The evening world., 1894-08-09
BOTH BODIES FOUND.
Abraham Epstein and Sister
Drowned in Each Others Arms.
Previously identified by Brothers
Through Some Clothing.
Run Down in Broad Channel by a
Sloop Yacht.

BROAD CHANNEL, RoCKAWAY
| BEACH Aug. 9.--Thc bodies OF the
young man and woman who were run
| down By the sloop yacht Caroline yes
terday, and afterwards drowned, were
recovered late this afternoon.
They were identified by some OF their
C lothing, before the bodies were recov-
cred this morning, by their brothers, as
brother an sister.
Both were clasped in each others
arms, as they were seen to drown.
Instead OF being husband and wife.
as at first reported they were really
brother and sister. They were Abraham
Epstein, thirty years old, OF l52 Powers
street. Brooklyn. L. D., and Fannie.
twenty-four years Old. Both lived with
their father and mother and two BROTH
ers at the address given.
The father, Louis. Is seventy-two years
old, and the mother is sixty-eight years
old. Two other sons, Jacob and Leo
| pold, lived with them. The family also
consists of two married daughters.
All night long and during the morn
ing local fishermen, were out search
ing for the bodies, but up TO 3 O'Clock
without success. At 1890 o'clock Jacob
and Leopold Epstein came down here to
|
Not ascertaining anything. they also
hired q boat and went out into the
channel to aid the other searchers in
looking for the bodies
their relatives. When they went to
Dntes's nshing house, on the opposite
worst fears were realized. They saw
the coat which Abraham Epstein had
left in the boat. They saw their sisters
| IL ,lxt -
known to wear, Then the brothers
broke down and wept.
Leopold at once rowed back and took
team to Brooklyn In order to acquaint
| his father and mother, while the other
brother remained to assist in the search.
To an Evening World" reporter. who
also rowed out to where the men were
dragging, for the bodies, Leopold tod the
story. He said that his brother Abra-
ham had been employed with Nicoll, the
tailor, Of New York, and that on Mon
day last he started on his vacation.
Abraham was a great fisherman. and
knew the waters around New YORK as
we'll as any expert. He had for years
fished around Rockaway.
at o'c.ock yesterday morning and took
the $50 train from Bushwick Junction
with his sister. Before leaving they had
married sisters while their lunch basket
was filled Then they started out
Leopold said that they feared nothing
| when the couple Ql0 not return last
night, as Abraham was known to be a
great fisherman. This morning, how
ever. after reading the account Of the
accident in the papers. the two broth
| ers decided to come down here and in
| vestiyate.
Later In the day. after the. clothing
had been positively identified by them,
who Is supposed to have been RESPONSE
not OF the most cordial kind
are tod. % One Which is being CIRCULATED
by The friends of Sebastian Hesbach Is
to the effect that the accident was I'M
Rs Sther nG' s the
site nature. Certain 1t Is that a strict
investigation will be made. and the re-
sponsibllity, If any exists will be fixed.
party OF pleasure-seekers started off
early yesterday morning on a yacht
owned BY Mr.; Hesbaehi r., who Is gener-
called the Golden Cloud. Two women
who were to have made up the party ar
rived too late, however, and Hesbach
when he saw them later, decided TO
hired the yacht Caroline, which vas
commsnded by Capt. McCu us;. They They
on an Island. the other side OF the
channel. and there McCue got In row
boat to d he'll Sos co at si
y
was anchored the rowboat, in which
were Abraham Epstein and his sister.
| Then Hesbach started In to manage
the boat for himself. The wind got out
OF the sails. the yacht drifted and bore
down towards the roWboat.
| Miss Epstein. 1t Is claimed, on seeing
| the yacht bearing down. got frightened
and jumped into the water. At the
same moment the collision happened.
Her brother sprang on board the yacht,
| then. turning and seeing his sister In
the water. he sprang overheard to save
her.
Hesbach then sprang from the sloop
| into the water to save the struggling
pair. The tide and the wind, however.
| were too strong. and they were seen to
arms. Hesbach was afterwards rescued
with difficulty.
McCue is blamed for having left the
boat at all. but he defends himself by
the statems mt that II WAS never int d q
that he should sail the yacht. FULLER
from whom the yacht Caroline was
hired, would not let him talk, MOI
would he talk himself beyond saying
that Hesbach was not to blame.
Heshach Is wellknov'n Democratic
politician in the county. He has the
contract for suppling boxes for the big
firm Of Lalance & GrossJean at Wood.
haven, the agate iron ware firm. He Is
said to be an old yacht nan, and to have
sailed over jamaica Bay during the past
| twenty years.
Hesbach kept out of the way of re.
porters this morning. His friends said
he was i'll The names of the two wo,
men on board the yacht could not be
asCertainel