Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-22
NEWPORT TRAGEDY DARK
Edward Remington Insists That His
Brother Was Murdered.
SCOUTS THE IDEA OF SUICIDE
Saws That Letter Found in Hatbox Contains
Sufficient Evidence Of Foul Play BY
Persons Unknown

q SuliS OHhlOUH
New York, Nov. Is. Edward Rem
ington, of Pittsburg. with an Office in
this city, declared yesterday that he
believed his brother, Robert r. Rem
ington. was murdered in the Reading
Room, at Newport, on August Is.
r. r. Remington. who came from a
well known Philadel phia family. was
engaged to Miss Nav Van Allen,
daughter of James ]. Van Allen. and
granddaughter of Mrs. William Aston.
the society leader of New York. Rem
inqton was living at boarding house
in Newport. August rs. and had re-
Gently returned from Europe on the
same ship that brought Miss Van Allen
and her father.
On the day of his death Rem ington
went to the Newport Reading Rooms,
which is the name of social club of
which he was member, and going to
room on the ton floor, rem aimed there
so long that when the superintendent
went to look for him he found him
dead with bullet wound in the head.
A revolver was near him. The Coro-
ner's verdict was suicide.
PROOF EXPECTED SOME DAY.
Edward r. Remington said that he
would some day show that his brother
did not kill himself. In statement is
sued yesterday declares that his broth
er did not commit suicide. That Miss
Van Allen gave evidences of genuine
affection for his brother; that Robert
r. Remington was not insane; that
the wounds were snck as could not
have been self inflicted that his broth
er's rooms in Newport had been ram
sacked by someone within two hours
after the tragedy at the Newport Read
ing Rooms, and that letter found in
hat box in his brothers. room con-
tains sufficient evidene of foul play.
In the Journal yesterday afternoon
Mr.. Remington was quoted as saying !:
TALK OF a SENSATION.
''Thls is case that if the guilty
ones become known will create SEN
sation such as has rarely been known
in this country believe that my
brother was foully murdered and l
have hesitated because / was not vet
prepared to lay hands upon the muir
derer of my brother.
''We know that he did not commit
suicide; we know that Miss Van Allen
gave every evidence of loving him f;
we know that her father forced her to
break her engagement; we know that,
beyond all doubt of peradventure, Rob.
ert r. Remington did not come to his
death by his own hands. That he did
not commit suicide is the belief of
three physiciansjwho held the autop-
sy. and would swear from the exam
nation made of the body in New
port. -
FOUR WOUNDS IN HEAD.
Mr.. Remington declares that he
found four wounds upon his brother S
head when he first examined the body
in an undertaking establishment. One
wound, about six inches long, from
the centre of the head to the forehead,
evidently was inflicted by a knife.
Another cash, about three inches long,
extended across the forehead, was evil
IDENTIFY inflicted with knife. A bull
let wound in the left side of the occi-
put, which had fiattened itself against
the side of the brain. was the third
wound found. This. he declares,
would. in the Judgment Of medical
men. have produced insensibility. The
fourthswound was caused by a bullet,
which passed through the roof of the
mouth, entering the brain.
Regarding the ransacking of his
brothers. room at Newport after the
tragedy, Edward p. Remington says !:
ITO my utter surprise l found that
his rooms had been ransacked within
two hours after the murder. Then /
was informed that messenger from
James J. Van Allen had been in the
roomn
A CENTURY IN OFFICE.