Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-24
DELMONICO'S DEATH.
The Great Caterer Dead.

IN the woods near General McClellan'S
summer house, at 10 clock this
morning, by two boys There are no
marks of violence. He died from ex-
posure. There is nothing missing
from the body. Delmonice, probably,
died on January 9Th. About 2
o'clock, that morning, John Dieffen-
thai, who works for Warner, on
Orange Mountain, while driving from
Mount Clair to Orange, saw a man
leaning YEARLY against the fence at
junction of the roads leading from
Orange to Mont Claire. He is certain
now that the man was Delmonico.
He hailed Dieffenthal and begged shell
ter. The farmer said the speech of
the wayfarer was so thick that he
could scarcely understand him. Del
monico's speech had been thick ever
since his trouble came on, The night
was bitterly cold but the farmer was
afraid of tramps and instead of taking
the man into the wagon he drove on
after directing him to Orange which
was mile distant. The wanderings
of the unfortunate man from this point
can only be conjectured. He probably
went aimlessly along the broad road
on the mountain until overcome by
cold and laid down and was frozen to
death. The Orange police took charge
of the body and notified his friends
in New York and County Physician
Howalt who Immediately visited the
place. Two boys while hunting rab-
bits found the body under tree on
the mountain near Gen. McClellan's
residence. The papers, jewelry and
clothing were undisturbed. 1t is sup
posed that he insanely wandered there
and perished.
New YORK, Jan. 1.-THE boys who
discovered the body Immediately went
for assistance and returned with sew
eral residents of Orange valley. Upon
their arrival they turned the body
over, for it was lying on it's face frozen
stiff, and Immediately recognized the
man as the missing Charles Delmon-
leo. Letters which were found there
ON established the fact at once. Moth
ing has been removed from the body
and no signs of violence are apparent.
The grass around where the dead
man lay was undisturbed. The
first two days after he disappeared
were the most severe of the season,
and nnless Delmonico then obtained
shelter he must have perished. The
announcement of finding the body
produced great excitement all over
town. Northfeld avenue, where the
body was found, is about mile and
half to two miles from Orange de-
pot. At intervals along the avenue
are isolated dwellings interspersed
with wood land. One of the principal
streets in Orange, extending from
Main street five miles over the mount
ain to st. Cloud and by way of the
valley between the first and second
mountains there to Passaic valley. it
is very fine drive and generally fre-
quented by those who own carriages
and horses in Orange, but Sunday,
except when the weather is very fine
number of travellers go by road,
not many. It is, therefore, not re-
garded as strange that the unfortu-
nate man might, after falling, have
lain undiscovered until this
morning, as General Mcclellan,
John Cropsey Brown, George
B. Hecker and other prominent peo-
pie live along this part of Mortified
avenue. It is thought Delmonico
might have had dazed idea of reach
ing one of their residences, but his
strength gave out before attaining his
object.
NEW YORK, Jan. 14,-When the
dispatch announcing the finding of
Delmonico's body was received at the
Adams express Office, A. @. Babcock
to whom it was addressed was already
on his way to Orange. Mr.. Hoeg and
Mr.. Mara were discussing the latest
clue together in Hoeg's private room,
when Bangs manager of Pinkerton's
Detective agency rushed in with the
announcement, ''we have found the
body" After a few moments consul
tation four men jumped into one Of
Adams express wagons and the driver
lashed the horse into run. The party
arrived at a station on the Morris
& Essex railroad just in time
to catch the train for Orange.
Probably DelmOnico, after leaving
the elevated railroad train, went at
once TO the Pennsylvania railroad
ferry, where he boarded the first train
Tor Newark. After wandering about
in the neighborhood where his gloves
and pieces of letters and other mem
oranda were found, he walked back
to Broad street and boarded one of
the horse cars running between New
ark and Orange. Probably he did
not know in what direction he was
going, and that when the car
asrived at the terminus of the
road he walked in dazed
condition along the Mortified road
and wandered off into the woods.
The night was intensely cold, the
temperature descending nearly to zero,
and benumbed by the cold he proba
bly, lay down to sleep and was frozen
to death. The discovery Of the body
was made by two 13-year old boys,
Frank Hallum and Edward Peer, who
were wandering on the Orange noun
tain side between 10 and II O'clock to-
day.