New-York tribune., 1922-04-29
Death Mystery
OF 2 .Jacksons
Grows Deeper
All Evidence Against Suicide
Theory: Physician Finds
No Trace of Ptomainc Poi
soning; Making Analysis
Plum May Afford Clew
Couple, Apparently Happy,
Made Social and Other En-
gagements Just Before End

The investigation made yesterday by
Attorneys Office into the death on Tues
day last of Fremont Madison Jackson
and his wife tended rather to deepen
than TO clear thei mystery. The suicide
theory has been definitely abandoned
as Il result of the inquiry, but on the
other hand an expert medical opinion
holds positively that the deaths did not
result from ptomainc poisoning.
There remain the possibilities Of ac-
cidental poisoning through some agency
which has not yet been discovered, or
murder. The present official tendency
is to regard the former theory ms the
more tenabe.
A variation Of the accidental poison
ing theory is that held by W nfeli F.
Warren, of Lawrence. Mass, son Of
Mrs. Jackson by her irst MARRIAGE
Mr.. Warren telographcd friends in
that his mother had been accidentally
poisoned and that his stepfather had
died of shock at finding her body upon
his return to their suite in the Hotel
Margaret Annex.
No Poison Receptacle Found
Mr.. Warren and his wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Brainerd, Of South
Orange, N. j., and DR.. George Warden
burg were examined yesterday by AS
sistant District Attorney John F. Hur-
ley, and it was their testimony which
chiefly led to the abandonment of the
suicide theory by the officials Mrs
Blainerd is niece of the dead man.
All these witnesses agreed that the
couple were happy. prosperous and de-
voted TO each other. It was found
that they had planned q bridge party
at their apartments for Thursday nf-
ternoon and that Mr.. Warren had
made an engagement to visit them
with his wife over the next week end
1t was found also tnat Mr. and Mrs.
Jackson both had dentists engage
mcnts for Wednesday. The complete
absence Of any Indication Of suicide
plans and the failure Of the closest
search to discover any poison recep-
tacle or indications thai either of the
Jacksons possessed any form, of poison
convinced the officials that the deaths
were not self-nficted.
Or. +. NJ. Vaughan, medical exam
iuer Of the Kings County District At
torney's Office, said positively yestel-
day that the deaths were not due TO
Elomsine poisoning, which eliminates
the simplest explanation. The autopsy
rcv,a aled in Mr.. Jacl sons stomach a
piece of a fresh plum. In the event Of
the establishing of any murder evil
dcnce, the officials believe thnt this
may be valuable as providing the
means by which the poison might have
been administered. The murder the
cry is not given much crcdencc of
fcially.
Followed Routine to Last
The last evidence Of the presence Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson alive so far dis
covered is the fact that on Tuesday
morning they ate breakfast at about
$3.50 at a restaurant in Fulton Street
Warren Pitt. the waiter who served
them on this occasion, said that they
ate simple breakfast Of rolls, oatmeal
and coffee. 1t was their custom to eat
breakfast together at the same res
taurant at about the same hour
1t is known that it was Mr.. Jackson's
habit daily to visit apartment houses
which he owned in West Fifty-third
Street, Manhattan, while Mrs. jackson
stayed in her apartment at the hotel.
Two potted plants which Mrs. jackson
ordered on Monday afternoon were de
livered to the apartment on Tuesday at
about o'clock, but the messengers
ring at the door bell was not answered
and the plants we're left outside the
door.
An analysis of both stomachs and
their contents is being made. The fur
fhei development Of the case. Mr.. Hur-
Icy said yesterday, would depend
largely upon the result Of this analysis.