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THURSDAY. MARCH |, 1877.
KATIE RIEDELs DEATH.

The Investigation of New York Reporter
Suspicion Still Pointing Toward the Girls
Paramour as Her Murderer - Why He
Should Be Held.
The death of the girl Katie Riedel, whose
body was found at the quarantine grounds,
Staten Island, several days since, still con-
tinues to excite no little comment among
the people of New York. II will be re-
membered that the jury of inquest on
Thursday last decided that death was the
result OF dose of prussic acid administer
ed by some one unknown. The man Wei
spiel, who had seduced the deceased when
she was thirteen years old in this city, and
with whom she had lived off and on up to
the time OF her death, was held on euspic-
ion of having caused Katie's death; but
Coroner Dempsey, although there were
many circumstances pointing toward Wei
SPELLS knowledge In regard to her death,
discharged him because there was no direct
evidence against him. A reporter of the
New York Herald, who has been investi-
gazing the case, comes TO the conclusion
that there is sufficient ground, even now,
for Welspiel's arrest. Welspitl testified
that on the Saturday preceding the finding
of the body be came home sick at noon
from Lindeman's piano factory, and went
straight to bed, and slept until O'Clock in
the evening by the deceased, who suddenly
said she was tired of living in that house
aud wanted to go to Newark, where friend
named Mary would get her empl' yment IN
a corset factory that he ihereupon, at her
request, dressed himself to accompany her
to the boat, which she wished To catch at 6
o'clock that he rode down upon Third
avenue car to Chatham square, when he felt
too ill to ride further and got out, accom-
panied by her that she tbereupon said she
could find her way to the boat herself, and
that
lIB LEFT HER AFTER PARTING SCENE,
in which she thanked him "for all bis kind
ness to her." and directed him to procure,
and hold until she returned, a dress then
being made for her by dressmaker in
Sixth street. The reporter, in his nvesti-
CATION, found the dresemaker alluded to in
the person Of Miss Duppler, at No. 1886
on the street mentioned. This lady, with
her married sister, carry on business to-
gether. When the reporter said he hal
come about a dress left by lady from El-
dtidee street (Welspiel's hOme), the little
dressmaker expressed her gladness that the
garment was about to be taken away. "We
were afraid something had happened to the
lady," she said, because she did not
come" The reporter, without stating his
Identity, merely announced that the young
woman was dead Miss Duppler aud her
sister talked sorrowfuily over the circum-
Stances under which the dress wa' left with
them, and the reporter learned tnat three
weeks ago last Thnrsdsy-thirteen days
before her death-Ks,ie Ried,l, look ng TOR
another dressmaker who had NOV, d from
an sdjacent house found the DnppleIs and
gave them q laniity of black crepe to
make her dress On the tollnwiDg Mon
day she c. led and asked If 1t was done,
aud was d, appointed t. find that il was
mt, ~ abe wanted TO wer it down Staten
I,and, whittier she was going With her hus-
hand on the following day OF "Wednesday.
On Thursday she cane back and sta'ed IN
ciientally. that she had ben down to S;a
I, n Island on the previous cay. Then she
requested that the dress should be 6n.hed
by Sunday, as she was then going doa n t ,
Staten Island a ain with her husband. S e
showed the sisters some velvet she ha !
bought, and of which she was going to
make a hat 10 wtar with the dress. She
came in the next day aud brought qnan-
tity of black silk to trim the dress, and
asked again that it should be finished by
Sunday otherwise she did not care for it.
1t was fipaly settlt d that the dress should
be finished by IL O'clock Sunday forenoon,
when Katie said she would send her broth
er for it. --,f .e.-.
THEY DID NOT SIZE HER AGAIN.
At II o'clock, Sunday morning man
who was easily recognized from the descrip-
ton as Welspiel, called and said he had
been sent by the lady in Eldridge street to
bring her dress home. ''He did not state
what relation be bore to the lady," said
Mics Duppler. On being told that the gar
ment was not yet finished, he sad they need
not mind about it any further, as the lady
had gone or was going they were not
sure which-to Staten Island that day.
The reporter then hunted up Wells
piel at his lodgings, at 1877 Eldridge
street, finding him seated with two
other men in their shirt sleeves, play ing
cards, with Mrs. Welspiel, the wife of the
fend, seated in corner of the room. Upon
the reporter introducing himself, Welsolcl
turned upon him fiercely, saying: "You
needn't try to scare me, guess !" The re-
porter told the story OF the dressmakers,
whereupon Welspiel put down his cards
| and, looking fiercer than ever, exclaimed :
ats d-dlie never said such thing
did not know she was going to Staten Is
land. | told all l know, and if they want
to bring me down there again I'll tell it
again" The conclusion arrived at by the
reporter is that Welspiel had lied before the