The New York herald., 1878-09-21

patois. Al the institution Mr. Hummel was shown
another strand OF halr cut from the head of Tho
the poor man bestowed on the ootted
He held It up then iad It on his hand held II
between hIm and the light, and then examined the
fibre. For minute or Two he seemed in doubt, but
nnay he repeated tue conviction he expressed at the
req uested that the body be exhumed. IL OBJ
jec,ed that he could recognize nsthing, all
that he teeth and ears might serve as cews and so
the requcs. was chccrfully complied with by Mr..
McCormick, who immediately SGT the "hing OF prus-
sia' and mis- companions. "Paddy" aud BARLOW" 10
work
.Tr IS MY DAuGHrERl"
With much difficulty tho coffin was raiset, and
finally the I'D, which had been securely nailed, was
wrenched OIL. The crowd that clustered round
tim tim. ihere seemed seem 70 % BE- ''no' no iaeiins,iOn 10
view the horrible spectacle tho lid had
and stood almost p..ynea by the ssSt that met his
eyes He seemed loatn 10 touch the horrd thing;
ss sns down Dr. vs,ss s
in the jos,le OF exhuming the CONN. had
iallen into a. corner. ne held 1t up and,
the hair was arrnn sed he S sxclaimsd:-"lt is my
daughters II is my daughter'sl' rhis discovery
tho coffin, wnere the hsad. which entirely
detached from the body, lay. with trem-
iaoe es or wh.. once was the iacs was rsvsa,ed
The teeth stood out prominently, giving the head
most CHASTITY grmace; but Humme sesmed not to
notice this Hc moved the upper lip, seemed salts
fed with what ho saw, turned the head 70 one slde
and looked long and steadiastly at the perfect
ear. "It ls Anniei It Is Auniel" Mr.. Lichten-
berg called his attention to the shspeless trunk
which lay coilcd at tho other Of tho box, and
on the breast OF II he noticed another sign by which
he knew his daughter He loft, and the horrid box
was closed again. In silence the party tramped back
through the woods 10 the Poorhouse and wnen there
Mr.. Hummel and the Doctor told Inc following story
OF the disappearance OF Annie from her home IN
Saugertios
now ANNIE WAS ABDUCTED.
From the poor mans story, II appears that seven
years ago be eame TO this country, and settled IN
~ ia W fa nd sly nna nj
these was Annie, then thirteen years 81 age, who
went TO reside IN the family Of Jew named
Schoeniold, middle aged, wcil-to-do man OF
family, VINO does business in Saugertes. Hero
the girl had good home and all went well until as
camo to New York to have chronic difficulty treated
During her long continued absence, Il Is said.
osnsrwiso dcmeaa himself I'M improosriy. . III, Ia
December last her condition became known
70 nor friends e. ana "m,,y !. Was given out .na,
that she 30 to New York Tor trca ttnent Her family
objected and her mother said shc would nurse her.
Other counscls than those Of homo prevailed on
Anne, and on the 25th OF December she dsap.
pcared. On the 2ssb, thrce aays aiterward,
Mr.. HummeI received . letter from Now York
purporting to be from AMMO, IN which she said she
had met nice lady on the traln whs was q doctor.
and under whose care she had placed herself Tho
nmy did not bolevs that Annie had written this
letter; It gave no address and vouchsacd only tho
Information stated.
MYSTERIOUS LETTERS.
Two weary months passed on whom finally a letter
dated Williamsburg, L. was received py tho ather
that Annie was under The care OF his wife and
doing well and would soon be cured OF tho drcpsy.
ture, but in the hand, dated Brooklyn, stating
that Annie was wcll and In house, mentioning the
letter Mr. chicuburg declared his inten iion Of com
ing to N ow York, and Mr. Schocnfed volunteered his
company, When tho couple arrived search was made
Tor tho house indicated Third street, but
no such number existed. Schoenteld manifested
tho greatest desire to nd tho lost gir but always
kept his reverend friend In sight. They visited
Brooklyn Police Headquarters, but learned nothing.
Then there Is . hiatus IN tpe story until August
2s when tho following letter. dated 'Philsoelphis"
signed .M D." aud IN the sam 0, nand as tho Others
was recelved:-
DrAnnsI Mas. iIoxxEIL-It very hard for me that
!. duty % infofm You Of your dsugh.er She a
e s IA m
tho cramps and became nscnsble that could OBJ
your dausnssr came back from the eoaniry !
s. s . WOO
ssp ssSs 70 sS sSs rs"r ais
The iaoons,stenoy between th. seeead and .h,s let
ter win be mt gianoa In tho second ietser IN.
d." states that hts vile nursed the girl ana in the
above no speaks OF "a woman.'
corpse that OF his daughter, he charges her
employer with being her .bductor, tho onus probandi
not that OF Annie Hummol Il viii DO necessary for
hlm 10 produce nsr in prop,1a persona ,e
The HERALD reporter brought Mr. Hummei, who
carried picture Of his daughter 70 the Bowery Ho.
tei TO II Mr. Wallace the proprietor would reoog-
pzs In it the neamenIs Of the woman ST. CLAIR who
spoken of yesterday In this papor. He stated
wanted 10 SEQ the 81 Clair woman she could be pro-
duocd.
FOLLOWING UP THE ST. CLAIR cLEw-THE
MUCH WANTED MAN NOT YKT PoUSD-MR.
WALLACE VERY RETrCENT-NTERviEw WITH
DoCTREss AMELIA MEYER.
Tho statement made by MT. Henry s. Wallace, pro-
pretor OF the Bowcry Hotel, regarding the disap-
pearance Of young who had been living with
party named st. CLAIR, as published IN the HERALD
OF yesterday, has, as yet, neither bcen verified
disproved. Shortly beiore midnight on Thursday
Captain McCuiagh, OF tho Seventeenth precinct sent
thrce detectives out to search the ward aud II
possible, bring in Mr. ST. Clair. Those detectives
were the case throughout yesterday, but had not
found the object Of thor search up to a late
hour last night. Mr. Wallace hes acted some
what strangely In tho matter. He lrsi
denied having related certain noes to Cap
tain McCuiagn Ia support OF hts suspicious and SUBJ
sequentiy refused TO afford either the Captain or
his detsctives any Information TINT might lead
to the apprehension OF 81. Clair. Cap.
tain McCuilagn called at the Bowery Hotter
yesterday morning. asked the proprietor IL Mr..
ST. Clair had been there since tho previous night
Mr. Wallace replied IN tho negative and walked away
IRON him. lew minutes after tho Captain In
Quircd Of tho bartender when no had last scca
Mr. ST. CIsIr and told by him that
tho man had lcf, tho place a short time previously
During the afternoon Detective Dyer called at the
hotel and, having stated to Mr.. Wallace that he was
dstectivo and anxious to md Mr. ST. Clair. asked
the hotel keeper if no had seen that party during
the day. suriy "No," was tho response.
Tho detective thon asked Mr.. Wallace if he know
where ST. Clair could be found and received for an
answer, ~ know nothing at MI about him." Seeing
that useless pursue his inquiries any further
thcro tho detective lott the place.
srILL BsrrLfSG TnE DETECTIVES.
Last evening Detective Robinson called at tho Bow.
cry Hotel WINE searching ior 81 Cisir After sscer
tanning that the party was not there had
sation with Mr.. Wallace. The later told the officer
that he thought the police were the wrong
track, os no didn't believe 81 Clair had any.
thing to do with tho woman who had been
found murdered. He said 81 Car had
called at the hotel dunng the afternoon, that
wsman no (Waiiaecj had alivded 10 was tns VITO OF