The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-29
MRS. M,cor,s DIsAPrEARAycE.
After . Lapse OF Nearly Six V-ars She 10
yudlclally Proneunccd Dead.

ut1o.
PorsHKEEPsIE. Aug. es.-Nearly six years
ago Mrs. William Mccoy left the Hamilton
place. on the South road. where her husband
vas employed as a c~oachman, to post a letter.
and so far as is known by her friends and rela.
tives. was never seen atterward. She could 10:
have disappeared more mysteriously and COM
pletely Il the earth had opened and swsl-
lowed her up. Mrs. Mccoy had some prop
erty. and Ler husband had been trying
10 get his hands on it without suc-
cess. When sue disappeared under suspicious
circumstances Mccoy was believed by the
authorities 70 know OF her fate. and he was
closely questioned and q search made o; the
little house occupied by him and his wife, but
him a chanc. 10 relieve himself OF the susp!C! ION,
and for a -hiie Mccoy struggled 10 keep his
SO s~tronsiT sSaiust him. After a few weeks he
threw up his situation ana started N the saloon
to fail un the saloon as soon as he took hold OF it,
and for several years he has not been seen
The disappearance OF Mrs. Mccoy has become
a household s.oIect throughout this part Of ne
St"te. and the fact that she has ius. been ,u'ii-
J est. The car, 7-otesdlngs were brief. wiIlstt
+. HoysraIt, receiver o. Mrs. McCoy's properly.
believed the woman dead. Judge Barnard ex-
pressed himself as satisfied that the woman is
dead; and ORDERED her pr9peEt; sold under the
This was done on "Wednesday.
Mrs. McCoy Disappeared on Aug. IS. 1901.
She left the Hamilton place, which sitA on Il hill
about half a iniie west OF The old post road. to
walk to this city. 1t W.. In the afternoon.
up. Her husband said that he saw her leave
the house: hut thai Is al be I'D to tell about
her mogrments TIE 6 T9Gd Io from an the ,6 hogs' f. f.
Is Hinged w, Nth orr shF.o'trS and tree, ,r and
obtainable from any ono point. When Mrs.
Mccoy left the house her husband was out work.
who saw her on the highway or near it. There
IL no proof that she ever reached it. The police
made a thorough search OF the house; hut Ionni
few red spots on the fnor.. To duck pond vas
dragged and this revealed nothing. Mccoy
watched the proceecin s' with no snow OF anx'
II Mrs. Mccoy were murdered, her assassin
was favored by tho long interval between hel
disappearance and thu time at which active
search Wis made to discover her fate. 1t was
fully a INC month before ,@ H..{ r. p " steps o, %G r.
Mccoy concerning his ~ife's whereabouts: tina,
be Knew where she wHs ana that her retuT,r
Mccoy had stuck to this story he would
have DELAYED. SUSPICION much longer. One d.y
wIfe's property transferred 10 him, urging that
she had de on L3pE Island, This story got C
his watchfulness unti! every clue had been ex
haustet, Mccoy dtnied any compltcity in hi
/ III \ III u. fttiha NutH ~ AhlAl lc
property because h. had som money in II, AM
as she did not come back nc wanted to secure III
return.
Mrs McCoy's maiden name was Annie Dnraa
and she wac m lrrici 10 mccoy In New Sorl
three years baforc her disappearance. She hat
an account in the Poughkeepsie Savings Bank
and In addition TO other property owned a tene
ment on the south road. Her bank hook. deets
and othinz were all left behind when she dis
appeared. Articles that would have been
necessity TO any woman travelling were left II
her home untouched. sne said nothing to any
holy about going away, Sn6 had rblatiyaa Ii
sharon. Conn TT hey never have bee
woman. Relatives at Rochester were Ike
wise unable to aid the nutkSritles. Dec
as the mys'ery is. II IS plain that Mccoy, for tn
sake OF getting his wite,s property, was wlllinl
10 believe her dctd, Tie Coiple. hNd ,~freauen
disputes on the subject Of Mrs, McCoy's money
Mccoy frequently tit 70 ontsin title to hi
an insurance policy on her property made on
to him. and again Mr. M,Coy reported to III
her bank book. Mo-, by the act OF Judge Bal
nard. In ordering Mrs, McCog's property pa
tiLioned among her heirs. Mccoy sees his las
chance gone 10 get any OF his wife's money.