The sun., 1878-10-16
MISSING ANNIE REINHARDT.
THE STiTEy ISLAND GRAND JURY AZ
WORK ON THE MYSTERY.
New Witnesses who Saw Reinhardt wheeIin-
tarpet-Covered unrrei Toward silver
Lnke-Whnt Herborn Iikens TO % Vision.

New witnesses who saw Reinhnrdt vyheeIIu~
tsrpet-Covered BarrcI Toward silver
Inke-What uerborn Iikens TO ~ Vision.
Intense interest In Staten Island ccnterod
yesterday about tho County Court House in tha
land-lockcd little village Of Richmond. Judge
Pratt Of Brooklyn opened the October term Of
the court, and tho Grand Jury sat in an adjon-
ing room. A rcinvestlgatlon Of the Silver Lake
mystery was about to be begun. Tho first wit
ness called was Mrs. Dcgnan Of Newark. mother
OF Mrs. Rcnhardt whose body IL Is supposed
was found buried in a barrel in ravino near
Silver Lake. Rolnhardt was left In the New
Brighton police station. where he will remain
until after the closing session of Coroner
Dempsey's jury on Thursday evening. The
action Of the Grand Jury Is wholly independent
OF that of the Coroner. Richmond was full
OF visitors. drawn thithcr by subpnnas
and curiosity. After the mother had been boz
fore the Grand Jury for over half an hour her
sister. Airs. Fallon. Mrs. Fox OF Brooklyn. and
Mrs. Reinhardts Younger brother George were
summone in turn. They were able to give thu
Jurymen Information about Mrs. Reinhardt's
marriage in Newark about her removal to
Staten Island. about tho purchase Of
kitchen furniture for the young coupls
by Mrs. Fox with money furnished by the
mother. and about the finding OF this furni-
ture. together with the wedding ring in the
possession OF Rcinhardt and his now wife at
1872 Droome street in this city. Mrs. Falon
could identify the chemise found in tho bar
rel us that which sho had made year
ago for her niece. and both she and
the mother undertake to identify the
tresses OF hair cut from the body Dr. William
{. Malser. who made the first post norton ex-
and nd think ink ha tho boSHs he ei Mas
ined was probably that represented by tho
photogrS1ph M H" T. s.pp9sedFo have made an
addition TO his description OF tho body and his
opinion oi the cause Of death.
before the Coroner were in the court house.
These were Miss sadie Macrarland and MISS
Capt Bake's. .poic officers las, Sunday. They
LIVE, ,Iyd On @iot the Richm2Pd rod pear iis junction
bers that some time In July as she was shnk-
ih Ihg dun,ing cl9th from her front window.
slght, wheeling short barrel along the road in
front Of her house. Nobody was with him, The
wheelbsarrow, was luSt such q one as Willie
Miss mcfarland thinks 1t wns on a Saturday
her par or at the time, The barrel lay on It's
side in the scoop-shaped box Of tho barrow and
sha whcS s Or Of yea Rs Rs
recalled what she had seen. and called on her
neAt door ncighbor; Miss Groeling. She found
through the blinds, q front window.
The Jurors called Miss GroelnS before them:
testimony was merely conilrmatory Of that Of
her friend. aud tho Jury thought they had had
her daughter Josephine. aud Willie Moses on
the subject Of Renhardts wheeling n barrel
ON 6 rgry n4q resd ans He wn S sysr
Lake. Another witness who was IN attendance,
and who saw Rcinhardt wheeling the barrel
from his store in Hcrborn's house is named
Kingsley. He lives next door to tho Hcrborns
=, Miss Paulina Dittmnr. who was married to
Reinhardt six days before the disappear
saSs So $aa Rs Tsfsa Ts 9sm the fGsa"1Sa r1e%
since her husbands arrest TO her mothers
house in Newark. shewoud be made TO furnish
witness II The eI PrsonSr awyrr Rnsenea g to
Stnpleton and brought back with him Mr.. Law
rGaS' her hRsT Bs Bsna s hpsSs.d
ranged with the free consent Of tho witness
that she should reside for the present in Rich
mond County in apartments So ured for her by
The, cnse win be further considered by the
that they will make q pres"ntment II they de-
eide IN favor of an Indictment. Nevertheless,
tho prisoner viii not be arfalgned until Friday
some curiosity has bcen exrressed as to ow
the suspicious against lseinharit first took def
On this point the following translation Of part
Of an article written for publication in the Staten
the editor. will prove Of interest:
About three weeks ago stood In front Of
the news, My eyes rested on an article written
on the Silver Lake horror IN which the name
OF Annie Honmcl OF Saugertes was
connected. Suddenly picture Of Mrs.
Reinhnrdt came in my mind and tho
thought flashed upon me that the body in
the barrel T. that Of the missing Mrs. Reinhardt.
was startled, and Immediately began to reflect
about tho lady who had quilted my house SO
suddenly and without notice ] went into tho
house and told my wife Of what had appeared
before me like vision. She said shO had
heard that Annie Reinhardt was working in
Harlem us a servant. That lcssencd the effect
Of what | had sccn. but was still thought-
ful. and my mind wes alert. Tho next thing
lieinhardt. which had been based on the story
that August kcymer had told about seeing a
nun resembling Rcinharlt digging a hole.
Then | talked 10 my Wife and children who
told me about seeing the barrel with tho carpet
tied over the top. | asked her how she sup
posed II was that the Hoinharlts happened 10
come 10 Staten Island. She told me that she had
been told 10y her how she had been seeking her
husband. He had been working in the brewery
OF R1Dsam & Hermann. which had that
very day burned down. Tho wife had
gone to the brewery, and had there
quarrclcl with her husband because hd
had not been homo for fourteen days. The
itingiin of all the circumstances Of the cHse
caused the matter To- weigh heavily onmy mind.
On SUNDAY, OCT, G, | saw RcInhardt pass my
OF the street. Tho fqct that he did NOT
Of all the talk there wa4 against
him.. impressed mo strongly That night |
could remain silent no longer. | went very
late to Judge kussner. who ne 0mpuHiri ma
10 the police Captain. Tho Caltniu wrutr Il lwn
my story. Tho rest Is known to the bic"