The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-10
WOMAN LADEN
WITH GEMS IS
FOUND IN POND
CONTINUED from First Pase.)

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Day, the New York auctioneer, at his
home in Madison, and a trained blood
hound was dispatched from his ken
nels by auto to Harveyhurst.
The bloodhound reached the scene at
Q o'clock this morning. AT that time
the woods In every direction had been
searched a dozen times by men. bearing
torches and exerting every effort to
DIV the mystery of the wolnan,s
strange disappearance.
The fact that it vas known that Mrs.
Harvey wore a fortune in jewels gave
color to the rurnor that rapidly spread
thai she had met with foul play
The bloodhound was quickly placed
upon the scent, and. after beating
about for some time. finally pointed in
the direction of South Pond. Il OF two
four-acre bodies of water used for
scenic on the estate Of Stewart
Hartshorn, Stakeholder manufacturer.
of East Newark.
Nothing definite was learned of Mrs.
Harvey's whereabouts until $50 o'clock
today, when the persistency of the
bloodhound in following q trail that
led to the waters edge of the South
pond made it appear certain that her
remains We're in the lake.
At that time Thomas Doyle and
Policeman Peter Flanagan entered a
canoe and started dragging for the
body with graphing irons. After a
short scare the remains were found
lying face downwards and win feet
towards the bank. twenty feet from
shore in water ten feet deep.
Nc Signs of Foul Play.
When the body was brought 10 the
shore Mr.. Harvey was appraised of the
discovery of his wife's remains. Chief
of Police Oliver, OF Millbnrn. then tele-
phoned for Assistant County Physician
Muta at Orange. He motored to Short
Hills and after examining the remains
gave it as his opinion that Mrs. Har-
vey came to her death either from ac-
cident or with intent to make away
with herself. There We're 10 marks
upon the body upon which to base any
theory of foul play.
A strange feature of the tragedy was
that Mrs. Harvey vas in a happy frame
of mind yesterday morning and up to
The time She disappeared at 2:30 o'clock
In the afternoon she mad been chatting
with her daughter and appeared to be
in the best of spirits.
After ordering her carriage after
lunchein, she retired to her boudoir
and there dressed herself for what
appeared to be her deathbed in the
bottom of the pleasure lake.
"Going to Pick Flowers
When Mrs. Harvey left the veranda
of her home she paused for a moment
to speak to her maid Marie, who had
been in the family for fifteen years
She told her that she had had a slight
headache but was much better. The
maid then asked her mistress where
she was going.
II am going to pick wild flowers over
there in the woods Mrs. Harvey re-
%sponded. and picking up her skirts she
bid a smiling adieu to the maid anc
trlpped across the lawn in the direc.
ton of the Hartshorn estate.
The last the maid saw of Mrs. Har'
vey was some thirty minutes later
when she saw her mistress turn into
a Liant leading toward the South Pond
There is a wall about this pond and
for several years it has been a favor
lite promenade Of Mrs. Harvey.
Mrs. Harvey was a Miss Anne Dor
tic, of New York city. She was mar
rfed twenty-five years g to her nus
band, who was a wealthy Beruman
She was wealthy in her own right
None of her relatives are in this coun
try at present. One maiden aunt,
Miss Dortic, is expected to arrive il
Manhattan on Saturday on an incoming
liner from abroad.