New-York tribune., 1902-08-16
FI4NCEE SAW GRAY At CONEY.
HoIIENBERG WAS NOT WITH HIM THEM
CORONER FINDS LIFE SAVERS NEG
LECTING DUTY.

Coroner F1aherty of Kings County. who for
week has investigating the carelessness shown
by life guards in patrollnS the various beaches
Coney Island. is likely to bring the subject to
the attention of the grand jury with particular
force on account of the drowning on Thursday Of
James A. Gray. son of ex-DepUty Commissioner OF
Corrections John Morrissey Gray, and G. Walker
Hollenberg. of New-RochelIe-
Although effort made to find the bodies
of the young yesterday, IT was unsuc-
cessfuI up late hour last night As is usual
in such cases where persons disappear mysterously
while in bathing. IT has been intimated that Gray
and Hoenberg were not drowned This view Of
the case is receiving little credence, however.
Coroner FIaherty has personally visited all of
the bathing establishments at Coney Island with
his chief clerk. and has come to the opinion that
the laxness shown in guarding life is little short
of criminal Nineteen establishments were found
which employ no life guards Many Of the places
had no Hfeboats, and at other places the boats
were dragged so far up the shore as to be prac-
ticaIiy useless.
At some of the bathing resorts IL was learned
that and women were allowed to go into the
surf while under the influence of liquor At
another place whskey was sold to the bathers.
One man who was supposed 10 be doing duty
life guard was found be deaf and dumb Sew
eraI of the so-caIed life guards supposed TO
look after two three resorts and attend to
duties inside the bathing houses besides
Miss May Murray of No l45 Wyckon-st who
was engaged to be married to young Gray. went to
Coney Island Thursday with her little orotner
and met Gray there about noon They nad luhch-
con together after which he said he was gong IN
bathing. He got into his bathing suit ana "dhteu
10 take her little brother in with him. This he did
not do however Miss Murray sat on the sand and
watched him dive from the raft and aIter a sL9LL
time went away. She did not see HoHenoerg Win
Gray.
Mrs Mary HolIenberg. the wife of Henry WaIker
HoIlenb berg who has been missing from MS nome
a No 1sS WOod1and-ave-. New-ROchelle, since itS I
TUESDAY and whose clothing was found IN oatii-
house at Coney Island THURSDAY thlnks u
Strange that no vauabIes were found in the cIo'h-
ing. She said yesterday
wish the newspa pers would find out Wnat De-
came OF nv husbands money ana VaIl$ioIe
went 10 Cnney Island to-day. ana the ponce loIu
me that no levyelry money was found n my nus
bands clothing but money was found IN Nr- GId! 5
Ci0rbes vet on the other hand, John cray W-itSo
son James disappeared the same time as ny
husband did told me TO-DAY that money was folld
i'm the clothes left by my husband Ihere IS SOM
thing mysterious about this. Henry must nd'T
Jeff some valuables in his clothing, am Sure;
a m tod that when a bather is drowned or clothlns
is left behind Coney Island nothing IS ever
found OF returned afterwaTd
She declares there peculiar coincldenceSS ~ I[
connection with the disappearance or her
and Young Gray. That they were acqudilIeU H@7
set her to thinking instead or weeping