The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-01
THE wERTHEIMER MYSTERY.


EXPLOSIONS OF 0UNPowDrR AND NITRO
GLYCIRINE TO DISCOVER THE BoDY-FRUIT-
LESS EXPERIMENTS EXAMINATION OF THE
NEGRO wILKEs-THE HUSBAND AND FAMILY
PHYSICIAN SATISFIED THAT THE LADY HAS
BEEN MURDERED. 4ta ~.
The excitement at Fort Washington, where the
search for Mrs. Wsrtheimcr was continued without
abatc mont, at lever heat througho yesterday
the constant explosions OF gunpowdsr and nitro
yycsrne attracting large crowds to Washington
Point At ,hapast seven in the morning oaptsin
Lowe and assistants began searching the Hudson by
placing a can containing twenty-five pounds OF gun
powder and nitro giycerlne beneath the water at
about two hundred feet from Washington Point
Tho exploded by means OF electricity
and the shock was terrible large pieces Of and
any number of fishes being blown twenty high by
the concussi0n The experiment continued with
out interruption until sunsot-thon above the
Point, then again below at various spots-in fact,
where the least possible chance existed tor dis.
covery OF Mrs. Werthemer's body. The shifting
about from spot to the other the loading of tho
the careful handling Of the explosives the con-
Meeting OF the wires, all this took considerable time
but the operations watched with deep interest
only Wy the ail cted husband and his rolativss
but also by the large crowds on the Point. in
this manner nino different cans, two OF which
leaked. were used Seven explosions, however, gave
The water oil the H. dson U shaking up that Cap
tam Lowe, whose knowledge as submarine expert
nobody cares to dispute, snpha.cay declared shat II
come to the surface unless indccd u was heavily
Weighted. He then advised Mr. Weftheimer 10 stop
all further operations that line, though of course
IL would be Ia his the captains interest to
tneu', bus he said 1t would DO throwing away money
10 no purpose whatever 10 continua the explosions
THE NEGRo WILKES EXAMINED
Mr.. Werthe.ner, accompanied by his brothers-in-
law, Messrs. Stenbergsr and Kaufman, aud Delsc-
tive Hcdeiberger, then began thorough cross-sx-
animation OF Henry Wilkes, the colored who has
S%sss say sns
Werthemcr drs warning Wilkes to tell tho truth and
frankly 10 representatives, oil the press Whenever ne
should be questioned In regard to matter
should DO known. wilkes then stoutiy dsnied
that he told anybody that he 'certaIny would
not KIN any lady from the hotel" Hc had
Tor him I, do So The reason that he not found
In his cabin that evening ~ the police, winch was
construed by them AS looking suspicious, was owing
10 tho iact tuat no had youe 10 Iuwood ths
to purchase groceries. The vile OF The station master
ment to the detective, IN far that she saw Wilkes
come back IN u boat with lot OF PROVISIONS AT tho
time the storskesper ut lnwood where Wilkes
says purchased the groceries emp hatca lily denies
having seen him at his store on the day entsonod,
which was Tuesday last lu reply ~ other gu stops
Wilkes stated be that very mornin No near the
spot wnerc tue parasol and hat were found I'm hour
halt laer aud he did notice any thing there
at all. Mr. Werthclmer companions left the col.
ored man NJ wiser than thoy were before, with the
exception that they wcro somewhat moro satisfied
that Wnses innocent Of any crime In connection
with TINS my sierious affair.
INTERVIEW wIrm wERrIEMER.
Alter Mr. wcrttcimer had returned to West End
Hotel tho reporter OF the HERALD had n lengthy in.
tsfvisw with MIN. He DISCARDED entirely the idea Of
suicide which all people vita the MOTEL are
IN xious 10 impress upon those converse with
tucm on tue subject l asked Captain L1ones, SAID
Mr. Wort heiner whether IL could have bee nosslble
Tor the body have drted out win the tide on Tho
day sho when he stated that there ore
aiwuys too boats III tho river for bod TO float
ucl iced. Az an man "A i,sv~
elapsed now that u ought to have como tho surface
By tnis Ilne and our work of to-day, with all the
explosion, certainly ought TO have had IT,
us they say, she committed suicide. But the idea is
prcposterous. woman who 30 dearly loved bor ohll.
drcn, who had everything In the world TO live Tor,
Why should sho commit saicidsS We navo boon mar.
ried nine years; never yet have noticed the least
alteration OF MIND on her part and certainly as her
husband, ought know IT she was weak IN nd Cd
No. SIR, she mas been made away with. The more
has been IouIIy dealt with ana tna, n mvs.
ferrous, terrible murder mas been committed. don't
know anything about the surroundings OF this place,
anu cannot tell what class vi hAng M here
We only intended to stop here tor u lew days. as we
had board engaged Long Branch when TINS fearful
calamity came upon us Dr. Jacoby, our family ply
sician who has Known my vile siuce childhood also
rdculos tho idea OF suede and iully agrees my
theory ofioul play. The Doctor Is known authority
on nervous diseases, ana no certainly would have
no reason TO be parua! in tho expression OF
an interest IN tue case, has goue over the
ground, aud he also agrees with me- or
course the people In Fort ash ingtou do not caro TO
have II bruited sbout that a foul murder has been
committed but mat does not affect my Judgment
Tho TACT tbat The umbrella been found Is no evil
dcncs TO tho contrary ut all II Is mn almost worth
less thing. Of no value 10 robbers About nor having
been here there by this that person Ia also
nonsense Almost every married ady wears u black
silk aress. anu those people, no DOUBT, nstook other
ladies Tor my vito. We worc hardly known here 10
anybody Tbcy were all strangers 10 us and We are to
them.
HOPE ALMOST ABANDONED.
"What do you next propose 10 40 ~ asked the
reporter. 'Wnat eau l do r sadly replied Mr.
wertheimer, "rcl what I cau do. There 10
nothing moro to DO done. l am going " leave this
place ON Tuesday with my children. 1 do not want
TO remain hors any longer The police are working
hard IN the case, and must give Captain steers the
crcdit that he has lott stone turned unravel
this sad mystery was surprised 70 SEQ that they
paid much attention TO The night day they
have been at work on IT,"
Captain steers was the only person OF prominence
yesterday sim adhered TO tho Suicide theory, but
hcved that a fearful crime mad been committed In
this opinion all those not connected with tho hotel
also shared, especially us The lonely grounds sur
rounding the pi &C were gone over suan and again
yesterday by numerous people, VINO did not Iaii 10
point out the excellent oppor uncs offered 10 muir.
dercrs and thieves TO wayay an unprotected female
even during tho hours OF day, when not a single soul
could be met with In the intricate tortuous paths
that lead to Washington Point
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