The New York herald., 1878-09-23
THE SILVER LAKE MYSTERY.
NOT RAY OF LIGHT OH THE DARK SUBJECT
THE POOR GIRL WHO WAS BURIED IN BAR

NOT RAY OF LIGHT OH THE DARK SUBJECT
THE POOR GIRL WHO WAS BURIED IN BAR
REL NOT YET IDENTIFIED.
Nothing that would throw light on the Silver Lake
mystery transpircd Staten Island yesterday. DC
spite the Efforts that have been made toward identity
Ing The still stands most anomalous
one IN the history OF secret crimes. Among
other extraordinary features 1t has tended to
elicit the suggestive circumstance that four young
women haya been missing Tor periods varying from
weeks to months and that three OF these, at least
when last seen by their friends were IN delicate
condition Each day Is calculated 10 increase the
difficulty OF recognizing tho mutilated body OF the
poor creature who so innumanly sent out OF the
world so that it msy be regarded as problemaiical
whether her identity will ever be established short OF
the judgment Day.
BY direction Of Coroner Dsmpsy yesterday the long
black hair which is attached the greater portion
OF the scalp OF the murdered g,r, brought from
the Rich hnond County Poor House 10 his Office at New
Brighton. II is his intention to place the ghastly
relic in tho hands OF a medical man, with the object
Of having the cutice and adnering tissue removed
Tor the better preservation OF the hair, uHon
which hangs almost the only slender
hope OF Identifying It's unfortunate owner. Tho
Coroner says that the intimatton In yesterdays
HERALD about the right arm OF Annie Hummel having
been broken while she yet child may, II acted
upon prove of i'm portance in settling at ana for
ever the question as whether the found
really those OF that young woman or otherwise. He
states however, that II tho body should be unearthed
ngoin the expense OF doing SO must DO borne by tho
parties wishing 10 view 1t, as he has already
betrayed The cost OF exnuming 1t tour times. He fur
lhcr says that he has firm belief which is corrobo
rated even in his Dreams that tho identity OF the
murdered woman will lnally be disclosed and the
guilty nariies brought TO justice He also intimated
that he expected 10 DC placed IN possession oil some
information bearing on the case tomorrow, but de-
clined to state lis probable character
The police captain OF Staten Island was called upon
1t Stapleton yesterday afternoon by HERALD rcp0r
terious tragedy. On being asked tho result of
visit TO rotsnville on the previous evening. thut
official replied that he had ascertained nothing new
Whatever in regard In the case II was further
elected from him that ne had not the
slightest clsw to the identity OF the MUIR
dercd woman, neither had he formed any theory
oi the other than that he inclined 10 thinK
that the remains had been brought from New YORK
and buried where they were aiterward discovered.
The writer also visited rompkiusvie ana called upon
Thomas Condrep, at whose house the girl, Ellen Muir
ply, engaged board and left ner truck immea-
steiy preceding nor disappearance. Mr.. Con-
dren SAID that the giris trunk was snll there
lud that her continued absence had puzzled him
more thaa anything else h,s life before. Having
known her tor some time previously, She was he said.
chearul light hearted girl person VINO, ho was
Eatsled would never take her lie. When she
called at the last time neither Mr.. Condren
nor his wiie suspected Ellens condition who, they
have since tound out within thirty days Pc
Rod OF maternity She seemed happy In the company
of ons Rleee her lover ana the ather OF her uu born
offspring, and inasmucn she, IN all probability,
had the immediate prospect Of being made a wife,
Mr. Condren could conceive OF no explanation OF her
disappearance. The supposed clew which attached
tho hnding OF bundle OF wearing apparel on the
root OF No. 81 Clinton place, and containing articles
Of clothing similar TO those worn by Ellen
Murphy, proves to have been falacous. as 1t Is now
known that the properly IN question was stolen from
the residence OF a lady in East Ninth street.
The story emanating Sir Wallace. proprietor OF
the Bowery HOTEL touching the disappearance OF a
young woman, still remains unexplained. As already
stated in these columns the hotel keeper named has
poiDtedly refused TO furnish Information 10 Inc
Seventeenth ward detectives that might aid In
It may now DO mentioned that he sill with
holds such intelligence True, he asserts that
no has, since last Thursday, seen Mr. and Mrs. st.
Clair, that the latter ais alive and well, " and that
he produce them both at any time II necessary.
But he is well OF the fact that Captain McCul
lagn's detectives commenced looking for st. Clair
ut midnight the day mentioned, and the irresistible
with tho knowledge that he Is "wanted" at the
Seventeenth precinct station heuse. Notwithstand-
Ing all this, 81. Clair has not moved step toward
the police tor the purpose OF producing
the woman alluded TO- or IN any otner way oncrod
10 prove that the suspicion attaching TO him IS
groundiess. Captain McCuilagh, while speaking Of
the circumstances last evening 10 HERALD re-
porter. characterized the whole affair AS very
strange proceeding on the part OF St. Clair and
Mir Wallace He also said that his detectives haa
kept up search for 81 Clair mig h and day, until
he Qhe Captainl learned from the newspapers Sal
urday morning that the remains OF tho murdered
young woman were positively identified by her iatbcr
us those of Annie Hummel when he at once took his
men OF the AS II has appeared since then
that the father OF Annie Hummci was proba-
bly, mistaken In his supposed identification OF the
for ST. Clair, detailing two OF his most experienced
detectives Tor that purpose yesterday morning Up
to lace hour last evening their efforts to discover The
Whereabouts OF ST. Clair had been unsuccessful Tho
Captain, however, informed tho writer that ii was
highly probable the man would be ''brought in' TO-
nay.