The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-18
BOTH DEAD IN
A BATH-HOUSE.
Titus Evidently ChlOrOformed
Miss Duff AMI Then
Shot Himself,
lWFut TRAGEDY IN SEA CLIFF.
The Young Couple Were Engaged
to Be Married and Were
Apparently Happy.
MISSING SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT.
Belief that the Double Murder Was
Committed in a Fit
Of Insanity.
MISSING SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT.

The bodies OF Elicit Livingston Titus
and Miss Mary Duff were found in an
old bathhouse at Sea Gin, l.. l.. last
uight-the man shot to death and the
girl suffocAted with choroform.
1t was apparently either a case OF
Joint. self-destruetion or a murder and
suicide. committed presumably by the
man.
Titus and Miss Dun who were engaged
to be married. went out for a stroll Tues
day night. and had not been seen or
heard OF until their bodies were found.
-eward If $3.50 had been offered for
information as. to their whereabouts.
and there were rumors that they had
met with foul play.
Miss Duff was the nineteen year old
daughter Of Peter Duff. a well-to-lo fur
niture dealer at 253 Columbia street.
Brooklyn. He lives at 500 Clinton street.
the same city
Mr.. Titus was young business man
living at No. 44c Clinton street. He was
visitor at Mr.. Duff's country home. a
pretty cottage near the shore at the head
OF Prospect avenue, at Sea Cliff. The peo-
pie with whom they associated accepted
them as engaged. and looked upon them
as a well-mated pair with excellent ma
teriai prospects.
Well known Socially.
Both were socially active. Miss Duff
was a TALL slender girl. blonde and
blue-eysd, full of natural vitality. and
with all the accomplishments of we'll
bred young woman OF her years.
Titus. who was only twenty-five years
old, was OF q gay and sociable tenn
permanent and a popular member of the
Sea Cliff Yacht Club.
The young people had known each
other four years.
Titus returned from an afternoons
fishing trip Tuesday evening, and after
dinner he went out for u ramble with
Miss Dun along the beach.
As they did not return. her family
aroused some .elghbors late that night
and began q search. which with steadily
increasing numbers of volunteers was
continued all Of yester lay.
They had not been seen near the sta
ton. and 1t was felt certain by all that
they had not eloped. as there was no
necessity for such a proceeding.
In beating the bush and scanning the
surf, the searching parties had passed
over wide range Of the neighboring
y
o'clock Constable Brengel half idly forced
open the door of the bath-house at the
foot of the lawn In front OF Mr.. Dufrs
property and only a few yards from the
house.
This spot had been overlooked in all
the widespread energies of the hunt.
Finding the bodies.
The constable could distinguish
through the gloom unusual objects ly-
ing upon the floor OF the bath house.
Striking match, the light fell upon
the bodies of the longsought couple.
They had bean dead many hours.
Miss Duff's body lay at length upon
the floor, with ner feet towards the
door. her head slightly raised against
the wall beneath the dressing bench
Over her face was towel that still
smelled OF chioroform.
Titus was on ms knees beside her
hsy.ns sb fs,en IN nmss GFoneGing position
builet,wounl III ms right temple. anC
the blood flowing down over MS fac,
had stained the dress Of the girl AN,
pools had nearly dried up, and forme,
great dark patches.
a 3S-calIDre Smith a Wesson revolver
lying beside ms body, lolI the story =
how ne met MS death.
Inc news new through the village Xix
the wind and soon Il Iurge crowd gath
Or. W. j. Burns, WAC had been or
OF the searchers, arrived anortly an
sent for Coroner Duryea,,
The Coroner impanclled Il jury CON
prlsing o ", Parker T. " Sheridan
Samuel siencin, y ". Pdrdee. Fran
J. Colds, John Graham, Charles Snirer
James 'iichborne and Rev. H. Wish
They viewed the hCdtt, and aGiourne
the inquest until Tuesday next.
\, Letters Found.
No letter nor any written in.lira,ic
Of cause for the tragedy could !
found. Titus had in his pockets "a waite
some money, keys ana a memoranda
book that contained nothing rCntIN
Miss Dun's clothing WAS equally barr,
DR.. Burns, who contemplates the ca
with the same wonder that ills all Il
people Of tho village and vicinity. to
an Evening World, iTrepor'er this NOR
deed In NJ of insanity.
That man was crazy as true as y,
were born" said the doctor. IT
attack may have been growing up
him unperceived and unsupported
his friends, His mania took n hon
cidel and suicidal turn, and up to t
even Miss Dun could have dreamed
his condition
"IIe could easily have enticed her
seat in the bath-house which look
out upon the ocean, and there carri
out the details OF his murderous plan
He probably seized her tightly wi
one hand and arm and applied /
saturated cloth to her face, check
her breath and ability TO cry out
once. and holding IT there until she "
dead.
Then, likely, he closed the door. ;
down on the bench and shot himse
sliding down to the floor into the
titude in which he was found"
IL Dr. Burns 10 correct in his GO
lecture. II does not appear just "
Titus employed chloroform upon
girl and shot himself, unless he "
prompted by that fantastic delica
that often comes to the woman-slaN
not to shed her blood or mar her he
with wound.
Bodies Taken 10 the Cottage.
The bodies were taken upon 4
Coroner's permit 10 the Dun cottage.
Constable Brengel said at first II
Isl he had burst open the bath-hol
door. An Evening World reporter I