The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-13

the lid having ucen screwed down, Ching asked
hlm II he would not screw down the head I'D, - he
the body, and ne (Finch) az once consented and
screwed down the lid. the coffin being then ready
Tor burial He then went away
Now, here is a story which, If true, presents this
case IN most extraordinary light. Who was the
woman who was coflned Was - dead woman
or live woman Was IL Louisa Germs that
Ieigned TO be dead and was afterwards uncorlned
by Uhiingg II Louisa was alive, and II IL Louisa
TO attend the funeral next day, for the presimp-
ton Is that the young woman In black VINO sat IN
body saw her face. but the cemetery people
h Nance sure an, was young "om Mar,s aa ae
BagnIcki. aud other woman appears upon
the scene. The young woman was heavily yelled,
and she did not enter the cemetery, remaining 10
the carriage at the outer gate. Once on the way
home the Chevalier treated the driver but the
yelled woman never uncovered her lace nor took re-
ireshment Louisa was not seen In the basement
alter the burial Jf there was dead woman IN
the basement would Uhling have been so fool
hardy as to have gone up stairs aud asked the
women IN the house TO
COME DOWN AND SEE THE coRpsEs
Knew Sg e 70 n n "6 ane
had no great love for HIM and would not come
down on his invitation. They could not but have
known that the basement was 4 very mysterious
place. Nine. Marie was enough in herself TO brighten
any one away, but she was NOT there. There
ment louisa, and we're the women so much
afraid OF Uhitng'6 basement az TO refuse TO go
GOWN 10 see poor uemDcF OF tHeIf OWN sex after
dyingf And yet there Is another strange fact that
lritters all this TO the WINDS. IL ascertained
yesterday that the people in che house did actually
know that Nine. Marie was living In the basement,
though they totally denied all such knowledge
before the descent OF the police upon the place. 1t
was impossible that they should not have known
it, and yet with all the suspicious hang
ing over the Cnevalier for the past few
did not betray him. They could not have helped
seeing Mme Marie's nephew going in and out. for
ne was going in and out often that IL neces.
a IA 70
IvanykY state that the SESAME TO the mysterious
basement was "Meln Licper Onklen
IN THE DARK.
But nothing can be properly cleared up OF this
brick mystery until Louisa Germs comes upon the
scene. ii 1t were not Louisa tnat was in the eoiln
1t Will be one OF the most interesting problems in
the annals OF crime to discover who the
woman the undertaken helped into the CONN
and what became Of her. How long
woman could remain In coffin with the
lid screwed down is an interesting question Tor
medical speculation. Whether or not the same
woman could attend the funeral which conveyed
That same c0fln to grave next day is not any the
less So But the question arises, Is there any living
woman VINO would allow DR.. Uhling, secretly and
unknown To all the world, to place her Ia cofin
and have the Id screwed down upon her. trusting
TO him to release herr suppose the undertaken
had insisted that the Doctor should come out and
have . glass OF beer, and that the Doctor oy.
some unforeseen accident was delayed too long,
how would 1t have Jared with Louisa or whatever
her name was that was in the coffin? THIS q
very mysterious case.