The New York herald., 1878-09-20
THE SILVER LAKE HORROR.
Staten Islands Terrible Tragedy
Still Yelled in Mystery.
THE LATEST CLEw.
A Young Woman Missing from
Bowery Hotel.

on Wednesday. and made dtgent inquiries concern
ing tho remains that had found ut Silver Lake.
He was told that they had boen buried, and owing
10 decomposition, unrecognizable. Tho stranger
seemed satisfied and took his departure the next
boat Tor New York. The sequel to this little excur-
zion will DO found below.
rhe story told to HERALD reporter concerning Mrs.
Amelia Meyers by her daughter was untrue, for in
quiries made at the Meyers house on Staten
Island developed the information that Max Meyers
was in New York. Notwithstanding the convincing
proof to the contrary lhere many Coroner Domp-
sey among the rest. who think the body found TO be
that OF Ellen Murphy
MRS. xEyERs IN NEW YORK
Having aseertained that Mrs. Amolia Meyers, tho
midwife whose name has been connected with that
Of the Old man whom ossp Hleman, the cress gaherer
states he saw busiy engaged plying shovel near tho
spot where tho remains aferward discovered,
formerly carried hor avocation in the Seven teenth
ward, HERALD reporter yesterday visited that sec
tion OF the city for the purpose OF securing iniorma
lion In regard to the woman's antecedents.
With tho assistance Of Detective Dyer OF the Seven
tseut police precinct, the writer found Indy living
Alon street, who has known MRS Meyer for several
years sho said that the person named keeps sort
OF Iy,pgn establishment on staten Island while her
daughter Amelia, VINO also prauccs the calling OF
midwife, hsa @ ner mouse oa sna sacon ONCE on
mated ana readily found the house. No. rs Second
street, by q sign displayed near the front
door, and reading s'Doctress Amelia Meyer" lt
Is throo story anu basement brick house OF
eastern boundary OF the Presbyt ytsrian Cemetery
There person visible at tho doors or windows
WHOM the reporter asesnded the stone steps and rang
was the bell handle utilized before the reporter
accidentally ob.erved the blind Of one Of the base
then tried double pull o.! the bell IN quick success.
SION, and was at length rewarded by seeing
to tace with plain httie woman about thirty years
OF age, in working garments ana her sleeves tucked
up almost TO her shoulders. The following convcr-
satiou thon ensued, the reporter having commenced
by inqutrina II Mrs Amolia Meyer was at nome.
MOTHER DAUGHTER.
.sDo YOU mean my other 2" was the reply, ssif 80
she Will not be here before Tomorrow at ten O'Clock"
II mean tho Mrs Meyer who livos Staten
.Yes, sho is my mother and she has ofncc here.
sho oniy comes to the city on Mondays. Wednesdays
"Does no, your mother keep a lying-in place on
Staten lslandT"
'Shc does; she Is q midwife. l am Mrs. Amelia
Myers too and that Ia my sign outside the door"
''Are you aware that your mothers pame has been
connected with the case Of young woman's body
having been found In u barrel on station lslandY"
al have thai IN the newspapers. All they say
about going to my mothers house and matching
piece OF carpet, and about tho detective gong 10
arrest her, is a lie. II very mean IN those
papers 10 publish such things when they know
they are not true: MY mother % was here yesterday
to her house whether any came there to arrest
her, she was surprised and said she heard moth
ing about It before" Z"
Chow long has your mother been doing business
Staten lslandf"
"rwo years and halt es. she has had no ladies in
Does she own the place where she resides on Staten
Island~
.Do you have lady patients stopping here s'
'.oh no; they nevor stop here There Is no one
stopping here. l have n 1oor, and my mother aud
M saf use the ground iloor as an oc1cc."
WHAT wALLACK KNOWS.
Later IN the AFTERNOON The reporter called at
tho Seventeenth precinct station house, and,
during conversation with Captain Mccall
iSgh, ascertaned from a'm .nas Ry.r nr henri s
had called VI the station house couple OF days since
and Informed him tnat ho tMr. wallare) was about
the remains Of the young woman whicn
were found in 2 barrel there He ,noa
had been stopping his MOTEL tor ime, and that
they both left about week or ten days ago. After
being away Tor week or 50 tns man returned bring,
be thought that tho corpse found might
prove to be that Of the young womaa who ~ent
away with this maa. Mr. Wallace before leaving
asked Captain McCullagh not TO say anything about
the afair until had seen the tody ana tnen report
10 him AZ he had failed to keep mis- promise by re-
porting at sta cd time the Captain concluded 10 men.
P,ocseahg at once TO the hotel the reporter found
Mr. WALLACE taking with couple OF friends, ana
without disclosing hts identity requested few MIN
interview then took place, the writer, without any
circunlocution, askisg the question, "Hsvo you
visitod Staten lsana the last orty eight hoursy"
The answer was, III haye been There and WITHIN tho
past twen,y.iour hours"
"You went thero Tor the purpose OF seeing whether
you could identify tho body Of the young woman
which was ioundY'
,Weli, went partly for that purpose and partly on
other businesap
..Dtd you see the corpseY"
sNo; went down yesterday intending to look at
IL and got oil at New Brlghlo lon wnen found that the
hnt rag nj .
on when ascertanod tnat the body had oeen buried
and also that The features had been destroyed by
chloride OF limo not to DO recognizable" 7"
.You told Captain McCuilagh, understand, that
tnis young woman, whom you thought you might
identity had been stopping with man at your hotel,
nnd hst after both had left the rcturnsa alone,
bringing with MIN sbe woman's uuDks"
That is a mistake. Captain McCuiIagb must have
misunderstood me. The parties never boarded at
this hoct. no man comes IN hero every day. lilo
not more than two minutes gone out when you
came In. have seen the woman here WIN
him often. Thcy would have refreshments. snd
while he won't up stairs TO soc his lille boy who is
boarding hefe, she would remain down stairs.'
.'wnat about snc trunksY'
al told captain Mccullagh that believed those two
parties had quarrellcd, and that he brought
with her I don't know OF my own xnowiedse that
they wore living together, bu. have seen then here
and the street together many tmcs."
"You believed they had quarroiied and separated,
then how long would ihis Supposed separation dale
bock2"
al saw thcm quarreing In the street about
two weeks ago, anu thcu guess tnc Bepara-
tion must have taken place, IRON the other
iact OF nis bringing his .runss here. would not
have thought an thing about the matter AT all had
not tho at Clair In tho papers; that
what prom ptea me 10 90 down TO staten Island.p
"was Sc. Clair tho namo OF the woman you refer
toYn
81 don't know what her name WAS; tho mans
name rs st. Clair"
s'Sipce you ddn't the corpse, thon, you not
sure that II rs that oil the female to whom you
aliude 7"
.'No, am not sure, but II may be one and tho same
person hardly think II ~, however, Tor see the
man so often that / canr think that anything
OF that kind mas occurred | will tell tho
man, when he comes here 10 morrow, to
bring the woman hcre, 80 that ! eau hor and
satisfy myself that she Is alive"
''You know her thcnY
81 was not personally acquainted with her, but
have nor often enough TO recognize hor easily II
should 500 her again."
CAN THIS BE TIE GIRL?
BoSDour, ~ Y, Sept 10, 1873
A special despatch IRON saugsrtics to tho Daily
Freeman says great excitement prevails there In con-