The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-11
HER DEAD HUSBAND.
Mrs. Detwiller Defends Reputation
OF D:parted Doctor.
Articles Alleged TO Hav, Been Stolen He
Came by Honestly.

Interest In the mysterious conduct OF
the late Dr. J. w. Detwiller of Bethle-
hem, Pa, Increases at Newport, and
Prof. Wolcott Gibbs of Harvard College
viii, il is claimed. be furnished proof
within few days that the goods stolen
from his Newport cottage were legiti-
mately purchased by the deceased in
Denver. Wife No. made the follow
ing signed statement last night:
II am in receipt OF clippings from
New York, Boston and Philadelphia
papers, all bearing on one subject, that
OF my late husbands misdeeds. That
| am undertaking a painful mission in
endeavoring 10 clear his name of the
unjust rumors. the public can best
Judge. The fact that a partial assay
er's outfit had been secreted in the cot
tage has been exaggerated in a most
unknd manner. The articles found
were part of an assayer's outfit which
DIR. Detwiller took in part payment for
debt in Denver, Col, I'm January,
1897.
"The regent bottles, altering papers,
assayer's oven, now to be found IN the
nOIlnMtSl GDTutI VI iilf nan an hhN ~
tage are a part OF a collection bought
or exchanged at that time. | partic-
ularly remember the coils OF wire Cight
I'm COLOR. and | can furnish the name
of the person i'm Denver 10 whom the
articles belonged.
"Dg. Detw.aer had visited Boston on
~ once since ! have known him; that
was In May, 1898. | was in his company
every minute of the time spent there.
Having been In Newport only eight
months, his night calls consisted of
three names and dates, which l can
furnish. ON no occasion did he leave
the house i'm the evening or night, as
we had no servants, and in no instance
could / be persuaded to remain In the
house alone after dark. | was confined
to my room with illness from Feb. "a to
March II. during which time my nus
band was my only nurse. i have posi-
tive proof of this.
"A g. Titus held mortgage on our
entire household effects for a loan of
5000. IT is hardly likely that my hus-
band would have given so valuable an
outfit OF books and instruments as col
lateral for so small sum had he been
i'm possession of so much wealth ana
such easy access 10 getting more. l am
quoted as having carried bric-a-brac
and china to different neighbors. IL Is
my desire that the proper party exam
inc these alleged valuabes They con-
sist of articles which l collected as
schoolgirl. and were not included in
Mr.. Titus mortgage. My object I'm re-
moving them was that | feared might
never he able TO come 10 Newport
again also. that they were OF value
only TO me- from association. II sold TO
satisfy debts they would bring simply
nothing. while to me they meant so
much that / wished to feel sure they
would not be lost TO me.
THE collection OF curious in the at
tic was prepared by my husband for
the Natural History Society OF New
port, which wish | should be pleased
TO have carried into effect. The ar
ticles concealed and found were not
included i'm the mortgage. My hus-
band may have securely hidden them
when he found his financial standing
growing doubtful. as a last resort, in
case the worst came.
IL am sure Prof. Gibbs will soon be
i'm a position to acknowledge the error
and do me the Justice to make IL widely
known
MARGARET s. DETw1LLER.
Newport, Oct. 10. 1S9S"