The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-30
Letters to BOatman Show
lie Had Girl In England
Who Loved Him.
SHE WAS COMING HERE
Autopsy Showed Woman Was
Thrown into Water While
Unconscious :. Companion
Says She Was Agnes
Young.

Startling developments occurred this
afternoon in the mysterious Harrison
murder mystery.
First the body was identified as that
Young, of Melrose avenue, Brooklyn.
This identification was made by II
young woman who came from Brook
lyn. She was with the victim on
Christmas Day She was at once taken
in hand by Police Judge Branegan, of
Harrison, and the police, and ques-
toned.
Second. Albert Thompson. who
rented the catboat, Idle Hour. and who,
withA his companion, Kirkman, (who
once lived in Brooklyn), is under ar
rest on suspicion, was confronted with
letters found in his boat today. Some
of the letters were from a woman in
England who loved Thompson. She said
she was coming to this country. They
We're written several months ago.
When the woman who made tho
identification looked at the body she
exclaimed:
"Oh, that's my friend That's the
friend / was with Christmas Day"
The woman gave the name of Hattie
Hull. She said she met the victim in
Brooklyn Christmas morning by ar
rangement and the latter wanted her to
come to this city to go on a boating
party. She didn't go, but the woman
who was murdered did.
Thompson admitted, when shown the
letters, that he was married man. He
had previously claimed that he was
single.
He admitted that he had boarded
with Mrs. Mary Wright, of SOf ManoA 4
avenue. Harrison. for about thre5
months in the late summer of 1906.
having as a roommate Daniel DAILY.
who still lives in Harrison. He had
previously denied that he had ever
lived there, or at least he had failed
to reveal it.
lie is a woman hater At least he
posed as such. He told Daily TO keep
on the shady side as far as women are
concerned"
He declared, when shown the letters,
that he was married twenty years ago
to Priscilla Nichols, now dead. He ad-
mtted having one son in New Zealand.
and when shown letters from an ap-
parently second son declared that the
The appearance of the letters from a
mysterious "Rachel r." living in Eng
land, unnerved the man completely,
and he was barely able to talk coher-
emily afterwards.
This letter was dated Belper, Derby,
England, March, 1906. 1t read:
Dear Albert You will think me long
time in answering your letter, also acknowi-
edging your beautiful presents sent me
fhnN al va pqsQ
sights you must have seen. | often look at
them and wish you were near me. You
must not be surprised to see me one OF
these days, as there seems to be nothing
over here at all. You will see that / have
left my situation and am living in Belper.
I think 1t is the last place that was ever
made. 1t is awfully dull
"There have been three murders in Ches-
berfield since you were here. So VIII now
close, hoping you are we'll and happy.
With much love to you. Yours 70, 5,sI1S1 sincerely
He denied that any serious romance
existed between this woman and him
self. saying that she was friend of
his family and lived next door to the
home of his brother. He said they
corresponded until about three months
ago.
One letter, showing that their rela-
tions were close, indicates that the
woman was planning to join him in
America, but he denied that she ever
came.
This letter is as follows, bearing the
date of April 8, 1906. from the same
place as the one above:
Dear Albert Many thanks for presents.
/ know you will be anxious to hear from
me | should have written by return mail.
only | was waiting till ] could see how
matters are.
leave here. You know it's great worry.
Mother is ILL., or else would be on my
way to you. After such nice letter you
how honorable you were to me on the
night Of the appointment, as | think l had
lost all OF my self-respect, which had
always held so dear.
But i think | would have done any
thing for you. Now sec, ! am placed IN
funny position, with mother being 50
poorly. Then | think Of you being alone.
would feel more settled if had no one
but my sisters. They have good husbands
to look after them.
Dear Albert, now I am sure you will
know now how | feel I am making my
head feel bad with thinking how can
come TO you. ] am sure you took my heart
| had better tell yod now that | have
been keeping company with furness In
Chesterfield. His mother keeps the Red
Lion, il you know where that is. OF
course, / i'm not engaged to him nor have
| ever been to his home. think they
think | am not good enough for him. l
am gong 10 lly nara ana 90 oNeF "
America to see you Keep me posted
where you go then ] will tell you when
| leave here With love and kisses am,
yours forever. RACHEL r."
A theory was advanced that the dead
woman might be this girl from Eng
land, that she camo to this country
and had trouble in locating Thoup-
son. that she worked as a housekeeper
in Brooklyn and then came here.
The murdered woman was a friend
of a man named &C. A. j."
If this short. stocky man answering
to those initials can be found or will
voluntarily come forward he may
tlnrnul snl,,e Iirht nnon the real iden-