The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-22

naica, Long Island.
The Werpupps have no doubt that
the victim of the Long Island tragedy
in his possession before the German
in New York. He went
to New York again today to consult
with that official. Werpupp brought
home with him yesterday an exact de-
scription of the jewelry found with the
skeleton and Mrs. Werpupp recognized
is at that worn by Mrs. Mueller when
she was in Newark the last time. Mrs.
Werpupp also positively identified a
photograph of the watch found with
the skeleton today as that of one given
TO Mrs. Mueller by her godfather,
Henry Polster.
According to the Werpupps, Miss An
ma Marie Luther came to America ten
years ago from her home in Weida
with an American family from Trinity,
Colo. by whom she was employed as a
maid She was later employed BY other
wealthy people in a similar capacity.
The Werpupps saw her frequently, and
although she never made her home at
their house she visited them frequently
and at various times spent her vacation
I
father and Mrs. Werpupp mother"
On February 1. two days before her
wedding Miss Luther introduced Muel-
Ter to Mr.. and Mrs. Werpupp, as her
intended husband. The wedding cere-
mony was solemnized by the Rev. NJ.
A. l.. Hirsch pastor of the Lutheran
Evangelical Church in the parsonage at
213 Fairmount avenue. Werpupp and
Maf 70 or a n
Luther. who lives on Littleton avenue,
were the witnesses.
In the record of that marriage given
at the City Hall the bridegroom gave
his name as Otto Mueller, his age as
"a years, his address at II New York
avenue. Newark. and the names of his
father and mother as Johann Mueller
and Catherine Kaise.
The number given by Mueller as his
address is In the middle of factory
block, and no residence stands there.
This, coupled with the fact that Mueller
disappeared about the time his wife did.
will make the police very anxious 10
lind him.
Mueller had told the Werpupps that
he was an architect and as Werpupp
was building some houses he frequent
gained the impression that Mueller
knew what he was talking about. Wer
pupp believed from Mueller's accent
that he was a Bavarian.
A wedding supper was served at the
Werpupp home for the couple the eve
ming of the day they were married
Mr.. and Mrs Mueller left that night
for Hoboken and sailed on the Penn
..f... g.. I@1i,.
While they We're abroad they visited
Mrs. Mueller's parents in Weida, re-
turning to this country on the America
April 2.
Mrs. Mueller came Immediately %
Newark and had some of her baggage
sent to the Werpupp house. She was
asked concerning the whereabouts Of
her husband and explained that he had
brought some police dogs with him
from Germany and was seeking a place
in Jamaica where he might raise them
Two days later Mueller appeared, but
was in great hurry to get home. An
expressman was summoned ana
Mueller had the trunks and cases sent
to 400 Washington street, Hoboken.
Werpupp asked him why he did not
send them to jamaica and he replied
that he could have farmer drive in
for them later. Werpupp afterward in
vestigated concerning the ultimate
destination of the trunks and the eX-
pressman refused to tell him where
they had been sent.
Two weeks after the Muellers left
Newark Werpupp received letter from
Mueller dated Jamaica, L. l., and writ
ten on stationery OF steamer America
in which the latter said that his wife was
unable to endure the climate and would
start for the South the next day. Since
that time the Werpupps have not heard
directly from either Mueller or his wife
Through an acquaintance in New
York, who was abraod last summer,
they learned that Herman Luther,
father of Mrs. Mueller. had been re-
ceiving letters from Mueller from Trim
idad, Colorado. The father thought 1t a
little strange that his daughter had not
written to him directly. but decided she
was busy arranging her new home
When the Muellers were in Germany
Mrs. Mueller, at the request of her hus-
band, asked her father for money ana
received about $400. Mueller was dis.
appointed, but his father-in-law was
firm in refusing more. Luther Is an eS-
pressman and well-to-do.
Mueller wrote TO Luther on the sans
day that he wrote to the Werpupps con-
cernig his wfe's health and the neees-
sity of sending her South.
The discovery of the skeleton, whien
had probably lain in the desolate weed