The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-01
WAS MRS. wERTHEIMER MURDERED "a
The Husband Firmly Beiieves so-The search
for the Body Continued.


The woods In the nelghborhood Of Fort
Washington were thronged yesterday with men
and women searching for the body Of Mrs. Hem
rletta werthoimer who disappeared on Tues
day from the West End Hotol. Capt. Steers 9
detectives and large force Of the Carmansvllle
police took places at o'clock in the morning
near the lonely spot where the deaf mute Ste
phen Sinclair. had found Mrs. wertheimer's g
hat and parnsol. Everett. the diver employed
to search in the river. had concluded that owing
to the depth Of the water. in some places reach
ing l50 feet. tyas wise TO try the experiment Of
submarine explosives TO raise the body He and
his assistants brought twenty y-four iron canls-
tors. each containing twenty pounds Of giant
powder and some nltro-glycerine. A strong
boat rowed by four oarsmen. carried Everett
and G. H. Lowe along tho edge OF the river.
They were provided with long coils OF insulated
telegraph wire. to which was attached a battery.
AT O'Clock the people near by heard dull ex-
plosion and saw column OF foamlng water rise
ten feet. Again and again the booming echoed
tnrOuRn tho woods. The noise drew "a multitude
to the shore.
Morris werthelmer. surrounded by sympa-
tnzlng friends. his lace pale and careworn.
do not believe the body OF my wife will be
raised from the water" ho said; " she was a
liglous principles. Our religion does not par
don the suicide. and my wlfc was too truly q
plous woman TO violate any OF our laws. II Is
futile this firing of bombshells under water
My wife has not committed suicide. When
she. was last spoken 10 she was calm and
perfectly happy and II is absurd to adj
vance the theory OF temporary insanity
II my wife Is. at tho bottom Of the river
Rs Is h@ dwn S to ind oS Snd what ps
become Of her She never OF her own will
would have walked to this Lonesome spot See
the woods she would have TO go through, and
the distance from the hotol. II IL folly to say
that she, delicate and timid as she was, came
through these woods and sprang into the
water. See, the rocks are at this point. Had
she leapcd from this spot, she must have struck
against tho rocks beneath, and In that case
there would have marks to show il.
Mr.. Wertheimer be- eievcs that his wife was
put the umbrella and hat where they were
tOund to lead tho police OF the scent The spot
had been previously searched, and then no
such things were there. Again. the parasol and
hat were dry when found, although 1t had
ralned hard that morning. Within a few hun
dred feet OF the spot, in March last. James
Tracey. the railrond thief met a terrible death.
IL has long been known as the resort OF thieves.
and at The time Tracey was killed the police dis.
covered that the thieves aVailed themselves Of
the shelving rocks to hide booty and 10 secrete
themselves and their boats by day Three
weeks ago boy highwaymHn confessed that hc
knew oi a place near Fort Washington where
river and railroad thieves hid their plunder.
theory of suicide. The Captain thinks that Mrs.
Meriheimcr's body will cometo the surface. but
that IL has been carried by the strong tide below
Syuyton Duyvll, and, perhaps as far "a Man
hatianvlle He has posted men along the
shore 10 watch for II and to give immediate
news Of tho discovery. Mrs Wertheimer had
lewelry. clothing. und money On her amounting
IL value 10 nearly 81. 900