The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-06

parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hurd, in
Bogota. He WIS taken i'll in New York
city, where he had gone with the Hnrd
couple, and was hurried in an automo-
mile to the Hurds' New Jersey home,
where he died shortly after midnight
October q last. Edward F. Baker,
millionaire, of Boston, the dead club
mans brother, declared that Walter
Bakershad been poisoned.
Bgker's will is being contested in
nj fssacnusetts, and tie case viii 20
hs8STd April 13 Next Detectives have
l,dAn Kept working on the mystery un-
ceakzingly since Walter Bakers eatlI.
Chemical and microscopical exanina-
tons of the viscera and the internal
organs were made by DR.. William
Boos, of the Massachusetts General
Hospital The body was found reeking
with arsenic. The poison was IN Or
gans where no portion of the emoalni-
ing fluid could have penetrated.
A physical examination made on
Walter Baker Ly DR.. Underhill, of Hos
ton, few weeks before Bakers death,
showed that the clubman, who was
Harvard graduate, an athlete OF
prowess in his college days. and only
Sc years old, was sound in every organ
and constitutionally healthy.
The clubman is said to have declared
to Harry Lee, an acquaintance, on the
night of the New York trip. when he
was taken Ill. Harry l have been
poisoned"
May Begin Inquest Monday.
The jury will be empannelled at once,
Prosecutor Koester says the inquest
,J.,x hr
and Mrs. Hurd and Mrs. George Young,
the latter Mrs. Hurd's sister, have left
their Bogota home and are living in
New York city. AS it will be impossible
10 serve subpoenaes upon them outside
New Jersey, they will be requested to
appear at the inquest,
Mrs. Hurds sister. Mrs. Natalie
Young, whose divorce from George
Young, the financier and banker, was
announced within the last year, was a
witness to a holographic will which
turned up among Walter Bakers pa
pers after his death. The other witness
was Miss Mary Maud Mum. a wealthy
woman of Bogota, an intimate friend of
the Hurds.
Other witnesses at the inquest will
include Undertaken Ricardo. who en-
banned the body, and doctor who
wanted the embalmipg deferred, and
announced in the Hurd house:
"This is q coroner's case.
Says They Bled Baker.
"If walter Baker was poisoned it was
while he was out of our company in
New York" said Frank Hurd, shortly
after Baker died.
"He was dear friend" said Mrs.
Frank Hurd, land firmly believe we
were his chief mourners. We all loved
him and he was as one OF the family
He was especially fond Of my little girl,
Natalie"
"Since my brother came into posses
sion Of his full income the Hurds have
handled for him practically all his
money. There are checks drawn to the
order Of Mr.. Hurd or Mrs. Hurd or
cash for nearly every penny ne re-
ceiyed. The checks drawn TO 'cash are
Endorsed by husband and wife They
range from So to $500, and appear very
frequently" ,.,o.
when Edward Bakers investigation
had arrived at point where ne was
satisfied that official action should pc
taken he communicated the discoveries
Of his detectives to Prosecutor koester'
of Bergen County. On the prosecutor 5
suggestion, the body was taken 10
bergen County, that it might be view
cd by a coroner's jury preliminary 70
the inquest
The greatest secrecy attended the ex,
humation of the body and its removal
from Massachusetts,.
It was during his college days thal
waiter Baker made the acquaintance
Of Frank Hurd He became acquainteu
with Mrs. Hurd when she was MISS
Helen Bray of Jersey City, one oi the
Two daughters OF Edward Bray wi1o
died worth $12O,o0o. which he left ~
trust, the income TO be spent IN edu-
eating the children of Mrs Huru ana
her sister, Mrs Natalie Young