Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-20
SAY D|NGY HOUSE
MAY HOLD CLUE
TO ODD MYSTERY
Premselaar Disappearance Made
More PerpIexing by Ac.
lions of Wife.

In a dingy brick building at ST. Sec
ond avenue. New York, SO some of he
friends of Mr.. Premselaar are inclined
TO think, lies the secret Of latest pecu-
liarly mysterious Developments in the
case of the Premselaar disappearance.
There 1t was that he was last seer on
March s. To IL he would be likely to
return. And yet this house. like the
entire story Of the vanishing of Mr..
Premselaar, is one Of mystery.
Simon J. Premselaar arrived on the
Ryndam. That is beyond question"
This is the official statement OF the
Holland-American Line in regard to
the appearance Of Mr.. Prenselaar in
New York. But instead Of solving the
mystery OF his inexplicable disappear
ance. six weeks ago, a further strange
twist is given to the absence of the
former superintendent OF the Hebrew
Orphan Asylum here by the very fact
that this clue has come TO light.
Woman Much Excited.
When a STAR reporter told Mrs.
Premselaar of her husbands return
yesterday in the dark little shoe store
of Isaac WE'LL, her brother-in-law, she
seemed strangely excited.
"What-what do the papers say? ?"
she demanded, s~natching a clipping
from the reporters hand.
She read the story with feverish in
terest, and then looked up with what
seemed an exclamation of relief.
II don't believe It. He'd be here II
he'd come back"
But she protested that she was dis
traught with anxiety to get thee first
news of her husband.
"Tll go to the dock to see. ! must
find out. It's terrible, this uncer-
tainty."
she gave the reporter the number Of
the telephone next door.
Let me know right away about 1t,
won't you please" she begged. Tn
I'm just frantic"
She appeared 10 be on the point Of
breaking down.
Sister Soothes Woman.
Her sister, Mrs. WE'LL, endeavored to
see the Holland-American people and
tCluIH IN udll oil llOuI " tel uCI hHdl
he could discover.
Half an hour later Mr.. WE'LL al
alone in the back Of the shoe shop.
Mrs. Premselaar-no, she's not here.
She's gone out shopping. My wife she
wanted to buy some little things at
Mays. oh, no. nothing important
just a few odds and ends. you know,
and Mrs. Premselaar she went with
her. They won't be back until g."
Upon being asked if he didn't think
it queer hat Mrs. Premselaar should
have gone shopping on such a trivial
excuse for the whole afternoon, when
a few minutes before she had been con-
sumed with anxiety to get the first
word in regard to her husband, and
when she herself had claimed that he
would visit the Second avenue house
first of all, Mr.. WE'LL became confused
and tried to dodge the question.
|, mo. 1t don't-it don't seem queer &c
me-. But"
MI. WE'LL failed to explain why he
thought II wasn't a most peculiar state
of affairs.
Rooms Securely Locked.
The apartment of the Wells APP
peared to be closed and locked. Mr.
WE'LL had incidentally mentioned the
fact that the Premselaar furniture had
not been sold. but had been moved to
the rooms above the shoe store. But
whether anyone other than Mrs. Prem,
selaar Mr.. and Mrs. WE'LL had
been living in the apparently carefully
guarded fiat an investigation failed &c
reveal. The other tenants In the house
denied all knowledge of their neigh
bors, claiming that they stayed mostly
In the back of the house and didn't
know what was going on.
When seen by a STAR reporter last
night Mrs. Premselaar had seemingly
forgotten her shopping tour.
1--WE been looking for him to call al
day" she exclaimed ~nervously.
How much, If anything, Mrs. Prem
selaar knows about her husbands re-
appearance and his subsequent con
; cealment OF his whereabouts from hi
friends and why such elaborate effort:
have seemingly been made 70 further
involve the already tangled mystar,
has not yet been definitely ascertained