The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-01-02
NOT MRS, YOUNG
Woman Mrs. Hull Identifies
Turns Up Alive.
SWAMP MYSTERY DEEPENS
Mrs Hull Now Claims Victim Was Her
Hslf-Sister-Poliee Again Question
Albert Thompson, Who Was Arrest.
ed On a Boat Near Scene Of Crime.

Newark. n. j.. Jan. The identity
OF the woman whose dead body was
found in Harrison, y. J.. last Thurs
day. remains a mystery. The story
told by Mrs. Hattie Hull. that the dead
woman was her friend. Mrs. Agnes
Young. was exploded when Mrs.
Young was found alive and well in
New York city. She is employed as an
accountant in real estate Office in
New York. and declared emphatically
that she had not been in New Jersey
on Christmas day and that she did not
know any one named Charles Meyers.
for whom the police were searching.
as result of Mrs. Hulls statements
Mrs Hull tol5 the police that she
had parted from Mrs. Young on Christ
mas day. and that Mrs Young was
about to start for Harrison In com
pany with Charles Meyers
Mrs. Young declared that while she
knew Mrs. Hull, she had not seen her
for two years
Il am at loss TO understand" she
said. why my name has in any way
been connected with the murder mys-
terry. I know Mrs. Hull, but she must
be demented TO tell such a story about
me 10 the police. l have never been in
Harrison in my life. so I certainly
cOuld not have been where the tragedy
occurred. Mrs. Hulls statement that
l accompanied her and man named
Charles Meyers to Jersey City is alb
solutely false. I do not even know a
Charles Meyers"
When Mrs. Hull was told that Mrs
Young had been found alive. she de-
clared that the murdered woman was
her own half-sister. Minnie Jeanette
Castor. daughter Of r B. CASTOR. OF
Servilla. Tenn. She said that Miss
Castor was formerly a member OF the
chorus OF the Texas Steer" company.
and had been living lately at 1892 Am
sterdam avenue. New York city. Mrs.
Hull declares that Charles Meyers
brought her sister 10 New York from
the south and that she accompanied
the latter TO a meeting with Meyers
on Christmas day. when Miss Castor
was to go TO Harrison with Meyers.
Mrs. Hull said she iden lfed the BODY
as that OF Mrs. Young in order 70
evoid involving Miss Gaston's name
in a scandal. She asked that the body
be sent to Mr CASTOR at Servilla.
One OF the reports published was
that Albert Thompson. one OF the sus-
poets in the Harrison case. brought
his wife from England less than two
years ago. Thompson. who was one
Of the owners OF a boat which lay near
the scene of the murder. told the Do
lice that he was unmarried.
The Information concerning Thomp-
sons wife became public through
Rachel Richardson. OF Derbyshire.
England. who had written several let.
tiers 10 Thompson. saying that she was
planning 10 come 10 America to meet
Thompson These letters were found
on Thompson's boat.
The police were shown a cable dis
patch quoting Miss Richardson to the
effect that Thompson left England two
years ago with his wife and children.
Thompson. when questioned about
this. said that he took his wife and
children from England to New Zeal
and two years ago and left them there
after quarrel with his wife He as
serted that his wife and children are
now in Dennison. New Zealand.