New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-16
LAW OFFICERS CALLED N.
CORONER WILL CONSULT DISTRICT AT
TORNEY ON DROWNING CASE.
NO LIGHT YET ON THE DEATHS OF CLAIR
ENCE FOSTER AND MISS LAWRENCE
-DISBROM STILL MISSING.

Good Ground. Long Island, June 15.-Coroner
Nugent will have a conference to-day with the
District Attorney on the deaths Of Clarence Fos-
ter and Miss Sarah Lawrence. The officials are
slowly giving way TO the belief that there is
something to investigate in the case, and that a
mistake made in disposing Of it by the
-perfunctory Inquests. Nothing has been heard
yet from Disbrow.
No light has as yet been shed on what &C
Cured during the last hours of the lives Of Miss
Lawrence and Foster. Louis Disbrow alone can
tell what happened after the three left the
Hampton Pines Club house at II o'clock.
Rogers. the steward OF the club, reiterated to-
day that during the three or four hours the
three were at the house they had nothing TO
drink Persons who knew Foster assert that
there is no assurance in the statement OF the
steward that the three or at least Foster dio
not drink while at the clubhouse. They may
have had liquor with them.
Foster had been drinking more or less heavily
for some time and recently, II IS said, ne was
on q weeks debauch. It is said that only re-
Gently he was looking for nerve steadier' and
that he had not ceased TO drink but had let up
on the frequency OF his drinks He usually pro
vided himself with liquor before going any
where according to these persons. This Is a
strict no license town, and as a result OF the
closing Of saloons there Is considerable OF this
private furnishing OF drinks. Parties going out
for a good time carry their own liquor. Foster
was given TO boasting Of his prowess with
women. Men who knew him we'll say that MS
boasts seemed usually to be well founded, as
he was much sought after by women
There is an interval Of an hour between the
time the three left the clubhouse and the time
Mrs. Lawrence thinks they drove past the Ocean
View Hotel. From that time there are two
hours unaccounted for before the two young
men were heard QuarreIling at TerneIls. accord
ing TO Miss Pearsau. Those three hours gave
ample time for the men 10 become worked up
b. LIQUOR. Their quarrel is supposed 10 nave
resulted from this But even though drunk
Fosters friends say that. born. as he was close
TO the ocean and being brought up on tie
water ne would have 10 be almost sUuPened TO
be in such condition that he could not care
for himself and one other. either in BOAT or
swimming. What was his condition and now
rlaTv were in the boat only IiSbrOw can tell
Mr. Lawrence. the father Of the drowned girl.
reached here early this morning. He threw no
light upon the affair. He said that he knew little
bout either Foster or DisbrOw except that his
daughter knew them. He had theory 10
clear the mystery. The shock Of the finding of
her daughters body has had a good effect OF
Mrs Lawrence. During the suspense Dr. Chat
tie had 10 visit her three times a day and dd-
minister sedatives at intervals. After the ind
ing of the body she recovered her strength, and
the fears that she would become insane have
been dispelled. She was visited by the doctor
last night. but she well that he has dis
continued his visits.
Miss Lawrence's body has been taken TO
Riverhead- There Will be q short service there
c-morrow. and the body viii be taken South
for burial Mrs. Lawrence's two sisters are now
here with her. 4 brother of the dead girl, who
is il the navy, has also arrived here.