The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-20
WAS SHE MURDEREDq
The Inquest on the Unfortunate
Kate Riedel.
wEILsPIEL IMPLICATED.
He Was With Her the Night She
Disappeared.

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The third bearing into the OF tho death offhc
b.au,ifu, Young woman who was ound on last Sunday
week at Tompkiasyille, Staten Island, was held
last evening by Coroner James dempsey
ut Police Headquarters IN Stapletop. Inc
large room WAS packed With eager spec
,ators Coroner Dempsey anu Police Captain
Blake deserve considerable praise for the manner IN
which they have ferreted link by INK what may
provo 10 DO q murder
TIE EvIDExcR
The following 10 the evidence elected last night
MIR ana Mrs Wiener, OF No 1874 Hester street. testi'
Cad tina, deceased house about tne month
of November last: Katie said she married IN Bos-
TON and had Two children, both Of whom were dead;
sho told another person IN the house that
she would soon have another child. ard wished
she knew what 10 take " prevent IT, rs she ala moi
want Que: | told him ! wanted my room about New
Years as could get more Tor IT, they then loft;
the last tine she came to my house was shout last
Saturday three weeks.
The witness recognized William weilspeii ~ he
person who hired his apartment, and said he was the
husband OF the unfortunate GIRL ring ana shawl PIN
found on deceased also identified as being seen
upon her person.
A FELLOW SERVANTS TESTIMONY
Adel!nc Wnbour OF No Ill East Thirty ninth
street was the next witness. She testified thai sue
was twenty years of age. aud Is Nurse ~ mo
family OF Mrs. Philips. at the above address: sne
knew Katie Rede who was chambermaid 10 the
house, aud left the 9th Of January OF
her own accord; knew George OycSmann
since the 9Th OF January, 1872; he drives
milk wagon; I don't think Katie acquainted with
the milk before she 10 live at our house; be
often visited the house on Saturday evenings. but
inpb euOu Srha fhar / yn n
! never knew him TO take her OUT was
present the morning he gave her his address;
that the morning she was leaving; the prisoner
Wcil5peil, shown TO witness, who said che saw
him twice; he gave his name as Reidel, and was
thought 10 Kac's brother Tho prisoner stared fero
ciousy tho aud appeared to be surprised Wit
ness contnued-Kaiic always treated him rather cooly
/ never knew them speak GROSSLY 10 each other;
first the prisoner Weilspiel on the third Sunday
after Katie came, aud he renamed about an hours
when Katie FIRST she wore a plain gold
ring, but we .eve. saw II aiterward; ! saw that
little ring on her finger tmeaning the one shown BY
the Coroner and found the body OF tho deceased)
she told me that Wiespel her brother; that she
was married and had children, aud that she had
been Europe With them.
THE MiLKMAN DISCHARGED
George Dykemau was next sworn, but his testimony
was only repetition OF what has already been pub
iished. The prisoner Weilspeil was shown TO him,
but he stated that he had never seen him before.
0ykeman was thon discharged, with the thanks OF
he Coroner and jury free and straightforward
evidence in the case.
4 SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE
Thomas Ling was sworn, and stated that no the
prisoner Weilspeil who said his name Riede;
saw him the day before New Years, when he came
TO me aud wanted to hire room;
showed him and he engaged II for himself only;
lie paid the s. per month; about three
weeks after he brought his sister there;
she boarded there no paid ne S.
sweek for her board; there was only one room and
one bed, which they both occupied as brother and
sister; they left last Saturday week, about I've
o'clock In tho evening; he said be was
going 10 Newark with his sister; he came back
about halpast alone and said he had left his Sis
ter ON the boat; don't know what boat; wespeil
10 the city, as she would md her way alone;
never saw the girl since she left my
he .l bad %hsHers when he went with
Katie and when | saw him last Saturday he had
them or He always paiS 'w me ITomp'y ,,d 10,
half past SIX and would not come hack until about
seven o'clock in the evening; he was piano maker,
we Sss aSou, a year, los, November; frs:
%ss hT srouss. my cSS to " nsse
II nursed; The deceased came about every two
weeks 20 n .S' he said Ss Ma
R,edel; TIE child was about seven weeks
old; vas female child, and remained remained
with us about three months when deceased
took the child away as it was sick; weilspie called
10 tho child nearly every nght Katie slept in the
house about two weeks; the prisoner attcrward
SAID they man and vile; do not
know what was the cause Of The babys death;
died in July. in second avenue, near Forty.sec-
ond street; It alter tho child died ,noy
.aid they were married in Boston they
iAid they had another baby who died before
last
suddenly; last Ka:ie alive on the Sunday after
New Years, when she took tea with us; she did not
hrs wife was there and said ..Yes' they both then
went out and have not seen Katie since
PRISONERS WIFE,
Mrs. weilspicl, vile OF the prisoner was next
sworn aad testified as folIows:-l 1.-Two in No.
age and married '| to William woilspie; had SIX
children, three OF whom alive; they are
%s Ss Y SUP
saw him yesterday mornIug no came to where
am living; ! married my husband in Bos-
ton about seven years ago; IN the house where
! hvcd IN at Boston there was girl named Kate
Rredcl; We moved TO New York. ana hom
ward to New YORK and me. US on :ne
tram way to Pennsvivania; my husband
nnerward came back to New York to look Tor work;
mad n baby while We were away; she had
RAJ. my aousf ans Gny yea seven
when my husband hrst saw her she was about
eleven years old 'be deceased was put IN my
house by her mother. when we were IN Bos
ton: | have not Katie IN nearly two
years; | her have any company;
slept about week ut Mi Wciuers. where my hus
band stopped, did not Mrs. wcner while was
there, when last Katie she told she
red fbc further postponed until I'VE O'Clock
this evening"
DISCHARGED.
Detective Sutty, OF The scconc Inspection district.
appeared at the Tombs roicc Court yesterday ac-
rompanied by George l.. Ernest. the young
German suspected oil knowing somcthn 2
important relative 10 the deceased. The detective
slated that hc had evidence whatever to offer hat
would tend to crinnatc the prisoner, aud therefore
asked for his discharge.
The request was granted and Ernest left tho court
room looking very happy