New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-07
THE FATE OF SALLIE REFER.
HOW SHE DIED IN NEW JERSEY TOWN.
JAMES D. FisH's FREQUENT VISITS TO HER-HER
BODY RUDELY TREATED.
TRLFGR tn THE rnrnrsc

| CLEVELAND, May 6.-The Grant War com
pcatloDs and the turn they took against James d. Fish
nave not only given the latter place in Ludlow Street
Jan but have given him notoriety throughout the
country The association OF his with the closing
career and the recent death OF widely known young
woman, native OF sandusky OHIO seems to add to his
| troubles salie Reber born in sandusky thirty
three years ago. Her father George Reber who died
In 1873, was lawyer and for twenty-five years was
| member OF the Sandusky bar. Salie early displayed
| more than ordinary musical talent She was
given all the advantages OF training in tho
art and in the way OF general education
hather home afforded She was then sent to New-York
for musical training. She advanced rapidly. and ac
qured superior knowledge not only Of English but of
German. italian and French. She adopted the stage as
profession Her first appearance made at the Grand
Opera House in the " Bohemian Girl " six years ago
Her greatest said have been the princess
in " Fatinza" the Fifth Avenue Theatre. when the
opera first produced there She subsequently
travelled with OF D'Oyly Cartes COM
panies as Mabel in The Pirates OF Penzance,"
ard afterward member OF one
OF John A. MoCaurs companies Her last appearance
at the Standard Theatre PhvHis in Iolanthe"
in the fail Of 1882.
Four years she was married to Franklin A. r.
LANG who proved to be OF dsspated habits, and though
belonging to wealthy family in Brooklyn he gave
support 10 his wife, He died eighteen months ago OF
alcoholism. Upon the occasion of visit 10 her old home
in sandusky the pre- OF Fish in that city caused
gossps to talk and link of the two together
Fish remained only two days and some time after his
departure, sallle returned to New-York The that
heard from her Telegram received in San
dusky and said To have been signed by Fish, announcing
her death Her brother-in-aw Frank A. Layman OF The
Sdadusky Journal accompanied by Sallies younger SIS
Alice went to NewYork and brought back the body,
which placed In a vault in Oakland Cemetery on
March ls where It IS
The rumors which were rife in sandusky
led to Investigation OF the cause, the
place and circumstances OF Mrs Lang's
death. NewYork, the first objective point, only fur
nshed clews the mystery, which led Rutherford
n. J. Nothing found there. other than new cew
leading the neghboring village of Carlstadt AT the
latter point lives old woman named Mrs. Ocinger,
whose house is in lonely region near tie depot
OF the New-Iersey and New-York Railroad. The
wife OF station agent Bramliek, who is the
door neighbor OF Mrs. Oenger made the following
statement:
The woman sallie Reber, came here from New-York
Tuesday, February 81 Carrie Oenger the daughter
Of Mrs. Ocinger accompanied her as a nurse Mrs.
Reber. or LANG, boarded at Mrs. 0engers She
died March 10. In the two weeks she
was here. size took walks about the nelghDOrhOod
every day up the day Of her death. She always
heavy veil. James d. FISH. OF New-l ork. down
on the afternoon train every other day while Mrs
Reber was here and her fruit and flowers He
usually returned to the city on the p. train. Mrs
Reber gave birth to child on Tuesday. March
10, about o'clock in the afternoon. That
night, about IL O'clock the woman died Fish
the day she died. the baby and left the
village the 3 O'Clock train for New-York. DR. Phelps
Of Rutherford the physician in the and left the
house think, when Fish did The Doctor told my
husband that the woman's death was caused by eating
dozen oraugcs Mrs Oellingers daughter Carrie disap
peared after the died Mrs Oeinger took
charge of the baby.
"On the following night, March IL, two men. both
strangers one a tall and the other shOlt man,
arrived mt Carlsbad on the 6:3I D. IN. train
York They brought with them large square, wooden
box, nothing like a coffin. Tho small man
appeared to be servant and the
tall man the master They carried the box
10 the house OF Mrs Oeilinger. few minutes later,
they brought box OF the house and left the
for Jersey City the 1880 train. All done inside
~ forty minutes There large black cloth like rub
her spread the box Dr. Phelps said at the depot
that the ali right The baby was taken away
from Oellingers house when " two weeks old
DR.. Phelps and young woman took the child away on
Palm Sunday the IA IN. train"
Station Agent Bramlck said: When tho two
strangers came after the body that night I heard
the short say II II was only darkerp They
dragged the along the sidewalk the depot setting
with the permit. and told him that believed
thing was wrong He said Il tell you it's all right
| told him IL hO way 10 drag body
along the street Common paupers treated better
than that DIR. Phelps said that lie knew it was all
right that he had pad 500 10 an undertaken In New
York The box required six Or eight men to put IL
the train. when the child was tiken away, sold
ticket NewYork for the nurse. She looked like sis
ter OF the dead woman. asked the doctor where the
child going He said he had got lady in Rnlher
were rich aud would pay well for Ihe trouble.
Jacob Hall Is a baKgiSeman ON the NewJersey Rail-
road lie ID charge OF the baggage-car on which the
body OF Salle Keber Lang was carried 10 Jersey
taxing the box on board our train at Carlsbad on the
night OF March H.. A man rode In the car with
iSs S Of young i lady r5o had died Of gas
trio fever | did not see ston
At Jersey Cl,y helped put the box on small
Dr. j. W Phelps lives u cottage not far from the
lie is heavy set aud has a round
ord face Th holds @ office I aSSy the s ssas
Board of Health and is town commitee-m of Ruth
erford and moved with his family from Connecticut
that Mrs Lling died from acute gistrs superinduced
Z" Eating orangesf
yes" responded he doctor.
Oranges and clans" file added that she had suf-
years He asked whether the Overeating occurred
Immediately after tho child was born, whereupOn he be-
II viii answer no more Of your questions Ihave
heard Of you through Mr.. Ling"
the case is ali right you should refuse to talk
30 matter" said the DOCTOR whether the ease is all
right or not aud this point he declined TO talk further
LINN Yam Russeu the town assessor OF Carstadt lives
two miles north the village the Hackensack road.
His wife was the only person the house when the
called. She has charge Of the records and
issues the burial permits for Carlsbad She said |
DR. Phelps came here and wanted permit TO ship body
10 Columbus Ohio. He obtained IT, The record was sub
seanentiy changed by putting the word SaDdusky in
place OF Columbus
In smnli book kept for the purpose two |
records were made under Deaths Nellie C. LANG
twenty nine died at Carstait OF acute gastrs Under
the head OF births appeared the following Daughter
of Franklin b. lang and Nellie keberbOFn at Cdrlsadt
F,brnary "a 1885" This the date ~ Mrs. I.ang's
arrival r. Carstadt from NewYork. Franklin b. Lang
died on October D. 1885, fully eighteen months before