The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-19

The bodies were found at o'clock but It was
| O'Clock before the Coroner arrived. as he had
he examined the bodies. and found ali Mrs
| Duhs lewelry untouched and Titus's money
Re d aT What NAV esPSn Miss Wm gsats
| II was small bottle 81 chloroform, bearing the
.ss Fl Ny r% EnG was half empty
He must have given her the Chloroform, lie
uses II himself for headache and he might have
| given II to her to cure q headache. Only a few
days ago heard him recommend It TO Mrs.
Duff lie wanted to give her this bottle, but she
nouncing that he knew Miss Dun TO have a
reform might have fatal effect on her. a jury
was empanellcd, consisting OF o.; w: Parker, T.
Frank j. Colds. john Grshsa. Charles snifrer,,
James Iichborne. and the Rev. II. Welsh; After
Duryea gave permit. for their removal. Cots
| were procured from the Sea Clin Yacht Club,
these ihe bodies Of the lovers we're carried 1p
! the long flights OF stairs that form way UP the
cliff and borne To- ihe pun honse TeleSrsms
Duff, the latter of whom arrived at Sea GIN
Yesterday framing. a. H. liodEskin. the dead
station by ir. Floyd-Iones. Mr.. Floyd-Joncs
Subsequently made statement to the repor-
ing Of the dlsappearance OF the two Young PEG.
Pile and the finding Of the bodies. he said:
| Miss Dun died from he effects VI chioroform
administered by Mr.; Titus AS a remedy for head
| further use for life after she was gone. never
have seen two people who WEIR more in love
| wrapped up in her. lie used to come down here
| frequently, and II was their custom in the even;
on Tuesday night that they we're going out
| nothing was thought OF it. She must have been
taken with headache, to which she was sub
jet, and he In trying Ia relieve her with chlOro-
| form unwttingly caused her death. He always
| carried chloroform himself. and had frequently
mentioned 1t as n remedy for headaches.
=" AS to the pistol, have found that It was one
he borrowed from friend some time ago. say
with friend Of his down here lie said he only
wanted 1t for fortnight. lie brought it down
hsre with nm. and, most unfortunately carried
Was not the bath house door kept lock ed ?"
asked one of the reporters tn whom Mr.. Floyd
Jones made his statement.
- IVES; yes,~,,, was the reply; but Mr.. Titus
had gone nshing were kept in one of the com.
partments, aud that IL how he happened To- have
70 the bath house is to pome extent matter " OF
CONJECTURE We suppose that as they were PASS
violent headache and fsintness, and that the
bath house occurred to him rs the nearest place
to take her. He unlocked IL, took her in there;
often cured his own, with chloroform. When
he found that she was dead he shot himself in
The theory Of sudden insanity has been adj
vanced." was suggested.
Floyd-Jones. If he had first killed her aud
then himself. there would have been some sign
u
was ~ bright and light-henrted as a boy. He
| worshipped the ground she tread on. They were
That II was accidental death by chloroform and
! then suicide. there Is hardly room for doubt;
| the village for eleven Years, and knew both
! Titus and Miss Duff. bore out this theory. lie
II was down on the shore when the hcdcs
were found and got to the bath house within four
ye minutes nS The cir rs body Was
| hat was of, but her clothing was no; dlsar-
sangcd In the corner r., Wa Titus II a., heap his
Sow d rS,pE p na, elbow ~ o Ind I'd
frontal bones and passed directly through
There we're no signs OF powder ~ the flesh. The
face may have been burned. The girl under
few whlTs OF chlorofOrm might have killed her.
She was taken out Of school some years ago be-
lent headaches, beginning Rt the base Of the
brain. which would come on IN q very
understand had also been subject to headaches
and always carried chlorofOrm. and used 10 oner
ache such u headache as she was subject to
may have come ON In n very short time and very
DR. Burns said that he had made an examine
tion Of the bodies. There were symptoms IN the
Of the S which hs pointed Of Tnr &s
lie had found no traces OF chlorofOrm. hut so
slight dose as might have caused her death by
There was nothing 10 prove however, that she
had not died OF heart disease. not induced by
ChlOrnfOrm. There were no bruises or marks of
violence ON the body. Tituss death, he said,
hai been instantaneous.
sis;er being the wife Of MIR. T.. T.. FlOyd-Jones.
Her brother was Princeton man in the class
Duff was well known TO many PrlncetoniAns Of
late years, ~ she attended many of the hops
and celebrations with her brother, aud WAS very
popular. She was n member Of ~. AIMS Prot
estant Episcopal Church. The date Tor her
OF the Titus family were opposed, for some
reason. To hi. marrying Miss Duff and that she
house One OF the Hodgskin family is author
ity for this statement.
Sny S no sS T am enr in any ny
journal on Oct q, 1892 which reads: Going
r be sea Of M.
hitting suicide.
Titps would have been e year, ,,o old I, next
Titus. the founder of Titusville. Fla. His mother
is,yery wealthy, and owns oyer half OF Titus
dren. Titus came North seven years ago to try
his luck IN Wall street He took up his REST
lives in an old colonial house in Clinton
street Brooklynv % arTrtiy irving here he
firm at 30 BROAD street. He remained with tho
firm up Ia three years ago, when he left them to
broker in the same building. He remained with
Mr. Walsh until ,hs latter , went nc EoS Ss
Mrs. HOdgskln Titus's aunt, when seen yes
terday said: He couldn't have killed Miss
Mary; know he couldn't. He was not that kind
q a boy. Like all Southsrners, he was hot,
would shoot a man when suddenly angered but
20, kill woman, and in cold blood, never!
crazy. You know ne met Miss Mary,
that is Miss DUFF years ago, and they fell
in love right away, and were always
happy together. We all thought 1t would
be 4 good match and so did the Dufts. His
mother had given her consent, and Mr.. Dun had
given his Elicit wanted 70 be married next
month on his birthday, but don't think they
would have been. You know Mr.. Dun had said
that as soon as the two were married he would
furnish up a nice apartment for them. The last
time | saw poor Elicit WAS Monday afternoon.
He was singing and laughing all over the house.
You know that since Miss Mary went down 70
her fathers cottage at Sea Clin last spring to
spend the summer there Elicit did nothing else
but 20 down TO Sea Clin Ia see her. lie had
been doing work since Mr.. Walsh went away,
and Monday when saw him asked him when
lac Was going TO work again. oh. this Is my
last trip down to see Mary he replied, then
am going 10 settle down. ~