Show NEW THEORY INJECTED INTO SKIP SHIP MYSTERY Indicates Girl Who Died Aboard Freighter Was Victim of Dramatics In B By Associated Tress Press BOSTON Feb 19 The 19 The Boston Post In a copyrighted story today injected in injected in in- a new theory into the circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances surrounding the death of ot Elizabeth Barrett Cook aboard the British freighter Chinese Prince the Prince the theory that she was the victim of her own hunger for the dramatic The Post says that passengers who sailed with the girl Cirl to Europe December December Decem Decem- ber 12 revea revealed d to the paper that they were convinced that Miss Cook herself herself her her- self eH wrote the hoax cablegram The copyrighted story also says that another another an an- other hoax message was received by Miss Cook while she was in den Germany WENT ASHORE The Post quotes passengers as saying saying saying say say- ing that Miss Cook went ent ashore at Lisbon during the trip across visited a telegraph office and returned to the ship A short time later the paper says a cablegram was delivered to her sayIn saying say say- In int that a mythical sweetheart she named Malcolm had died The paper paper- I quotes the purser of the ship which they say was was' the Fabre liner Providence Provi Provi-i dence as saying that he knew the mes sage message age was faked Passengers the Post says informed I Ithe the paper that the girl refused to be I consoled and one night while near nearl the he rail screamed about being through with life Ure Two women the paper says moved to her side and the girl jirl gave up her suicide gesture The hoax the Post says informed the girl that her mother moth moth- er was ill at Naples and that a trip to the he Italian city proved the message false alse FIANCE WAITS Meanwhile St St. George Arnold fiance of Miss Cook and relatives of the girl awaited the arrival in Boston of the Chinese Prince delayed by storms Capt Captain in Howard r Uncles p of tf the Prince has the original ot a apprising Miss Cook of oC her fiances death in his possession It was shortly after receiving the cablegram and while the ship was ch eh route from Naples to Gibraltar that Miss 1 Cook was found dead in her cabin A drug was found with her effects on a dresser dresser dres dres- ser table J. J A. A Brannen British vice consul here said the original of the cablegram cablegram cable cable- gram would be impounded on the arrivAl arrival arrival ar ar- ar- ar rival of the Chinese Prince and sent ent sento to o Gibraltar where an autopsy is being being being be be- ing performed on the body of the girl who was burled there Photo Photo- static copies of the original will be made for relatives and attorneys representing representing rep rep- resenting their and Arnolds Arnold's interests |