New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-29
Poison Test Ordered by
Men Said To Be Sons
of Dead Widow.
EXAMINATION MADE
ON DECEMBER "a
Bridgeport Authorities Seek
Missing Executor and
$4,000 Fund.

\ now fact in the investigation into
the death OF Mrs. Hannah \. Cross.
the wealthy widow Of Moutclar y. j.,
was gained Yesterday when it was
learned that. though the prosecutor Of
Bridgeport Conn. believes that his in
tended order for the bodv's cNhuma-
tion is the first TO bc asked. on tho
ground that tho woman may have
been poisoned. two men who said they
were Mrs. Cross's sons had tho body
oNhumcd and the organs examined on
December -
This information came from Fcrd
nand T.. Selc an undertake., Of no.
6Si Fifth avenue. Brooklyn. To a
Tribune reporter he said last night:
You know Mrs. Cross was buried on
November 2S in Greenwood Cemetery.
ON December - two men, who said
they Nerc sons Of tho dead woman.
came here and presented an affidavit
which said that death was not from
natural causes They wanted the body
cxhumcd.
Doctors Seek for Poison.
81 sent my assistant to tho Board Of
Health with the affidavit. and permit
for the removal Of the body vas given.
The following day the body was raised
and brought here. Then two doctors
didn't know took out some OF the
organs. They spent three hours in the
work. and at the end Of that time they
left here. That afternoon VIC put the
body back.
"Thoy didn't say anything 70 me
about poison and that's all ! know
about it,
While the authorities Of Bridgeport
Conn. prepared yesterday to exhume
the body Of Mrs. Cross. there came TO
light here the story OF Frank NJ. Gar
land. the promoter, who was appointed
executor by the widow and who has
been missing since December ?. about
three weeks after the death OF Mrs.
Cross.
The new executor OF the estate, which
will amount to s1.OOO0O0 is anxious to
find Garland to learn, II possible, from
him what became OF $4,000 worth Of
securities that are missing. District
Attorney Delaney. Of Bridgeport, Is also
anxious to learn more Of Garland, and
has requested the police OF New YORK
to aid in finding him.
Garland was last seen in Bridgeport
furnishing $1,000 bills lie also is said
70 have been instrumental in widening
tho breach that occurred between Mrs.
cross and her sons, William T. and
Ferdinand L. Cross, jewellers, in the
firm Of Cross q Beguelin, at No. %
Maiden Lane.
Last July he came to Judge John A..
7, Campbell, OF No. Rector street,
and introduced Mrs. Cross, asking the
LAWYER to make an investigation Of the
business Of Cross & Bcguelin TO deter
ninc II the widow was getting her
snare OF tue DlUllAo VI Nii' '''A~A''+
The investigation showed the firm was
in excellent condition and making
proper returns.
AT that timu Mrs. Cross told me her
sons we're not treating her fairly and
that she was going to move from Mont
clair. where she had been living with
them. to Bridgeport" said Judge Camp
bell. Il mad nothing further to do with
her and was surprised TO read in the
papers that she had at one time named
me executor of her estate II that is
true / was not Informed Of IL. The re-
port stated that codicil made few
weeks before her death named Garland
in my place
Mrs. Cross. when she visited me, APP
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