Evening journal., 1897-03-04
RACE VICTIM BURIED.
Fannie Peacock's Funeral
Took Place This Morning.
WHERE IS TUCHToNs oHILD2

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WHERE is TUOHT0Ns 0HILD7
THE DETECTIVES CANNOT FIND
THE CERTIFICATE OR RECORDS
OF THE MARRIAGE OF STANLEY
TUCHToN AND MISS PEACOCK.
MRS. MORROW TELLS HER
STORY.
II is now almost universally beiieved
that Mrs. Stanley Tuchton. whose dis
| figured body was found In the Brandy
wine race, was brutally murdered and
her hody thrown in the race to conceal
the crime. From the time the body was
discovered, the detectives and the po-
lice secuted the idea of murder, and
contended that It was case of mis-
placed love and suicide. The officers on
the case have practically dropped the
suicide theory and now believe that the
woman was murdered. They place no
suspicion on Stanley Tuchton, the dead
girls reputed husband. as every point
in his story has been verified.
REASONS FOR MURDER.
The physicians who made the post
norton examination still contend the
| girl was murdered, as the wounds on
/ her body could not have been sustained
! by falling off the bridge. The absence
Of water in the lungs lends color to the
murder theory, as also does the physi-
clans belief that the wounds on the
forehead were inflicted by some force
other than contact with the bottom OF
the race.
STANLEY TUCHTON'S STORY.
Stanley Tuchton's Whereabouts from
late Saturday afternoon are said to be
known 10 the police. Tuchton says that
he went to Philadelphia on the 5.Si
train. Arriving there. he at once visit
ed Mrs. Beidleman, onThompson street
and was told that his wife had lef
there shortly after u o'clock. TuchtoT
Immediately returned to Wilmington
going to his fathers home, at No. 81
Jefferson street, and asked his father
Fannie had been there He was tol,
that she had not He then returned 4
Philadelphia and called on Fredericl
Peacock, the dead girls brother. who i
employed in a store atSecond street ant
Girard avenue, but gained no informa
tion concerning the missing woman.
Tuchton remained in Philadelphia
over night and on Sunday was joine
by his father, and the two went to tn
b City Hall and reported the disappear
ance 10 the Philadelphia police sun
day afternoon Tuchton returned &
, Wilmington and made diligent searc
here.
THE SECRET MARRIAGE.
The detectives are looking for proc
Of the secret marriage. Detective wit
sill yesterday visited Rev. w. II. Bul
rel, of Camden. whom Tuchton sal
. performed the ceremony. The detectiy
n learned that no record of any such ma
! riage had been made. MIR. Burre
q searched his records Of marriages pc
/ formed last year, but found nothing
: indicate that Tuchton had been MAJ
: ried by him under that name. He, how
: ever, stated TO Detective Witsil that b
q married two couple who claimed Wi
\ mington as their homes. last June, bu
: owing to the disparity in the ages,
! was positive that neither couple wa
! Tuchtcn and Miss Peacock.
: Tuchton, on the other hand, swear
+ that they were married by Mr.. Burre
y but can show no certificate of maj
: riage
THE PHYSICIANS THEORY.
Drs. j. p. Pyle and J. r. Smith, ii
physicians who made the post-mortel
g examination, believe the woman ws
d foully murdered. as the wounds are
s such a nature that they could not hay
:. been self-inhicted They say that
), the woman had leaped off the bridg
+; which is fifty-fve feet above the rae
/, her bones would have been broken. al
s. the examination revealed that not
/, bone in the body was broken. tt
s autopsy revealed one thing that cann'
a be accounted for. The entire right sic
e Of the body was a bright red color, al
resembled flesh that had been dipp'
in hot water. The flesh, however, hS
not been broken.
le TUCHTONS STATEMENTS DENIE
IS The story told by Tuchton that
J. wife was not on friendly terms wi
al her aunt, Mrs. Annie Pyle, who liv
Id at No. GIG West Sixth street, was d
" MED by the Pyle family. Mrs Ply
r who is sick in bed from the shock
le her niece's death, said that she l.
2, there July G, with a small bundle. S
)y never returned About a week aft
D. her departure Mrs. Pyle received a l.
ter from the girl, dated New York, b
not containing any address.
Mrs. Pyle believes that the girl ney
IS lived in New York, and that several Il
y ters sne received were mailed fro
TX there in order to hide the girls II
a residence. Mrs. Pyle had no dirt
IS. knowledge of the alleged marriage 4
&c til after the tragedy. Mrs. Tuchton "
a in Wilmington on February %, but
m. not call on Mrs. Pyle.
90 When the young woman first diss
peared the Pyle family had Detecti'
- Witsil and McVey to look up
n whereabouts, but they were unsucce
full. Tuchton was asked by Mrs. p,
ed where her niece was, but he denied
he knowledge of her. Before Fannie P'
he cock left the Pyle home the fam
IRE knew of her delicate condition a
n asked Tuchton to marry her. This
aw promised TO do.
FOUND BY HER AUNT.
Mrs. Tuchton was located in hol
on Twelfth street, Philadelphia, by
IT. aunt, Mrs. Stapleton, who was walk