New-York tribune., 1905-11-01
TODD INQUEST BEGINS.
Woman's La4oyers Sure She Vas
Nwdered-Her VII Filed.

Georpe Gordon Hastings is convinced that
Mrs Margaret Todd. his aged client, OF No. %
West 2sth-st. who found dead last Friday
night near the railroad track in a suburb of Pha-
delphia was murdered. He told reporter of The
Tribune yesterday that the police Of Philadelphia
were working on the assumption that a crime had
been committed. AS to how the murder, if there
was one was committed there is no clew. 1t Is
not known why Mrs. Todd changed her mind and
went TO Philadelphia, instead of to Orange, n. J..
and there is no known reason why any person
should wish her out of the way.
Il think Mrs Todds death was caused by some
person with murderous intent" said Mr.. Hastings
II do not any particular person OF causing
her death and l do knew who would be likely
10 desire her death. 1 have no detectives working
on the ease. but the police of Philadelphia are
looking up all the threads They beheVe that ID
crime has been committed
A Pinkerton detective said yesterday: Il under
stand that thee of working on the
Todd case Philadelphia We believe that the
woman was murdered, but not by regular slug
ger Probably some drunk was hired to push the
old woman the track.
Ingerson Lockwood formerly the attorney OF
Mrs Todd yesterday filed her will for probate
with the Surrogate. He kept the Will when she
dismissed him from her service 1t Is dated Janu-
ary %, 1902, and witnessed by francis u
fairfield of No. 29 West 26th-st. and Fred
Lee of Rye N Y. No petition accompanied the
will and the value of estate is not known The
will gives to Mrs Rosalie Tousey, Mrs tooc 5
daughter who will return from Europe in week
the house at No. z9 West 26th-st hfr 1e"e;mn,y, Ely,
household furnishings and her pictures; am me me
house believed to be worth about sllo oU9, puI
is mortgaged at s72.500. Mrs. Todds lewelry Is
valued at between $4,000 and $4,000 1t Is salo
that her home is beautifully furnished ana CON- con-
tains many valuable paintings Mrs Tousey om14 VIII
receive whatever else her mother ie1t eXSe51 S.do
81 900 which will go TO Jennie Paine, and S9Vo
which Will go Lockwood. Lockwood is named as as
the executor and is authorized to sell the estate
and invest the proceeds, with Mrs Touseys con-
sent. T.,
Mrs Julia Howe presumably the person IN IN
charge of the apartment of Mrs. Todd at NO ~
West 26th-st, yesterday transferred tlI1e 70 NC.
434 West 97th-st., to Mrs. Margaretta Iodd pre-
sumaby the late Mrs. Margaretta Todd me pa
at the time of transfer. The house carries NOR
ga se of s11 900 Mrs. Howe could not be reached
YESTERDAY to explain the transaction
Philadelphia. Oct a-Coroner Dugan to-day be-
gan the inquest in the OF Mrs. Margretta Todd
George Powell, a special officer for the Phiiadel-
pha and Reading Railway Company. testified that
his investigation had shown that Mrs Todd left
Jersey City o'clock on the afternoon OF the
day she her death. "a Pullman car conductor
had sold her a seat and helped her TO alight in
this city. Harry Buckley. fagman of a switching
engine and William Freer the conductor VINO
found the woman's body, said she could not have
she was found. and that the body bore evidence or
having dragged some distance. The woman
wore many diamonds when she met her death and
these had not been disturbed Her purse, however,
contained only a small amount of money
The inquest will be continued.