New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-17
STILL A DEEP MYSTERY.
NO NEW CLEws IN THE HENRY MURDER
CASE.

THE POLICE THINK THAT THE OLD MAN MADE
WILL AND THAT 1T HAS BEEN DE
sTROYED-HIs EXTREME PENrRIous-
NEss-THE son WALTER UNDER
SURVEILLANCE
All day yesterday morbidly curious people lott
cred in front Of No So South Portland-ave.. the
home Of old Charles W. Henry, the miser' who
was brutaly murdered in the basement OF his
house on Thursday night Of last week. Tho
Rrooklyn police are working on every clew mat
affords hope Of bringing the murderer To justice.
and are more confident than ever that they nave
the man In william. the errant SON VINO was
turned out Of the house on saturday week ana
told never To- return again. Another Ions hu"
was made yesterday In the south P"rthhd-"Ve'
homo for 4 missing will. Walter the iaVorl'"
son and Detective Sergeant pcchaniy devoted
three hours 10 the search. without finding the
slghtcat trace ~ the document which ~ supposed
To- have dlsinhcri,ci william and given the great
bulk ~ a large estate Ia Walter thc fla'hu'h son
That the old gentleman left VIII !" 'n'lr'N
probable lie was the soul of accuracy ana th'i-
ourhnc.s I'm money mnttcrp This WAS shown hy
the contents OF the old leather valise' whlch was
opcncd hy the police on Saturday. and waa found
sec 900 i'm bonds stocks and other securities. The
luls were classified as they would hc In bank.
anl around each bunch was paper wrapped with
q n,,t memorandum in figures stating the amount
in the roll The bills wcr" all new, apparently
never having been used. and were OF the earliest
war issue They with double handful ~ E"l'
95-ccnt pieces. Will BE- a boon to some collector
The interior Of the house which was found to
be in a shockingly nlthy condition On ft'H'S'
was much improved yesterday by sweeping OF
shovciling tn dirt ont and putting down some
old carpets that had been stored In the garret
to save wear and tear.
Walter Henry is under the surveillance OF 'he
noIice He had n long conference with Sup"rin-
tendent McKelvey yesterday. ana gave Il '''''
account OF where he was every day last week
His stories were investigated. and found to be
true in every instance according to the police
MRS HENRY's PRIvATIoNs
Old Mrs. Henry. wife Of the murdered man. Is
still at No !. .i99 Pacinc-st. in private hosi'"
managed by Mrs Keamcr. When Tribune re-
porter called there yesterday he was Informed
that the old woman who is feeble. could not De
seen Mrs Kcamer said that Mrs. Henry nai
not vet been toll If her hus bands death. hut
the police say she has. she ia said II be inu'h
HAMMER with her new surroundings than beior"
she was turned adrft by her misery ana 'uc'
spouse on the Saturday night preceding TIE XIII
ing She had wasted 10 a skeleton 10y years 81
hardship toll and privation. Hard stories ere
told By her neighhors Of her husbahH ''u'i'I
10 her Twenty years ago. Il Is SAID hcf huan"A"
tried to set her sent away 70 an insane a. F'""''
but could not get the proper ctriihcau"h nom q
reputable physician. Her nc!Ehbors say 'ha' Hn'
had not had a new di esS in twenty Years anu
tho, whenever she was out after Q O'Clock at
night she was compelled to sit on the 'front.' steps
n all kinds # weather until William the alsS-
pa,ed son. came home. on one or two occasions
II Is said she waited till nearly Gayhreak ana
then go, In by arousing her husband
No better record Of the Oh mans parsinony Is
offered than his cash account Tor thrlStuas p"y
household expenses in December last The ac-
count was kept every day on a slip OF paper about
ono and half inches wide by three long lhe
nernnonship is exquisite These slips hc kept to-
rather with a string and they ran back two or
three years. on the upper right-hand corner oi
each slip he made sort of tiny shiei' ana J" 'h'
wrote tho footing OF the disbursement Items ana
the footing FOR the same day of a year hrfor"
LAVISH AND LUXURIOUS CHRISTMAS.
Mr. Henry's household expenses last Christmas,
covering the living Of three persons. were as fol-
lows.
Herald ........... .osG onions ................. o.
y hu''er............... 10 a. meat .''''.'.' ~
bread ................ "' Total .'''-''''''''''' 90
He always bought stale bread. and seldom
bought more than i've 81 fix cents worm "i meat
,r fish AT a time.
Tnc stories told 10y Walter and william about
the laticr's presence !n Fathush IN Friday even
ing conflict Walter has said right along th.i
william took supper WIN MN fIdi} hSnt N",-
IAN "a stouty asserts thli he was last al "'t'i
on Wednesday. Riley. the caterer. who lives al
most app site the Henry house ana knows III"
family well. says william was ni the house "n
Thursday. 49,,
Pa,rolman Walsh remembered Yesterday mat
when Walter accompanied him on Friday. when
they entered the house I'm IN" frhich i"I me "''
man Walter lcd thr way up7i1lr aH 80 ~ ~ 'h'y
were inside the house exploring al th" upper part
Whcu they got 10 the top ~ tn dark basement
stairs however Walter drew hnck ana stld -
Walsh 'You 80 FIRST" ani seemed t. be- exceed
ingly nervou'
,h, Enurth Precinct was asked hy a Trihun" re-
unricr Yesterday If he was going To- make any
more arrests for the murder he afK'd "Sh'h-
canily . ,,,,, m
can get him lie was at the Fourth Precinct
station last night til o'clock. and If we hhd
wanted to arrest him We conli
"Do you know yet whether MT h'hry h""'
n WIN" hc was asked.
.'\Vc don't know II. but we all bclicN" mat ne
did He was SO mcthodical and careful III
everything that it would j." strange II ne iel,
no viii The viii was destroyed beyond
Wnltcr Henry was seen by Tribune reporter
Yesterday. as he was leaving The South Port
land-ave. house. ,, b.
"rberes been too much said already. The
ranors have printed many things that were
! MOI so and with that Mr.. Henry smilingy
/ turned away. . ,, .,, J., hot1
| ,osa., M The house. and he will b. buried IN
/ Washington Cemetery. between Iarh''"" anu
! BnusOnhurst A.. ,.,,or, a., tho
/ house in South Portland-ave. to permit no
| unau,boriz,d person to enter the house, on PAIN
| Of instant dismissal