The evening world., 1911-10-21
POISON VICTIM HAD NO STREET
CLOTHES IN HER HOME.

In preparing the body of Mrs. Nc
Farlsnd for burial tho Newark under
taker and tine police made a peculiar
discovery. They found that the wom-
an had no clothing whatever except
house wrappers and a torn shirt waist.
She had no street clothes and no hat.
Neighbors now recall that they never
saw Mrs. M~cFayland on the street and
that In the hot days OF last summer
when everybody In the neighborhood
took the air on the plazzas OF their
homes In the evenings Mrs. Mcfarland
was never seen outdoors.
In his first statement to the police
Mcfarland spoke OF his wife's extrava-
gance. The condition OF his wife's
wardrobe does not bear out his charge.
Some Information of value has been
gathered by the police from Netherlands
~six-year-old son Robert. The boy is In
the care OF Mrs. W. C. Carlisle at No.
2+3 North Eleventh street. Newark.
BOY TELLS OF HE EVENTUAL
h TRIP TO THE CITY.
The night of his mothers death was
a great night for Robert. While the
mother and her two-year-old baby,
Ruth. were at nome Robert was at a
vaudeville theatre in New York with
his father, drinking In with childish
eagerness all he saw and heard In the
strange new world into which he had
theatre before.
Though ordered held incommunicado
by the police. he told to a reporter for
The Evening World to-day OF his men,
orable trip to New York, and revealed
also that his father and mother had
been separated for a year and a half
before their coming to Newark. thr.a
months ago.
"Oh, we had the hestest time at the
show Robert said. There was all
kinds Of things-a whole !ot-all jum.
bled up, for us TO see. an music an
| lights. and pop bought me three Ice
cream sodas!
I'VE left home early In the afternoon.
| kissed mamin goodby. but / guess
pop forgot to. We went to New York.
We walked round a whole lot In the
afternoon And went TO the 'lectrlc show
a while. Then. when 1t got dark, we
went to a VAUDEVILLE theatre Say. the
show sure was fine. And then We Went
to Il big hotel and | went to bed. An
when pop woke me up It was day"
where dii you live before you came
to Newark?' Robert was asked.
Mamma and me lived with my grand.
pa In Rockland. Me-" he replied. Blu,
pop didn't live with us, lie was away
for a year and a half, and then we came
here"
Robert did not know what caused
this separation, lie said he thought /,
was because his father travelled a
great deal. While Robert talked his
little sister, Ruth, lay chuckllng 10 her.
self on the bed nearby.
And now J suppose you will have tc
take care of little sister," Robert wa.
asked.
'Hes, an I will AXE care of her, too
he replied manfully. I'm her MS
brother. and oughtn't ] TOP"
The theory that Mrs. Mcfarland ms,
have Intentionally ended her life wa,
advanced to-day by Mrs. Charles Lush
a friend of the dead woman.
Mrs. Mcfarland always seemed 10 n.
very unhappy Mrs. Lurh said. "Sh,
frequently told me she was fearful,
lonely as Mr., Mcfarland was away from
home a great deal, She did not mInrl,
much with her neighbors and few n,
them called on her. | believe when he,
husband left her alone to go 10 New
/, York Tuesday night. and knowing IN,
poison was IN her medicine cabinet. SIN,
took IT to end what must have been.
believe, an unhappy NE"