The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-05
BELTS TELLS HIS STORY.
ROBBED OF WIFE AND CHILDREN, HE
ASKS WHAT ELSE Ire COULD Do.

ROBBED OF WIFE AND CHILDREN, HE
ASKS WHAT ELSE lie COULD Do
nis Esorts to Keep niish Away fren Mr..
Betts-A DearAer In hts Wife's House.
hoid-his CesrtshiP and Asrriase.
The body Of Charles F. Blish Of the EAGLE
HOTEL Peekskili. who was killed on Monday
afternoon by Henry L. Belts. will be buried at
o'clock from the hotel
In Peekskill there Ia little sorrow for Blish.
prominent citizen told reporter yesterday
that Blish never made any secret Of the fact
that Mrs. Belts gave the money for the Eagle
Hotel while Mrs. Belts lived here" he
added. "she was always very dnnIfled in her
bearing, but che had no social standing.
Their relations were well known. and Blish
might have expected what he got" The
chief mourners ut Blish's funeral will be his
mother and brother-in-law. Public sympathy
| In Peekskill Is unmistakably with the man
who did the killing.
Back Of the Court House at White Plains is
the county jail There Belts WINS seen last
night He was in cell "a and II tho barred
door had not been there 1t would have seemed
like cosey room. Tho walls were white
| washed. there were q big easy chair and
comfortable bed. and lsrge reading lamp
made the prison cell look almost cheerful.
Bolts is about 40 years old. well built. of fair
complexion. and has brown moustache and
beard. Tho only popularity about him wns
the nervous movements Of his fingers. He
| talked PLEASANTLY and connectedly. but on one
point he seemed to be half crazy. That point
was the wrong no had suffered from the man
whom no had killed. He said
Il don't know whether my wife has got q
divorce or not. believe that the court in Da-
kota does not open until Nov. 10. but do
know that Mrs. Belts was seeking o divorce
from me so as to marry Blish. It would take
day to tell you OF our life since We were mar.
ried. l will not say when I had positive
proofs OF my wifo's infdelity. Three
years ago. when We were living at LA
West Fifty-eighth street. I ordered him out Of
tho house. but he always came back. no mat
ter where We went They threw dust in my
eyes morning. noon. and night Blish said thGt
he was going to marry Miss Huntingdon Of
Philadelphia. and that woman was cloak for
| them. When Blish lived with US my wife said
thut she was very nervous and must sleep
alone. SO took q room on the floor above her
bedroom. Blish had the room adjoining hers.
for che said she needed some one near her.
but there was q connecting door.
"Inever suspected anything then, though
disliked his presence. He would lounge around
wearing black velvet smoking jacket, 20
into my wife's room and she would read novels
always turned up with her. whether at . dog
a S5s
the sake q our children o rstaSn snd gIye u
her there mover knew where they first met
@ Tkink q ii e gave W her %sse my money An.
other man controlled her completely. i paid
S4 ' Rsr Hs Tn
nr the 9 %ish th soa xo sSd set DO re en-
never was there until Monday afternoon.
sp
pies; That is absolutely false; Was ever
n aS ts II
tell You that never drank nor smoked in nv
home. with my wife and children. and here
sna ana s sas ys:R sei
bad killed Blish. HE answer WAS; my WIG
sa ha 4Ss eSse ssPPs
sfas Sss tpsT Sss hs
ness at the hands Of the Officials. Who do not
aae. na @ asnry
L. Belts clears up. It becomes apparent that
sa TSsh n " SaSe aos
Charles Belts, his father. was not generally
RI the Twenty eta ward s6 his ., FINE
Siderable estate: He showed some business
ann he rapidly f ACQUIRED Wealth.. he took in.
"a Politics and once held Sty ssra X
Surface and the soe
over he could. lie finally became one q the
There are three sons besides Henry They
No f stree and e.
Ward g. beth and
Henry is the e% youngest Of tie soma he fnIerit
played the o. leisure and soon
a6ss or sppS The ~ aelP sad 81
confidence IN Henrys business ability. His
man. At Is she was Very very pretty and taughta
class Of small! boys In ths old & Andrsw's
janin 4. Carman. who lived on New York av-
snue. The young pupils remember Henry
Bets Is "a th ODD S3vnE %sn %hS hsyr
During thsS o S Henry went into yarlou.
q his sentnfes. and his latter psIa the Bills
He afterward wandered on into WegtGhester
sent 70 an ma asylum. Ills family was opposed to
his marrying Miss Carman. and they thought
that his Incarceration would end their rela-
tons, But AZ soon as he was released he up
set ail their plans by marrying her. The c9u-
pie lived In various houses owned by his
father. first on Herkimer street and finally on
Macon street.
The elder Belts died about eight years ugo.
having, 1t is alleged, suffered from paresis and
the estate remained unsettled for long time.
mind some time before. and there were ruInors
that q woman who lived IN the neiGhborhood
might set up q claim that she was the widow.
This woman put or Widows weeds, hut she
made no claim to H., property; Fegr that she
action acton for the partitiSn OF the properly. Wien
the division came. Henry Belts told the neigh
bors that he had been persuaded to sign over
said no gave her more than $125.O0O. retain
Ing only q small portion. In his own name.
10 have given her husband the cold shoulder.
A friend OF the family said OF Henry yesterday:
"He had craZy fits. and would at times get