New-York tribune., 1905-11-10
SAWBUNDLE PUT ON TRACK
N4Y HAVE BEEN BODY.
F,,dence in Todd Case-BIood on
Engine Wheels.

.phorSh arrests IN the case of Mrs Marga-
-.,,s Todd the aged woman found dead on the
.scks of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
-osa were postponed yesterday on account of
=. s,,s5eu Illness of Assistant District Attorney
,r,,. they will probably be made to-day. Addf-
to,al evidence tending TO show that the woman
x.as murdered was furnished yesterday morn
.ns by Richard B. Coutant to Sinclair Tousey.
..a hrother-in-law OF Mrs. Rosaiie Tousey, Mrs.
Todd's daughter
,-ortant came here yesterday from Philadel-
-h;o where he is chemist in the employ of
1obn Wyeth & Co. manufacturing druggists.
II. will make a sworn statement in MIR. Tousey's
Office this morning at 10 O'Clock
u. said Yesterday that he is the Of DR..
picbard Coutant of Tarrytown. who is John D.
pockefeIler's physician in that place He has
basn restrained from giving his evidence hereto
fore BIZ the fear of the resultant notoriety.
He was married five years ago year ago
ne became estranged from his wife and left her
He mas been living at No. e71 North Broad-st.,
Philadelphia On the evening of October p.
the night of Mrs. Todd's death, he went for
walk in Fairmount Park
when / came to the railroad, he explained.
1T found bench above the cut through which
the tracks run. 1 sat down and lighted a cigar.
Soon 1 heard wheels on the opposite side of the
carriage, but heard its door opened and shut
A few seconds later two men came through the
bushes and climbed down the embankment to
the tracks They carried a heavy bundle be-
tween them. At the time it did not occur to me
that the bundle might be q human body. but
now I am convinced that it was
IN support of Coutants statement is the fact
that the Philadelphia police have arrested
Patrick OHara q ca bnlan, whose wife had told
officers that Mrs. Todd murdered in his
cab on the night of october 81 To assist in
procuring further information regarding the
alleged murder, Mr. Tousey yesterday sent out
circulars offering $1,000 reward for evidence.
In MIR. Motifs absence Assistant District At
torney NJ A. Smyth examined Miss Fannie
knight, the friend of Mrs. Todd. who accom-
panied her from the Ven Hoffman to Jersey City
on her way to her death. and also Miss Jennie
NJ Paine, Mrs. Todd's former companion, and
Mrs Julia Howe, Mrs Todd's stepdaughter.
An affidavit was received from Mrs. George W.
Moe of Brick Church, N J., an intimate friend
Of the dead woman She said in her sworn
statement that Mrs. Todd had told her posi-
lively OF a will that she had executed in 1903 in
which she gave nothing to Ingerson lockwood.
but gave her grandson, Milton Berolzheim. $50
a year and Mrs Tousey the remainder of her
property, with the exception Of a few minor
bequests.
Coroner Thomas Dugan and Detective Gal
lagher, of Philadelphia, were in town yesterday
working on the Todd case. They visited Cor
oBer Scholer. the District Attorneys Office, the
Won Hoffman and the Office of George Gordon
Hastings Mrs. Tousey's lawyer. They said that
they had important clews. as yet not made
public.
MIR. Hastings said that their presence signi-
fed that the evidence was focusing and that
definite action would be taken tomorrow.
The detectives Of the railroad company have
found engine without cow-catcher
sidetrack. On the engine blood stains,
pieces Of flesh and cloth similar to the
goods in Mrs. Todds dress worn at the
time OF her death. The stains are the
lower parts OF the engine signifying that the
woman could not have been standing when
struck
Mrs Tousev will sal, for America November
IL on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
Coroner Scholef. announced last night that he
WAS through with the Todd case He accom-
lanied Coroner Dugan. of Philadelphia, to the
District Attorneys office and introduced him
10 Assistant District Attorney Mott and the
officials and lawyers who have been interested
In the case since Mrs. Todd's body found
Coroner Scholer saiG he believed that as Mrs
Todd had met her death in Philadelphia, that
phase of 1t was, therefore. out of the jurisdic-
ton Of New-York. The Philadelphia authori-
ties. he thought. would have the responsibility
of deciding whether Mrs. Todd was murdered or
met her death accidentally.
Philadelphia, Nov 9-Philadelphia detectives
who were apprised to-day of the story told in
NewYork by Richard B. Coutant to the effect
that on the night Mrs. Todds body was found
on the railroad track he two men place
heavy object on the tracks where Mrs Todds
body lay, and that he believed the object TO
have been the remains OF the aged woman, said
tonight that they did not place much reliance
in his story. The detectives would not make
public their reasons for doubling the informa-
ton he gave.
The postal inspectors OF this district have
been enlisted in the attempt to unraVei the
mystery surrounding the case. It is known that
Mrs Todd came 10 Philadelphia in response to a
letter sent from here. The detective depart.
lnent believes the letter sent to Mrs Todd
Tor the purpose Of Turing her to this city and
the postal authorities making an effort to
trace the letter TO the sender.
SUSPECTED MURDERERS UNTRhCED.