The New York herald., 1922-10-25


when they saw Henry come In in his
cid shooting clothes and stopping only
10 wash and pull off his boots, sit down
Tor luncheon. That scandalized some
I6ople. but we like simple Ewing That's
what we're down here for.
That night of September IL pretty
much the whole town was on the beach
fishing-not Oh Barnegat Bay. but on
ocean Beach, with a big Il. Mr.. Ste
~ens keeps diary record Of his fishing
and hunting. The diary says that on
September .13 he caught mullet for bait.
Here is the entry for September IA:
''rhree bluetish. Art. one blue. six
POUNDS"
Art is Arthur App egate. who agrees
with the diary that he was fishing until
10 80 twenty-five or thirty yards from
Mr.. Stevens. Mr.. Stevens when he
fishes is at II on and off all day.
He rigs his pole in the garage. goes to
the beach, near the mouse. casts "a while
and then. like as not scurries over TO
the bayside In his Hv1er station wagon
and looks after the duck which he keeps
in pound for use as decoys on his
hunting expeditions.
Tells of Might Visitor.
ION the night we're speaking Of" Mr..
Stevens said. II was in New York.
Mother and my sister and had gone to
New York to buy clothes for the world
trip we were planning, hut our servant.
Mrs. Emerson, and a summer neighbor,
William Seger OF Philadelphia, came
into the house and found that Henry
had undressed and was going to bed.
Mr.. Seger had to tell him about r. big
fish he'd caught the very last thing.
And about IL o'clock. just before he
turns in, a woman neighbor saw Mr..
Stevens and spoke 70 him for minute.
don't care to say who she is just
row.
Mrs. Stevens praised her husbands
disposition, his even temperedn3s. She
laughingly said that he never was cross
except when she cleaned out his old
junk his guns, rags or fishing tackle
from his room.
He likes a good play. a good story"
the wife went on; "he loves outdoor
books. He was great admirer OF
Theodore Roosevelt, and voted for him
in 1912, but otherwise he keeps away
from politics. although they have put
him up for the Common Council of the
county"
Mrs. Stevens also said that the size
of the fortune left by her husbands
divided almost equally among Henry.
though it made none of them MILLION
aires, it was, as Mrs. Stevens noted,
plenty to live on very comfortably"
Mr.. Stevens said his wife had been
disturbed by the stories of coolness be-
tween his sister and himself. and one OF
lis chief objects In going to New
Brunswick fortnight ago was to prove
them untrue. my husband Is a sports
u an for the love of 1t and not for what
he gets" the wife said. HE never had
a photograph taken with n bag of game
or a string of fish. He never kills more
game than he needs. He detests that
kind of thing"
The recent interview In which Mr..
Stevens was quoted as saying. There Is
no blood on my hands," was inaccurate,
according to Mrs. Stevens. He said no
such thing, she said. because he did nor
use melodramatic language and because
II would be absurd for a man TO say
such thing against whom no charge
had been made.
Carpenter Saw Him at Beach.
Arthur Applegate. carpenter and fish
erman. lives. In a land houseboat on an
arm of Barnegat Bay, with his wife and
little boy. He said:
''On the night of September IA, I went
to the beach between 6 and o'clock.
Mr.. Stevens was already fishing about
Is to IS yards away. He was still there
when left, somewhere around .
o'clock. Mr.. Eyer. Mr.. Mullinger OF
Philadelphia and Mr.. McGonigle OF
Philadelphia were there. too. l caught
big fish and weighed 1t on Mr..
Ga. bo lo urbi1 n
son, carpenter, who lives across the
creek here struck matches"
.'There's no doubt about It," Mrs. APP
plegate spoke up, we're sure of the
time because we were out fishing the
next day again, AMI on the day follow
ing that Mr.. Stevens got word that his
brother -in-law had been killed
Never saw truer. more peaceable
man." her husband said, "and most
accommodating man. I've known him
twenty-five years. at least. And gen.
erous! Last summer. when / wanted
TO take parties out shooting but had no
place to go, for the land Is all taken up
around here, he got me a place and paid
the rent of 1t. And the strictest man
on the game laws you ever saw. Never
bird shot out OF season. or after sun
down-not by Henry Stevens"
Johnson. tho witness mentioned by
Applegate. was not at home to-day. His
wife said he was pretty sure 1t was
September II that he lit matches for the
weighing of the six FOUNDER. but
couldn't be absolutely positive because
Mr.. Stevens Is always fishing and SO
Is my husband"
The townspeople uniformly spoke well
OF the Stevenses. They say the Ste
venses despite their education and af-
fluence are mot stuck up and here as
in every place where summer people
invade small towns. that quality is last
ingly appreciated.