New-York tribune., 1884-01-10
CLEWS TO MR.. DELMONICO.
TRYING TO TRACE HIM IN NEw-JERsEY.
SEVERAL PERSONS WHO THINK THEY HAVE SEEN
HIM N VARIOUS PLACES.

Montclar to South Orange, n. j. Ii Is the main
thoroughfare between the two towns, and extends
along the side of the Orange Mountains. On one
side of it there is sheer descent into the valley
of nearly 800 feet, and person falling from the
road would be killed long before he reached the
bottom. 1t was this road at o. m.
last Sunday that Charles DelmOnico was
seen by John Deufenthal. farmer of
South Orange. Plnkerton's men made careful in
quires all the houses along the road on Tuesday
night and yesterday but did not succeed in elicit
ing any information further than that which
Deuffenthal gave them. Yesterday afternoon Mrs.
McHenry, who lives on the Valley road, near
Llewelyn Park. told a TRIBUNE reporter that early
on Sunday mornng-she thought about o'clock
she aroused by knocking at the house door.
She leaned out of the window and saw man stand
ing on the stOOp, rapping on the door.
She inquired who was there, and the
man answered: "I am very cold; want to come
in and warm myself" Mrs. McHenry stated that
her house not hotel, and went back to bed.
She did not see how the man was dressed, but 10
ticed that he spoke family and in low tones.
A STRANGER SEEN NEAR EAGLE ROCK.
Earlyyesterday morning Sergeant ConrOy and Ofi-
GERS Washer Meeker and Brown, of the Orange po-
lice, started out in orthe Valley road There
they found nothing to give them encouragement.
Sergeant Courdy then went up the Mountain Road,
Near Eagle Rock the scene of the Paullin murder,
he met John Wachter, who found Phoebe Paullin's
body. Conroy questioned him. and was informed
that about l p. m. on Sunday Wachtcr noticed
stranger walking along the road with considerable
difficulty. The man was well dressed in dark
clothing, and wore dark blue OYercoat. The lap
pels of his coat were thrown back, and on his
waistcOat Wachter noticed n heavy yellow gold
chain. The stranger carried a cane, and wore q
soft hat, but about the hat Wachter was not GER
tain. The man looked dazed. When he
turned off the mountain road he went down
Perry lane, which runs along the summit of the
mountains. About half an hour later julius Eckert
a farmer the mountain, man III Perry
lane. Thinking that he knew him, Eckert ap-
preached and noticed that he was an elderly man
and wore dark clothing Eckert that he was a
stranger, and thought more of the occurrence
until the officers inquired about Mr.. Dcmonico. The
police visited all the towns within five miles Of
Orange, but could find further trace of the miss
ing man.
DEUFFNTIIAL SURE OF Ills MAN.
In Rabbs liquor-store in Bloomfield east of the
mountain, the reporter informed that Jacob
Remscn, the driver of q tobacco wagon, while in
Newark on Tuesday night, visiteda lquOr-store OPP
poste Police Headquarters, where he was told
that man answ erlng to the description of Charles
Delmonlco in every particular called at his store
that afternoon about o'clock and asked for cognac.
The man appeared to be intoxicated. The store
keeper, having no cOgnac, gave him wmskey. The
man took "a mOuthful, spat it out, and, throwing a
hali-doar on the bar, walked out without receiv-
ing change.
General Mcclellan is a friend Of Mr.. Delmonco's,
and tho missing man was acquainted with the lOca-
ton If his friends home. As Perry Lane leads to
the Generals house. the reporter called there, but
was informed that Mr.. DelmOnIcO had not been seen
this winter. Mr.. DclmOnico was familiar with
Orange and its vicinity.
Deulenthal was seen in the afternoon just as he
was about starting to this city to add few par
ticuars to the story of his encounter with the man
on the Valley road Sunday morning. lie
confident that it was Mr.. Dolmonico, and wished to
impress the Importance Of his story again upon Mr.
Phillipin The additional points that he desired TO
acquaint Mr. DemOnlco's friends with were that
after he left him leaning against q fence near
Llewelyn Park, he turned around aud saw the sup
posed Mr.. Delmonico staggcr forward INTO the road
and run few steps forward He then saw him
stop and turn again toward Montclair. When he
last him he was walking in that direction.
The distance between the point where Deutienthal
first saw the stranger and the place where Wachter
saw him is about three miles
SAID To HAVE BEEN SEEN IN BLOOMFIELD.
Agency yesterday was an intcgent-looking boy,
about sixteen years of age who stated that late on
Tuesday night, he passing under a railroad
bridge near Bloomfield, n. j., he saw man stand
ing in the shelter of the bridge. 1t was raining
heavily The man asked him for ten cents saying
that he was hungry. The boy had some money in
his pocket but, being afraid to show it, refused
the mans request. Tho stranger then with
thick utterance asked the way to Mr..
BabcOck's house. The boy, S ill frightened.
gave no answer but ran on as hard as he could
The description given by the boy of his qucstoner
tailed closely with that of Mr.. DelmonlcO The
boy belongs to good family. Mr.. DelmOnicO's
relatives attach considerable Importance TO this
story. They say that papers evidently torn up by
Mr. DclmOnicO were scattered along the road from
Newark to Bloomfield
sCEruCAL or THE STORIES FROM NRw-JERsEY.
J. c. Babcock, treasurer Of the Adams Express
Company, who lives near Orange, SAID to a TRIBUNE
reporter:
81 attach no Importance whatever to the story of
the man who claims he saw Mr. Delmonico at
o'clock Sunday morning and wish | could have
seen him before he led the detectives off on
such n wi ld-goose chase. know every inch of the
ground there, and the mans story abounds in con-
tradictions. Equally grOundless. think is story
heard on the ferry boat this morning. was in
troduced to a Mr.. Gregory, drug merchant, be-
heyr. who said that an acquaintance. whose name
ne ulu not know, nau tOlu nun lndl he saw MI
DelmOnco PrOsprct-st., Orange. on Monday after
noon. This was after the TRIBUNE's pu blicatOn of
the disappearance, and although he knew him per-
ly he did not speak to him. My own idea is that
Charlie DelmopicO Is being taken care of in some
house in Newark or the neighborhood: He had a
horror of the restraint under which ne had been
placed for some time past and do not doubt had
notion that he was going to be elOckedup. think
he meant to go to Long Branch, got on the wrong
boat and wandered abOnt Newark until taken Ill
somewhere. In a day or two, at latest, am sure
he will turn qp One thing | am, certain Of
he could not in his feeble condition have walked
very far with the temperature as low as it was on
Saturday night"
Mr.. Bangs of PinkertOns agency said: :" do
not think Mr.. BabcOck is just in his structures ON
the story of the man who says he saw Mr.. Del