The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-09-04

be expected at the coroner's office thls afternoon. ...
 This statement was confirmed by the fact that Coroner oMeagher was about the coroner's office all day, though this Is his week off. He went out for luncheon at noon, and left word that he would be back In a short time,
 The ease of Mrs, Bliss has attracted a good deal of attention, She died on Friday last at her home. On that date a quantity of clam chowder and some pie was sent to her by a messenger. Since that time a continual inVestiga- tion has been made by the police and the coroner.
 It was learned on good authority to- day that the case will come up in the Harlem police court this afternoon, from whence 1t will go to the coroner's office in the usual course.
 Police Captain Thompson made inter esting discoveries when he called at the Colonial hotel He learned that there were two young girls, Miss Wood and Miss Heating, who acted as cashiers, the former from a, m. until 5 D. m, the latter after 8 p. m. on Friday,
 It was found that chowder had been sent up to Mrs, Fleming's suite on the third floor after o'clock. Miss Keat- ing produced the check, which was signed by Grace Fleming, the seven year-old daughter of Mrs. Fleming, The other children are Walter and a baby boy fourteen months old. Mrs Fleming is daughter of Mrs. Bliss.
 Captain Thompson secured the check and subpoenaed the manager of the hotel, It was also learned that Mrs, Bliss visited the hotel on Thursday and said then to friend that she never felt better in her life.
 The property in which Mrs. Bliss had
 the life interest was worth $20O,OOO, and was what in legal terms is known as call trust.
 Mrs, Fleming, in proof of her moth- er's death, can secure immediate con- trol of the fortune,
 The Rev. Dr. Patey, rector of St.
 Luke's Episcopal church, 14lst street
 and Convent avenue, conducted the fu-
 neral services this morning, after which the body was taken to Greenwood cem- etery, where it will be buried in the family plot,
 l Only a few friends and relatives at | tended the services, which were very
 simple, The body, dressed in plain
 gown, lay in a silver mounted coffin, covered with black broadcloth. sill yer plate on the lid bore the inscrip- tion: "Evalina Bliss, Died Aug, 30th l 1885"
 Instructions had been given to the undertaken by MT. Bliss to allow none l but relatives to enter the room where
 the services were held, since the family desired to avoid publicity.
 | Captain Thompson of the West One | Hundred and Twenty-fifth street sta
 ton said this mornig that he had not
 been notified officially as to the results of the analysis of Mrs. Bliss stomach
 which was made yesterday by Chemist 1 w. T. Seheele. The examination had | been oredered by Coroner O'Meagher From other sources the captain had learned that poison was discovered in the woman's stomach.
 | Captain Thompson refused to divulge the name of the messenger who carried l the clam chowder which contained the l poison, from the Colonial hotel to Mrs. | Bliss home, but he intimated that the police knew who purchased the chow l der and also who sent the messenger with 1t to Mrs. Bliss
 | Dr. William F. Pullman of 4S West l One Hundred and Thirty-fifth street, who attended Mrs. Bliss during her l Illness caused by the poison in her stomach, said this morning that he would not state what information he had re- ceived from the coroner's office and the 1 police of the West One Hundred and
 Twenty-fifth station, but said he be- lieved the mystery would be fully solv- | ed very shortly.
 He said he did not ask after pres cribing the medicine, whether the drugs
 had been given to his patient regularly
 as his business was merely to prescribe
 the medicines to counteraet the poison
 and there he felt his responsibility ceas- ed The doctor refused to give any further information on the subject to- | day.