New-York tribune., 1907-11-05
HUNT FOR BAKER WILL.
DetectiUes Hold Conference 5gith
BOgOta Prosecutor.

Friends of Walter F. Baker. who died after be-
coming suddenly III in the Hotel Rialto. continued
their search hcre yesterday for will which they
believe he made. Following n report from Boston
that Edward F. Baker. his brother. had said traces
Of choral hydrate had been found IN the body. 1t
was learned yesterday that the Pinkertons had
become active in trying to ascertain whether Mr.
Baker had been poisoned. and had held a con-
ference with the prosecutor in Bogota. y. j.,
where Mr. Baker died
Frank Nay of the Boston law firm of Rates.
Nay & Osgood. and DIR. Sherwin Gibbons also Of
Boston We're in New York yesterday seeking to
learn whether the will and possibly other docu-
ments that might show Mr. Bakers relations with
his friends were in safe deposit vault When
Mr.. Nay was asked whether report had been
made rs the analysis of the contents of the
stomach he said THAT is something 1t would not
he proper for TO say at present" In regard
10 the report that detectives were the case and
that arrests had been expected Mr.. Nay said: 'If
employing detectives would not let II
be known" He was equally retcent as to reports
from Edward F. Baker in Boston. 'It is enough"
he said. ito have it known that we are looking
for a will and that going into the circun-
stances of Mr. Bakers death"
There was no doubt however. TO the activity
OF detectives in Bogota- N T.. where Mr.. Baker
died at the home of his friend. Frank H. Hurd
lie was taken there week ago Saturday. and
died few hours after his arrival Dr. H. o.
NcFadden and DR. c. F. Adams were summoned
but arrived too late They decided the cause was
Rright's disease The body taken to the un-
dertakinR place of William F Ricardo. In Hacken-
sack where II was embalmed before the coroner
saw IT, The coroner accepted the reason given
for death and allowed the body 10 he sent 20
Boston There an autopsy held by the medical
examiner at the request of the dead mans brother
revealed that double the usual solution or en-
balrnInr fluid had been used. The examiner was
not satisfied with the diagnosis. and sent the or
cans 70 the Harvard Medical School for analysis.
Ernest Koester Public Prosecutor OF Bergen
Coup+v ou hearing Of this started an investigation
A. tho same time three four private detectives
.,,eared in Hackensack and BogOta. Their pres
erce has caused a furry in the little towns espe-
cialv after they had conference win MT. NoeS'er
and examined the physicians and the undertaken.
rboy sai5 that Edward Baker in Boston, had re-
,,.ed a hill for $500 from the undertaken Mr.
Rtcardo said he had given the body special atteh-
t,on and had used strong emoatmlhS hulu-
He said the reason why he hurried the emoalul-
I'M, and did II before the coroner came was because
he had been ordered by Mr.. Hurd to get the body
ready for early shipment.
An the papers left by Mr. Baker at the nome or
Mr. Hurd I'm BoEOta were sent To MS hfother III
Boston nv Malcolm Lawrence, counsel for MT. ana
Mrs Hurd and for Mrs. NJ ID. Young. Mrs Huru
sister and the wife Of George W. Young, or the
Windsor Trust Company The Hurds were at the
apartment OF Mrs. Young. In the Nottingham IN
East SOth street on Saturday night, when they
were Informed Of Mr.. Bakers sudden illness