Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-06-18
TIE LONG ISLAND MYSTERY.

1n6 LON0 lSAdNO IA . Eh
Yesterdays revelation 10 the
mystery OF the death of Clsrencs Fos'
ter and Sarah Lawrence near Good
Ground, L. / =, week ago have made
it even more imperative than before
thst Louis Disbrow, the companion Of
the two on the night which ended so
fatally, should be produced by bis
friends or his family and made t) clear
up the strange circumstances which
surround the entire case and which
poil to q guilty coDDett'on on his
part with the death OF toe you ng
people.
Since the very Incomplete s!stameut
that be made on Sunday lsst of what
Dlsbrow told him at Z stpoit, young
Will Walton, the Good Ground
painter, has been T, ticent and has de-
clined to be questioned by anybody.
Yesterday Walton broke Gown and
added facts of the greatest importance
to his statemer t.. According 10 him
Foster and Miss Lawrence made q
ioirt declaration Of love 10 the pres
ence of Disbrow on the beach 10 front
OF the Ternell House, and declared
their IL tsption of elopipg together.
Then it was that Dlsbrow sttscked
Fost'r ard was whipped by him. Dis
brow says that when the pair left 10
the boat, which eventually turned over
with them, be went back to the Ter
nell House and went to bed.
Yesterday developed that two boats
instead of one we're taken from the
beach In front of Nelson o. Squ'res'
he use that Tuesday morr ing, and that
only one was returned. No one else has
been fcuod who was on the beach that
night and no one has been located who
used squires' boats. 1t Is the firm belief
of people ct Good Ground that these new
facts have done more 10 clear up
the mystery than anything yet reveal
ed. They show that two boats we're
used, and 1t seems pretty clear that the
second boat was used by Dsbrow. All
the new developments have been com
municated to the PiDkerton men who
are investigating the case on behalf OF
the authorities, aud unless Disbrow APP
pears today OF some promise Is given
that be will soon appear and explain
things, q warrsLt will be issued for his
arrest.
Definite information about Louis Dis
brow was forthcoming yesterday for the
6rst time since Saturday last. This 10.
formation disposed pretty e6ectually OF
any doubts that Dsbrow was alive, and
also limited that the young mans rea-
sons for remaining In hiding we're no
necessarily connected with the Good
Ground mystery. As to Disbrow'f
whereabouts information is withheld,
but friends OF his family believe that he
is no farther away from bis home in
Richmond Hill, LII, than Jamaica, l..
l., where he has many friends and &C.
quaintsnces.
The source OF the new information
was Thomas A. Disbrow. the young
msn's father, who has said all along
that he thought bis son bad disappear
ed from public view for fear Of the con-
SEQUENCES of signing his fathers name
without authority to bank checks
which he had scattered about Good
Ground. Mr.. Disbrow said yesterday
morning that he had, since 6 O'CLOCK
Monday night, heard indirectly from
bis SON aud was satisfied OF the wisdom
OF the boys course 10 keeping silent &c
far concerning the Good Ground affair
Confirmation was given by Mr.. Dis
brow to the opinion which had begur
to be held that 30 fer as developments
| in the strange Good Ground case de-
pended on the whereabouts Of Louis
| Dsbrow and the story he might havs
to tell there was likely to be some hap
peping OF interest In day or two. Dis
brow did not say that.