The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-21
He Was Really Athelstane
Cornforth, a London
Stock Broker.
CAMBRIDGE IL. D., CARD SAID
Wife Says We Was Clergyman
and Man Of Letters Seek
ing Work Here.

/ ~. .-i.r the names Of the Rev and Mrs
rhrI,'sue Hall Al 5:S o'clock yester-
s.v ~ r1nc tho mlH was found In Co
,a.a' Park. ~ iSSd street end Bradhurst
...n.,a with bullet wound in his mouth
.1d O. revolver lying beside him He
...I lew minutes later
| b. '1. after rnn the woman. describing
..-..rf ~ Mn Edith Hall. went to the
i,si -'-@a' Police station md then - the
T.-."rn morgG" where the body had been
zen Sh- id"utifisd the body ~ that
OF ns- husband. the Rev AthelsGane
Arthur H'li From the morgue she went
! o. ,arpb-ils Undertaking place in West
rvsr'v-'uI-i street still using the name
= HT' md msde Grran Eements for the
,.u,slrg.n II m" body But when q
Gan from the und-rtaker- went with her
p. m. Coroner's offire where she WAS re-
s.r.d tn sign IN afHdNvit identifying
,nd rlaimlng the body -h~ said the dead
rsu was the Rev AthelstGne Cornforth
nj that IN" VS. h- wife. Edith Hall
conform II appears that he was stock
trosa' s'hough he may have been in
s'isrs
lie odv Was found by Policeman
TtJuss Coogan NJ the West IS7d street
'sn,u wing on the grass under a tree
feet or 40 from the Bradhurst avenue
80 - he PARK The body was taken
"a no police station
% TIgskIn card case IN one Of the |
'ocscr- were found a photograph % the |
ran wh.ch had been torn To pieces and |
i,'n h.t- Of letters and papers. The |
'Ioe n'soed these together and found |
.liten IN the back ~ the photograph:
T.s- notify ray--olicstor. n Aaron,
= N,rssrs street London. England and
80 trend \ y Mendel--ohn. care Of y ~
Ar7a
\ ca-t hearing the words The Eocsn-
'rc club p Shastesbury avenue. Pc
'4i'ily t-cus. Vest London on one
q" and IN he other in pencil:
/. %. N.."'rry Of 'As 6rse- Room CIzb
HE'r~ t.eZ tn request the co uri esy
.' r..- .un rr hehAlf Of Mr. Arthur Hall.
.' H shp - member Of this club
= 'f -'sniing Yours truly.
HNREIsoS.
Honorary Secretary
card Was dated London. January.
crbI. 20 THE Sun from London
a Sh' sad that at the Eccentric Club
IA Nau.d mat no one 81 the name Of
~. MP .rnfpr'h belonged to the club
''i1"- o." u4,H" Athelstane Arthur Hall
" ornforth is in the -OR-
o. .wr- u Year Book
NT.rs '- u.t- NJ paper was a torn
'.'. sr..av-d with the name Mar
q ''r fels,"nu. u Talgarth road This
..r' lors N writing Introducing MIR.
''rar Hail 4 IL d. OF Cambridge.
- 'ssVl- Purdon Clarke
'-sre alsn Nas a letter signed Your
80" '!ona'" nrrthar Harold This LETT ,
= We 'eu' from Apartment at iHS
H'f" .'r""' IAN Francisco. No money
a. r nd 20 the pockets There were
49, 'ar1 a-"s a gun metal watch and . ,
'.re- ..E2--'t. case
~ r" = the papers was any mention
7a'" ~ = ~. Nord address or a wife ,
i-.. '" 20" un'.red News Of the finding ,
~ -" .''r with the names found on the I
49, ~.' printed IN IN. early Aftern oon ,
N%'- 1ni 10 the afternoon Mrs. Hall. ,
- -" teen ualied herself. arrived at the
..''" station She SAID that she had
80 '-' tI-uant last az about , o'clock
~ Sunday afternoon IN. had read
20 'n'ng Of the body apd had gone .
B.. 20 ".al" -ur" Il tn. ,dsntihoation.
- S1 "a she knew OF no reason for
..r.d.
No. ...hauh she -ald. was born in
''''r and vas ~ wears old She said n
To "a . DI"rgvmsn Of the Church 81 !,
's1hl ami mad pcuIpi'-d several pulpiis n
10 IaiF" country He was well
80 w '"-ary and educational circles
=. '''anu -." SAID They had come to
amer a 'iv months ago from London. q
.'-'@nd hoping Go get q pastorate
D. 'ts r.'r
~ n.-Hrrd h.d some means. she v
>''''i 3D." her" could be no financial v
-'''h : - .tug his own life. He he'd q
'.." n London. however. that q
-''.. .- I"u"-s here had affected hts \
h' 80" NAT noticed tina, he ha 4 n
II" N.rx htsly q
WE a' ,prlfurth hrd made ~
rg"msnts about the body h
ding house. ticking her q
nd sEyinE that she was Z,
'G~ m Harlem. She aid y
~ 'sk- the body hack 90 "a
..' drV- a
me breen Room Club :.
ned H'li presented card
.'"''" iluh sbout two months v
t sr'ed the club only a few {
''". 49, known Pbout him =
u. '>n usar authpr,zed tho IL
'.. DO ~ ~ the Undertaking
m.-nrrr nr ,nar Physician "
n-r""' the nudy The only ,
70 ..o. ~sy. - that made Ivy y
.rfN o." mouth al
'a fo'k HRokER "
'. i-.r Judy 30 Arthur Hall. y
81 " - az ~PHING WATER =
'iH h-s made u famOus. .'-Adf y