The record-union., 1898-12-09

ST. LOUIS, Dec. S.-Dr. Otto Suffer-
Superintendent of the City Hospital,
says the case of Elliott L. Duckworth,
who was mysteriously shot in Forest
Park in June 1897, was one of the most
remarkable that ever came under his
observation.
Il recall all the circumstances of that
case now,' said DR.. Sutter. THE pa
tient was entered on the hospital rec
ords as Edward Doling. That was the
name on a card found in his possess
sion. 1t was a month before we found
out that that was not his name.
AT first he would reply to the name
of Doling, and he said that was his
name. / talked to him many times, but
he could not recall anything of the
past. He was always sure that he did
not attempt TO kill himself, but he
could not tell how he came to be
wounded.
Later the patient improved, and
finally said that his name was Elliott
L. Duckworth, and that his home was
in Springfield Mo. He said his sister,
Mrs. Eva C. Hutchinson. lived in
Hutchinson, Kan. She afterward came
for him and took him to her home
Mrs. Eva c. Hutchinson of Hutchin-
son, Kan, throws more light on the
mysterious shooting of her brother, Ell
lott L. Duckworth, in this city on July
II, 1897.
A special telegram from the Kansas
town says that Mrs. Hutchinson made a.
more detailed statement to-day. She
says that the letter that decoyed her
brother from his home was handed to
n i'm 1T Tn
six miles from Springfield, the day be-
fore the shooting, by a stranger. She
says the stranger was Doling or his
agent. The man who gave Duckworth
the letter also furnished him with
money to buy ticket for st. Louis.
This stranger, while they were yet in
Nichols Junction. asked Duckworth if
he possessed a revolver. He received
reply in the affirmative. The stranger
bought the revolver.
This same weapon, with one chamber
empty, was found by Duckworth's side
III Forest Park the next day. Mrs
Hutchinson reasons that the stranger
went into ST. Louis on the same train
with her brother, killed him with this
revolver, and then left the weapon by
his side, SO as to make a plausible sui
eide theory.
telegram from Kansas City Kan,
where Duckworth died on November 1S.
1898, brings corroboration of the story
told by his sister, Mrs. Hutchinson.
While the unfortunate young man
was in the hospital there he told sew
eral of the nurses and doctors of the
shooting in st. Louis and the circum-
stances leading up to it. At noon to-
day A S. Duckworth called at police
headquarters, and had a long CONVEX
sation with Chief of Detectives Des-
mond relative to the assassination of
Elliott l. Duckworth Mr.. Duckworth
lives at st. Louis, and is employed by
the Adams Express Company. He
lived in Terre Haute, Ind, until last
May.
i am confident my brother did not
kill himself, said Mr. Duckworth. He
was in Terre Haute with me in April
before he was shot
When I learned of the shooting and
that card with the name of Edward
Doling' on it had been found in his
pocket I went to the Chief of Police at
Terre Haute and asked him if man
named Doling was wanted there. He
looked over his records, and said Ed
ward L. Doling was wanted in Evans
vile, Ind, for embezzlement.'
Mr.. Carter of Springfield, Mo-, who
accompanied Mr.. Duckworth to police
headquarters, is a friend of the family.
He told of his visit with Duckworth's
relatives to the residence of the wound
ed man, and said: I'VE learned about
his having been in Nichols Junction"
&c. w. Rexcood, his brother-in-law.