THE LARSEN MYSTERY...
The Pretty Pamws Death Was
{my Due to Natural Causes. .
. N0 TRACE 0r POISON FOUND.
‘Chemist After Analysis of Contents of the,
Stomach Makes a Report Disposing
of the Theory A of Murder.
History of the Case.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 3.—The end
of the Selma Larsen case came this aft-
ernoon. The pretty parlor maid of
Mrs. Clarence Dinsmore of Staatsburg,
N. Y., came to her death from natural
causes, as the chemist who wasem-
ployed by Coroner Bevier of Matteawan
has reported that he was unable to find
' any trace of poison in the contents of
the girl’s stomach.
Miss Larsen, who was 20 years of age,
left the home of her mistress two weeks
ago last Saturday to visit her sister in
New York. On the train she was taken
suddenly sick and was removed to the
general hospital at Fishkill, where she
died in great pain 24 hours later. The
action of William Charville, Mrs. Dins-
more’s butler, in hastening to the~hos-
pitai on his bicycle and taking away
two bottles of wine which he had taken
from his mistress’ wine cellar and given
to the maid excited suspicion and
caused Mrs. Dinsmore to demand an
autopsy.
At the coroner’s inquest the doctors
who had performed the autopsy dis-
agreed as to the cause of death. Two
of them thought that Miss Larsen's
death resulted from the bursting of an
ulcer in her stomach, while the other
two believed that her death had been
caused by some metallic poisoning,
probably bichloride of mercury. The
jury asked for a chemical analysis of
the stomach, and Chemist Wheeler of
the state department of agriculture at
Albany was employed to make it.
. ‘No Poisgn Found. ‘
Today his reporl was received by
District Attorney Wood in this city.
The chemist wrote that he had analyz-
ed the contents of the stomach and
found no poison of any kind. He stated
that, as he was instructed to make tests
for mercury especially, he had not an-
alyaed the stomach itself, for the reason
that it would be necessary to destroy
the tissues by a chemical solution
which would preclude the possibility of
maéipg any ;further tests for other
3n s' f poisoning. Mr. Wheeler sug-
"gested that if the district attorney
should consider the circumstances to
warrant the ggurse, he would proceed
with a complete analysis of the stomach
which would determine absolutely
whether it contained poison of any kind.
»- ’Aite'r mashing this report, District
Attorney ood stated that he did not
consider any further analysis necessary
or expedient. He is satisfied that if
Miss Larsen had taken poison the anal-
ysis of- the contents of the stomach
would have revealed it, and he is firmly
convinced that the young woman died
from natural causes.
The district attorney said today: “The
finger of suspicion points to no person.
@harville, the butler, has fully exoner-
' ated himself from all suspicion, and
there is not even ground to believe that
Miss Larsen committed suicide. Dr.
Begrnes, the Dinsmores’ family physi-
cian, was led to demand the autopsy
through Charville’s peculiar conduct,
but he does not now suspect anybody of
having poisoned the girl. Coroner Be-
vier has received letters from a number
of prominent physicians who ,cite deaths
in their experience which were exactly
similar to that of Selma Larsen and
which were caused by ulcers in the
stomach.”
A ensues gtu CANADA.
An Oil Well In the Gaspe Peninsula Yields
Two Hundred Barrels Per Day.
Montreal, Aug. 3.—Information reach-
ed here today from the Gaspe penin-
sula, in the extreme eastern portion of
the province, confirming rumors of a
valuable find of petroleum in Gait town-
ship. The weil was boredunder the
direction of the Petroleum Oil Trust
company. which is believed to be a
branch of the Standard Oil company.
At the present time 200 barrels per
day are being taken from the well,
which: shows no signs of giving out. The
trust has bored 30 wells in the Gaspe
peninsula so far, and the best previous
discovery was one yielding five barrels
per day,‘according to the statements
of the company’s officers. But there
are other persons, professing to speak
from certain knowledge, who are ready
to swear that most of the 30 wells,
which are all piped, in reality are 041-
pabie of a very large output of petro-
leum and that the company is holding
them in reserve against. the contingency
of exhaustion of some of its other prop-
erties.
It is certain that the oil company for
a half dozen years has spent hundreds
of thousands of dollars in the peninsula
in prospecting and boring and it is ar-
gued from this that the wells they
have prepared are ready for instant
operation in case the supply and de-
mand should justify their operation.
Postmasters Appointed.
Washington, Aug. 3.—The fourth
class postmasters appointed today
were: .
Connecticut—Falls ‘Village, G. V.
Capron; Pine Meadow, William Case;
West Woodstock, E. L. Perrin.
Pennsylvania—New Freedom, C. B.
King; Newportville, W. R. Vande-
grift; Tamanend, J. F. Singiey.
New Jersey—Cape May Point, E. W.
Springer; Clarksboro, I. T. _Haines;
Franklinvllle, G. A. Nute; Hurffville,
R. 0. Clark; Iona, W. W. Shuster;
Jefferson, David Owen; Malaga, Miller
I Van Note; Mantua, L. L. Knight; Mul-
Iica Hill, W. F. Iredell; Pennsville, W.
M. Bright; Bichwood, J. B. Cassady.
New York—East Corning, G. H. Wil-
son; Hamden, Donald Crawford; Kin-E
derhook, G. H. Brown; Oquaga Lake,
E. J. Scott; Ouaquaga, W. M. Francis;
Savona, William Sanford; South Falls-
burg, Ellsworth Leroy;~West Side, W.
B_. Henry. \
Islands of the Solomon Group Annexed.
Vancouver, B. 0., Aug. 3.—The steam.
ship Miowera, from Sydney, has ar-
rived here. Shc brought details of the
recent annexation of the Solomon
group by the 'British ship Wallar00.-
The first "island made a colony was Bel-
lona, which the Wallaroo _reached on
July 16. The ,union jack was hoisted,
with the usual- ceremonies.
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'The first is that of supplying the Mata-
tutvlwm. son.
The Purple oi the Ilorwalks are Vi-
iaIIy Interested.
One Case, and There are
Others‘.
There isalarge body of bolters in
the N orwalks and vicinity.
The . movement has been gaining
force for some time and has become so
powerful that those interested are
anxious to declare themselves. They
are bolting ancient and useless methods
of treating catarrh and hay fever, and
they have come over in full force for
California Catarrh Cure because they
have tried it and know its worth. Here
are the words from 3. Norwalk man
who has tried many medicines and
treatments before he got. what he
wanted California Catarrh Cure the
greatest and Only, known cure for ca-
tarrh:
Mr. Alfred Platt, 9 Maple street,
N orwalk. says: “ I have been a. great
sufferer from catarrh for over thirty
years, having contracted the disease
during the war. My whole head
seemed full of scabs, and the discharge
from the nose and into the throat was
something awful. My ~head ached al-
most continually, and I never got a
good night’s sleep. I procured a bot-
tle of California Catarrh Cure at Plais-
ted’s drug store, South Nor-walk. It
has given me more relief than I have
had for years; my head is very much
improved and I can now sleep all night.
It is certainly a. great. reliever, and I
am glad to recommend it. Nothing
among all the things I tried before
helped me one quarter as much in
months, as C. C. C. has inafew weeks.”
You don’t have to wait to find out if
it will help you for it relieves at once.
To avoideav Fever in its season, use
C. C. C. now. It is a sure preventive
of this and all mucous-diseases. Use it
to break up your colds, and to prevent
colds “hanging on. ” Price 50 cents;
three times as much for one dollar.
TOGETHER EVEN IN DEATH. .
Henry Aupert and His Wife, Tired of Life
Committed Suicide.
Jersey City, Aug. 3.—Henry .Aupert
and his wife were found dead today
side by side at their home, 45 Lincoln
street, with three gas jets turned on in
their room. They sent their servant
away last night, "and in her absence
committed suicide together.
Aupert was 58 years old and his wife
was 56. ~ They were Germans and lived
on the second floor of a dwelling house.
Their servant obtained leave yesterday
to visit friends and was away all night.
She returned today and found the doors
of the Auperts’ rooms locked. She
knocked, but got no response. She
called out, with the same result. She
tried several times, but could not wake
either the man or his wife.
The Auperts were habitually early
risers, and the servant became fright-
ened. She noticed a slight smell of gas
in the hallway and went out to search
for a policeman. Roundsman Richards
of the Webster avenue station returned
with her and broke down the door.
They found Aupert and his Wife dead
in bed together. Gas was flowing from
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three jets which were turned on full.
Dr. Zola, whom the policeman called,
said that the pair had been dead for
hours.
A letter on the tabie removed any
ddubt that the police might have had
that the pair had committed suicide.
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The Peace Negotiations.
Constantinople, Aug. 3.—From pres-
ent indications the powers .will be com-
pelled to send another ultimatum to
Turkey. The embassadors presented
the remaining sections, including those
providing for a limited control of Greek
finances and a. new article defining the
time and method of the Turkish evacu-
ation of Thessaly. Thereupon Tewfik
Pasha presented a series of amend-
ments to all the articles previously sug-
gested.
Spain, Cuba and the United States. I
Valencia, Spain, Aug. 3.——Don Fran-
cisco Silvela, the Conservative leader,
at a meeting here demanded that the
cortes be reconvened in October, taking
the ground that the policy of the Con—
servatives had failed in political, mili-
tary and international aspects. He
urged that steps be taken to settle the
claims of both sides in the disputes be-
tween the United States and Spain.
Transvaal Republic Scandals.
Johannesburg, Aug. 3.——Grave charges
are being formulated against the Boers.
beles before and after the Jameson raid
with large quantities of guns and am-
munition bearing the stamp of the
Transvaal government. The second is
that several high Boer ofl‘lcials, while
the reformers were in prison, accepted
money. from the reform committee.
Chinese Bighbinders’ Threats.
San Francisco, Aug. 3. -—— There are
prospects of trouble over the notice
posted by the highbinders giving a list
of the names of Chinese who have been
condemned to death. The list includes
many persons who stand high in busi-
ness circles, who have interesththem-
selves in aiding the officials in’fheir ef-
forts to make Chinatown a law abiding
place. /
The \Vhlte Squadron Sails.
New York, Aug. 3.—The ships of the
white squadron, comprising the United
States cruiser New York in the lead,
followed by the cruiser Brooklyn and
battleships Massachusetts, Indiana and
Maine, left their anchorage off Tomp-
kinsville and passed out quarantine to-
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