The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-07
OFFICIALS ACTIVE.
Case viii Be Probed 70 The Bottom BY
The Authorities.

New York, March THE mysterious
death Of Walter f. Baker. the wealthy
/ young Boston man, which caused a
sensation last October, is to be the sub
iect Of further investigation by the OF
Gals Of Bogota, r. !. where the death
occurred II was announced YESTERDAY
that District Attorney II. Rooster and
Coroner A. ID. Lees have decided e. mold
q formal inquest and probe to the bot
tom all the circumstances surrounding
Bakers death
The body Of the dead man, which
was buried in Boston soon after MS
death. Is now ia New Jersey awaiting
the empanelling Of eoroners Jury 1t
was exhumed Oh Jan % and brought to
New York the same day From New
York Il was taken to Ridgeield Park,
y. T., and has been lying IN the rooms
u an undertaken since that time.
the decision to probe further into
the circumstances surrounding Bakers
death was reported after ocFps Of
private detectives lad been at work on
the case for several months The rela-
tises Of the dead man had expre sed
dissatisfaction with the manner III
wtiea the case was disposed OF al the
time Of the death and II was on their
initiative that tine investigation c0n.
tinted until the New Jersey officials de-
eidei once more To take the matter iii
hard.
Baker left a fortune estimated at
about 100000. For several years be.
fore his death he had been we'll known
- r.ri- ss.f g.
iopable restaurants and cafes During
bis frequent visits to this city be had
often made bis headquarters at the home
Of his friend Hurd at Bogota It was it
Hurd's home that he died. after being
stricken IN in 4 New York restaurant
and Hurls young daughter. Natalie, a
little child, was the principal beneficiary
under Bakers will She was to receive
100000 right from the estate
TIE little girl never came into the pos
session Of her fortune however. III the
FIRST place the will was disputed bv
Bakers relatives and that contest mas
not yet been decided By the courts Then
the child was stricken with scarlet fever
in January and died on Feb. 2f, after an
illness Of five weeks.
Baker died OH Oct q last, within NJ
hour after ne had been removed to the
fIurd home in Bogota from the New
York restaurant where he WIS stricken |
He died shortly after midnight and the |
body was embalmed before daylight |
When his brother in Boston was inform
"a Of Walters death be at once directed I
that the body be not enlbalmed. but it
was too late.
The brotner was net satisfied with the /
report Of the circumstances of the death I
ard decided to have an examination /
made by chemists Of the organs OF the /
body, even after the embalming Huid I
had been used Chemical and micro
scopal examination was made BY DR.
William Boos IF the Massachusetts,
General hospital, who reported tbat he
found large quantities, of arsenic IN the
body The poison was said to have
been found IN organs which the en-
0alming fluid could not by any posi-
bility have penetrated.
An Investigation instituted soon af
ter Bakers death came to nothing and
Inc body was taken to Boston and
buried in Forest Hills cemetery.
The dead mans brother. however, be.
ieving that there were details in the
'ass which mad not been disclosed, kept
steadily at the investigation He en-
,loyed q number Of detectives who in
he months that followed devoted their
,ntire time to the case, with the result
hat the New jersey officials were in
hUed to take up the matter once more.
listricS Attorney Rooster has announced
bat the inquest win begin next Monday
" Tuesday
Dir. and Mrs Hurd have left Bogota
md are living A This city. As It would
ie impossible to serve subpoenas upon I
ilem t.ide Of New Jersey they Will
le requested to appear at tie inquest.
.lrs Hurd's sister, Miss Natalie Young,
vas a witness to Photographic viii
.6cl turned up among Walter Baker
apegs after his death. she Is also Dr.
ne IN this city Tile other witness wss
iiss Mary Maud Num- q wealthy I
roman Of Boaota, an intimate friends Of :
he Hurds {
Other witnesses at the inquest viii r
sehide Undertaken Ricarlo. who em
aimed the body. his assistant and sev
al phvsieians who were called IN when
Walter Baker WAS DYING but who ar-
we'd after death.
GRAN1TEvILLE. /