New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-05

Il WEDDING CERTIFICATE
FOUND, HOWEVER.
alfred Lauterback Said to Haze 1t
tended Directors Meeting Here ON
Date of alleged Ceremony.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. !


Philadelphia. Aug. 4.-Henry G. Hirshield. a
lawyer and son-in-law OF Edward Lauterbach.
who came to this city to make thorough in
vestigation of the reported marriage OF Sophia
ii. Cunningham TO Alfred Lauterbach. a week
before he was killed. was seen at the Bellevue
Stratford late tonight and said that every
effort upon his part and that of men especially
employed In the investigation had failed utterly
to substantiate the young woman's story.
I came to get the truth" said Mr. Hirshfeld
and not TO disprove the story the Young woman
tells Mr. LaUterbach wanted to know the truth.
ana that was the basis of my inquiry found
liat MISS Cunningham was at the Bellevue
Stratford on July 20. 1908, the day prior to the
supposed wedding but she paid merely 50 so for
room without hath, which would hardly seem
likely for man OF Mr.. Lauterbach's wealth and
standing.
Il found that Miss Cunningham was repre-
sented by Eugene Raymon LAWYER here and
ne showed me what purported TO be a certificate
showing that wedding took place on July 21
I"'S the ceremony being performed by the Rev
hudoiph Lindauer. There were three witnesses
MONKS Jacobs and Conn-one of whom signed
by a mark
All the inquiries for these persons have been
IN vain Not one address was discovered. all
'ii'ueh nave had fifteen men busy trying 10 fnd
A+1ie - nov the slightest official record
OF the marriage here and no one can give us a
ole" 10 the Whereabouts Of the clergyman. who
does not seem To be known here among min
listers We have seen ,
We have the records" continued Mr. tJfrsb-
neId' TO show that Mr.. Lauterbach could not
POSSIBLY haHe been in Philadelphia the dsv Of
'he supposed wedding, the minutes Of direct
ors meetings and the records of the banLtnv
Sho" that he was attending 70 business
an OF that day IN New York and was very
busy man"
Inc young woman and the two months old
baby who. she says is the son or Alfred I,auter
bach are still staying in Rutherford y ] She
says that II necessary. legal steps will be taken
70 obtain her rights. Her friends in RrookIvn
DO not think she will have any difficulty in es
tablishing her claims
Inc Key : Cunningham Mrs AIfrad
I-suteTbach's father, left Rutherford ana bAcar.a
pastor Of the Dutch Reformed Church IN oak
idhd elght years ago. out. after three wears re-
urea from the ministry. Since then he has
taken an interest IN the affairs Of the village
ana - now a member % the Board Of Elections
s'phA was thirteen years old when her family
moved 20 Oakland She was sent To Mrs De
Miles school at Pompton where Evelyn Nesbit
was also pupil AZ the same time. and later she
went 20 school in Hackensaek where she was
graduated from the high school AZ seventeen.
Before coming to New York 10 study stenog-
raphy she took charge OF the Csldervood Hotel
az Oakland for year. In this city she held
several places private secretary. Miss Cum
ningham fond OF athletics especially tennis.
which she frequently played with Alfred Lau-
terbach