The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-07
WAS CRESSON INSANE
Letters in His Valise Hint at
Various Mysterious Grimes.
Ms Crazy Fancies Thought to Have
Caused His Suicide.
temporary Disappearance of His
Body Explained.

The suicide of Dr. II. T. Cresson. who
stood with his back against the railing
or Bergen Park shortly after 10 o'clock
last night. and. placing the muzzle of
revolver in his mouth. sent u bullet
crashing through his head, appears to
have been caused by the doctors insane
belief that he was the victim of "A plot.
This was discovered from letters found
In valise which the suicide dropped on
the sidewalk u moment before discharg-
ing the revolver.
In the valise were also some cards
bearing his name and giving his ad-
dress as 1874 South Seventeenth street.
Philadelphia.
Several OF the letters referred vaguely
TO some crime of which he was unjustly
accused. A letter addressed to Charles
III. Rutter, of All Walnut street, Phila
delphia. states that the writer Is the
victim of a plot to fasten the crime upon
him. A careful examination OF the con-
tents of the valise at the Coroner's
Office to-day brought to light the follow
Ing document:
Copy of an agreement mentioned In letter OF
Aug q. 1894. mailed to Paris the same day:
delpha except where absolute legal business
such as the death Of my brother or other serI
GUS event. requires II. shall notify YOU of nv
intent. except In case Of Howards or OF my
nncles sudden illness or death. In that case
shall take the next train to New York or
In few weeks the address OF a banker in
New York or Boston to whom money can he
1t is probable i shall be in Rome with Dr..
GaTan later on. ! shall come TO Paris in the
Summer after you leave there CDr. Holman and
and friend and these are my
ask YOU to send my allowance to a banker
whose address shall send you so that may
be freer to go to any part OF the world that !
Chas ii. Rutter, Ill and 4l3 Walnut street.
Philadelphia.
A despatch from Philadelphia to-day
states that Mrs. Howard Jones, of 1874
South Seventeenth street, a sister-ln- la W
OF the suicide, said that she could as
sign no motive for the Doctors act.
He was. she said. married man, with
two grown sons. One is living In Phila-
delphia and the other is in Paris with
his mother
Mrs. Cresson. according to Mrs. Jones,
Is very wealthy. and would not allow
her husband, who is graduate OF the
University of Pennsylvania, to practice
his profession.
James Demarest, a lawyer, of 1872 Mas.
known DIR. Cresson for about two years
Since July "A, according to Mr.. Dem
asest, the doctor has been living at
Belmar, N. j.
There was some excitement early in the
day, due to the fact that the suicide
BODY could not be found.
Park Policemen Egan and Baptiste
whereas the officials of that place said
they had received only an empty box
which was greatly bloodstained.
Inquiries were made In various parts
about It, and the disappearance was
rapidly developing into a sensation when
the body was finally located.
na T..Af .A.t, TT.
of 24s West Thirty-sixth street, arrived
at the Coroner's office at i O'clock.
He said that he had been applied to
about. l o'clock this morning while he
was in the Marlborough Hotel for a
permit to remove The suicides body to
Winterbottom's undertaking shop, at
Thirty-seventh street and Sixth avenue.
informed that the body had been taken
TO the arsenal. In Central Park, from
there to the sub-station at Union
s1ya,re and thence st to she
Morgue and took the body to the under
taking establishment.
At Winterbottom's establishment 1t
overlook the police wagon in front of the
main entrance to Bellevue Hospital, at
about 2.SO o'clock, and the boy was re-
move from one 6r wager to 0sr the other
arrive here from Philadelphia this after
noon to take charge Of the body.
+. S. Spencer. of SS3 Van Buren, street,
Brooklyn, called at the Coroner's Office
this afternoon and said that he was a
brother-in-law of DR.. Cresson.
He said that the doctor was a great
student and. had probably become de
ranged from overstudy; that he was a
wonderful philologist and could speak
many languages. He had travelled for
the Peabody Institute over Mexico and
Central and South America.
Mr.. Spencer went from the Coroner's
office to WInterbottom's undertaking
esta blishment to look after his brother