The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-20
OF PRAET'S DEATH
The Parents Satisfied
Threaten to Make 1t Hot
for the Widow.

Conclusive evidence was secured by a
JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter Yesterday
afternoon from the family of young
Henry A. Prast. who figured in the Praer
divorce case SO promi nently a short
while ago. to show that the body that
was sent to Praet's parents Saturday
afternoon and which was buried on Sun
day, was positively that OF young Praet.
contrary to the statement made to Laws
yer Allen, of Hobokan, by Mrs. Praet
Monday afternoon. From three sources
the reporter was convinced that the body
was that OF none other than the m IN in
question. One proof was the statement
Of the family Of the young man. the
second was a newspaper clipping from
a paper published in the tow n IN which
the young man died. leaving no doubt of
the identify, and the third was the as
sertion matte by the undertaken here
who viewed the remains. and who had
known young Praet intimately.
THE MoTHER INDIGNANT.
When the reporter Showed Mrs. PrRet.
the dead mans mother, THE NEWS
article containing the declaration of Mrs.
Praet, the wife, that the body was
not hat of her husband, the young
mans mother could not restrain herself.
and Indignantly criet:-
tuS WkolSu! I4OW COQ1l BUS SbJ
that?"
She denied in vigorous terms that the
bod was any other thau her sous.
do you suppose" she exclaimed, "that
| would allow a body tn be brou xht to my
house %purportlug to be my sons il it was
not? Wny, it's s~candaious!"
She then showed tue reporter q copy OF
the Guthrie Daily Leader. u paper pub
lished at Guthrie, Oaiahauia. The date
of issue was Tuesday morning, Septsim-
Der IL. Under a sensational three line
head the following item appeared. This
is an exact COPY
N PROOF.
Henry A. Praet. of New York City,
died at one O'Clock yesterday afternoon
at the Hotel Royal, after u brief Illness
from Inflammation of the tomach and
bowels.
'Mr. Praet came to this city about one
month G with his frie nd, H. NJ. Prnd'
homme, of Paris, France, to make an
investment In Guthrie really.
About a week ago the young gentle
men ven to the Greek nation, whe re
they enjoyed themselves In hunting for
several days. This hunt. however, was
fatal to Mr.. Praet, as he contracted the
disease from which he died.
THE deceased was twenty.nine years
of age, and was the son OF the millionaire
president of the United States Printin &
Company, of New York.
During his illness he was constantly
attended by his warm friend aud com
rade, Mr.. Prud'homme. The latter gen.
tieman, by the way, is a well known
F%renchman. his father being Judge of a
Supreme Court of France.
The remains Of the deceased left the
city this morning for New York, where
they will be inferred. Mr.. Prud'nomme
accompanied, but Will return to Guthrie
to reside"
Thu fret lfpa ~ Tho bnoI ~nr1 taCf.rn-n
and Sndden Demise OF Henry A. Praet."
DOESN'T that prove 1t conclusively
~enough?" asked Mrs. Praes.
H WIFE's GRIEF ~PRETENsE.
She admitted that Mrs. Praet was
refused admission to the house on Wav-
erly street on the day of the funeral. She
said the funeral was not hurried through
because they feared Mrs. Praet's
interference. When Mrs. Prast CO uM
not get in she went to n%eighbors and
cried. sobbing aloud:-
II want TO see Henry once more.n
This, the family thinks. was pretended.
BAD EMBALMING.
Mr.. Murrer of Paiisade avenue had
charge Of the body. The embalmer at
| the other end bad miserably performed
his work, and the body was hardly rec
ognizable when 1t came to Jersey City.
An employe of Murrer's, who attended
it when it reached here said he recoe-
nized the features as those of the young
mau, Prnot. He recognized the SIMILAR
ity in the mustache aud III the general
features, he said. The body WAS not so
badly decomposed as It WAS disfgured
from the embalming fluid. which had
been improperly applied.
The Frenchman alluded 70 in tho
newspaper clipping is Familiarity known
rs Paul. n is the man WHOM Mrs.
Praet referred 10 III her talk with Law
yer Allen, yesterday. The older Mrs.
Praet says that her son died In Paul's
arms. He is an intimate acquaintance OF
the family's.
Mrs. Praet intimated that her daugh-
ter-in-law would have reason to repent
her s%candalous actions.