The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-14
ANNIE RElNHARDTS FATE.
HER HUSBiND's PECULTAR ACTIONS
BEFORE SHE DIsAFPEdRED.
Grimes OF Then and BiRsmy that Have Been
Followed by ~ Charge OF Murder-Addi-
tionai and Important Evidence Promised.

Two men called yesterday on Coroner
Dempsey. who may provo to be important wit
nesses against Edward Relnhardt. One said he
thought the firm Of which he is u member is the
only one in Staten Island that received mer
chandise in sacks such az that found tiod over
the top Of tho barrel discovered near Silver
Lake. He also thought that Edward Rcinhardt
had been In the firms employ. Tho second
caller said that about the time Annie Rein
hardt disappeared ho saw n man wheel
ing barrel up Scabury avenue. He
thought he would be able to recognize
the man ngain. Scaltry avenue branches of
from Richmond road. not far from Gore
street. and extends up over the hill. There are
only two ways from Renhardt's residence on
Gore street to the spot where tho body was
found in the barrel. Ono Of them is by foot
path up the face OF n precipitous hill that over
looks Staplcton. and the other is through
Richmond road and Seabury avenue 10 road
on tho hill. leading toward the lake. Each Of
the two callers wanted to see Reinhardt but the
Coroner denied them the privilege.
No writ OF habeas corpus signed by Judge
Pratt Of Brooklyn. ordering Reinhardt to be
brought before him at 10 o'clock this morning
at tho Richmond County Court. has yet been
served ON Coroner Dempsey. and the prisoner
will probably remain in his New Brighton
prison to-day
Reinhardt is % years old. His family. the
Degnan family and the Diumar family are
residents Of Newark. After his discharge from
his second term of imprisonment for theft he
courted Annie Dcgnan under an assumed
name. II was not until the night OF her we'd
ding. the oath OF last November. TINT sho knew
the real namc she was about TO assume. The
bridegroom then gave his real name TO the roc
tor OF st. Pauls Church. who performed the
| ceremony. IL WAS short time after the we'd
| ding that he began to court Paullna Dittmar.
! She says he met her at her mother's house. and
We say G mS hSr #. # ea went ArwE % sias see
ton. At intervals he visited her there. On
the 18th Of July. he and Miss Dittmar we're
| New York on the night of the marriage. and did
not return thther from Staten Island until the
| 2Oth Of July, seven days afterwards.
married. but he admits hn WIS soon 10 be made
father. He SAYS that Annie followed him to
| would follow him from Staten Island 10 New
York. with her marriage certificate and the
| child that wn- soon 10 be horn. One Friday cve-
| ming Annie asked Little Rosa Horborn TO watch
| the store for her IA she ielt SICK. She retired
10 @ NE sleeping room ba'6 Gi me Store; rms rms
| soon aiterward. ami contrary to his pric,
| ticc in the warm summer evenings. closed
the front door In the evening Mr.. Her.
born heard the grating OF a saw. but
none, OF me HGrborn .amily heard any
inS july 80. Mrs HerborR heard Reinhardt & It in IN
the back yard. calling T. his wife in n loud voice
70 get up II she wanted To go and see her
mother There was no answer. Within An
hour an n half afterward no told Mrs. Herborn
| that Annie hnd gone away TO see her mother
| About o'clock he was seen to wheel away d
| barrel. which he said contained dishes. He
| went up Gore street toward Silver Lake. The
| frat wheelharrow hc tried was so rickety tha
| tho barrel fell on. Over the top OF tho barre
were piece Of carpet and sack tied with
rope. The barrel little Joseph Herborn, year,
old, says. fell on the end covered with the sack
and made no noise. Rsinhardt procured n sec
ond wheelbnrrow OF Willie Moses. IA years old
who receiyed Ia payment sir places of candy.
At O'CLOCK in the afternoon he removed hi
furniture TO New York.
After he had gone Miss DlttmGr went to Sta
pleton to find the man whom she supposed e
be her husband. but whom she had not seer
since the night Of the wedding. The store wa,
closed, and She went back TO New York. Som'
time in August his sister called at 1872 Broom'
street. whore he was living. expecting 10 fnC
Annie there. Instead she met Miss Dittmar
and the two women quarrelled. because =,
pittmar insisted that sh" was Reinhardti
wife. and Mrs. Ketner declared that Annie wa,
| his wife
After Coroner Dempsey visited Rcinhardt II
consequence OF the story told by August Key
mer. who thought he saw Reinhardt digging
hole where the barrel WAS subsequently found
Reinhardt took piece Of carpet away from hi,
house and did not return IT, 1t is thought tha
this might have matched the piece found on tn,
| larrpl