The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-02
rpS WERTnElMER'S CORPSE.
.,r rrIprvCr SETTING ASIDE ALL
~" ",rrHEJII,NSIONS or MURDER.

,..,!,rd-A Nuthrr Talking Leave "t her |
',,,,rrn uer wandering on the River |
y.nL The Finding "f her Hat ""d Para
larry. verdict of Accidental nenth.
a., henrietta Wcrthcimcr was daughter
80, u,v,rJ. Stoinhcrgcr. n wealthy dealer
. . t,,,. ID, SOL and 563 Broadway. who lives Mt
.,r,.tsix,y nrsl street Eight wears ago she
- ,,orrtcd to MIR. Maurice Wcrthcimer. who
- a dealer in gloves in the same building.
,,.. had acvcrai children. and lived happily
..o,h,r Mrs Wcrihcimcr was devoted
,hor A -hor, time ago one OF her children
,.i ,y,hoid fever His mother nursed him
.r.b, and day. and after the child recovered
ln,orn health was seriously impaired. EarIy
A.. season the family moved from their city
s,.iience to rooms in the West End Hotel
.hIsb oycrlooks the Hudson at Fort WASH
80 in order that she might have
Mo benefit Of cool. fresh air and
N i., The hotel ia surrounded with tall
go saved from tho forest which yet
.ns,,le. at a little distance Mr.. wcr,heimcr
Sroyo up from his place Of business every
lining and drove back every morning. One
e,,ho travelled walks tha, lead from the hotel
n,or,e.into a beautifully shaded roadway called
u.vens lane. A narrow path in tho middle oil
mia roadway is kept tolcrably free from grass
nv travel. Tho lane conducts infrcquent visit
ora ~ tho car,hwork. which vet distinctly ndi-
co,cs III, site of Fort Washington. n is said that
,ba aori,innl OF the lane was military road.
Mrs Wertheimcr's Illness was marked by
certain mental pcculiaritics which. although
not much hooded by her friends at the time are
now recalled with partcuarlty She was de-
pressed in spirits and for long time would sit
on the hotol piazza and look at the river lowing
before her She continued 10 show a tender re-
gard for her children. hut at times she would
surprise her friends by expressing annoyance
nj their presence. especially when they made a
noise One OF her sisters had died of consump-
ton and without apparent reason she oegah'
In hcr seasons Of mental depression. TO express
fears that she might be attacked by that fell
diseaso when asked why she sat 80 long look
ing at the river. her replies would be that II
looked SO beautiful down there. She was ~
years OF age. slender in form and little more
than five feet In height. Her complexion was
naturally pale.
She was in better spirits on Tuesday morning
last than usual and her husband promised to
return from his business early and take her
down to hor fathers house At about 9'i o'clock
her children went out with their governess. to
walk. Mrs. Wcrtheimer kissed them. but not
In manner to indicate that she was bidding
uom a final farewell. After they had gone.
she went to her room and dressed herself with
care. She put on black silk dress and clasped
diamond earrings into hcr cars. On her right
hand she wore q diamond ring and plain gold
wedding ring. When she stepped out upon the
piazza carrying in one hand pair Of gloves
and In the other black silk parasol. she asked
which way her children had gone. On being
told. she went In the opposite direction. along
the walk that leads to Havens lane Soon after
10 O'Clock Officer Phillips saw her walk
ing very slowly along the lane. occasion
hlly stopping to pull of the tops o
the headed grass. The officer was the las
person that saw her alive The next day tht
woods by were searched by scores o
men and boys under the direction Of Pole,
Capt. Steers. On the morning Of the second dal
Thursday. while Capt Steers was having th'
bottom OF the Harlem river dragged. under
rumor that Mrs. Wertheimer had been seen walk
ing up and down on its banks. stephen Sinclair
deaf mute. found her hat and paraso clos
TO the bank OF the North river. at point whcr
Haven's lane approaches nearest to the water
They were lying under small BUSH and thei
presence there. together with the singular
beauty OF the spot. seemed to indicate that IN,
melancholy lady had sat down 10 look at th'
water from under the boughs Of the large tree
that shade the rocky shore and that while sit
ting thero she had tossed them carelessl'
aside broad rock slopes TO the water a
nm angle Of nearly forty-five degrees. and opn
Ions were divided Ms to whether she had cas-
herself into the river, or whether. while tryinl
o. descend the steep rock to the waters edge
she had slipped on the damp moss with whirl
the upper part ~ the rock Is covered. and haC
fallen in Some there were. however an,
among them was her husband. who maintaine,
that she had been dealt with foully. and th'
paraso and hat placed on the shore for the pur
pose OF suggesting suicide. On the latter sup
position searching parties traversed tho woods
on Thursday and Friday. and submarine
diver closely examined the bottom Of the ryel
Tor hundreds Of yards above and below thc
point where the articles had been found. Dur
; ing mos, OF THIS time the husband. ne father
the operations OF the diver. On Sunday chargel
o. nitro glycerine were exploded at the bott, .
o. the river with the hope OF raising the body e
the surface.
Several persons In Yonkers saw early yester
day morning black object floating slowly "
station. IL was nearly high tide, This was re
nembered atterward,. Al u O'Clock William
Dillon aged Is, and John Reid, aged IA. wen
down to tho pier to take an early swim. Th'
black object hadin the mean time nOated shore
ward with lazy oddly that makes into little
what seemed 10 them only piece VI black clotl
u the water about two hundred feet north o
he per. and Dillon SWAIN out to H. not. he says
thN ne mad any suspicion as TO what II was. bu
bneeeause he had nothing else TO swim out %
n when near It be saw gaiter and 2 part OF I
~ Sucking. Thrn he knew thht the nOatlnI
oOect was the body Of a woman. He called Ou
70 held 10 come nearer. and then both boy
swam around. but they could not see the face
hllsr that they swan back 10 the pier to get
Pam, They had no money but by promis M
NJ sEln owner 10 pay h i'm quarter OF dolln
mnoh thsy should get the trifing reward the
TNpecul from the Coroner. they obtained credit
they jumped into the skif and rOwed 10 th
not to touch H.
Ia 5hq mean time the news OF tho discovery 0
oouy had brought score or two OF persons 4
SSh pIcr. Among them was Ohicer Reynolds
nuoh the boys arrived at the pier. Reid. accord
lux arrangement between them, ran on L
hhl Coroner Hughes. leaving Dillon In the boa
70 watch the body. Then Ofilccr Reynolds go
Inl9 the boat. Dillon says and the two went ou
anu lowed the body 10 shore. A casual eXami
nNtion. even In the water, showed that IL wa
PROBABLY that OF Mrs. Werthemer. The ear
rings contained diamonds. and there was dia
Wohq ring and plain gold ring on finger O
Ne[lght hand. Groat excitement was cause
sy lnlS discovery, because a false impression
KeVahed among the little thronR on the pie
mM Matewhrl Of IS 900 had been offcred for III
IeSo'esy of the body. The fact was $1,000 hG
nsh Dash Onered for Information leading to the ~
NVyn y ourrcd Tor tile recovery OF her dead body
4, the Cor9n"r arrived soon and the body WI
ilasrmn 70 Underlnker Edward Connel's store
~ Mhin street. The relatives were telegraphe
sD, an anu NE husband and Mr.. AdOlph SteinbeI
onoS onI uoS mo irst train for YonkGrs. They
M lleAtlnel the body as that OF Mrs. WeI
Wa. w.n,ul Al the lowelry she had on when sh
, wsnl away rom home WAS found and nothin
nas Ihlhscd from her pockets. Health Ofilcr