The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-29
MRS. WERTIIElMER MISSING.
CONTINUING THE THOROUGH SE.fRCH
ON LAND IND IN WATER
Boys from the House or Refuge Securing tho
uiiis nnd vniieys-A Diver mt Work In tho
RIver-No Further Traces Discovered.

Boys from the House or Refuge Securing tho
IIiiis nnd vniIeys-A Diver ut Work In tho
River-No Further Traces Discovered.
No hopeful clue OF the whereabouts OF Mrs.
Henrietta Werthcimer. whose hat and parnsol
were found on tho bank OF the Hudson river
at Fort Washington Point on Thursday. has yet
been discovered but the search is yet going on
vigorously. The chain OF wooded hills that
form tho northern part Of Manhattan Island
slope on tho east toward Kingsbridge road and
the Harlem river. and on the west to the Hud-
son. The eastern slope was searched
systematically by men and boys on Thursday
before those engaged in the work had learned
OF the finding OF the hat and paraso. Yester-
day notwithstanding the general belief that Mrs.
Wertheimer had cast herself into the Hudson.
in fit OF melancholy. the anxiety OF her hus-
band led to the organization Of another search
in the woods. This time tho western slope OF the
hills was secured from the point below Fort
Washington. whore the woods begin. TO the high
hill that marks the junction OF Spuyten Duyvil
creek and tho Hudson. Eighteen boys who
play IN the band of musicians attached 70
cienily trustworthy to be allowed TO 20
outside OF the asylum walls These in charge
drocion Of Police oflicers $40 Joyce s and Ciapp'
They were stationed about twenty feet apart.
tho line stretching from the shore to the sum
Mr.. Duicher took charge OF the shore end,
0nicer .Clapp kept the centre In order, and
lengthening the line ms the space between
him and the shore increascd. and crowding
hg boys fs sevs along ts ne
climbing over fallen trunks. leaping gulleys.
and clamberng over rocks slippery with moss
journey occupied a little over three hours, and
Notwithstanding the denseness OF the shade
during m 1st ctt the way and the breeze from tho
river. the '.erspiraton streamed from all Of
them in the excitement OF the hunt.
j.. The deaf end dumb % boys from the asy-
ployed in this search. because they could
not be kept in order SO well by those
Nevertheless. they. were regarded as the
best ekirmishers from their practised alert
ness In needing every strange appearance or
No further traces. were. found yesterday. A
brother Of Mrs. Wcrtheimer. who has heen
pcarance in company with Detective Heidel-
berg, does not believe she was soen pacing up
and down the banks Of Harlem river. or return
ing from that point through Haven lane; She
started. he says. from tho West End Hotel
where she was boarding with her husband aud
stopped Mt the railroad station at minutes past
| 10 o'clock. He knows this because. as he ap-
preached 1t. he said 10 the ticket agent who
" I'll bet can guess the time" He guessed
that IL was ten minutes passed 10. and on look-
eight nutes past. He went up into the woods
to pass around the deep railroad cutting. and
|
and apMSTerQ%g DTsy to the
riS riyer GH sGe stopped topped every very Tow now and and then them
oP snS pa nS sS 9R5 nd @ e ae TO @
ing him, yet he got the impression she
Grange as to attract his attention; is
| she was lady. and so fingered until she finally
passsd on and then continued Y, on his way, She
the spot where her hat and parasol were found
BY sinela,r. and where , bot both he and Mrs; Vert, &
in .e %nd TSs
woman whom Mrs Reilly and William Murray
saw pqssing in the lane in, the, afternoon, in
who was strolling that way for walk.
-, Yesterday many people, gathered from the
bunk of the river at Fort Washington Point to
watch the dragging OF tho bottom. {. +. Everett
rived with skin containing his diving suit
aitcrward was busiy feeling hts way along
the slopine. rocky bottom close TO the
shore. His feet were weighted with soies
Of thick iron, and heavy disk Of lead
| in his iron headpiece he could see distinctly
three or four feet in the roily water. and ind -
tinctly Tor about ten feet. The two men
| in the skin constantly worked tho
airr pump 10y turning r,Eu two cranks. ,h. 4
managed the oars. The spot whore Mr.. Everett
was examining the bottom was indicated
10y the constant rising o. bubbles OF
air from the escape pipo in his nrmor
On the shore, looking eagerly at his fruitlrss
labors. were the husband, father mother, and q
brother Of the missing woman. Yesterday the
shore was pretty thoroughly skirted for lonl
distance above and below the point where IN,
pnrasol and hat were found. To-day scnrcl
will be made under the rocks some of which
shclve 50 as to form what the boys in the neigh
borhood call caves below low wuter mark. jus
below the point. also. about $50 feet out from
shore. there Is always an eddy. This will b,
Thoroughly searched to-day at low tide.
Five or six skifls We're engngcd all day II
were attached at intervals OF ten or twelve inch
as short strings each armed at its end witt
| large fish hooks placed back to back.