Evening journal., 1897-03-04

| cannot ind out what IL is / did not
know OF my sons relations with Miss
Peacock until three or four months ago.
AT that time he told me he was mar
ried 10 her Since then Stanley has told
me that he has been telling lie after lie
regarding their relations. He was. he
said, protecting her and leading a false
life"
WHERE IS THE CHILD?
The child said to have been born TO
Mrs luchton in January. is missing.
some say that 1t was dead-born, while
others say that Tuchton placed il in a
home in Philadelphia The police will
endeavor to secure the child. which is
said to have been a boy
MAY KNOW SOMETHING.
The inquest will not be held for
several days, and one of the most inn
portant witnesses will probably be
Mrs. e. f. Morrow, of No. 1888 King
street.
Mrs. Morrow said; Il was seated at
the supper table one night recently
when the letter-carrier brought me n
letter, and, upon examining il. | found
II was from Fannie Peacock. The mis-
sive was addressed 20 Mrs. Pyle. the
dead girls aunt and, without opening
the letter took il to Mrs Pyle. The
letter stated that she was i'm Philadel-
phia and was extremely happy. but did
net divulge where she was stopping.
Having read the missive. Mrs. PYLE
wrote letter to Fannie in return. That
the girl received it was evident from
/, the contents OF another letter which
was in answer to the one sent her by
her aunt"
CALL FROM TUCHTON.
Mrs. Morrow, although greatly wor-
Z ried about Fannie. heard nothing from
her until last Sunday morning. She was
preparing TO go to church. when some
one Knocked at the door, and. upon
. opening II, she was brought face to face
with Stanley TuchtOn. Mrs. Morrow
invited him in the parlCr. Tuchton
, asked Mrs. Morrow II she had seen
anything of Fannie. stating that he
I was in Philadelphia the previous night
1 and learned that she was missing Mrs
D Morrow asked Tuchton If it were true
that Fannie had given birth 70 a child
s in January, and was informed that II
d was. In reply to Mrs. MOrrows inquiry
r as TO the whereabouts OF the child
Tuchton said:
a 81 will answer that question when we
"a
g Morrow that he married the girl under
= an assumed name in June last, and added
+ that it was his intention of rectifyine
o the wrong by second marriage Tuch.
h ton then left Mrs MorrOw's house, but
again returned on Tuesday morning, re
peating his inquiry as 70 whether Mrs
Morrow had seen anything Of the girl
u Fifteen minutes later the body wal
+ found.
! MAN IN THE CASE.
~ It is said that Mrs. Tuchton was ac
y quainted with a certain man in Phila
N delphia, and on Saturday night she wa
r seen with him. The police say tina
n such is not the case. and Mrs. Beidle
y man says the story is false as the onl.
caller Mrs. 1uchtOn had was Mr.. Tuch
10 ton Mr. Tuchton also denies the state
i ment, and says that the story is mer
~ gossip. The detectives scout the ide'
% Of another man in the case.
IS OFFICERS ON THE CASE.
Chief Of Police Dolan had officer
Is this morning securing the woods an'
II vicinity where the body was found
r Every nook and Granny have been gOn
over, but nothing has been found tina
will throw any light on the mystery
le Hundreds of people visited the plac
m yesterday and to-day, and the camer
IS fiends were out in force. Several wer
Of from Philadelphia.
Ie THE DEAD WOMAN BURIED.
II II The funeral Of the unfortunate wo
. man took place this morning from th
- home of Mr.. Tuchton's grandmother
No 213 West Eleventh street. The re
- mains were taken from Undertake
~ Chandlers office at $50 o'clock and tn
~ crowd of morbid curiosity-seekers wa
~ disappointed as no one knew that th
~ funeral was to take place from the res
~ dence given. The remains reposed !
~ a hand-carved mahogany casket, wit
silver extension handles. The linin
u. was of pearl-colored satin. There wei
lis several floral offerings from the dea
tn womans numerous friends. A pillow
es with the word Fannie" bore the car
e- of Stanley Tuchton. There were nj
le, merous bouquets of cut flowers, an
of the casket was covered with violet
sft which were the dead girls favorii
he flowers. Rev. w. L. S. Murray, CT 5
er Paul's M. r. Church, conducted the fl
at- neral services, which were simple an
ut brief. The pall-bearers were Mark Nj
Kenna, John Aspin, George Moore, Wi
-eI liam Pritchett Louis Hance and Hari
et- Blythe. Interment was made a. u
I'm Wilmington and Brandywine Cemeter
cal James 7. Chandler conducted tho +
ect neral arrangements.
IN JURORS FOR THE INQUEST.
ia Deputy Coroner Chandler has empa
ellei the following jurors to sit in q
,,- case: Charles Whann, j. j. Doherty,
~ -ss p. Stetser. Frank Carey. William l.
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yle eral COopei ',.s@o WI ,t ,ha iro,,est
all 1ioh Vi INC "i''i09S'' a. nv
an, FUNERAL or MRS. SARAH Z.
"a THOMPSON.
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