New-York tribune., 1884-12-05
WINS rcr,ormed in tho Dudley Street Unitarian Church
nv the Rev W. II. LYONS
THE CARLETON HOUSE MYSTERY.
spRENGER's IDENTIFICATION WORTHLESS
STILL SEARCHING TIE AsII-iEAP-ThE "o"N'
PRoBABIY MURDERED.

STILL SEARCHING TIE AsiI-hEAP-rhE "o''''
PRoBABIY MURDERED.
The energies of the police detectives wcio
devoted Yesterday TO an investigation OF the identity OF
the conin-ful or broken glass ashes ana pono' ~
formed what is designated as "the body OF 'he "o"
dug ont OF the heap OF the Carleton House suocer
| on Tuesday afternoon. Charles S2renger Oh W. -,
IcwIs-st who said Wednesday night that 'ho oo'
was that of his sister. Mrs Johanna schmidt to "'
| of Frederick Schmidt. u plumber. who dsappe"rou
from her home in Stantonst on June ~ 1897 ""'
80 positive TO the identity OF the skeleton ""o"
viewed II by broad daylight yesterday morning. ~
cousin Emma Sprcnger, girl OF four'ceh VIM ,
the missing well, looked at tho c'otnihg "'-H
| on tho walls Of tho Morguo and declared 'ha' ~
Schmidt never wore garments like those re'a,"o
| from Nyack who knew Mira schmidt well. also maui
close cxamInaon Of the contents of the pine CONN anu
| said she did not think they were the romans VI WV
plumbers missing wife.
| Among the workmcn and tho residents OF 'he 'h.''
House the mysterious corpse ia sthc theme oi "S''
sion. Deputy Coroner Messemcr made scc"hu 'A',"
nation yesterday of The bones and announced u rs II"
| u, lief that the woman had boon murioIod lie 'oi''
that her breast bone had old fracture in IT, anu 'o
coraet which abe wore was broken to correspond Win
| tho fracture In the breast bone
| when Mrs Schmidt left her husbands bed anh b"ara
after violent domestic qnarrcls. Ludwig HART ""'"',
who boarded in the Schmidt family. also dsapnehrsn,, u,
Jcnionsv of Hart wa. the cause Of the family trouble o
MIR schmidt when the dead woman was snppoT,,n, H., "
| ~ It,,
pcccvca O'Connor nnd soddnrl, OF the Eevenlh lrr
cuct. said that they had traced LAY. anu wo,r I no,
nwcnr Ia the identity ~ tho skeleton n h'pun ,n,,,,I
adopted that Hart and Tho printer cray % wc,m af,or "i
mud that the missing woman WAS MIA S'nll"l "'''
rhc pnlcc pnv ths Schnlts original nnn' wa, son" ,
ihns cisc, they Tinted vaguely that they had ouml
s'e cyiicn"e whon In dleging tho n'hcs, me
workmcn nj noon yesterday cnnc NJ on ,','. "' ,unJ
1!" rS yn,s IN" S'GsTa ri "I"" r cat in cncr
win tpc ON thc ysSS :, lne" 10" "l "vw"imsSnp"
lceihc What connections. any. the v"sc ma M wv"
the Skeleton is not known hn ln' "r" s ~, Sc IN" same
| Valise The Valiso Ind been cnl open WIN h"'" !"
c hrlir of every resident around the Carleton House
Is nm however that lne dead w"m,' ai,er s onor o
The printer Grays and hastily covered win ashes. &
The habits Of samuel cray nrr tenii,,rtace I'm
his subtcrranoan room. besides his PRINTING the
kept his iron bedSead aud bed curtain concoa, NV. M
bed from the view of visitors 10 the place who went on
business The other tenants say that they uscu 10 IN ~
rackcts down in Grays room that lie was NSi@lrug @
| women was the subject of common talk since cray
sudden absence from the suhtcrrancan apartment % VI,
March 20 1855 before his lease of the premises began
and while he in arrears for his rent, no Sin I
| Of him has been seen an9ut ,9. 'of ~
cromwell estate thinks that the printer is somewhere III
NcwIcr,cy. lie does not think he Is IN his riiy s
after all schmidt, incident worthy of note was
the finding by the workmcn yestrriV OF copy ooLs o
New York newspaper of July TO- -, about TWO "ohs
| after Mrs Schmidt left home. The workmen loohea
carefully over the ashheap hoping to ind t9e ued IsI
and trusting tia, there may be ring the finger that
will lead to the ideiiilhcauo V o ~ p Station sod
| Yesterday that he bad no doubt he wouIa
| be able to find Gray. The missing printer rri
il well known among the Dpc-sett.I.
! of the city, who make the carleton
House and its vicinity their home. He Is an amateur IN
| his business aud hy trade steam hlter. Inc
police detectives had the assistance OF one oi
| i'nkerton's men yesterday. They learned thaI
| Gray kept small establishment at Canal and and
| Mulberry sts. several years ago. From tc.c
| he moved small room III Inc r'u
| ~ Horizons icc-crcam store at cw-BoweIy
| and New Chambers sis. whence he moved 4"
| his basement bedroom and shop combined IN the Catie
| ton House. The detectives say that ne -
| now ont of the city aud ma, p.cn s
| 50 since he left the Carleton House. workman "f
| Williams the bill poster. tried to drntliy pro
| graph Of Mrs. schmidt i'll the police station
last nj gh ~ one the feminine visitors OF Gray nut
| was unable to do 80. , ,.,. , A.,
| Little interest was taken in the identity OF INC
| sLccton by schmidt the husband. who continued
through the day to work at his plumbing bnslncss III no
| story that ho separated from ms
because Of Hart the barber who was their boatirr
when she went away she drew ~ 6S from the EoHcry
Saving, Bank and also took ~ which he had given her