Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-08-27
RESCUED FROM THE WAVES.
Henry w. Hollenberg, Coney Island
Bather, Thought Drowned.

Henry w. Hollenberg, Coney Island
Bather Thought Drowned.
New Rochelle, N. Y, Aug 27.
Mourned as dead by his wife and rela.
tives, Henry w. Hollenberg, the miss
| Ing piano salesman. who left his home
In New Rochelle on August IL and
| whose clothing was found In bathing
| house at Coney Island, returned home
almost as unexpectedly as IL from the
! grave.
Half starved, emaclated and deiiri-
Gus with fever the missing man says
that he was put ashore from a fishing
SCHOONER which dropped anchor Ia the
sound, off New Rochelle. at midnight.
He dragged himself to the door OF his
| cottage, at No 1856 Woodlawn avenue.
I Residence park, and knocked feebly
! for admission. Mrs Hollenberg, who
has haunted the beach at Coney Island
nearly every day since her husband
disappeared, was asleep with q young
woman friend when she heard the
| knock.
4 Broken hearted after her long ana
disappointing search, she had packet
the furniture ready to move to New
York on Wednesday. The women
feared burglars and became greatly
alarmed. Then Mrs Hollenberg heard
her husbands voice calling feebly.
At last, at lastr' she cried, sthanlE
4 heaven It's Henry"
She rushed down stairs and when
i she threw open the door man stag
gered into her arms whom she could
scarcely recognize His face was
drawn and haggard. and instead or
business suit he was clothed In the
rough garb Of sailor Mrs Hollen-
berg says her husband talked so In
coherently that she became alarmed
about his condition and feared to CUES
\ tion him.
Dir Frank b. Littlewood was called
DR. Littlewood says that the salesman
is In d bad condition, and that several
days must elapse before he will be able
to see anyone.
iEf The story of his remarkable expert
ence told by the salesman to his wife
/ is as strange as any romance Of the
sea, He says that he knew nothing
about James A. Gray of Brooklyn, who
| was drowned on the same day he dis
appeared, and who, it has been sup-
posed was with him.
s'He Is very sick man." said his
/ wife, "and 1t may be weeks before he
/ is able to leave his bed, but / am over
/ joyed at his return. 1t was only yes
terday that / told his mother that /
| felt in my own heart that he was not
dead and that he would come back to
me- knew If he was alive / would
be the first to hear from him.
"My husband Is in such terribly
nervous state that have not attempt
I ed to go into the details of his expert
ence. He says that he must have
swan out too far, for when he tried
| to return he found that the tide was
| carrying him out to sea. He remem-
bered nothing more until he regained
/ consciousness long time afterward
| and found himself ia bunk In some
| boat He afterward learned that she
was a fishing smack from New Lon
1 don.
HE heard the sailors say That's he
| was clinging to piece of wreckage
about four miles out to sea when they
| picked him up. The boat was on It's
way to the fishing grounds and the cap,
tain said it would be impossible to turn
i back. He had to stay until SATURDAY..
j when the fishermen. hauled ND their
nets and set sail for New London.
/ They landed here about midnight ON
Sunday
II doubt if he would know the name
of either the boat or the captain. He
! was delirious most of the time he was
aboard. We will find it all out how
i ever. in few days because he gave
i his seal ring. family heirloom. to the
4 sailor who brought him ashore. and
! fold him to bring the ring back In a
few DAYS and he would redeem 1t.
sI wish to deny emphaticallv thaf
i my husband ever disappeared from st
u Paul or that he was the Henry Nv,
Rrincklev who the papers saw disar-
reared from Chicago in 1896. whore he
was stare manager in Hoyt's ITEM
perance Town."
The nolica of New Rochelle are in
cllrad to believe Hollenherg's story
rrcllenberg's condition also bears IT
out.
Tho Fulton fish market, corner Virc