New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-17
FURLONG BACK HOME
PHYSICIAN ATTENDS HIN.
III Because of UTe's Death-Friend
Sans He Vas Cruising.

,,,gistrate Henry ]. Furlong. whose whereabouts
= been unknown for a week. his wife dying in
- mean time, returned TO his home. at No. SO
snnvside avenue. Brooklyn, yesterday. Soon after
..ched his home after the mysterious absence,
:" has given rise TO various rumors as TO its
- Dr NJ A Peterson OF No ll6l Bushwick
Nrs was summoned and Immediately announced
-, his patent could see no one outside OF his
fsmily and close friends
rhe hrst intmation that the magistrate had
- 10 the city received by Frank Travis.
,rlsint clerk in the Gates avenue court. where
-, ,,aqistrate presides. Travis announced yester-
- morning that he had been in communication
- ,be telephone with the missing magistrate and
-, tbe latter had been secluded in a villa a mile
-, AsburN Park. He had been out OF communi-
ION with the world at large. said Travis ig-
o,t Of what had happened in his absence and
- returned because his vacation was at end.
1I-niarn webster close friend OF the ma gstrate.
,,., said that Magistrate F>urlong had been crus-
90 on a Yacht. Dr. Peterson allowed his patient
80 .alk few moments with Webster, and the lat
-. ,ben gave out the following statement behalf
Of the magistraue'
am so shocked by the sudden death Of Mrs
Furong that / cannot say anything for publica-
,,on / have been away from my duties and had
,ust about finished my vacation when l returned
10 New York where ! first learned OF my wife's
s.ath have been away on yachting trip. and
ms was the first news l learned on landing. l
immediately came home.
AS for the stores printed about me that am
being investigated by the District Attorneys Office
] know nothing. Inc stories connecting my name
with that Of woman are untrue. The statement
credited 10 Nj Gorhelf in which it is said that
nv was mentioned. I know nothing about
There is nothing more TO say.
Webste~ said that the magistrates friends had
the greatest confidence in him and believed that
when Or. Peterson should give his consent he
would be able 10 explain away all the rlmors that
have been circulated about him in his absence.
Webster said that the magistrate had been in the
company Of his men friends only since he lsrt his
family al his Rockaway Beach home last Monday.
The return Of Magistrate Furlong was as mys-
terious as his disappearance He came alone I'm
the pouring rain. and even those who were watch
ing FOR him did him enter his home II
vas not until the arrival Of DR.. Peterson that il
was known the magistrate the patient for
whom his services were needed. Those who
pernitted TO see Magistrate F>urlong said that he
had aged percepuby during his absence. hut they
sscrbed the change in his appearance 10 the death
Of his wife rather than TO anything connected with
bis public life.
Robert H. Elder. Assistant District Attorney OF
received a telephone message that the missing
surprised this action and said that officially the
District Attorneys Office had interest in Nagis-
trate Furlong's whereabouts. although IL rue
mat the administration OF the Gates avenue court
over which he presides. was under investigation.
Mrs Flrlongs funeral which had been post
poned until Wednesday IN the hope that her hus-
hand would return, Will be held tonight. The
burial Will be in Cypress Hills Cemetery to-mor-
row Mrs Furlong died last Saturday as the result
Q. a stroke Of apoplexy two days previous.