The New York herald., 1922-04-29
PLUM Is NEW CLUE
IN JACKSON DEATHS
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can remember seeing Mr. Jackson re.
| turn to the hotel in the evening. DIR.
! Vaughan did not arrive at the apart
ment until 10 o'clock Wednesday morn
! ing. He made painstaking examination
of the bodies. Yesterday he said:
That examination made me feel Ger.
tain OF three things. First, the Jacksons
had been dead at least ten hours, but
| less than twenty-four. In the second
place Mrs. Jackson died before her hus-
band--maybe three or four hours before
And third. the absence of heat and the
absence Of signs of recent heat in the
bodies convinced me that the Jacksons
did not die Of ptomaine poisoning.
Just what did kill them remains, of
course, for the chemists to discover.
Mr.. jackson, but absolutely no trace of
it on his wife"
Whole Scene Restaged.
In the Jackson apartments there was
nothing to suggest that either had been
1 afling, except one small bottle of some
sort of medicine and one box of pills.
Cursory examination OF these medicines
placed them in the category of common
household remedies They are being
analyzed. however. as matter of
course.
So puzzing has the whole situation
become that the detectives yesterday
staged the scene that they think may
have been enacted in the bathroom.
From the very vivid tableau set UP by
the detectives it would appear that Mrs.
Jackson was found lying on the tiled
| floor with her head toward the window.
| She was found lying on her side, and
! there were evidences that she had suf-
| fered great pain.
| Her husbands body was In such a
position that the detectives believe he
was trying to lift her off the floor when
he. too. succumbed to whatever It was
that caused death. 1t looked as though
he had pulled the bathroom chair near
Mrs, Jackson's body and had sat on it
with one foot on either side of her.
Then, II indications are to be accepted.
he must have tried to gather her into
his arms and hold her in his lap. Evil
| IDENTIFY the task was too much for him.
! Her body lay as though he had managed
| to raise IL q few inches and then was
compelled by weakness or sudden uncon-
seriousness to let go.
| Then, Judging from all signs. he fell
back in the chair slid sideways and
came to halt when his head struck
the bathtib. When the bodies were
found the husbands feet were stlll on
either side of Mrs. Jackson's somewhat
| huddled body and his arms hanging
Imply by his sides.
There seemed to be only one alterna-
tive offered by the picture of the bath
room. 1t may be that Mr.. Jackson was
holding his wife in his arms until un-
consciousness overlook him and he had
| to let her fall. Mrs. Jackson was fully
clothed. Her husband lacked only his
coat and collar.
Two Relatives Questioned.
| An assistant District Attorney, Mr..
Hurley. questioned DIR. George Warden
burg. Winfield p. Warren OF Lawrence.
Mass, and Howard D. Brainard of East
Orange. Mr.. Warren is the son of Mrs.
Jackson by a former marriage. He con-
ducts haberdashery in Lawrence. Mr..
| Brainard. an employe of the Western
Electric Company, Is the husband OF a
niece of Mr. Jackson's first wife. Their
| examinations were most perfunctory.
hardly more than a formality
Mr.. Warren was accompanied to the
Distritc Attorneys office by lawyer
! John S. Russell of 375 Pearl street
Brooklyn. Warren said he knew OF no
reason why his mother and stepfather
should have committed suicide. He was
should have been murdered. He said
that he had written to his mother that
he would be in Brooklyn on Sunday to
visit her. She had replied that she looked
forward with great joy to his coming.
Mrs jackson, he said. had made a
will few weeks ago. The document Is
in the hands of Evans e. Childers. her
lawyers, In Lawrence, so far as Mr.
Warren knows. He added that he had
no idea just how much his mothers es-
tate might be worth but that she had
some bonds and other securities In safe
deposit box which she shared with her
husband In tho National Park Bank
The Brainards and the Jacksons were
frequently In each others homes. Mr.
Brainard said the Jacksons were mar
ried April Is, 1921 In Lawrence after
they had met in Florida. He knew little
about Mr. Jackson's property. He did
know that Mr.. Jackson had made a will
sometime In 1920 and that this docu-
ment was in the possession OF his law
yer, Edward s. Clinch. IL Park Row.
Friend Has No Theory.
DR.. wardenburg said that he had
known Mr.. Jackson for thirty years
that the had been attracted TO each
other In real estate deals out of which
both had made money: that they had
common passion for croquet and that
the two families we're great friends
The physician continued:
II don't believe my old friend and his
wife committed suicide. They were In
excellent health and spirits. Mrs. Jack
son was planning a luncheon for to-
morrow. She had Invited Mrs. Warden
burg. The Jacksons had nothing to
worry over. and they did not worry.
They were prosperous and congeniaI
I saw both OF them on Monday.
There can be no truth TO these
rumors that they died of alcoholic
poisoning. Both we're rather cranky on
the subject of alcohol and neither ever
drank that know Of I am quite sure
that Mr.. Jackson did not ! have known
him thirty years There is no sugges-
tion that Mrs. Jackson's death can be
attributed TO alcohol
"And finally. do not believe this niur-
der theory There is nothing 70 SUE
tain IT."
Mr. Hurley said last night that he had
no facts that would warrant him In ac-
ccpting any hypothesis. He added
1T is q complete mystery. The only
support there may have been for the
ptomane theory lay Ia tho fondutss Of
tho Jacksons for dining In out of the
way restaurants. \ seemed Just posi-
Dic thl' Iitc- r>fa.tt 'pss i.r as.m4-
',nS toa u,lh fgr thot disesti ticas.