The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-22

hllfI hftlTkP IOmInRl nNN TNnCnP0 nOWF, MS
viii suggested way ny which 4 Is thought tho
Identification might either be disprovcn or put
beyond the likelihood Of DISPUTE. Apnie HON.
mol. before she quilted Germany about oiEht
years ago. fcl from wagon and broke her
right arm Just above the wrist. IL Ia asserted by
physicians thnt when broken bono knts itself
together ngain a distinct evidence Of the deposit
Of ncwbony matter is always lott and never dis-
Mr.. Hommol has by advice OF his friends.
retained cN Surrogate Peter Cnntine to act for
him In whatever he may think advisable TO do.
Saugcrlcs to aid tho father ~ pushing. invcsi-
cation to all reasonable limits. What Mr.
Cantiuc will do he is not yet prepared 10 say
A gentleman hero to-day tclcgrnphcd to Coro-
ncr Dempsey tnat. after examining into tho
casc he believed that thcre WIS enough owl
HfSaG' fca. oO'"'H"0'V 10 '"''' ''0 ''' u ''0'"
Tic pictures Of Annie Hommel show her to
have boon n remarkably beautiful girl. Her
appearance. all the neiEhbors say. was not at
all like that of a servant. Her father brought
nhoui 5000 ,9 this country with him. md she
tion. partly ncforc they lcftGcrmany and partly
in this country before their father lost his
'Mr. Noses schocnfcld md wife and Mr.. Car.
roll Whitaker. Mr.. SchOenfcll's lawyer. reached
NV Brighton Yesterday afternoon. at about "a
oflicc. mar the steamboa, landing. We have
comcto soc I We can identify the body that is
said to bc Annie lIommels.' Mr. Schoenield
The body has been buried again. the Coro-
ner said, but you can SEQ her hair at tho
We could Identify the hair" was the reply.
Well. how long was Miss HomWcls hail ~
Coroner Dempsey inquired. turning to Mrs.
Mrs Sthornfcld hcsnatcd anl tho Coroner
measured IN about six inches of space on his
arm. Was it 80 long,t' he inquired Yes
" Wasn't Y so lonS ~ Guli.uting about nine
Inches lcs: perlnl = So. Masn u So i.,ntt
finger tipsL, ~. am sure 1t wasn't Mrs
Schoonfeld finally settled on about eight or nine
inches as the length q Annic's hair
The drive oyer to the County House whore
visitors were quiet and suhdued. when tho
burial ground was reached. the Sehoenfrlds
and Mr.. h.takcr ulightod and entered super.
iutsndont NeCormuek r office. whore the braid
of hair from the dead wuman's head was k"lt.
The visitors convcrscd in German. hut 1t was
apparent from their manner that they were
positive ih4t the hair did not como from Annie
Mr. S bloomfield carried in his hand q slop Ter
| stick about three foot long. Tho braid Of dark
marked on tho stick. The carpenter In the
county workshop was sent for. and his two-fect
EXa tiy two iect four inches" Nj whiiq-
! kor said, Hitor m.asuring N" stick. \ smile
| frightened Mrs. Schoenields face for the FIRST
That's not Annie" tie sehocnfclls said,
| Simu.iane.gsly. When they returned 70 New
| mood. There was no charge against Nr.
! Schocnteld. and,a they had not Identified Tho
| body. Coroner Dempsey did not dctaln the
party, and they only made an informal state
meut OF the case 10 him.
Under Lawyer Whltaker's instructions Mr..
| S'hoeufeld was guarded in his talk about the
! llommel case Ifc said that in the six years he
| had known Annie she had never dOno wrong,
ana he hG ncyer lad improper relations with
| hor. She Left his house on tho 10Th OF Dccem-
| bcr last When she went away he owed her
perhaps $50 or $40, but lie paid hex nQ money
| at that time. HIS wife gave Annie Is tents fer
| ringo to cross the ferry from SNugeriies.
l never received letter. from Annie Mr.
four DAYS ait,r she left. dated from Philadel.
| phia. The letter was sent 20 Aunie's sister with
the request that it be sent to Mrs. Schoenfed
Another letter was received from her bearing
| the Brooklyn postmark. don't remember tho
date. hut ii was in her own handwriting. A
second letter came from BROOKLYN In Annie
| handwriting. Tho superscription on the en-
her any money, and never knew any ono TO
| send her any. She never gave US any address
50 that wo could write to her.
IN never heaESd iR9t Annie vas In trouble lS
tcnberg 70 look for her. ! did not know that
any one hal searche,l !or her before, We llrsI
and gave all the particulars we had to the Su
perntend"qt, hut could get no trace 81 her
Then we tried the addres9es she had glyon u u
found no person who knew anything o.
her / only went to search fer Annie because
her father d,d. | wanted 10 show her parents
that vas innocent Of any cqmplicity in ho
disappHarance. went 70 New York on another
occasion with a Mr.. Goldsmith Of Saugertl les
We went To tho Brooklyn, hGadquartcTs. bn
could discover nothing. Mr.. Hrs n. a Brook
y" A. -% t. the allegation that have spent four OIL
five days at time in New York since Annie
Departure Mr. Schoenfed added there II
no truth In ii. | never was absent more thar
two DAYS. aud then only on lu-in 80"
40" said Mr.. Schoenleld when inquired o
regarding legal ur1cecdings against him.
never heard from any lawyer or Justice that
| was under suspicion in the untcr. But tia
hair. / Know Il il not Annie lIommors. He
| hair WAS certainly not more than atNen or eigh
| inches long"
The ysiery concerning the malt bag markc,
a. d. L To-.
seventh street. which WIS found with the body
in the barrel. Is as far from bc ng solved a,
ever. This hag Is thus far the n. - positive
piete Of evidence that has yet hecn discovered
| II WAS found WRAPPED around the body OF th'
unknown girl. and must have been place.
in in'ih ihe crime. c3i Mr.. Neidnger informed re
porter f1r TIE Sun yesterday. that large, mum
Icr- II these bags We're sent TO his branch ma
house in Rond0ut. Ulster County. TLey ais
III. place from whence tie Hommcls hail. Iii
name is Lawrence LOerzal. and the last con
sieument q bass 10 him was on the 22d of No
Tho nyst, rious clothing found on the roof O
81 Clinton place. and which was at first sus
pscted to be that u Ely Murphy, turn, ont I
place. Three weeks ago she went into tho eoun
Try on q short visit and on her return i0uni
her apartments broken open, and ~
ns s5en Ss T6e Reys f ann maiS I5A05 g 'i% %
the more valuable part of the plunder. leaving
navy bpo dress SeadSG44 six seI,9ge and tn
10 one Of the servants IN No; 90. and It vas sup
posed that she had taken this method OF dis
| posing Of tho remainder Of the clothln
first discovered on tho roof week az
last Thursday by Mrs. Miller Of No Vi
An exhaustive search was made yesterday 70
the house 273 West Thirtieth street, IN WHICH tn
Mary Wagner mentioned in NJ lss Anne HON
mcis letter resided. No su,h number wa
found 10 exist. the last house before reachn
Seventh avenue boing 256, thosa beyond rang
ing from 800 upward, No Mary Wagner
known to have over resided at 237 in the sam
street and the police Of the TIL lrtloth m
Thirty seventh street stations are ignorant {
any facts throwing light on the case. The hous
at 273 West Thirteenth street Is equal
apochryphal with the same number In Thirtlet
street.
Capt. MoCullagh says positively that there
! no truth whatever in the story about the dlsaI
pearance oi Fanny 81. Clair from the Bower
Hotel, and who IL was thought might be tn
r missing woman. Miss st. Clair has been see
at the hotel within two days.
Coroner Dempsey IA continually recoiyin
e,,I,...- ~ ..e,ers saying that The body Il tht
o. fdnhy 81 Clair. A letter mailed IA 80
I MY whs W recoiyed yesterday, saying that Ellie
I O. Al lute hour last evening Cant. blake Of tn
. SSen StSaten island police started Tor Toitenylll'
4 WIRE II was hlnted strong clue led aad wheI
B an arrest might be mado