Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-19
A MYSTERY SOLVED.
Finding Of the Remains of the CeIebrat cd
New York Kestaurateur, Charles Del
nnOnicO-Dcath from Exposure.


New York Restaurateur, Charles Del
nlOnico-Dcath from Exposure.
NEWARK. n. j., Jan. IA.
The body of Charles Delmonico, who dis
appeared several days ago, was found in
tie Orange Mountains in the woods near
General McClellan's summer house at ten
O'clock this morning by two boys. There
were no marks of violence. He died from
exposure. Nothing missing from the
body. The boys who discovered the body
Immediately went for assistance and re-
turned with several residents of Orange
Valley. Upon their arrival they turned the
body over, for it was lying on the face,
frozen stiff, and Immediately recoy oynized
the remains those OF the missing Charles
Drlmonico. Letters found thereon estab-
lished the fact at once. Nothing had been
removed from the hody and no signs of vio-
lence were apparent. The ground around
where the man lay was uniisturbed. The
first two days after lie disappeared were
the most severe of the season and unless
Delmonico then obtained shelter he must
surely have persisted. The announcement
of the finding of the body produced great
excitement all over town. Northfield
avenue, where the odv was found, is about
a mile and a half to two miles +! ON Orange
depot. AT intervals along the avenue are
isolated dwellings int, rsI erSed with wood
land. The avenue is one of the principal
streets of Orange, extt nding from the ma IL
street for miles over the mountain to st.
Cloud and hy way of the valley between
the first and second mountain tbs nee to
PasSaic Valley. 1t is very fine drive and
generally frequcntcd by those who ON II
| carriages and horses in Orange; but Sun
day, except when the weather is very fine,
the number of travellers by tho road is not
many.
AS General Mcclellan, Jol n Cropsey
Brown, George b. Hecker and other promi-
nens people live along this part of North,
field avenue it is thought Delmonico might
have had a daZed idea of reaching one of
their residences, but his strength gave out
before attaining his object.
DelmOnicO probably died January 6.
About two o'clock that morning John DEF
fenthal, who works for farmer on Orange
Mountain, while driving from Mont clair to
Orange, saw man leaning wearily against
feEce. 1t was at the junction of the road
leading from Orange to Montclair. He is
certain now the man was DelmonicO. He
hailed Dietfenthal and begged for shelter.
1Ee farmer said the speech of the wayfarer
was SO hlck he could scarcely understand
him. Delnoni' o's speech has been thick
since his trouble came on. The night was
bitterly cold, but the farmer was afraid of
| tramps, and instead of taking the man into
his wagon drove on, after directing him to
| Orange, a 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 with cold, and
laid down and was frozen to death.
The body was taken to New Hork late
this afternoon and taken to the undertake
er's, where it was placed in a casket, then
| taken to the residence of deceased on West
| Fourteenth street. The face of the dead
| man looked very natural. No bruises were
visible except slight wound on the right
| side of the head, probably received in the
| fall over the bank at the spot at which he
| was found. The body in a perfect
state of preservation, although it must
have been eight or nine days ago that Del
monico met death. The fact of it's normal
| appearance is explained hv the cold which
| prevailed The remains will be inferred i'll
| the Deimonico vault in old ST. Patrick's
Cathedral Mott street.