New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-12
TRACING JOHN G.. AUSTIN.
THREE PERSONS SAY THEY SAW HIM
IN NEW-JERSEY.
THEY DECLARE HE WAS AT THE HOME OF TIE
Ia MARCHES FOUR OR FIVE DAYS

IA MARCHES FOUR OR FIVE DAYS
AFTER HIS ALLEGED DROWNlNG'
TIL. testimony thus far adduced by the defence in
the suit against the Mutual Reserve fuhu i-le
Association for the insurance the life OF Johh
{, Austin certainly indicates that the company
was Justified in hesitating about paying 'he Si'V'
TO the heirs a dozen witnesses nave 'eS'i'eu "
eng Austin in the Adirondacks after july -
1891 the dav when 1t Is said he was droWhed a'
Manhattan Beach. Yesterday startling eViuehce ~
support Of the theory OF the defence was CIV" Il,
tho sunremo Court before Judge Patterson. CoIohei
James for the insurance company dec'a'e" ''
Austin had been taken on board a yacht anu ''""9
portel after a few days, to a mousse OH '"e ON
,,rv Rlver the home of the La Marches, whom
Austin knew intimately. Three witnesses ueoiaren
Yesterday that they had seen Austin theFe I'VE "S'
after he was said to have been drowned
4 SERVANTS TESTIMONY
Tho ear,v testimony yesterday morning was I'M
ip,nort,nt When Della Durkln took the witness
stand however. she told highly Interesting story
She Was from November. 1890. to the lall oi l''- "
servant in the La Marche family, at whose mouse
the plaintiff. j. l.. Austin stayed the four'h VI
u,,v 1891 She previously had been in the employ
Of f. W. Caruthers. John c. Austins prolher-i"-
law She saw Austin frequently at ms Drothet-"-
l,v.,s Austin visited the La Marche place In June
Of 1881 and che saw him again on THURSDAY. July :,
mi, face toward her. with his hands in his pockets.
About a minute after h. walked toward the river
was positive that the man sne saw Ms od IN,
Nustn The night before Henry La Marche had
.,t home late. bringing some stranger WIN MIN.
This stranger occupied the spare room III m, me
house but did not breakfast with the family. Inc
man whom the witness saw In the morhIH6 WI
a blue serg.. suit and black hat she remempereu
then the arrival of the teiesram on Ju'y ''uan
haitian Beach. and thought that there must, De a
mistake somewhere when she saw the u'o"'eu "'
tine morning Of july .
EXPERIMENTATION by THE SISTER.
Annie Durkln. a sister OF the previous witness.
who is a servant r the house OF Joseph ~ Green
wood IT no. l5i Remsen-st. Brooklyn, said she was
enplovel at the La Marche place In 1881. she
corroDorateI her sister. saying that she saw JACK
Austin four or five days after July getting out OF
the stage AT about p n ana allsIWdi ~ mt'N'is
Mtrche John Fitzgerald. the gardener. was sitting
with her the piazza o. his cottage near the place
Tho witness said: Il said to Mr. Fitzgerald, Isn't
that the man who was drowned: ne sad; III a.
afterwarl and she said II mistake: that MI
Jack hadn't been drowned. . =,
John Fitzgerald the gardener IeietrS a sWvs,2
Annie Durkin also declared that he saw austin
or five days after July J. ls9i; re spoks h ,o
Henry Ia Narche about having seen the man VINO
was supposed to be drowned MI La Marche an
Vow. John. | don't want You to SAY anything
more about John Austin. II you hear any one talh-
ing about him, say nothing don't want you 10
Fi,zserild explained that after the family eit the
place in October ISL he was In charge 81 H. Apous
November 23 1891. the witness heard the SOUND oI
r1rritge wheels one evening. He went out ana
saw John q. Austin and Henry la Marcne get out
Of a carriage. They paid the driver ana fitHSerali
opened the house FOR them. There were no pro.
visions in me place n9t la Mnrent nav p'o wst
huntinc and in the afternoon the witness drove
Austin 10 Oceanic in II buggy lie had not seen
Wr Trull accomplished little by his cross-examn-
alton Tho plaintiff viii have great deal OF teSii,
mony TO offer in reouttaL 50 the case VIII pro""oy
continue wei! into next week.