The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-19

NEw YoRE, Jan. lS.-A strange story
came to light at police headquarters
Yesterday in connection with tho disap.
ncarancc several months ago OF David
Blumcnthal, awealthyretircd merchant
OF this city.
Mr.. Blumenthal was reported TO tho
roico OH May as missing under
strange circumstances. llo was seventy
four years old. Two years ago his wife
died IIo was doyotodly attached TO
her, and after her death his mind began
to fail. lIc had two sons and n daugh.
fer. One OF tho cons is Samuel, 4
builder, who lives at l2i West Eighty.
fourth street. Tho other son, Henry,
lived ut that time at No. 953 Eighth ave.
nue. with his wife and children. Tho
sister was married 10 man whose
name Is also Blumenthal. They 1.-Two
at 40. - East Seventy-tith street, and
arc wealthy.
STARTED TO RUS THE ASYLUM.
After tho death OF his wife the old
man went to live with his daughter.
subsequently his mind became SO UNI
balanced that it became necessary to
put him under restraint. Ho was &C.
cOrdingly taken to an asylum ut Amity-
vile, L. |. There he remained until
April q OF last year. Samuel Blumen.
thai told the police that oil that day his
father suddenly disappeared from tho
asylum. The family ascertaincd that
Henry had gono TO the asylum and taken
his father away.
They came to this city together. Tho
old man had money deposited in sew
cral banks in this city. Samuel alleged
that Henry had induced his father to
draw 5000 from the North River bank
and $1,000 from the Franklin Savings
bank. Besides these amounts tho el-
der Blumenthal had mortgages and pa
pers valued ut $4,000 on deposit with
the Lincoln Safe Deposit company, in
West Forty-sccond street.
Samuel believed that Henry got all
the money and went away with his faith
err According to Samuel his brother
Henry was gambler and had lost Il
large amount OF money following the
horses, 4 few days after the old man was
missed the police were notified.
Mrs, Henry Bluncnthal has not heard
Il word from her husband since he went
away. She has spent largo sum OF
money trying to get some trace OF his
whereabouts, and failing, has now APP
pcaled TO Inspector Byrncs to aid her.
Her husband was much attached 10 her
and their children, and she is confident
that he would como back ii he was
alive. G2..,
LOST HER son, TOO.
Mrs. Blumenthal met with great
misfortune during her husbands ab-
sencc, Last July she went to the coun-
try with her children. Two hours after
their arrival on July Is her nine-year-
old son, Jcroma, who was his fathers
pet, iell into the lake and was drowned
in sight oil his mother. She cablcd the
notice oil the boys death to the
European edition OF tho Herald in the
hope that it might come to the fathers
notice. She said he would be sure to
come home ii he heard OF his boys
DEATH
Mrs. Blumenthal hired q lawyer in
Germany to search for her husband.
The secret police were also intcrestedin
the case and have been at work trying
to locate the missing men. 1t has been
ascertaincd that father and son arrived
ut Bremen. There they disappeared rs
completely as though the earth had
swallowed them up. The German police
have searched high and low. but not
inc slightest clew OF the whereabouts OF
father and son has been discovered.
SAYS THEY WERE MURDERED.
Mrs. Blumenthal has received infor-
nation from the. other side OF the ocean
which leads her to believe that her hus-
band and his father met with foul play.
She said last night that she was CON
yinced that they had been murdered for
Their money. Mrs. Blumenthal fully
believes that ii her husband was alive
no would have sent word to her long be.
lore this. She has received several OIL
cal communications from the German
police relative to the matter, but sho
refused last night to exhibit them. She
was satisfied she said Tint hnr hushonl