New York, 1895
End of the Inquest in the Body of Frederick Baker.
The inquest into the death of Frederick Baker of Sands' Point, who was concerned with Bookkeeper Samuel Seeley in defrauding the National shoe and leather bank of New York of $354,000, was concluded before Coroner Elbert Schenck and a jury at Port Washington on Friday. Baker's body was found floating in Long Island sound on Saturday, November 24, and despite the appearances of drowning there was a popular suspicion that he had taken poison. The day before the funeral the stomach and other internal organs of the man were removed and after a superficial examination by Dr. J. H. Bogart of Roslyn; Dr. W. I. Coche of Port Washington, Dr. L. L. Seaman, the medical examiner for the mutual reserve insurance company, and Professor R. A. Witthaus, they were taken to New York for chemical analysis.
The experts were baffled by the presence of poisons contained in the embalming fluid.
Professor Witthaus was the principal witness Friday. He said he had found poisons in the organs, but only such as are used by embalmers — mercury, zinc and arsenic.
The professor would not state that Baker was poisoned, but was positive that death was not caused by drowning. The jury returned a verdict of death from unknown causes.
—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 22, 1895, p. 1.
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