The Washington times., 1908-02-08
Nephew of Victim Ex-
poets to Force Arrest
in New Haven.
Coroner'S Verdict of Sui
eide in Great Mystery
Is DiSregardcd.
IARLES A. EDWARDS,

NEW YORK. Feb. s. The great New
Haven mystery of two yeArs ago. which
ended Tor the time with a verdict ,Of
suicide as accounting for the sudden
/ death OF Charles A. Edwards. Of New
| York, n the home OF Judge A MaXey
Hitler. his brOther-in-law, was revived
today with the disclosure Of a mass OF
new evidence pointing to murder.
In spite of a verdict OF suicide found
/ BY Coroner Eli Mix at that time, w
| II. i. Edwards, lawyer and a nephew
OF the dead man. continued his inves-
tigation into his uncIes death and slow
ly gathered ev .uence, aOE OF a great
bulk, and poin ing 10 one conclusion
! that Charles a, Edwards was shot as
ne lay in bed and then had Iaudanum
forced down his throat. the bullet and
the poison killing him.
Expects to Force Arrest.
''The two years work that 1 hav, put
in gathering the evidence / now have"
said Mr.. Edwards. the nephew, today,
''is onIy the beginning OF what win be
done in the case. believe absolutely
that have enough to convict the muir
derer. I shall Immediately submit the
evidence I have to the New Haven al
thoritles and force their hand. 1 will
give them a week TO go over the docu-
ments I haze and then they must take
some action. ] believe the New Haven
authorities after reading the evidence
shall submit to them, viii have no 9TH
er recourse except 10 make an arrest"
That the evidence was OF the most
convincing sort is shown from the fact,
that after examining II. the Fidelity
and Casualty Company Of Maryland
IN which the dead man had had an acci-
dent policy for $500. Immediately paid
e amount of the policy TO the widow.
its officials stating that they could no
longer substantiate a claim OF suicide
in the courts.
This decision, coming two years after
the inquest held by Coroner Mix, of
case with verdict OF suicide. leaves
little doubt as to the manner in which
Mr.. Edwards met his death.
Shot While Sleeping.
The assassin was in waiting for Mr..
Edwards in the attic OF the house, and
after Mr.. Edwards was asleep he was
shot behind the left ear. Then, to make
| it appear like suicide or to make death
doubly sure. while the man was in his
Death agonies poison was poured down
| his throat
Air. Edwards went from this CITY to
/ visit his brother-in-law and talk over
| the estate of his mOther-in-laW, TO
which his wife was heir. The following
morning he was found dead. There was
/ a bullet wound behind the ear and there
was poison supposed to be laudanum, in
! the stomach. There were blood stains
/ leading from his room to the yard out
side, Four days later a bottle, that was
! supposed to have contained laudanum.
was found in the yard. and a pistol was
found there that did not belong to the
dead man.
The coroner found that he had COM
mitted suicide. To have done so Il was
necessary for him 20 have shot him
| self in the rear yard. swallowed the
| poison, thrown away the revolver and
| the medicine bottle and then walked up
rear fight of stairs 10 his room and
| crowded into bed.
Find Blood in Attic.
In the attic OF the Hitler man sion they
discovered an old-fashioned lock that
was broken and very sharp. It held
the attic door. On this as blood. The
blood on this was very thick 1t had
cut the finger OF some one. and cut II
so that the wound bled profuseiy. This
blood was traced by spots 10 the room
of Mr.. Edwards, through a room in the
house known as the den" Several
times in the attic the man had wiped
OF this blood in smears.
After finding blood spots in the attic
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