\ m, and she married him for his money" said
he daughter.
she married him to get his property"
greed all three.
" She blackened my eyes with n key; and she
aid Mr.. Stratton.
BY and by 1t was possible to get more or less
onnected story from this side Of the case. Ac-
ording to Y Mr.. Stratton was married to his
rst wiie cnlty-Iiour years ago and was always
traitor was employed as a chambormald by
i'm, She had previously been employed by
fr. STATIONS daughter.
Some time after going to work for Mr.. STRAIT
IN that gent informed his children that
@ was ,goingtt 70 marry hcr. Then there was
DIV. The chd labored with him.
II put In three solid weeks at it," said the ,
lder son, IA, !, tod him to get a housekeeper
er and not tic himsel down for Ifc. But no |
ould marry, Before he did It he went to the !
ided up all his property Al he retained was ,
n equity IN the house in which he lived"
Since then. according TO the story Mr.;
tratton's life has heen hell on earth"
IA thn,, 4,