The Washington herald., 1907-11-08

New York, Nov. 7.-To-day was an
other one of wild rumors and denials
concerning the cause of the death OF
young Walter T. Baker, the Boston club
man, who. his brother insists. was mur-
dered. As for some days past, the au-
thorities at Hackensack were waiting for
notification of the result Of the examina-
ton made Of the dead mans viscera in
the Harvard Medical School.
Ernest Koester, public prosecutor of
Bergen County. said tonight that he had
as yet heard nothing of the result of this
examination. Neither Mr.. Koester nor
any Of his men took any action on the
case to-day
have nothing on which to base an
action" said Mr.. Koester tonight. "If
evidence sufficient TO warrant action
should be presented to me, 1 would. of
course, take the matter up l and my
men are doing nothing. AS far as
know. the only people who are doing
anything in the matter are the Pinker-
tons and the Boston investigators"
There was a rumor to-day that Mr.. Ba-
ker's Boston relatives had received the re
port of the chemical analysis. and that
this report showed a large amount OF
poison in places where il would be i'm
possible for the embalming fluid injec-
tion 10 reach. Mr. Koester, however,
had received no such report Dr. Charles
f Adams, one OF the physicians who
viewed the body at the Hurd home i'm
mediately after Bakers death, and who
is said TO be an authority on medical
chemistry said to-day:
SO far as / know. there is no known
poison which could have been admins
tered to give exactly the symptoms which
We're present in this case. Choral is the
only one which it is possible TO consider.
and this would have produced death in
much shorter time than it occurred in this
ease Either strychnine or arsenic would
have produced Unmistakable objective
symptoms.
Suggests Alcoholism.
1t is my opinion. which has been
strengthened by the consideration which
the case has received during the past
week, that alcoholism is to blame for
Bakers death"
The chauffeur who drove the car on
NAo INV AaAlAouS ieASh itNe OF Nditfr
Baker whose name is said TO be Joseph
Gilbert. has been quoted by another
chauffeur. Robert Shaw. also employed at
Kid McCoy's garage in this city. as tell
ing most dramatic story of the ride.
I've been poisoned! The poison is kill
ing me-" Is the cry which Shaw says
Gilbert told him came from the sick
man in the tonneau. This proves inter
eSting. as IL is the first confirmation OF
the much repeated statement that Baker
himself said he had been poisoned
The PinkertOns looked up the chauf-
feur, Gilbert. He denied, according to an
authoritative statement made tonight,
that he heard Baker say he was pois-
oned. He just lay back in the tonneau
I'm sort of stupor, all the way" Is the
way the chauffeur describes Bakers con
duct on the ride.
According 20 the statement of the
chauffeur, liquor, rather than any known
poison, would be the cause Of Bakers
condition. II is pointed out that il is
doubtful II a man who had had knock
out drops administered 10 him would
have survived the ride from New York
TO BogOta.
Edward T. Baker is quoted as saying to-
day that his brother had been a suitor for
the hand of Mrs Hurd while she was Miss
Bray 1t has been known all along that
young Baker had long been an intimate
friend Of both the Bray giTls"-now Mrs.
Frank H Hurd end Mrs. George w.
Young
The word "suitor," used in this connec-