New-York tribune., 1922-05-06
.Jackson's Body
Is Exllu,ned for
Poison Gas Test
Lungs Only Hope in Search
for Cause Of Deaths oC
Elderly Couple III Hotel,
Medical Examiner Iinds
" ills of Both Put on File
Wife's Missing Son by For
mcr Marriage Revealed:
Church Societies Benefit


The body OF Fremont N. jackson.
who with his wife was found dead in
their apartment in the Hotel Margaret,
brooklyn Heights. on April 2G, was cx-
hnmcd yesterday afternoon by Dr.
Alexander o. Gattler. toxologist at
tachcd TO the Medical Examiners Of
flee
DR. Gcttlcr took tho lungs from
Elizabeth, \. j., to the laboratory al
Bellevue Hospital 20 determine whether
cyanide was present n them This was
done, according 70 Dr. Charles Norris.
chief medical examiner, because when
the previous examination Of Mr.. Jack
SON S body was made asphyNiatjon was
not suspected AS a cause of death.
Other cases where death has been
traced to gases created by fumigation.
Dr. Norris explained, have shown that
no traces of cyanide were TO be found
in any Of the organs except the lungs
and only slight trace there In view
Of this fact the autopsy already per
formed cannot be regarded as con-
elusive until the lungs have been ex-
amined. At the time Of the previous
examination DR.. Charles Wuest, assist
ant medical examiner. was assured
Dr. Norris said, that fumigation had
not been going on in the hotel at the
time of the death OF the Jaclsons
Wife's Body Was Embalmed
it has not vet been announced
whether the body Of Mrs. Jackson, who
was buried in Lawrence, Mass. will he
exhumed also. although preparatory
steps have been taken to obtain the
permission Of .he Massachusetts au-
thoritics for such action. Mrs. JACK
sons body was cmbalmed, nowever and
this would make conclusive test in
her case very difficult
The Wills OF Mr. and Mrs. Jackson
were made public at the Surrogate's
Office yesterday. One Of Mrs Jacksor's
heirs was found to be son who, the
will says, has been missing since 1916
A clause reads:
As my son. Russell DoteO Warren
q son by previous marriage). has
been missing since 1915. and his where
aboutS are unknown to me- ] make the
following provision for his benefit:
II give and bequeath to my son.
Winfield Puffer Warren. the sum If
$4,000 in trust to apply the net inter
est and income TO the support aud
maintenance Of my son. Russell Doten
Warren. during his life"
Son to Get Provisional Bequest
If no trace of Russell has been found
by 1925, however, Mrs. jackson pro
vided that this sum shall go to Win
field, who was made sole executor
The copy of the will Of Mr.. jackson.
which was dated January 5. 1920.
makes no mention Of Mrs. Jackson, as
the couple had not then been married
Mr. Jackson left his estate, after max
ing several individual bequests, to the
Union Missionary Training Institute
the Baptist Mission, the Baptists
Church Extension Society, st. Johns
Guild, the Prison Association and Yara
Ester Brainard, to whom he bequeathes
his house and lot at 40b West Fifty
third Street; his household furniture
and jewelry and the cemetery lot at
Springfield, N. J., with reversion to her
children. She also receives the resi-
due of the estate. which is to be di-
vided with the Baptist Home for the
Aged, at ll6 East Sixty eighth Street