St. Paul daily globe., 1894-02-12

| pose 10 place heSlQe the remains or our
little child, who is buried at London,
| Cnt
| In regard TO the story that l caused
my wife'S remains 10 ba cremated in
order that no Investigation could be
made into the cause of her death, L can
only say that she was cremated at her
own request. and l can prove this by
The evidence of several people. AS L
| have previously stated, was not i'll any
way Instrumental in the death of my
WIFI, ami there is absolutely no truth
In the reports that DR.. Fleming. who is
physician 10 the Actors Fund of
| America, ana who has been the trusted
physician of professional people since
the days of Edwin Forrest.
GAVE MY WIFE MEDICINE
tAat in any way Injured her; and there
is also no truth IN the report that my
wife's maid, Annie joyce, had anything
to do with the death of my wife. | have
! brought Miss Joyce back to this country
with me SO that it will not be difficult to
refute these cruel and outrageous cal
umnies"
Miss Annie joyce was next inter
viewed by the ASSocioted Press repre-
| sentative. Miss Joyce is an attractive
| looking young woman, and wore neat
mourning suit and a jaunty crepe bon
net. Miss joyce said:
There is absolutely no truth in the
stories connecting me with the death or
Miss PiXley. L do not know what has
been said, and shall ignore the state
mentS and charges made against me en-
tirely. The charges You mention as
those that have been circulated are
simply preposterouS, and. so far as l am
| concerned, | court the fullest inquiry
into the death of Miss PiXley SO far as
| my attendance of her during her last
| illness is concerned or otherwise"
| The alleged mysterious death in Lon
! don Of the late Miss Annie PiXley. the
well-known American actress, which,
according to the published statements
OF her family, was due to a conspiracy
| on the part of Robert Fulford, her hus-
nle Joyce, maid to Miss PiXley, has
aroused considerable comment among
| the friends of both parties. The friends
| OF hlr. Fulford are indignant. and refer
| To the charges with contempt. and as
| sert that it only requires Mr.. Fulford's
| presence here to entirely diSSipate
them.
THE OTuER SIDE.
On the part of the family their at
torney. Col. X. j. Haire, is vigorously
Investigating the case with view TO
secure the right OF his clients to a share
or the estate Of the actress more than
attempting to prove that Miss PiXley's
death was due to her husbands desire
to make away with her. Col. Haire all
nounceS that he has positive evidence
TO prove that Miss Pixley left q Will
providing for her family, and witnesses
who Will testify as 10 the harsh treat
ment of his wife by Fulford. Forgeries
in the transfer of deeds are also
broadly limited at. The case, which
Will come up i'll Philadelphia, promises
to be sensational one. The estate of
Miss PiXley is Vari0usly estimated at
from 500. 900 TO S400, 900. Among other
things it included $4,000 mortgage OH
the Park theater in Philadelphia. The
latter, it is claimed by Col. Hare. Miss
PiXlev arranged prior to her death to be
set aside absolutely for her mother. In
connection with tile charges emanating,
according to published reports, from
the PiXiey family, Starr l.. PiXley.
brother OF the late Annie PiXley. said to
the Associated Press representative on
behalf of the family:
THE DEATH PECULIAR.
"We all believe that the ma nner in
which my sister came so suddenly to an
end is. to say the least. peculiar. While
we have no proof upon which to base
prosecution OF Robert Fulford, her hus-
band, for causing the death of my Sis
ter, the published stories and inter
views with my mother and sister repre-
sent Our opinions on the subject. The
only object of the legal proceedings we
are preparing to make is to obtain what
we believe TO be our right to q proper
share of AnDic's estate and to cause
Mr. Fulford to make proper accounting
to us Of his disposition Of the will, deeds
and papers OF Ty sister, in which we
can prove we are interested.
My sister trusted implicitly in her
husband; he was always in full control
of her property and deposited in banks
all her money in his name. so that
Annie had to go to her husband for
every dollar she wanted to spend. An
MES brain was i'll no way affected.
Last September when she was i'll her
husband
CALLED IN DIR. FLEMING
to attend her. DR.. Fleming and Mr..
FulfOrd were intimate friends. Annie
did not like him and begged that she be
permitted to have another physician.
We don't know exactly what the pow
derS were which were prescribed for
her and which were so perslstentiy and
regularly administered by Joyce, An
nie's maid and dresser. We wish we
had kept one of these for analysis.
''AS it stands, however" continued
Mr.. PiXley, I've can only give it as our
| opinion that Annle's death was mys-
| teriouS, and her cremation, despite the
wish of the family that her remains be
| sent home, only adds, in our minds, to
| the strength Of this view. The entire
lack of proof, in legal sense. prevents
| our making these charges against Full
ford. 1t is true that Mr.. Fuford has
complete possession Of the entire estate
of his wife. Everything has been trans
| ferred to him, and we suspect Joyce to
| have assisted in this. Her writing is
| certainly very like that of my sister.
We don't think it possible that
! Annie ever intended to leave her moth
| er or any of US out of her will. In fact,
| ii is well known to many who knew my
| sister that she proclaimed her intention
of providing handsomely for her
| mother. Only short time previous to
| her departure to England, Annie showed
Alice. her sister, typewriter docu-
| ment with blue cover, which was un-
doub;edly her will. She kept this docu-
ment in her writing desk. She one day
| showed Alice this paper, and. covering
all but a few lines, called her attention
| to clause reading to Alice, 81. 500, a
| diamond sunburSt and ring There
is no doubt in our minds but that the
remainder of that document contained
other clauses providing for our mother
and all of US share in her estate''
Mr.. Pixley expressed the conviction
that his brother-in-law, Mr.. Fulford,
would not again visit America, and that
the family did not expect to see any
thing more of him.
| COL. HARE TALKS.
Col. r. }. Haire, of 245 Broadway,
counsel for the PiXley family, referring
to charges made regarding the death OF
Annie PiXley, said to a representative