The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-04
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Coroner Dempsey continued the inquest in
the case OF the young woman whose body was
found near silver Lake Staten Island his o0ce
at y w brighton. onWrdnrs lay evening. District
Attorney ronk was present. rs were Chief oi Po-
lie" Blake and Dr. Malser. who made the several
lost-mnrtrm cNaminptions The hr~' witness
called was Augustus Keymcr. an aged aul gar
ruou- Grrman. He - the person who. some
ten days ago. told the reporter about his seeing
man digging hole near where the body was
found. The police took charge Of tho man. or.
rather. after hearing his story. Capt Blake had
nn OH cr ~ with him to See If he could find
the man with n spade whom h. saw near silver
Luke. Sergeant Roo was detailed to this duty.
The police made nothing ou, iu. mhtterand.
so FAR as can hr learned. iropt "i H. Atlcneth
Coroner Dempsey learned that IL" police hni
been working k"yn"r. So he snnin"n"i MIN
rs a witness. krymer came on TIA" stand with
a y'Iy knowing ar TN" appear"u'" ana con-
duct of the Coroner, also were -ueh Hs tl rN -"
ih" hopr ihnt some important revelation Wts 10
be- made.
Kssncr's story wa, rodunlant with ncsa-
uyr- and with th"m "lmhat"i was % the
oiIrct that about eight weeks ago, while wander
ing n"nr silver Lake. he came across man
with spade W. WAS about To dix hole n"ur
ihrturul Ike. tie -nli ha WAS going ~ bury
large dog Weighing about loo pounds. Key
NOR nivi-,d tn man 10 20 further away from
the rpnl and 10 "A place where tho SOIL WAS
softer The stranger went 20 the plnc" inli-
Gated, which WIS n" pa'e whore the body Was
io sell ice cream near Silver Luke last summer.
Sergeant hoe took him 10 Now York to see If he
could find the man. He took HIM nrs io
S,lgrist's place In Grand street where young
man. son of a Staten Island midwife, works. He
failed to identity the man, and was then tax IN
To- sec the ronie'tiOnnr. who WAS on Stat n
Island last summer. He WIS found in Brlomc
street near P.u street. When the OH 'rr
brought this young man ont oi his lous', h"Y-
mcr who wns ON the opposite side oi III" street
AT once identified him rs the man with ~"
SPADE. Krymer could not explain why the OIL
crr dd not arrest the man, mud h" could not
swear before the Coroner that he WAS the man,
At this point two dogs gut into dinl nifty IN
the back part OF tho room. and u" Curun"rs
black nnd tan proclaimed itself with SHARP
barks from the front Of the platform. The Corr
onrr called to the officer present. Ming
whether" this is IA show, or whnt p The doe-
were silonred the uprnarious boys and others
were pnt out. ana DR.. r.Wnlser was called He-im-
ply told the Jury o! the So 'ond post. norton "N .
animation maze on the o2'Hslon oi IN" Nlsll "t
tho Saugrrties lawyer and pnysl'inn All, he
had concluded. the court ADJOURNED slnn dl',
Coroner Dempsey visited tins city yesterday
with Knymcr and found the young man whom
Krynrr idrutiiiod ms tho silver Lake ErnNn
digger HIS name is Edward Reinharit oi l'i2
HrObmo street. lIo said hr kept nronl"'t!onrly
shop in Dure street. near SILVER Lake, uhlll last
Juno Then he married and came To ms cliy T."
work in marble shop in Attorney strr,L A.
though snt SHED with his story, Coron'r prml-
p-cy suhpCuded keinhardt Ihat henl-Al SATISFY
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