The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-03
VICTIM IS
IDENTIFIED
BY SISTER
tContinued from First Pase.)

detectives started at once TO
verify his statement, If true.
Englert said today tina he had met
Mrs. Whitmore a year ago, when he
worked in the foundry department of
the E. w. Bliss Co, in Brooklyn. He
boarded in that city then. He called
upon the m frequently, he said, be-
coming good friends. He saw her last,
he said, in July, 1907, shortly before he
moved to Harrison. At that time, he
asserted, she was making a muff out of
an old sealskin coat. HI said the muff
found near the scene of the murder
was the one she was making. He said
Mrs. Whitmore had difficulties with her
husband frequently. He claimed she
was sometimes known as "Mabel' and
sometimes as Lena"
Englert said he was led to go to the
morgue by stories printed that the vic
tim might have been Mrs. Whitmore,
and by the fact hat Whitmore, the
husband, had been taken to the morgue
last night and had failed to identify the
body. He claimed his curiosity was
aroused to see for himself whether it
was Mrs. Whitmore or not. He was
not detained by the police and later
Police Judge Branegan issued a sum-
mons for him to appear at once. The
judge wanted to question Englert
further.
The clue that led to the Whitmore
woman was found In the victims dark
red tailor-made suit, the skirt and
Jacket of which were found, ripped up
the back, In the Passaic River. This
suit bore the label of Oppenheim. Col
Inns & Co, of Brooklyn. After a long
investigation it was found that the suit
or else its exact counterpart--,vas
bought from that firm by Mrs. Whit
more (spelled Whitemore on the clerks
check) on November 12s 1906, for :35.
Mrs. Whitmore paid s25 down and SO
on delivery. The suit was one of
twenty-three made in the same style,
sold on October 10, 1906, by Karp
Brothers, of Is West Twentieth street,
New York. to the Brooklyn firm. OF
these twenty-three suits twenty were
black, two were brown and one was
dark red.
Whitmore is an IT. motorman, en-
ployed on the shuttle train between
Brooklyn Bridge and Chatham Square,
New York. during the early morning
hours. He did not identify the body as
that of his wife last night, as already
stated, although he said it looked very
much like her.
He said the body was shorter than that
of his missing wife. There was also a
difference in the coloring of the hair,
but admitted that Mrs, Whitmore
dyed her hair. Two gold filings are
also missing from the lower teeth of
the dead woman. Mrs. Whitmore had
two such Filings. which were supposed
to be firm.
Mrs. Whitmore's maiden name was
Salter. The brooch pin found near the
scene of the murder had the letter IS"
on it.
Whitmore told last night all about his
home life, quarrels with his wife, and Of
her alleged in~fatuation for a man he
knew, he says, as Harry"
IT don't know the last name of this
man." he continued. MY wife and I
had been married fifteen years. A year
after our marriage a child was born,
which died very young.
Five years ago Lena and | had our
first trouble. She then began to neglect
our home, 1 heard of this man Harry
then. I hoped to win her back. only
recently 1 had her followed to a hotel.
When ! arrived she vas alone and she
went back home with me.
Some days later L met her and the
mar and threatened to kill him. A
night or two afterwaId he appeared on
the Chatham Square station and toll
me he would go out of my life. He
begged my forgiveness. He said he
needed money to leave town, and asked
~ fAF f1njg raf1ISad IN Ciya him
any money.
LENA and / had a row the day be-
fore Christmas. 1t was one of the Bit
terest we ever had. hen she left the
house. l was returning from work
Christmas morning when I passed her
on the corner I begged her TO come
back home. 1 told her it was no day
for quarreling, that ii was Christmas.
and that l was willing to forget and
forgive. She went to the house with
me.
1T had beer our custom to have the
children of my wife's sister at our
house every Christmas, out this year
we have disagreed so much we de-
cided to cut out the festivities. / told
wife to go to her sister for a pleas
Christmas. Then I gave her SIS of
the SIS l had. l told her also to call
me if she needed more money. We
a joint bank account, and checks
Withdrawals have to be signed by
both of us. l told her to send me a
check and l would affix my sig
and return it to her.
I'VE seemed to have made up all
differences and 1 was most happy. 1
went out to buy some tobacco. / was
gone only a few minutes, but when L
my wife had left. I haven't
seen her since, unless the body in the
Harrison morgue is hers.
After my wife disappeared l hired
a newsboy to keep watch on my house,
for some one had been there during my
absence and packed up clothes and
articles, and taken them away.
suspected my wife. The newsboy re-
to me yesterday that he had
seen Mrs. Whitmore and another
woman the night before on the street.
He may be mistaken.
when Mrs. Whitmore left home she
two diamond rings and a we'd
ding ring. The wedding ring was my
mothers. 1t was worn very hin and
sher finger so tight 1t could not
be removed except by cutting. One of
he diamond rings cost me $40. the
other $40. She also wore several other
pieces of jewelry, but / believe she left
4 good many pieces of value at home"
Whitmore was sasked to describe
Harry and said he was short, heav-