The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-12
Wealthy New Yorker Had
Registered With Woman
Under Assumed Name.
CIRCUMSTANCES A SECRET
Little Reason TO Believe That
He Met With Foul Play.
Was Secretary of the
RingIer Brewing
Company.

NEW YORK, July 12.-Henry IJsche~
meister. wealthy member of the FIRM OF
George Ringler & Co. brewers. was
found dead In the Harlem Central Hotel,
Raines law place, 125th street and
Park avenue. last Friday night after
registering at the hotel with woman
under an assumed name. and today
there is no record of the death on the
police blotters, the affair having been
kept secret.
While there seems little reason to
believe that Mr.. Hachemelster met with
foul play, the disappearance OF his conf
panlon points to a mystery and the
mere fact that the police have been
kept in ignorance of the death will now
have to be explained.
Hachemeister was found in the room
he took after registering about mid
night on Friday. Lorenz zeller, JUS
tice of Special Sessions, and friend
of the Hachemeister family. said today.
when he learned that the facts con-
cerning Hachemeisters death had be-
come public:
Mr.. Hachemelster died natural
death. l know he did. He has been
suffering from heart disease, Brights
disease and dropsy. He was taken i'll
at the hotel and died. Coroner Dooley
was called in and gave permission for
the removal of the body"
How about the woman who went
to the hotel and disappeared 2" the
justice was asked
THAT is all bosh. There was no
woman mixed in the case. Mr..
Hachemeister has a lovely young wife
and child, and lives in handsome
summer home near Tottenville."
1t is learned that Hachemeistcr en-
tered the hotel during the early part
of the night, and was assigned to room
5S, and it is said that the woman COM
panion was with him when he was
taken i'll, and stayed with him till
DEATH
Then she left hurriedly. probably to
avoid being implicated in a scandal,
and probably because of fright.
Immediately following death Hache-
melster's body was taken from the hotel
to the home of his mother. 149 East Ninety
second street. and there the funeral was
held on Monday night. The printed
funeral notice began:
After long Illness, Henry, beloved
husband of Anna Hachemeister (nee OPP
permann) ana a son of the late Christian
Hachemeister. aged 80 years and
months" etc.
The mother was kept in absolute ignor-
ance of the way her son died. FRIENDS
who notified her of the death either did
not know or would not tell her the de-
tails. She was told simply that Henry
had died after a fall on the sidewalk IN
front of a hotel. The mother said today:
II did not know how he died. / wish
did. There was book in his pocket
which contained the names of some OF
his friends and Justice Zeller, who was
passing by told Mr.. Ringler and Mr.
Schulmann about it and they told me-"
The office Of the hotel ia on the second
floor of the building behind a wire screen.
In which sits the night clerk. who is
Familiarity known as Gus" The hallboy
on duty when Hachemeister and his
woman companion entered is about ls
years old and Is named Murphy
According to the little information given
out at the hotel Gus" and Murphy on
learning that Hachemeister was ILL., hur-
rled to the room and found him In great
distress He died almost Immediately.
This same informant says that on the ar
rival of Justice zeller he and George
Burgefeld proprietor OF the hotel, held
hurried consultation. and then, accord
ing to Zeler. the coroner was called.
1t Is said that when Hachemeister died
the room number opposite his name on
the register was changed, the figure -
being scratched and altered
Hachemeister was wealthy. He ives
secretary and director Of the Ringler COM
pany, Of which his wife is also director.
He was member Of the Eureka Lodge
of Masons, Harlem Independent Scheutzer
Corps, the New York Fishing Club and
the Arion and Llederkranz societies.
Hachemeister was regarded as a high
liver aud free spender