The Morning herald., 1878-09-18
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An inquest was held at New Brighton,
s. l., on Monday night on the remains all
found near Silver Lake on Sunday Inc
,ull particulars Of which was published In
Yesterdays HERALD. 1T is thought tha'
4 clew to the identity of the woman is iur.
nished, butt is by no means certain tia
shs ID Ellen Murphy, as some persons
claim. In tie testimony given herewith
IL interwoven a strange tale Of love. AID
illigitimaey. r4s saw .aslu4. a7su
n Louis Reige the afianced Of the young
lady was called by the Coroner thereupon
the handsome looking young fellow with
whom the lately arrived woman had con-
ysrsed stood up, and with q gentlemanly
sslf, possession tock hold Of the back of The
witness chair, kissed the book, aud after
"a; ,stipg the seat to his satisfaction set
down and told the following strange tale:
He said his name was Louis Riege; that
no lived ~ No. 1877 Second street, New
York city; that yesterday morning while
reading the paper he happened On an &C :
scount of the finding Of the remains oi q
Young woman Of Staten Island, and from
tie Description given he Immediately
thought thatpin this corpse he might find
his lady love for whom he had searching
high and low for long time; to this end
he Immediately set out fof' Staten Island,
where ma made ipouifiesp iofiathe friends
and acuusihtshcss' 6f the girl who: had
long been resident there, but n0one being
able to, give him anyinformation hs started
tothe mergueto view the remains from
the teeth and from the,hair he inclined to
think he had found his. lost lady love, but
he could not swear positively, As ne
pnadeno secret Of his mission he fell into
the hanls Of the police, who held him for
the Corener to examine. When he had
proc. eded thus far the Coroner, as if tax
ing up the dramatic thread of the story,
be an to question the Witness. r,lr,t..,
:. sWhat was the aame OF the young lady
YOU were looking for?' asked Coron er
i, Dempsey ..,,,,. ...,,r,, - q, ga. ,,
MIR jhy."f- I9c 12,3 aL'L -. ~ :
i.'"How long have. .yotl know Ellen Muir
pby," pursued the Coroner. sf9" ,l1af I.
. =. sSomethipg over year and a half'' an
swered the witness, rsrr-r,7 l-1 ..,,t -. 4
= @,.s1"Weres YOU Sp on Intimate relations with
Miss Murphy@ quefied the Coroner.
"Yes!' answered Riege, looking with
his piercing, Intelligent eye straight at the
81 s,Welfteliuslofycur relationship to the
young woman, and what reason you have
for Isupposing,, said the Coroner shat thu
body On, which the inquest is held is thai
=, Of Ellen rMurphY| ",l,CI'-,3 .oI..H nu'S,.,.
,sr .Riege thrust bis hands into his pockets
stretched himself in the chair and cast .
reflective glance at the ceiling. A cloue
ofsaJness seemed to pass over his features
at al moment but quickly recovering
himself he teok his hands from his trowse
3 pockets, drew himself TO a sitting postur
ID again on the chair and casting a. look a
at the floor straight in frontof him, SAID
q, -ts5,rs- 4 BLUNT STATEMENT. @".s
Ithas been found that the woman ha'
been enceinte, Miss Murphy was in tn
same condition through. me; during th
first month she was downcast and a littl
melancholy, but being assured of my low
and hav ng my promise that would maj
,ry her when l obtained permanent emplo
ment she grew happy and cheerful agair
,ce again she spoke to me of going to
certain dc ctoI in order that she might nj
nave child, but l. strictly enjoined he
to do nothing of the kind; she mentione
three doctors whom she had consulte
about having an operation Re formed;
can recollect only the name of Or. Feene
what the doctor said to her |. do not r,
member she stated that one Of them sai
that for certain sam he would operate 0
her, Vino the doctor was or what was tt
amount / cannot remember. As this WI
early in the year, and as she had said moi
ing of it of late months, thought she ha
accepted my advice, taken faith in n
'-F and forgotten the doctors. All smy effor
- to find her had proved useless. l ha
c,iled at Mrs. Hazels, at Clifton, whe
81 ashe used to stop, but was told she hs
gone away. / traced her tEunk from Nj
Hazers TO Mrs, Con RS. Tne last nam
lady told me that Ellen had left her trul
there, saying that in all probability 8
ha would not want it for "a month or. tv
- neither Of the ladies in question could t.
81, me where the girl had gone, as she b
r, =, not youchsafed then any information;
la. leaving Mr., Hazel, SO that lady said, ]
u len told her that she would be heard fro
dead oraliye,a in two weeks. The Il
q. day of the two weeks expired on Sund
last, when the body was found.
I 'saysA Here the witness stopped, and Coror
q Dempsey began to question again.
''' ''1t.sWhen did you last see Miss Ri
Murphy aliveg" asked the Coroner. g.
a'' :" WHEN HE saw HER1LAsT.
"On the, fifth or sixth day ofAugust
. twas Sunday; I am not sure ofthe d.
however, and when ! left her she was
good spirits, owing to the uncertainty
my affairs i was unable to tell her whet
er 1 would go back to Somerville, N.
where had worked before, or remain
p New York; the next morning MONDAY