New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-10


worked in a theatrical costumer's es-
adjustment, and may. he thought have
gone on the stage.
Nine months ago. he said, Emma told
him that through his Brother Henry
she learned that Ella was in New York
City. Where the daughter was llvlnS'
Sternemann said. Henry would not say
and Sternemann did not try to seek
further for her
Nine weeks ago, in the vicinity OF
146th street and Eighth avenue. wnere
the pillow slip in which part OF the
body was found was purchased, Sterne-
mann said, he saw a ''googly eyed fei-
low" with a girl who he thought was
Ella. Last week he returned TO the
same neighborhood and saw the "goog-
" eyed fellow in a shoe store. Sterne-
mann admitted that he frequently was
at Eighth avenue near 10th street sell
ing feathers.
OF his actions in the last week
Sternemann is only sure that he went
nearly all over the upper east and west
sides Of Manhattan. and through Brook
Iyn and Queens. on his peddling rounds.
Until Thursday he lived at No. q Olive
street. Brooklyn, but had been put out
for not paying his rent
Moves to New Home.
Through a German newspaper he
communicated with Mrs. Matilda
Weiss. i'm whose home. at No. lis Globe
street. Jamaica, Sternemann last lived.
He moved into his new home Thursday
night. bringing with him great Quanti-
ties of cheap finery, an iron stove. two
heavily padlocked boxes and household
furniture I'm which were included a
cheap iron bedstead and pine table
Friday he peddled, not returning
until late at night. Saturday he went
TO Manhattan and worked along Third
evenue, and while there sent the letters
to Chief Of Police Hays and Folk, the
undertaken.
Early Sunday morning. he said. he
got ND and washed out a pair of trou
sers. shirt undertaking. an old
table cover and burlap bag. Then he
painted the table and bedstead with
white enamel paint.
His only explanation for painting the
table and bedstead was that they were
dirty" There were no stains, he in
sisted, which he wished 10 conceal. and
his desire TO have them clean" was in
preparation for the Homecoming of his
daughter Emma from the asylum. He
added that he did not expect Emma
home for more than a month.
His explanation Of his washing of the
clothes was similarly indefinite. AL
though he had several other pairs of
trousers, he said he wanted to wear the
particular pair he had washed. The
burlap Dag, he said had been "drtied'
by contact with the iron stove and be-
cause IL had contained shoes: and the
tablecloth. which was worn to ragged
ness and was of no value, he said, he
wished to preserve in order TO sell with
his hat trimmings.
AS told in The Tribune Yesterday
there were also found in his room
quantity Of milliner's wire. similar to
|, that which was wrapped around the
4 torso, a coil Of clothes rope identified
Y as similar to that also used to enwrap
the bundle, a new wood saw, two
butchers knives. with the edges but
slightly duled. and a carpenters chisel,
with several hicks in the blade
Naoue in Statspoep+s
Sternemann at first had ready expla-
nations for the possession of each of
the articles. and afterward became
vague in his statements. The wire he
said, Emma had gathered up before
she went To the hospital two months
ago. he had no special reason for hsv-
ing the rope, which was new and not
unwound; while the saw, knives and
chisel, he said he had bought five
months ago. in expectation that some
time in the future he would go on a
farm and would need these tools
While he had been housekeeping with
Emma a. No. - Olive street before she
went to the asylum. he said, he never
HdQ occasion 10 use fIlNtl the butcher
knives or the other tools.
When it was suggested that in his
condition of poverty the purchase OF
the expensive articles was a foolish
one. Sternemann replied that he was
never too poor to buy things he needed.
Sternemann's rooms were crowded
with old letters. boxes of millinery, ar
ticles without apparent value, and hun
dreds of odds and ends which he had
gathered loosely together. Several
Bibles and extracts therefrom were
found. Sternemann said he was a de-
Nout Catholic.
II was too strict with my girls" he
said land when they did wrong and |
reprimanded them they would get an
cry with me. That was why they
turned against me TO go with my sec
ond wife. from whom | separated.
That woman led them into trouble
She is dead now, but her influence ~
the girls has made most Of my
troubles. / often scolded Ella for be-
ing wayward and tried TO teach her
religion"
Throughout his conversation with
The Tribune reporter yesterday Sterne-
mann was unable TO answer any ques-