The evening world., 1894-07-13
SAYS He TALKED WITH COVER.
Dr. Biokford Asserts He Met the
Missing Man in Frisco,
Believes Nine. Nordica's Husband
u surely Alive.

BOSTON July IL. The news contained
IN a private letter received in this city
from London last evening conveying the
information that Fred A. ,;owrr. Ia"
husband OF Lillian NcrliCi, who. II ~"
supposed, was lost with a balloon eight
years ago, ON the banks of the Bosphor-
Gus. had been seen aliv" in that city,
created "A sensation. Henry \. Wing. at
present editor Of tn" Lewiston NI"l
sun. and who for til" past ten years
has been an active newspaper man in
New England submits these statements
lie said;
"Ab,u: two AMI bat yctrs ago pr
7. A. Hirkrrri. u bangor, who IS u
fiienl uf mine. and who Wa dlSr u
s"ioo.mtn Of Cover. tod me that when
h" blackboard WIS tn california. hr had
sr"l Cover and talked with him nu"-
ihs thh, clnNersLtiun Dr Rcktprl Il
m. tlr GLOWING story Cuncerniug his
me ,ing trwcr after hi. supposed death.
- know Cover az wen as know
YOU ana went to school with him. IL"
IL rot dead When was West az an
army surgeon, | had occasion to- go To-
california, and there met Cover 1t
was NOR" than a surprise to mo. and he
had To '"nNinc" ~" that he was III the
t"Sh ! went with him to his room. We
talked together for a long time Ne
iolu IN" NJ did not 70 MP in the balloon,
but that II dummy was sent ur and tho
crowd deceived. and that hr disap-
Az 10 the veragitN or pr. Rickiurl.
thcr" Is no douht. There wHH, II seems.
I a large amount vi money involved In
Covers estate, money supp lsrl 10y many
10 have come from some mysterious dea
between Gow"r and the Bell Telephone
| company. ThiS estate was "ntauDled
| in several WAYS and this might nave
turnishe "A motive for the strange action
nE Tower, lie A 4
man. somewhat cratic. but occasionally
when warned by Ia" cheering insplra-
! ton Of social glass would let loose ok
! rreHsicns which led many to infer that
| his source of revsnu. was tho Eel Telc-
( phone Company through Alexander Hell.
Al II late hour Last night the following
! interN iew was obtained with Dr. Bick-
! ford. in Bang lr, Ne. The doctor sad;
| The story told by MIR. Wing is sub.
stan,ially true. have known Cover
since he was Il boy in Sedgwick, Me
| After his balloon ascension. |. with
every ON" else thought him dead until
| the year 1887. when | met him face To
! tempted to brush M 10y without recognl-
| ton, but at my persistent advances
| finally acknowledged his Identity. There
IS no possible doubt of his being actually
TACOMA Wash, July 13.-Georgs
Lewis Cover, of this city. brother OF
| Fred \. Cover, discredts the news OF
| his brother being seen alive in London
sent out from New York, saying Fred
| Cover had been seen ia BOMBAY. This
was found to have started in the i'm.
ag!nation OF "A newspaper man who knew
| the family. George Cover says tina,
| Fred was alwaNs an eccentric man and
wanted to do any queer thing such as
dropping out of sight for number OF
years.
! He thinks his brother is stil alive
{ some where, but not in London, though
he has never heard from him, lie has
, never fully credited the story of his
brothers death Fred Covers life viii
his wife. Mime. Nordica. was not a happy
one. George Lewis Cover says thu
estate settled up was a small one.