The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-29
TIE STERN MYSTERY
No Traces Ofthe Missing WOman-ThS
Accused siusband Asserts His BE
lief IhRt She - Stil Living o.,

No Traces Orthe Missing WOman-rhe
AeeRsed sausband Asserts His He
lief thRt She IL stin Living ,,
Inter, Osesn.
The mystery of Idea Sisrn's disappear
ance is still bothering the police. No trace
of the missing woman hss been found. Ies>
terday was devoted to thorough search
along the the Riverside road, but without
success. Lieutenant Dsrrow, of Human
street station, aud one of tie Mack family
conducted the sesrrh, but when they IT.
turned they had only an old overcoat 10
show. The coat was found on the ROAD side
about half n mile vest OF the Aux Pl,ine
river. In one of the pockets bottle which
had been filed With whisky was found, but
nothing else by which it could be identified.
The coat the police hoped 10 have identified
as belonging to Stern, but no denied the
ownership otit, and no one was able To rec
ognize II as belonging to him. Even it it
was recognized ~ belonging 10 Stern, it does
not apoear wh,. bearing it has on the case,
rs Stern himself ssys he was cut Oh the road
with his wife
Yesterday Stern had recovered from the
effects of DIS spree and told isir story.
Tnere were no contradictions and HE tale
was the same ~ that narrated IN the Inter
Ocean yesterday, he says that on Tuesday
evening alter leaving thu theatre, they went
directly TO The Washington hotel. When
he awOke the next morning he found him.
self suffering very much from TOO hard
drinking, and lott his wife IN the parlor
while be went out TO get something TO brace
him up. He wen. 10 neighboring saloon
and not only took Qna drink but several
After eating thvr 5r skfsst in the hotel
they vent out and walked 20 the corner o.
Randolph and Canal streets, boarded d Cal
and went 10 the end Of the line. They 90
of at tho park rosmed through Il aud ou
on the prairie He has an indistinct remem
brance of his wife laughing at him becaus;
he was staggering, and his next recollection
is finding himself in street car on Randolph
street, near Wabash avenue. twas theI
night, and he was sroused b. the conductor
who told him no was al the end of the line.
He denies the shooting and does not be
lieve his wife is dead. He admits that h
limited that she might be dead on the River
side road, but no says he only did so to max
the Mssck's stop teasing, and then he say
no qualified the remark by saying that tn
last he saw of her WAS on the road and ah
might bs dead for ell no knew. His wifi
had threateatd 20 leave him and hat
told ell the neghbors she was going to d
g.. He had an idea that she did leave Will
be lay in drunken sleep on the prairie
Once before their marriage, when he was o.
spree, she throstened to go to Iowa, whet
she claimed to have friends.
In the cell with Stern is a young telloy
who is one OF tie crowd who hsssulte
Joe Dolsn and msde him imp out {
third story window to save = bestin
1t 10 somewhat singular circumstance tbs
this young man is the samo youug tello'
who saw Stern when ne fell into the lake lai
March. The revolver was recovered yestel
day and five shooter of the Wide AWak
pattern, The pawnbroker did not recolleC
whether there were any cartridges in it {
not, Tao weapon was purchased BY Stei
Thursday for fifty cents.