The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-21
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iendsb, In the retail drtattrUn' ~ i1rl
\ favtrt store ir iIit titv Hul sruru'afy
~ 'hc bUul " Education ~ teuonv y !
who had leuh w AND mentally tettnflFl
fof several sreks vn4 found dpnd Yesterday
a%tterhuun ubipf u Nuudr Culvtft ovpf =
hal slaanani s'frain about twu and a hW
miea ftln hda lntne IN fcnafy II ls sup'
Isad tlmt hp fell into iIw stream while
wandering about M" wuuda IN Monday
night Nf Nestsfvet had complained
lo his employers " feeling uni ~ sitta
aud they told him ~ ~ hoirr aud take y
rpat He I'D a., aud tliin returned to
work IA h@ manifested sigls 81 iatiEr
aud deprasa,un they slgEpstrd that ~"
should 90 on u vacation " twu or three
weeks ~ until he had entirrlv rrco,cred
lie went home from thp store and de-.
cidcd To start on Monday for the mountains
In Pennsylvania On Monday afternoon
he set ont on foot for uglewoOd, u few
miles away, 10 pay come smRll bills, lie
stupped al a store Ia Tenaf ny first and settled
u little account there He appeared to be
rational, but was depressed, and looked
weak. lie told his family he would return
for supper. and when he did not they s,l--
pected that something had befalleu him,
The Rev. Mr. Booth, pastor Of the Pres
byterian Church OF Tenahy, Of which MIR.
Westcrvelt wa a member, organized Il
searching party, consisting Of himself,
Watson Clark. Elijah Clark, j. Spencer
Smith and MIR. Mestervelt's Oldest son,
Ralph. They covered IN the ~Clergyman's
automobile the roads that Mr., Westervelt
would nave taken II he had gone TO EngIe-
wood, and, carry ng lanterns, beat the
bushes and explored the woods on 9th sides
Of the roads until dh yllght. mother auto
mobile party and many Young men and
boys Of the village IDined in the search.
Mr.. Westervelt was treasurer of the Tenahy
Council Of the Royal ArcanuIn, and a large
number Of Arcanumites also went looking
for him in all directions. Parties who
CROPPED among the bushes at the foot Of
the Palisades found no traces Of him there,
Late in the morning il was decided by
Mr.. Westervelt's friends to employ o
hounds to assist in finding him. J. Spencer
wrote a despatch to DR.. Knox Of
Danbltry, Conn. who breeds bloodhounds,
asking him to send some to Tenafy, bur
before Mr.. Smith Sent the message he got
word from Lord 4 Taylor that they would
get the dogs. A large part Of the male
population Of the village was then out
covering every foot of ground within a
radius of four on five miles Of Tenatiy.
Early in the afternoon the
parties traced footprints that were recog-
nized as those of MIR. Westervelt to a little
stream about IN eighth of an mile from the
Palisades. The hat of Mr.. Nestervelt was
seer in a pool not far from the culvert over
the stream. and Eddie Burroughs, IA boy
searcher, discovered the body face down in
the water, which was not more than about
three feet deep, The Rev. Mr.. Booth and
his party were near, and they assisted in get
ing the body out on the bank.
Coroner Lee who was among the searchers,
said that Mr., Westervelt had died Of suffo-
cation some time during the night. His
friends believe that he GOT lost in the dark
ness, and being very much run down, soon
got exhausted, stumbled into the stream
face down and was drowned
Lord & Taylor were notified Of the finding
Of the body and the order for the blood
hounds was counternanded. A represent
tative Of the firm who went to Tenafy said
thai Mr.. Westervelt had entered It's employ
rent about thirty-ive years ago and was
one of It's best men. He was 50 years of
age and was born in Tenafy Of old Dutch
stock that had settled in that section before
the Revolution. He leaves q widow and
two Sons and two daughters. whose ages
range from IA to % years.