The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-18
Trunk Was to Be Used for Pur.
pose, but "Ol1, Not as
Bad as Thatr
MRS. HURD'S MOTHER
IN ALVANDROS MYSTERY
PaSsaic Authorities Work Hard
to Establish Case Against
Women Under Suspicion.

PATERSON, March 1S.-Convinced
that a plot had been formed to kill
Charles D. Alvandros, the Brazilian
ding in many cities, and that his body
was to be sent out of this city in a
trunk. Police Judge j. r. Carroll last
night subjected Mrs. Matte Hurd. the
s~elf-confessed bigamous wife of Alvan-
dros, to another searching examination.
Judge Carroll said at the conclusion
Of the examination that Mrs. Hurd
had partially admitted that the trunk
that has figured so prominently in the
case was to be used for q purpose,
but when openly accused with having
plotted to use the trunk to dispose of
Alvandros's body, she burst into tears
and Historically cried:
"Oh, no; it was not as bad as that"
Investigations by the police Judge
and the local police have increased
the strange maze of incidents that go
toward establishing a strong case of
attempted murder, say the authorities,
against Mrs. Margaret J.. Cummings,
mother of Mrs. Hurd. Mrs. Cummings
Is now incarcerated in the Tombs in
New York.
Prosecutors Statement.
Prosecutor Finley said today; Il
have made application for extradition
papers to have Mrs. Cummings brought
here. I shall then ask for an indict-
ment from the Grand Jury charging
hnr mifb ot4a,,artoI r.,al., AT~- IT,.~1
may be tried on a charge of atrocious
assault and battery with intent to kill.
The case presents many puzzling cir
cumstances. Not the least was the
discovery by the police of a trunk
which we now believe from investiga-
ton TO have been intended to send the
body of Albandros from this city after
he was slain,'
The police now believe that the mo-
tive Tor the attempted murder was the
discovery by Mrs. Cummings that her
daughter was involved in Alvandros's
swindling operations as his accomplice.
The Rochester police are certain that
Mrs. Hurd was the woman companion
of Alvandros, who appeared in that city
with hin n who was registered at
one of the large hotels there as his wife.
They declare that she acted as his ac-
complete when paste diamonds were
substituted for a tray of genuine gems
that We're taken to the pairs rooms
when Alvandros was 5 opposed to be
a millionaire Spanish grandee. Alvan-
dros and the woman disappeared from
Rochester OF the same day that the
paste gems were substituted, and it
was only after Alyandros's arrest here
that they were able to establish a con-
nection between him and the bogus
millionaire buyer of diamonds.
The Double Bigamy Charge.
Double bigamy is charged by the po-
lice in the cases of Alvandros and Mrs.
Hurd. She has openly confessed that
she married Alvandros when she was
the wife of Hurd, but she protects
Hurd in declaring that he knew Moth
ing of her marital ENHANCEMENT. AL
vanoros is also accused by his wife,
who lives in Staten Island. with bigalny
and she has announced that she will
begin an action for divorce.
Alvandros and Mrs. Hurd are now
confined in the county Jail here. Mrs.
Cummings is expected to be impris-
oned here this week, and her husband.
James Cummings, Is held as a material
witness, Hurd, the husband of the ac-
cused Mrs. Matte Hurd. has been
paroled as a result of his wife's state
ments TO the police.