The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-25
RELATIVES TRYING
TO PROVE MURDER
NEPHEW or EDWARDS HIRES Ex-
pERTs TO FIX GUILT ON
MAN WHO FIRED SHOT.
KILLER MAKES DENIALS
Declares re Made No Threats, Did
Nct Attack Brother Win An Az
Nor Sheet at Sister-States
Attorney Won't Say

l'ew York. Ian. "a Wnliam II. Ed
wards nephew ana legal representa-
tive Of the widow Of Charles A Ed
wards, mas begun a new Investigation
/ into Che mysterious death Of his uncle,
which has been pronounced suicide
! by Carcaer Mix Of New Haven. He
/ aas submitted the medical testimony
taken at the inquest to an expert and
s making a careful review OF all the
evidence with the aid Of a well known
criminal lawyer
- am not yet ready said MT ed
wards last night TO make a fun re.
port bul from the examination ! have
made Of taa record am more than
lever convinced that he corone-'s find
ing Of nicide IS oae which ! can never
accept"
/ MaXey Hilleg, brather Of the widow
ed Mrs Edwards, who had quarrelei
iwith his bgothern.law and wno al.
god to have threatened the life of
both Mr. and Mrs Edwards yesterday
showed an Associated Press repre-.
sentative over the old Hitler horse.
the scene of The tragedy II lives with
| bis wife ANA tlree children about five
minutes walk from the Hitler house
but has latch key to the front door
of the latter place and has been in the
habit 4 going in and out at viii
fer years.
Msxcy Hiler's Theory.
MY belief Is, said MaXcy Hitler,
that Mr. Edwards took his own life
If be was murdered it must have been
by some one Of those in the house
was the only outsider VINO had a key,
and have established an albi. The
only person in The house that night
we're mg brother Charles Aldts Haleg
we always called him Aldisan
the two servants. Margaret Reynolds
and ST. an G bbons Adds seems to
have been en- good terms with I1d
wards and ! don't think he had any
motive for killing him. Aldi. is car.
tainly rather peculiar at times but
there is nothing TO connect him with
Mr. Edwards's death The servants
could have no motive for murder
N is true ! had quarreled with Mr..
Edwards ard my lister over the settle
mcnt Of my mothers estate, My
mother told ne during her Illness thar
he had made viii, which would be
found among her papers. She was az
WAYS very secretlye about her affairs.
however and il was not tin after her
leat1 that J learned she had box in
tho deposit vaults Of the City bank
When ! called there 10 inquire about |
her papers after her death, they told |
me my sister had been in possession |
of me hey for a considerable time
prior 10 my mothers death. There was |
ne VIII In the box and none has ever
been found believe that viii wa
made and that it has been destroyed |
My mother had promised 10 leave me
a piece of property IN Chapel street |
and my sister did not want me TO
have &C.
- sent nay brother Adds 10 New
York a hort time before Mr. Ed
wards's death 10 get my sister 10 con
sent 10 a conference with a view 10 /
settling the estate. Sha sent back
word that had insulteI her husband /
and that ip the future she and Mr.
Edwa, would deal with me only I
through their attorney o. is not true 1
that threatened Gao kiu them if they (
did noi lel me have the property"
"Yuur brother Adds testified tha
yon made the threat in his pfescncc
on several occasions said Tie re /
porter
"it is De- if hc said So. replied .
N8Ecy. exciicily Gle told nae DC
never made such a statement"
Your sitter claims that you hroi1 .
into hcr room during your mothers
iiine anj tnat sou threatened To- Hl
bcf'
"lfs a'l ue" said Waxcy
"She has also testified that when
I. ie was a girl a. home you once fired /
% revolver over her head on the stair
way AMI thaf tte bullet hole may stil.
5e seen in fhe ceiling Il
Didn't Aim at Sister. He Says.
q remember firing a revolver on roe
.fairaay~ said NaNcy. but } diin /
lm az mg is'e- shs was auav from .
home at The time That i- another Iie .
y could -eu a Dot of th'nes Do N
wanted to-
Your brother Adds has testified
bat during your freshman scar ar
iaie Sou guarreIed with hln one day
iud chased him to bis r1ou w-th an .
IKE that uhen g. locked himself in
.cI t-ief I'd batter clown ihe lu.r and r
threatened to BID him. DE sass fhe
mark cf rra axe and fhe r-rr- .7 fle t
lanel ere sII .itle
ID is true that ve had dElts Fhan (
Fe we-s bo57 az a'l brothers Vi.'
oii NEVcT, tlf never chased bin 5
rh au ara nor threatened r1 Eil