The New York herald., 1921-05-17

build, weight about 40 pounds, light
hair, blue eyes and with the first joint OF
ore finger missing. He was wearing a
blue serge suit and straw hat-right
up TO the minute In dress-when last
seen Sunday morning. the alarm says.
The house In which Mrs. Warner lives
is one OF row of modern built tapes
try brick houses with a terraced lawn
set off by heavy masonry leading 10
the street, through which the Uni
versity avenue cars pass. The effect
OF outward prettiness is we'll carried
out. although inside the finish Is not
so elaborate.
The contents of the house are In keep
ing Expensive furniture-a mahogany
electric grand piano player of the finest
type Is in the living room-Jostles up
against cheap and tawdry stuff. Up
stairs the bedrooms contain expensive
furnishings, but the upkeep has not
been suited to the quality Of the fur
niture. Cigarette stubs and few
empty whiskey bottles told a tale which
was borne out by the contents OF the
attic, where a palliasse was found n
the floor surrounded by cigarette litter
and old magazines.
Books Scattered Around.
A large, murky pool. right in the
centre OF Mrs. Warmers room. near the
foot of the bed, marks where Reid fell
when shot down. For the rest. few
photographs adorn the wall. large
mirror is carelessly covered with sheet
to keep down the light glare from It,
and a few books lie scattered about.
Books indeed Here. there and every
where stray volumes OF handy edition
of De Maupassant. much illustrated
copy of the Heptameron and 2 lew
volumes OF kipling's poems. whoever
read Kipllng there had a fascination Tor
one of Rudyard's masterpieces, Tor no
less than three identical copies or the
"Poens' had in each Of them the page
dog-eared on which the fateful lines
begin:
A fool there was and he made prayer,
Even you and !.
To a rag. bone and hank OF haT.
The fool he called her his LADY falr'
Even you and I
yictrola music and player piano roiiS
ranging from the Hungarian Rhapsody
TO shes Some Little Bird with the
latest in Jazz rubbing edges with the
yalse Amoureuse A few paintings
mostly good. and then stubs. stubs and
empty boxes of cigarettes littering the
floors. the tables and the china racks
in the dining room. Some OF these, II
must be said were dropped by detec-
tives and reporters who swarmeo
through the place Sunday and yester-
dav. but most Of the litter was there
when Reid was shot.
William A. Phelan, who Duilt the
house. said Mrs. Warner bought II last
May, paying $4,000 cash, on s21 600 pur-
chase price She was accompanied then
by TYLER. he said, and Tyler had fire.
uuently given trouble since In voicing
to the builder his disapproval OF GER
tain features, particularly the habit the
heavy embossed dining room paper had
of peeling off the walls. Mrs. Warner
took title in her own name. Phelan said,
and has since paid off $500 more on
the purchase price.
Frederick c. Warner, the husband, re-
fused to discuss his wife's affairs when
seen at Elizabeth yesterday beyond
saving that she had passed out of his
life three years ago." That was about
when she went to Jacksonville and met
Tyler. He said they were married IN
1913 and had one child. the boy Warren
who is at Freehold Academy. but VINO
has been given into his fathers custody
hv order of the court in Union county.
Warner is very quiet and retiring and
lives at the Y. M c. A. Building. He
has begun suit for divorce on the ground
of desertion, II is said. His duties at
the Standard OIL refinery are those OF
an efficiency engineer.
letter which arrived at the Warner
house yesterday morning from Freehold
addressed to Mr.. Fred Warner. shows
that the boy believes his father and
mother to be living there together There
also was letter addressed to Mrs War
ncr from the Montclair Academy. Mont
clair N. J. The authorities there de-
MED over the telephone knowing any
thing of Mrs. Warner despite the letter
addressed to her on the academy =
| printed envelope.
A note from close woman friend OF
Mrs. Warner, found In the house, refer
ring to the boy Warren. also inquiries
| about the health of s'Marion."