New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-20
trunk MYSTERY DEEPENS|
poIine Fail to Find Any Trace, of
Lewis. the Alleged Owner.
TAKE MEAGHER OVER TRAIL
v;sit All Places Waiter Was En-.
Observation-Disclosures Of Body
for Traces Of Poison.

The police carried Philip MeaEher'over
9 ing and weary trail yesterday IN their
see-ch FOR William Lewis. who is the
80, NeaEher says left with him the
.-,,,k n which was found on Thursday
ne body q a man. apparently put there
eight years ago.
I've been every place could think Of
,-he-e Lewis used to work AIeagher
cid last night. but We COULDN'T find out
ar~tainE about him I was out with the
ro1fre. and We visited all the places
Enew anything about"
IT ss--- true that We killed Lewis, -
mi in MS Meagher who stood beside
~ husband. Some of the papers said
-aa- This morning. but We didn't do it
r-hsr isn't Lewis's body in the trunk.
either"
rs not true that I'm sueamf7tuer or
9 number. either" Meagher said. I'm
g 1a1o-er Just laborer, that's all I
IN IN not q skilled workman q any
kind
i was from the District Attorneys
r4re hat the information came that
A-ascr. was q sTeamfitter. and Il was
sad -here that that was the description
veazher had given Of himself
charles Togt- who for five years. end
ing TWO wears ago was Meagher's next
door nelEhh0r. said yesterday that
1resere~ was in the employ Of the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
In 74Do in the spring q which year the
evidence points 70 The body having been
r1t il the trunh~
He lost that Job in 1901" said Vogt,
80 I don't know what he has been
dong since never saw Lewis and I
never heard Of him"
Never Saw Lewis in House,
Mrs. Heifenrich. the wife Of the jan
5-or n the house At No 400 West 54th
street. where the NeaEhers live. and in
The cellar of which the trunk was kept
rv The NeaEhe-s. SAID yesterday that no
one IN The house had ever seen or heard
Ct Lewis. SO far as she could learn.
Everybody is talking about Il" she
said. and ne one has ever seen him
We've got people IN the house that has
t=er here al the way hack through
\
ter. years. and no one ever heard ~
Lewis before"
The woman with whom Mrs. Meaghel
sp=r- Friday in preference to staying y
her own apartment said
I've been living II this house-riEh
n these rooms-for nine years. and
never heard Of Lewis until yesterday
Ms. Neagher come in here yesterday I,
spend the day with ne She was all eX
cited and nervous, as naturally sh'
would be She and her husband are bot
nice people: I know them well And sh
got ne all excited. as she was. 7 Couldn'
tell exactly what she said I was so ex
Cfre5. what with the baby 10 wash anC
al the work 10 do, that I couldn't re-
mem Der just exactly. But she said some
ching about Lewis. and when he lived
with her. but I couldn't tell just wher
s-e said Il was. And that's the frs
-571e 7 ever heard Of Lewis"
New Story on Finding Trunk.
Mrs. NTeaEher developed q new story
yesterday about the finding IF tbs
---7r- The first story was that they
we're about 70 move, and they decided
--at they would find out L the trunk held
z-~-rirlz that would make Il worth while
n nav the expense Of carrying = witt
them - another place This story was
~o--0 ho~7ted by the wife Of the janltoT
--- said on FRIDAY that she understood
--z- -re Neagbers we're going 70 move
mn that she supposed they would have
% Wait now unt7 the trunk mystery vas
cleared Up.
Ms. Neagher said yesterday that ms