The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-22
STILL A MYSTERY.
THE CAUSE OF KATIE REBELS DEATH STILL
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THE CAUSE OF KATIE BIEDELs DEATH eTtLL
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DAY.
The father OF the gil Katic Riedel. who was found
dead 1nder such mysterious circumstances In the ded
d Staten Island. aid not arrive last cght In time
attend the inquest which was proceeded With In
der 30 hear his testimony 70 the manner In which
his daughter len home and how che became pyotose
OF the man wespiei who has alternately played The
parts o. husband brother steplher and simple TREND
the Coroner decided 10 continue the Investigation
al ten O'Clock this orning In the village Hall II New
Brighton When the old man viii be present He
rived al . late hour last night from his home near
Boston and proceeded to Staten Island at once under
the guidance OF officer detailed for shat purpose.
Nothing tending TO crnnate wespel was elcited last
ght and although he again placed on the sand
and xam,ned ~ length, he did not contradict
himself ir any important particular. When
asked BY Coroner Dempsey why he had, according
his own testimony, gwen money to the dead girl 10
pay her board a, time when hts children being
supported In the Richmond County Almshouse and his
wife ekng out an existence by living out as servant
welspie replied tina! he was under many obligations
vanced him 70 come or 10 this city and 10 aterward
send tor his family
IL always die anything could for her," he said,
with great earnestness Then. with heightened
eyes he crleo, rising from his sea. a would lay down
nv lfs 10, heri / would give away my life 10 have
be uttered the words tone which carried convic
ton o! their sincerity V 'he minds Of many
of the jury; He JAILED. however, % make them
understand that no had been compelled 10 assume
the par. of husband 20 the girl 10 navo her every
OCCASION when she was out OF employment occupy his
room, and 10 constantly visit her while his wife lived
esew here. and had not seen the girl Tor nearly two
years. The assertion OF welsple that his relation 10
whom they lived and in view Of the girls character
and tner conduct is hardly possible TO accept that
Is true ne 'aa % n, sna' 90
was no more alive he came homo
sick at twelve o'clock and slept until awakened
by her. The foreman OF MI Lindeman's piano shop,
where worked, asserts that he die not leave
that building until three tour o'clock the after
noon. when he quietly slipped away In the trunk Of
the girl, which was carefully examined by Coroner
Dempsey yesterday, there were found two pairs Of
shoes much than those found upon the feet OF
The dead grl II she had intended TO 60 to Newark,
stay there and obtain work. It is absurd 70 suppose she
would have set out with shoes without soles and up
pers badly That she had intention
Of committing suicide appears from the TACT learned
by HERALD reporter yesterday In conversation with
her ha, the Friday before her death
she bought quantity OF brown velvet, which she on
the very day before her BODY was found made into
hat and expressed her intention Of wearing IL on the
following day Besides, she had been at work all the
week making the skirt OF new dress, and The upper
portion Of II beng made by dressmaker IN Sixth
street WeispeI says that In parting with the girl on
that Saturday uigh she gave him particular Instructions
to procure that portion Of the dress and keep It until
she should return. Altogether the is great q
mystery ever despite the identification Of the girl
The theory Of many s that the unknown father OF the
unborn child gave the girl vial Of prussic acid, tell
ing her Il was drug which would produce the abor-
ton she desired so much, and that under that impress
sion she swallowed II voluntarily.
DEAD GIRLS EMPLOYMENT.
At the inquest last night Lewis Hansen, an elderly
German. who keeps nurse agency al No LA East
Thirty second street, in this city, testified that the
10th OF March, 1874. Katie kiede came TO him and said
that she mad no homo or friends, and that her child
had been dead TWO months; witness kept her at his
house two days. when he got her situation as wet
nurse with Mrs. Rosenberg No. "A ST. Marks place,
where she remained until the child was weansd; she
registered IN the book Of witness as years old
ho did not her AGAIN until December 20, 1875,
when she again applied for similar situation that limo
she recalled herself TO his recollection Katie Redel
but SAID she had been married, and her name vas
welspiel; she had BABY seven weeks old; she said
she would not apply Tor situation II her husband
could procure employment. and as she did not como
again be presumed she Obtained work; OH the 5th Of
May following he obtained for her situation, which
she left soon alter her own child becoming sick; In
the latter part Of july he procured her still another
place IN BROOKLYN appeared that shc remained there
but very bret PERIOD in August she out
of employment, and he obtained for her situation
Jersey City; welspie called al the office OF witness
many times to inquire the whereabouts Of ''hs wife,
Katie said 10 witness that weisple was good man,
but very jealous OF her. she said she obliged
TO a situation account OF his jealousy
occasion about to send her &c live the
family OF a mechanic. but Wespel prevented her from
going. saying ne was afraid she would not have COM
MIR. Hansen thought he could recognize the repu,ed
husband of Katie; Weispel was brought into the
aud he declared him 10 be the man photograph
found the trunk oil the dead girl shown
and the FIRST glance declared 1t 10 be her likeness,
but on closersins pccton said he could not Il
was; proved aterward 10 be the picture of fellow
servant OF the deceased, at Long Branch.
John A. Vandam, young painter, Fl years old, live
ing At New Brighton testified: ION the night Of Satur
day. the 10Th ins the day preceding the finding Of the
dead girl he was In New YORK; and returned BY the
ferryOoat which left nj twelve O'clock the boat ar
rived At Quarantine landing at twenty minutes to one
o'clock. and he, with trend, whom he met getting
Off the boat walked from the ierryhouse up Arretia
street Central avenue and thence along the
home; III Central avenue, near where the body was
found he tall, stout man the man u brown
coat black trousers, SLOUGH hat, and carried Stick
the companion OF witness saw the face OF the man
us they passed him: they continued along the road
and the stranger followed to New Brighton SO closely
that he could hear the young mems conversation:
they looked back him several times but he turned
his head away II to avoid recogntion witness had
seen Welsplc and he was not the man.
William !. White gardener, aged eighteen, who
accompanied vandam his walk from the boat could
add nothing TO the statement OF his companion