New-York tribune., 1891-05-26
THE CORONERS' MYSTERY.
THREE OF THEM WONDER WHAT AILS
THEIR COLLEAGUE.
IT Is MANY DAY SINCE THEY LAST SAW
MEssEMEn, AND NOW THEY WANT HIM
TO ANSWER THE CHARGES OF
THE UNDERTAKINGS.

THE UNDERTAKERS.
There is great mystery as the Coroners' oice. ana
no one can solve ID except Coroner NJ j. b MesSehc.
He, in fact, Is the mystery and furthermore u Is
possible that he is in possession Of another my
Coroners Levy, Schultre and Hanley know VINO ther
colleague is they know where he is but IL Is many "
day since they last saw the cast its rays upon m
tawny whiskers and they can't find out "l"' "'0
matter is with Messemer. .,
The Coroners, ofrce is at No 1c4 secondave', anu
Mr.. Messemer lives at No $50 second-aVe', pu SI
only day upon which Coroner Messemer SHOWS oN'o'a
ao,,r,,r ,s s,rance IN saw upon pay day. TO COM
plcate the situation there are some unuerlahei
want N know whether Messemer has favored certain
,ndertaker a practce In which other CoroheiS u' NV
indulge. =, ,,a BOARD
The undertakers appeared at meeting Oh tne noa,u
q, Coroners Yesterday. They sat on one slue oi 'ie
"a Ss ., co,oners ON the other. The reporters
ss. ,oir NAV Coroner Levy presided, and Coroneis
uan,ov and schultze were present James ~MoiSi' ~
.s.nted the Indertakers' Association ana joseph ~
uofsnan and D. Merritt Hook assisted him' M
Iarrey intmated cautiously, thas he hao no e So saS
as an individual but members of the asSociauon nau
repeatedly complained of the interference VI
with the business Of the undertaeeTs'
The Coroners all looked amazed. ,s
,, xoI a,nev grew q little bolder ana charsou
that IL was a matter of comment Id the P'voS ~
S-.n. sebnItse was interested In the establishment.
% Knp the undertaken. Coroner schuiVHe DriS'''"'
and denied the charge. oo,,,v man
"i' no.s, a. is a well-known fact that Coroner
Wos.smer always calls Kipp. Indeed, Know Oh 'aee,
,vbsn Messemer has taken Kipp in his carriage anu
,ntroduced him as the Coroner's undeirsker'
rouonsr lew said solemnly: Il am very sorry
to hear this ,,.z,,,- q van mean
that Coroner Messemer has pecuhNy ni''i''' -
this undertaker's establishment
Coroner schultze said that much OF the trouble III
mo Nneteenth Precinct was caused Dy lne Poi'~'
&c a welknown fact" said he, that III tiaV pe'nN,
ts ,oTcs insist that Rourke shall have CHARGE anu
shall have tho cases. Captain Reilly Is tne ~oiS' a'
there to deal with." ,..u, tbot ne
,ouId do all he could to assist undertakers. II any
,raertaker called be would ACCOMMODATE INN 90
much as possible. o,o+hsr
ayss interrupted schultze or send him to ano'ef
Coroner. NOT Oh, rats" -, - .ho
Then the Ceroners jabbered at each olner anu V
pndertakers tried to get in a word. finaily poor
Messemer was pitched on a scapegoat. Coroner
-, ga,d that he would try to see Coroner Messemer
m coon as possibe and discuss these charges ~itn n
9put called twice today said Mr.. Levy :" anu
oor,d NOT see him. I have seen him only once vi
twice lately and found him in dark room' iio s
that he was sick, and he got dreao1uly eAoiUou "
I talked business with him. DR.. William A. conway
his physician and deputy Is HUI "i - 90
and his brother Dr. Z. J. Messemer IS IN chapso VI
hts business" -,o.s
,ooner Messemer is about six feet high and weighs
about 200 pounds. He enjoys remarkably gooo nedi'n
in election times after which he seems 10 DC ani0e
18th some barana disease. Last summer he had an
outing in Europe negecting his duties OF Coroner
In the fall he returned home in time TO obtain re-
nomination and reelection the Tamany ncEes sc
Ahont January he seems to have fallen IL ~ wae
ovaS xsuoov that he was a victim Of the grip Wnen
the bsy spring air had weakened the hoa planned O 'Ie n
5rra tauen an with another trouble. 1t is rumoreo
that It is the diabetes that the cause Of MS Ss
tbis time No one has yet ascertained whether the
sr SS @ f. candidate for reelection, but he has not
sent any notice to his colleagues that he Is SICK nds M
has abserted himself from his once Prsc'Saig @ on er
LEVY to-day when he win call ON Messemer to ascertain
m The salary of Coroner $4,000 year, and there is
a contingent fund of 81 900 year divided among
the four COroners.