New-York tribune., 1884-01-13
MIR. DELMONICO STILL MISSING.
THE SEARCH IN AND AROUND NEWARK.

No cIFw THAT LEADS TO A SATISFACTORY RESULT
A SENSATIONAL STORY DENIED.
Detective Julian and his assistants dragged the
canal sewer on the Newark meadows all day yester-
day in the hope of finding the body pf Charles Del
monico. The force consisted of six dredgers ana
four detectives. The dredgeTs dragged their hooks
along the bottom of the canal, followed by men IN
boats. When they reached point about nllie
from the bay the surface Of the canal was found to
he frozen and the men broke the ice for about half
a mile and dragged the bottom for that distance
Gong down to the bay. one of the men observed
dark object on the ice about mile distant from lhe
shore. Several of the men volunteered to walk out
TO IT, and found the ioe strcng enOughto bear their
weight. Upon nearing the object they found II was
only a lump of black colored ice. Before nightfall
the party returned 30 the Boulevard Hotel, where
the dredgers aud boatmen were paid for their ser
vices. To-day ten men under Detective JuliaE VIII
make close examination OF every part OF the
Newark meadows, and will be pIloted by 81 Pete"
LangstafT and Major Miller, the two meadow
cunners who had already gone over much oil the
same ground in the search.
Defective MOorehouse, OfPinkertOns Agency, and
four others made an investigation of all the country
eastward within circuit of eight miles south OF
Elizabeth. The officers visited the towns and
villages in this section and made dillgent inquiry
without elicting any information. In Railway an
officer was informed by a man named
JudsOn that he saw a man who answered
to the description given of Mr. Demonico
walking through the town on Monday morning.
The officer was aftcrwaTd Informed by a citizen
that JudsOn was a " half-wit" and his statements
investigation of the truth OF the statement OF
Mrs Charles Conrad, of No. 455 Ihird-ave:, Eliza
beth. that she saw and talked with Mr. DelInOnlc0
on Thursday morning ana gave MN 1Mo ceiIts ri
f1,atb ba raut N ~ branch
the Elizabeth River bridge. The detectives Sats-
ned themselves that there was no truth IN the story
and that the man seen by NJ Conrad was tramp.
Mr.. Delmonicos friends were much annoyed by
sensational story stating that Mr. DehnonicO
had been accustomed TO send costly MOWERS 10 q
female friend and was on terms OF intimacy WIN
her, and that she was known 10 nave saled
for Europe recently the probabilities were that ne
had accompanied her. Ihls was denied emphaur
cally by all the relatives OF Mr. Delinonlco one or
them said d" Some four five years ago Charlie
did make a fool of hmSelfaboUt woman. She mas
made at the offices of all the lines owning steamers
winch sailed Saturday week ago. In every
case il was stated to be impossible that any one
coud have sailed on such short notice as would nave
been the case with Mr. DelmOnico All the passages
had been taken long before the day of sailing and
no one could engage passage without It's oeing
ing south 10 Havana and Florida winch started on
January D. have already arrived, and III no case
was Mr.. Delmoni leo found to be on board, though
search was made under teleTaphic Utilization.
Mr.. BabcOCk, OF Adams Express Company, sau
that il was quite possible hat the missing man
had large snm of money in his possession, though
all tBat it is known he possessed is about $40. Mr.
BabcOck thought that he might easily have been
laying up store in some secret place for many
weeks.
To-day MeSsrs. Hocy and Mora and Charles and
Lorenzo CrISt intend TO visit Newark and make
careful and extended investigation. We have
almost abandoned all hope" said Charles Crist
last night " but We feel II our duty to follow mp
every ClcW that seems to promise any result MY
own impression is that my uncle is no longer lly-
mg." That opinion was generally shared IN by ali
the relatives and friends of the missing man.