The New York herald., 1878-10-15
THE cREss GATHERRR's STORY.

AUGUST KExMERs ACCOUNT or HOW HE saw
THE MAN DIGGING A HOLE MAR SILVER
LAKE.
The October term of the Supreme Court and Court
Of Oyar and Termincr commsncsd yesterday at
Staten Island A large crowd Of spectators were
present In the expectation that Justice Pratt
VINO presided. would, IN his charge to the
Grand Jury, maze some reference to tho
Silver Lake murde. In this they were hswever
doomed to disappoint The prisoner Rein hardt
remained in the lookup at New Brighton. where one
OF his counsel cailcd on MIN during the afternoon
The District Attorney says 10 probable that the
case Of Reinhardt win be brought before the Grand
Jury for two three days, although was learned
last evening that nearly all witnesses have been
subp1ned to appear before the Crane Jury to-day.
The writer found August Ksymer, the cress
gathersr. at New Brighton last evening. ;
swell, August he inquired, '1s Il true, some
say that you positively identity Reinhardt
the man whom you say you saw digging the hoief"
know him ven saw him In New York. but no min
Vat dey say. You see am an oit man, und dot WAS
toll you vat did say ven saw him. l believe my
self II was tho same man, bu. look At him good und
den say, 1t very like dc one, und II It IL not him
"About what hour Of the day was 1t whom you
found the man digging holof"
at was IN the aiternoon; but you see been sick
and poorly for long time before and dot Is the
l can't remember anything bout what day It vaA Ven
70 HIM ia English, and ask Isl him what lcr he make
do holeY He say IN Engsh, too. DOT no
va, was going .r@.D 70 bury soss dog ds Den ne ss
meneo talking IN German. He say 70
ladies NO ike TO have the dog buried on do place
say 10 him -'.VeL Mr.. Ciscos is very large place.
und you might put dc dog In de ground we're ladies
would knowing nOthings bout him. say dis Is
poor place. do ground Is hari und tho ground below
dere Is SOFT tink dot IL dc worst biace you
schms ven they are Walking on DO road here" s 80
"What did he say to thatS"
"Oh he say he mustn't bury dc aog on Mr.. Cisco's
grounds, ss ne had been told not TO. He toll me he
work for Mr.. Cisco on week days and sold Ice cream
sonnr 10 ~. Ins osoS 3. ~ . ns.r saa
don't right 10 me, and ais dime believe what
he gay. JUS. INK, he working Tor gentleman like
en- Sundays. Vas not gong to believe dot Don he
tell ms it vas vory big dos-welgn more .. hun
dred pounds-dot he vas gong 70 put 10 do hole.
say him, You Won't be carry him all de vay
uD,hcrc il he's Dig.' on ho say Jim going put
him in = barrel and bring him up dot vay'"
SLOW long did you roman talking with the man %
''Oh, may be bout ton mtnitG he didn't have q
on uad sh,op d,galn do hole while vas ders
or any barrel or anything but him und the shpade."
'Hs continued digging. suppose, alter you left
him ~
.Oh, yes, he had commenced to work again ven 1
came away. couldn't get u out my head dot sone-
ting vos wrong vOt he tell bout burying dot dog
sCan you rscolect about how long before tho body
was found IN a barrel that you saw this man digging
81 can't remember exactly, but according 70 my
best knowledge Il vas six or eight weeks perhaps
cight veeks'
"Whcn you were In Now Brighton on the Sunday
afternoon II was first reported that the body OF
woman had been found Ia barrel nOar Silver Lake !;
do you recollect what remark you NADER"
~ do. say Boys don't 60 up; know.vat dot IS,
it's big black dog vas buried up dsro in a barreL'
You see dot whole ting como back to me vot
/ saw on dot afternoon. Ven l GO peiors dot
Grand Jury tomorrow. VII swear 70 de pest Of my
belief and knowledge dat Reinhardt Is de man SAW
dig de hole, una II dey let aitor | will say
dot sure he 10 de man. De hole where saw
him digging Vas the very spot whore dc barrel was
found after"
Vicinity Of Silver Lake yesterday afternoon ho saw
tho DOat-tender at the lake Tor Anton Heyle take
| two ladies, whom ne heard from New
| York. down 10 look ~ the hole where the
barrel had been found. The told him that there
| wcre three gentlemen up the laKs who wanted tc
him, bus hc refused 70 90 the ground that bs
mad already lost good deal Of time OF ths
and one had yet offered him . cent lOr hi
time or trouble. He aiso said that Mra Hsye has
1 told him that the three men were friends Of Rcin
4 hardt An had come from New York.