Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-27
LOST AT SEA.
Mrs. John E~henwallsr, Of This City,
MyttefiousIy Disappears
From a Ship on Which She Sailed for Ger
many---NO Particulars 10 Regard
to Her Disappearance
Discovered.

Although it is not generally known. a
rather mysterious case OF disappearance has
come 10 light in the Eighth ward, in which
a married woman and mother OF quite 3
large family is the victim. 1t appears that
Mrs. Julia EbenWaller, wife OF John Eben.
waller, q workmen at the Belmont mil, and
whose ~rtsldence is on the northeast corner
Of McCulloch and Thirty-ninth streets, left
this city on the 26th day Of March for New
York, where on the 18th she boarded the
steamship Oder, of the North German
Lloy d line bound for Pihen in Bohemia. On
the third day Of April she was on board, but
On the morning Of the 4th, when the role
vas called she was missing and no traces
Of her nor the manner In which
she had disappeared could be discovered
Immediately upon the arrival OF the Oder at
Bremen Hofen word was sent to Mr.. II. I.
BehreDs, from whom Mr.. EbenWaller pur.
chased her ticket, informing him Of the cir
cumstances in the case, and stating that her
trunk was at that port. This word was
received last Monday and efforts have since
been made by Mr.. Behrens to discover
some particulars in regard to the strange
disappearance, but so far he has met with
no success.
In conversation with Mr.. Ebenwaller yes.
terdsy a reporter learned that Mrs, EOen-
waller, four weeks before she left, had re-
ceived q letter stating that her mother,
who lives at Pilsen, was not expected to hive
and she had since been continually talking
about going to see her, buthsd said nothing
definitely to any of her family, which cen
sists of eight children, several Of whom are
interesting young ladies, and one a young
man. Upon the morning of the 10th oi
March, when just as her husband was leav'
ing for work, she stopped him saying that
she wanted to bid him goodbye. de was
greatly surprised, but did not have much
time to demonstrate, as he was compelled to
be on hand at his work. She told him thai
she did not intend to 90 for nothing, aad il
seems that her folks are quite well of and
she expected to get some money, which
would be lett on the death of her mother.
On the same afternoon she LETT at 4
o'clock for New York, and that is the last
heard of her, except that she was aboard
the steamer. Mr.. Ebenwaller said he did
not know how much money his wife had
with her, but that his daughter had offered
her a $40 bill, which she did not wish to &C
cept, saying that she had enough money to
pay her way and that if she needed any
more when she got home she would send
for it. However, she was prevailed upon to
tabe the money, and meeting Mr.. Behrent
before her departure she told him she
had enough money to pay her expenses TO
Pi!sen and back to Wheeling. The steam
ship ticket was not q first class one, and cos,
$2l for the round trip.
There is q theory abroad that the lady
had met with foul play, but the more proba'
bic one is that she began ~broodlng over bel
t~osition and became homesick, both for hel
home on the other side of the water as well
as the one she had just left. This probably
led TO dependency, and in a fit of despair
she threw herself overheard on the night Of
The Sd inst. Either one of these surmises
may be correct, but in the I'M
certain light the matter now rests
it has q mysterious and strang'
appearance, which adds greatly to the
grief of the father and children, who as ye
hardly realize hat they have lost, the
| former q wife and the latter a mother. Al
order has been sent through the German
Consul at New York for Mrs. Eben
walters trunk, in which upon its arriVa
something may be found that will clear W
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