New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-20
Dwight, who had hurried to his room in response

ip % who had AL hurried to his room in response
Colonel Dwight was only tor,y-one year. old
half Ct his death was in no apparent S t. danger Ills
d.co.sd deep arnow "GT'i the
d Sad at the
However the theory that he had committed suicide
s5 e Saaa Of s o s oun %s
vas also asserted that ;he body was not thai OF
Dwight had disappeared out The back door and
gone to Mexico or South A% peri whf 5 'evTT'
fact that he had disguised himself tha, very day
prove the truth OF this theory The insurance com.
pancs fought the case bitterly. and finally ended
Rave besn the truth OF Of the eSqr theories
vanced the controversy was acFld ana 10 inis gay
or the question whenever 1t ts renewed ana the
mystery II mystery II was. is nearer solution
row than II was twenty years ago
ANOTHER MYSTERY.
OF equal interest and for a time Of equal mystery
is the Colvocoresses case. Captain Colvocoresses.
a prominent retired officer OF the United States
Navy. was discovered In a dying condition In an
unfrequented street OF Bridgeport. Conn. on the
night ct June 8. 1872 The captain on his way
TO meet Insurance agent In New-York at the
time he met his death. and had previously taken
tut heavy assurances on his life amounting TO Sso-
500 A. 1920 o'clock the night he died ne was
seen by druggist. Half hour later his BODY
Just after the report Of a pistol was hearG ~ ~
was wounded in the chest, and his shrt was on
ing linen that the policeman went immediately 10
him disgonaiy across ross the street s sh,oned PER
cusslon lock horse.ps;o- HIS s"oru-ca"e' u''-
The enormous amount OF the insurance taken out
by Captain Colyocoresses. coupled with ne pauci,y
test the claims especially as. although there were
within short distance OF the place o,
the captains death they had heard no s5onoF o2cd
Although his sword-cane was broker captain Doi-
vocoressess clothing gave no indication OF strIs-
gle. The matter was finally, after some litigation
The CALENDER case is only Of interest In tina!
t was one OF the earliest. William Calender o. o.
Tor $500 on MS life Once in Harrisburg The
same afternoon he became III whila on h' %ay
POISONED t'oiitS DR. himself ,ei with arsenic. ~
Baron Bella onyi Hungarian nooeman OF sup
RoiSes 10 the asgregate amount o. STo se F o b
baron underwent complete change and from BE-
ms prominent at the racecourse ana Gaily
He did not spend his time at home. however but
left there in the morning. only returning shortF
before dinner. 10 so out again drectly af'er tn9t
meal and remaining away I'LL y O'Clock nightiy
His family dld not know what became OF nm
appearance was marvellous, From being stout ne
ana great circIes formed round his eyes Finally
after repeatedly refusing TO see physician, ne was
called in who pronounced il a cas- Of eallopins
consumption. from which disease the baron sup
fs nsu qiT TO his Wife and disclosed Tor the
first time the loss OF his fortune
WHY THEY REFUSED TO PAY.
The insurance companies refused 10 pay. alleging
that the baron had committed slow suicide and
Investigation showed that the nobleman had oc-
cuped a room in an obscure quarter OF the town
during his mysterious absences rom home. IT,
room. which had been locked up after the baron
death ordered broken open by the Couri, ana
was found 10 contain only sofa. TWO chairs and
two chests. one OF The chests held dozen Turkish
pipes and smoking suit While the oiner chest
WIN some smoking TOBACCO o. tht CoIIiui"Il'S ne
scriutIon. Prom wrappers found X appeared that
the baron had smoked up three thousand hNe nam
bred q these cigars ana huhlIed"elsht - 70
bacco IN q bout nine months The cause o. MS death
was believed 10 have been due TO saturaiion with
nicotine, taken into his system in POISONOUS guam
titles through the process OF smoking and the
companies Justified on that ground their refusal
TO pay the money.
call for only passing notice. on November %
Is9i tie officials Of the National Shoe and Leather
Bank discovered that through bookkeeper. san
uel c Seely, IN conjunction win depositoT,
Frederick Baker. no bank had beer robbed OF
S254 l. proved that Sccy tool and vic
tim Of Baker. and OF the enormous amount stoien
Seely personally received only about Sl.CCl FOL
loving hard on this discovery ca me me Tvs os
Bakers death BY drowning IN FIusnlHS LAY. near
which ne owned country place. He was heavily
insured but most Of his polIcec we're
ceiyed q heavy sentence, which Re Is now serving.
Two other famous suicide cases which attracted
Bethlehem Penn. in 1873, and the Jacob C. Wallis
case in Johnson Count. Mo. IN the Same year.
Kindred 70 them. and Of interest because o., their
mystery. are the "Ardlamon, mystery. Edin-
hlreh lSeo. the Wsckerle puzzle. Texas. l372, The
Maybr.ck case. LIVERPOOL FnFlaHd. 1859 the Austin
disappearance. Brooklyn. 1879. the Rhoda John on
Identity case Cincinnati 1853 and the " j. He'd
cen case also one Of mis- aiken Identity, Tacoma.
Wash. 1883