New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Doctor Believes lnsidious
Hypodermics Killed
Flagler Widow
Inquiry Followed
Report to Brother
800 Chemical Tests Are
Being Made to Clear cat
mosphere of Doubt
fStzr Co-rSpmdcncel

WILMINGTON. y. c., Sept. %
Hypodermic injections of some strange,
insidious poison caused the death Of
Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham, formerly
Mrs. Henry VI. Flag.er, in the opinion
Of leading Wilmington physician VINO
went to Louisville and examined Mrs
Bingham's body Immediately after her
death. The physician, member oil
several state medical boards and WIDE
" known as a pathological expert re-
norted his findings to Graham Kenan,
brother Of the dead woman, several
weeks ago. His report resulted in the
elimination Of Mrs. Bingham's oody
from Oakdale Cemetery here and the
subsequent analysis Of the vital organs
by New York experts.
81 believe poison was hypodermicaily
administered said the physician TO-
day. 81 have reported my findings to
the dead woman's relatives, who Will
make them public if they see fit. can
not discuss the matter
Graham keenan, said to-day he had
heard nothing from DR.. Alexander D.
Gettler and DR.. Charles a. Norris, the
New York experts conducting the
ANALYSIS in an effort to determine the
cause Of death.
Expects Report in Ten Days
"Some three hundred separate tests
will have to be made 10 discover ABB
sorce or presence of a like number OF
noisons" he said. we do not expect
20 roceiye a report for at least ten
DAYS. | cannot say whether the report
will be made public. We want no pup,
licity whatever. This Is most palnIul
proceeding. and newspaper notoriety
can only add to our pain. II the report
OF the New York doctors is sucn as 10
demand its reference 10 the puOic au-
thorities, then il will be gwen out
The absence Of any connection pc
tween the elimination OF Mrs. BlnG-
bsu,,s bodv and any family disagree
ment over the terms of the Will IN
which she beuueathed the bulk OF her
$40 100000 estate 10 Mrs. Lawrence
Lewis. a favorite niece, and, by codlcll,
$4,000 900 TO her husband, Judge Robert
Worth Bingham, was emphasized by MI
Kenan.
"Our action regarding the BODY mas
rothing whatever TO do with the Will or
finances of any kind he SAID. we
naturally are anxious 70 set at rest
whatever doubt there may be regarding
tho circumstances Of my sisters death.
That is all there Is to the proceeding
No suit has been instituted nor mas
any legal action whatever been taken.
Guards Still at Grave
Mr.. keenan, refused to explain the cir
cumstances which led him TO suspect
that Mrs. Bingham might not have DIED
of natural causes. He said that, near
inc of his sisters illness, he had LETT
here for Louisville, but had arrived
after her death. Thereafter, he SAID, ne
had been in an atmosphere OF DOUBT
which the present investigation IS de-
signed to clear up.
Two armed guards remain posted pc
side the dead woman's grave IN Oakdale
Cemetery. where regulation army tent
has been erected for their shelter. MI
keenan, saws he has no fear that tho
crave may be violated, but MAINTAINS
the guard in order TO keep away the Gu
rious. He said:
"The cemetery superintendent tele-
phoned me that people were poklng
around my lot with sticks and walking
all over it. He suggested guards, and
agreed That's all there's TO it.
Few visitors. however, are drawn by
curiosity 20 the recently opened grave.
The cemetery, a mile from town, is de-
serted, except for the guards and the
aged negro grayedigEer