The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-08
DROPS HERO FROM
MOROSINI COMEDY
Mrs. Werner Denies Romantic
Rescue Made Her Love
Ex-POliceman.
WANTS TO CARRY GUN
Finds Letters Missing From
Guarded House on Secret
Visit There.
WANTS TO CARRY GUN

Mrs C;iula Morosini Werner. dismayed
BY the disappearance Of important letters
from her sentnelled house at RiverdaIe,
q loss which she discovered yesterday
In a secret visit to the house. has oe-
cided to go before n city magistrate and
obtain permission 10 carry revolver.
This was the substance OF "a code mes
sage sent from the house last night TO
detectives outside the place whose task
Is somewhat of a mystery, but who are
said to be acting for Arthur Maurice
Werner. ex-mounted policeman and hus-
band Of the bankers daughter. who
barred him from her home six days ago.
In her wrath after finding that the
letters were gone. Mrs. Werner dropped
the ex-policeman as the hero of the
Morosini comedy. She said her love for
aim did not have its beginning I'm
romantic rescue In runaway.
The loss Of letters has indefinitely de-
Iayed legal steps by Mrs Werner against
her husband. The letters. written by
other women, were discovered by the ex-
policeman's wife soon before she put de-
tectives on guard at Elmhurst to keep
her husband out.
Mrs Werner appeared Elmhurst on
Monday night and the unexpected visit
threw the household of detectives into con-
eternaton. She arrived with her brother,
Giovanni Il. Morosini. In Il curtained limou-
sine that went smartly up the steep
grades to Elmhurst and had shot through
the gates and up to the porte cochere
before its driver could be challenged.
Mrs. Werner Upbraids Gun rds.
Mrs Werner went Immediately to bed.
She did not look about her place at all
until yesterday morning Then she began
TO hunt for the letters and some papers Of
her own. The house was full of men pack
ing trunks and bags with her husbands
belongings 1t was not until well into
the afternoon that Mrs. Werner realized
that the things she sought were missing.
Such of her husbands property as had
been packed was opened and ransack ed
In vain.
The discovery of her loss seemed to
worry her greatly, but she was not so
worried as to be unable to express her
opinion of detectives who let letters dis
appear from under their noses.
"What is the use In my paying $500
day to have this house guarded IL
papers disappear? said Mrs. Werner.
"And what are those men doing in the
street outside? DO you know who they
are? You don't? Well. I do. They are
looking out for my husbands interests.
That's why they are there. DO you or
do you not know II they secured those
letters
The detective she addressed didn't know
He told of the precautions he had taken
70 guard the place. explaining the system
OF passwords employed in the house and
on the grounds. The telephone leaks" had
been stopped he said There were detec-
taphones in the library. drawing room and
servants quarters. A small range wire
less would be installed in less than forty
eight hours. Everything that human
ingenuity" could devise was being EN-
ployed.
Except few more detectives" finished
his employer. Il have had enough ex-
PLANTATION"
Tears Romance 10 TRttcrs.
ehe left Elmhurst last night as she had
arrived. in a limousine with drawn shades
When she reached the New York hotel
where she stayed last night Mrs Werner
said to a friend
II am sick of this whole business
nave acted as l did only after a long state
Of living in terror, and while my per-
sonal dread has been less for the last six
days 1t frghtens me to think that those
letters could disappear from that house
under heavy guard. do not know what
70 do or where to turn.
MY married life has been a nightmare
for the last year. People who cannot
understand the sudden turn OF events
do not know what went before. But
VIII tell you one thing. That romantic
story of my husband. then n mounted
policeman, saving my life In a runaway
Is not true
Elnhurst became drunk and began
smashing things. A policeman had to
be sent for to subdue her, and Mr.
Werner was the policeman who was sent
20 the house. That was how we met.
Later he became superintendent at Elm
hurst
Mrs. Werners friend added that her
marriage was result OF "love at first
sight"
Burns detectives at Elmhurst photo
graphed yesterday a remarkable colIec-
tion of automatic pistols found some
hidden, some unconcealed. in the house
THESE were Werner's, II was said Mrs
Werner. who may soon be carrying a
revolver, is also an expert with firearms
Promises Woes for Werner.
Arthur II. Coombs, the new "superin-
tendent' at the Morosini place, said yes
terday that Werner's luggage would he
completely packed and ready for him to.
morrow morning.
"1ts here to be called for between 10
O'Clock and noon" said Coombs ~.
don't know whether or not Werntr will
show up to claim It, We hope he does
Some Of us up here don't like his
description of the detectives work a.,
comic opera stuff and II he comes va
are going 70 show him what a real comic
opera plo, can be like. As soon as no
arrives he will he let in and all the
newspaper men. moving picture takers
plain camera men and other persons, in q.
GLIDING the merely curious. will be let
IN with him. They can interview him
take his picture. film his forty-leven
trunks and make his life miserable while
he's getting his buds together and wen
Just enjoy H. lie can't josh us like that
and get away with it,"
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