The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-16
welded BUT KEPT
IT STRICT SECRET
Ed. F. HOLSTERS Strange Death Re-
Veals Story of Wedding Twenty
Months Ago.

The New York World of Tuesday
says:
Coroner Alfred II. lies. of Yonkers.
has decided TO hold an inquest into
the death of Edward f. HOLSTER. of
1919 Fulton Avenue. fremont, who
died in ST. Johns Hospital. Yonkers.
Monday under circumstances which
caused inquiries to be made by both
the police and the coroner
incidentally, through HOLSTERS
oeath, revelation was made of clan
destine marriage he contracted with
Mrs. Aleathe \Knickerbocker Raw
mond, daughter of Willis w. Knicker-
booker, of 2S6 Hawthorne Avenue.
Honkers, and granddaughter of Will
son d. Macdonald the weII-knowp
sculptor who died recently. HOLSTER
was fifty-nine years old; Mrs. Hollis
ter is twenty-three. The marriage was
kept SO secret that not even the inn
mediate families of the two were
aware of II.
Mrs. HOLSTER admitted that though
she married HOLSTER on October 10
1908, she had not lived with him a
single day. Her explanation of this
was that the marriage had been prf-
marily contracted for the purpose of
companionship, they having no inten-
ton of living together until Hollister
recouped the fortune he lost through
investments during the panic of 1907.
Mrs. HOLSTER said yesterday:
Mr.. HOLSTER was stricken Satur-
day May 21st, and was so i'll on the
Following Tuesday that 1 determined
to have him removed to this city
where 1t would be possible for myself
and my mother to care for him"
HOLSTER was taken to St Johns
Hospital in an auto. His case was
difficult OF diagnosis and puzzled the
house doctor from the start He was
unconscious the greater part of the
time, and during few brief inter-
walls OF lucid moments he was unable
to talk. Finally HOLSTER took a turn
for the worse Monday and died. I'm
mediately after his death Coroner
stefan. questioned Mrs. HOLSTER at
length. She said last night:
The coroner asked me many Ques-
tlons about the drugs my husband had
taken; Mr.. lies said 1t looks as
though he had taken ground glass.
DR.. Barnes. the hospital doctor. said
1t looks suspicious"
The coroner ordered an autopsy.
DR.: Barnes, who performed it, said
today:
The autopsy showed that death
was due to natural causes"
Coroner lies, however, has decided
not to conclude his investigation I'M
til an inquest has been held and all
the facts brought out
Mrs. HOLSTERS first marriage
NauSSu d SENSATION IN 1OnkerS. She
was only nineteen years of age at the
time. During an excursion to West
Point in 1906 she was married by a
Justice of the peace to George Ray
mond, wealthy promoter. Mrs. Hol-
lister says she considered the affair
In the light of joke, as her COM
panions were testing about matri-
mony, and when someone dared her
to marry she agreed. Raymond was
killed In mine explosion a year af-
ter the marriage. He left a large
fortune, which went to his widow.
Soon after that a son. who had heen
born to the couple, died. The young
widow was very respondent and saws
HOLSTER, who was her fathers best
man at his marriage and who had
often carried her about in his arms
wnen sne was baby proved kind
and sympathetic during her trouble,
and when he proposed she accepted