The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-09
FOLLOWING TIE NEW CLUE.
CORONER DEMPSEY CONVINCED THfT
RLINhiRDT rs IHE MN
An Investigntion that Lead. him to Believe
he has Solved the Silver Lake MyStcry-
The Prisoner's Alleged wife Missing.

he ntfo lttsftnH.
Edward Rclnhardt remained In his cell in
the New Brighton police station all Of yCster-
day He refused to converse with anybody cx-
ccpt Coroner Dempsey. To him. early in tho
morning. he gave several addresses in New
| York whcrc he said Mary Ann Kccgan could be
| found or heard Of Tho Coroner. with Ser
geant Roe and Officer Drummond. having these
addresses In their possession spent tho day in
| New York. When they returned to Staten
Island. they reported that they had found the
| places indicated by somo OF tho numbers TO bc
vacant lots, and at the other addresses no
| tidings OF such Il girl ns was described could be
learned under any name. In the mean time.
the girls mother. 1t was said. had come to
Staten Island. and had been closetcd with Capt.
Blake in the Stapleton police station. Capt.
Blake denied himself persistcntly to vis-
itors all day What tho result OF
the alleged interview was could not.
therefore. bc learned Renhsrdts confident
assertion at tho inquest that he would produce
the girl Yesterday. was not made good. and the
feeling on the island that the Silver Lake bar
rel mystery was In fair way of being solved
was greatly strengthened. Coroner Dempsey
said. on his return from Now York that in al
diton to his failure to find the girl Mt any Of tho
addresses furnished by Relnhardt he had se-
cured Affirmative evidence some ~ which was
documentary. tending to convict Rcinhardt.
Ho was positive he had the right man. Police
Commissioner Wolf also was Of the opinion
that the chances were strongly in favor Of the
theory OF Reinhardts guilt.
In tho mean time n reporter for THE SuS had
| called on Mrs. Lawrence Ketncr. Renhnrdts
sister who lives on the Richmond road. and
| returned TO Staten Island after his departure
on July 70 was on sunday last. the day before
| hnr ~ teii him vb"re Miss Knn,,nn was When
she toid him she N did not knew he besscd and an,
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hfr"d thai IN the evening - o, ih2 day following
tho, Nm. lister w"s i'm corre.t"nInnr" WIKI ti'e
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letter. whifh rame from N.W York. informed
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lvhE.i .hlel'Alued 'nhN9 t""4tu h''nnAI u.
anu mat size Wa now IN sv1d llnrri my *
secured the position oi nurse IN q family living
III Harlem. .,,. ,.... ~, r,
., Aier re"dihs ms l'ter ;sdrs, ho,n't nur
matter TIM, she eon.i .idered family disgrqge
She feinrmners uiAt tlr ivIoi W, Wa i,eeiNvd I'VE, lh
me irst week lh Srp'tmp,r but yor7 npt re-
Imemngr thr dGte ne Hlii,1s ui 'h" ihlni.y
m in iinri.m, M WIN wnom inc writer SH'u s"e WAS
Reinhardi testified nj the Inquest that Miss
Kecgan left him on the LAY before he removed
to New York. Ills sister rays that in the f2re-
and she recollrcts that he told her that II she
wanted to see Miss KeegAn She had better 60
down TO the house. as 1t would be the last chance
she would have to see hcr on Staten Island
Size replied that ahe did not want TO see her. and
she did not go. She said further that he did
not bring a barrel Of crockery 70 her that morn
Ing. HIS mother. who lives in Newark. did not
like the way he was living with Miss Keegan,
and was very much ANNOYED 10y IL. She herself
Mrs Ketn"rl had told him ho ought 90 make
the matter right with ths girl by marrying her.
and he would DO az h. pleased Miss
keegan or Miss Degnan, as she called her. was
very agreeable girl She called on Mrs, k"t-
ner several times one time She said hat Rein
hardt did not have the right kind ~ love Tor
her. and did not always treat her vel. but She
dd not complain y perso nal vlolence. Her
brother asked her Mrs. ketn"rl. a snort tune
before g. lend MN some money bui 7he toid
MIN mat her lu-uaud worked laIa IN ms h,A'k :
smith shop across me way ana she Wol!i not
tak" ms money 70 lehl ~ u man wi4 hal no
9ne ihal ne ouEu' l' supInit 'AIi.lt nIiii7v.l j..
thelr mother. IN NrWaIk' hal hiNhn'eu nun
Inc m ohey necessary tn set up we NV" can "
ana rlshr cuisines IN Nnl'u ~ WIS 'hkhs'.t ll
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