The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-28
MRS. WERTIlEIME Err MISSING.
rUOROUGHLr SEARCHING TIE FORT
WdsHINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD.


A Young Man from the Deaf and Dumb Asy.
Ium Finds Indication OF Suicide by
prownine-Yet n may have been Murder
Dragging the Red of the Harlem River.
Tho woods on Fort Washington, between
ne North and Harlcm rvors were searched
through and through yesterday morning by
bands OF men aud boys. eager to find some
trace Of Mrs Henrietta Wertheimer. few
hundred yards south Of the West End Hotel
from which she wandered on Tuesday. il the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum. Police Captain Steers
enlisted the sympathy Of many OF tho lads at
school there. who have been accustomed on
holidays TO roam through the thckets like rab-
hits Wednesday was their commencement
Aay hat yesterday they went out In force boing
stimulated 10y tho reward Of 900. offered by Mr.
Norris Wor,heimcr. the husband. They wero
resniorcod by boys from the Union Home
sahoo, and the Juvenile Asylum. Boys and
mon searched without much ordor or plan
with the exception Of what was observed by the
pore toroc.
As the morning wore on. tho interest deep
ened Tho neighborhood ia thinly populated
bu, s-atterod here anu there. partly hidden In
the woods are tho residences Of many we'll
known and wealthy citizens. Among these are
tho villas Of Charles O'Conor and of James
Gordon Bennett. From the Kingsbrdge road
10 the crumbllng earthworks that yet remain OF
Fort Washington on the steep North river
bank il foot path little travelled. except by an
occasional tourist. called Havons lane. East
wnrly it Leads through dense plno and hem
lock shade and occasional patches Of sunshine
toward the Harlem river. This path Mrs. wer-
theImer Ia known to have taken.
All the attendants ia the hotel speak in terms
OF affection and regret Of the poor lady" She
i
Looking down from the high hotel piazza on
the North river. she had remarked that 1t was
80 beautiful down there" This has made
most Of them think that she has drowned her
self in a 1T Of melancholy resulting from the
excessive care and anxiety sho hnd recently ex-
pended on one Of her children. who was sick
Tor nye weeks with typhoid fever. The mother
watched with 1t night and day. and when IL
grew better It was found that her own health
hal been undermined.
cause that led her 70 quit the hotel on Tuesday
morning. She had Just dismissed her children
St Sa hotel shS had on Scf shS ss drssa
and a black chip bonnet trimmed with gold
braid and with solferino-colored roses. She
wore diamond earrings, the gold setting of
which had a black onamelled border. In her
belt was an open faced gold watch ana shc car
rled silk Daraso with mot oiher- of-pearl han
die ana gold top. On her hand was her we'd
ding ring. aud another set with q diamond. The
the lano leads across the Hudson River Rail
road and il has been suggested that Mrs Vert
hemers ornaments may have tempted the Gu
pidty OF passing tramp.
Al 4 o'clock she was seen near Felix Sched-
lers Hotel. on the kingshridge road. walking
W and down the high bank OF the Harlem
river. She had gone thither through Havcn's
lane In tho afternoon william Murray and
Mrs. R)illy saw, returning through the lane. a
woman whom. from the description given Of
Mrs. Werthemier. they Judged to be her. No
BODY has been found who claims TO have seen her
that she had returned through the lane and
early Yesterday, morning gave his personal at
5 paee Go % whero u re h5eR a Seen at
seen pacing the banks. Whilc he was doing go,
from Ss V West Gnd aoS Ofa PrGuni hs snd
paras2l ot the missing woman lad been found
dred yards north OF the hotel.
Stephen Sinclair. who graduated on Wednes-
day from the course OF instruction provided in
prize for scholarship. was among IT, most
eager In the search through the woods for the
missing woman. He Ia twenty-five years old.
and fond OF athletic sports, Several times he
has SWAIN across the North river. which is very
broad at tl.is point. Even on the day he gradu-
Is worry active. and Yesterday he greatly encour-
az I'd his speechlcss comrades TO thoroughness
walking westward in Haven's lane may cross
The deep Hudson River Railroad cutting on q
narrow wooden bridge, Then the path
nearly to tho shore. along which It
winds for several rods in the morning shadow
ns place SO es to form what is called Fort
Washington Point Shelving rocks slope from
ne water. their upper parts covered with moss.
Above and below the point large eddies are
formed By tho ebbng ana hooding tides. Just
NE place where ne path Iies nearest to the
water 1t IL separated from 1t By n bush with
large leaves. such as are found In large NUM-
bers along tho shore The bush itself. ms we..
Is shaded with tall pine.oak. and horse chestnut
YJee- sinclair had often seen the spot before.
ne thlnks that be walked along there in his prs
NOul search Xe1neNlay HegterIAy hOwayNr
sOout 10 O'Clock, when he ran down TO the path
ron ne fort. no saw lying under the broad;
Rad paEasoi, He hurried with them to The
paper where he had found them They
we're Immediately recognized as those OF Mrs.
Wertheiper. Word was then sent to Capt
81 mis- force to the place where the articles mad
been found. Peter Hunt and other boatmen
whom he had In his employ calculated that. at
shore, II i had indeed been she who had been
se9n by William Murray and Mrs. Reilly. the
tde must have Just begun TO got up the river.
Several boats were obtained and the water near
.ne shore was dragged until a late hour In the
aikernOon. but without success.
IL was suggested that body, would probably
ssDoye tho point. but search there also proved
nult.ess. cannon was procured. but only
kYwler enough Tor four charges could be oh.
Hlned in the neighborhood. The reports OF
!!ae cannon failed 10 bring the body to the sur
Iace, Neyertheess Capt Steers is Of the opin-
Ion that Mrs. Wertheimer cast herself into the
waller at the place where her hat and parasol
we're founi. It is urged. on tho other hand.
t1at they wero perfectly dry, Some Of his men
ss sso , ar sure they passed along shore on Wed
htthat tmo thoy would have seen them.
nAbout 100 feet back IRON the shore Henry
Wilkes. an old colurol man. lives in tumble
uoWn cottage. Tho cottage was carefully
settehed by Capt Steers. who convinced him
ll srll 4ler closely questioning It's Occupants. that
tAry hdd nothing 10 do with Mrs. WeTthemer's
lisappeeranoe. Mr.. Morris Werthemer. her
husband, turned from tho city late in the after
loJh. lie hnd been able to get no trace OF hor
it"ni her relatives there. aud was inclined 10
ulhk that She had indeed east herself into the
tFer. Search VIII be continued to- day.