, 1860-08-31
1 Young Woman StrapE1ed and
Thrown 1uto the CheAknEo Canal.
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0a Saturday !ast, fur boys, who were dlh-
ing in the Chenaugo Cansl, discovered the
body Of female floating in tha wa.sr. They
imne ediately called asslst4uce, when ths body
WAS taken out and brought to tLis city. After
lying in the watch house for SONS hours, Mrs.
Mary Ann AeGinn,s, Of No. cs Biandma street,
appeared, aad on seeing lhe body. Immediately
recog mixed il ~ bet daughter Her agony VAS
pittal tn behold, Is she husriedlJ examined
tbs body for evidences Of identity. She knew
her daughter by some Little marks on her hands
and face, By her eaz-riuga, hJ her dreas, {of
which she produced sample and compared
it with that On the b1dy) and b. her general
appcAfance. Tbs mother tlso produced hke-
ness Of her daughter in the same case With that
Of her besrothed-now suspected &s her mur-
Jtrer.
l. jury was summoned by Coroner q. 4
erss, aad IN inquekt held ut tue Central hotel.
John D. Regaa acting u foreman. The facts
derived tleFefrou are such - to make most
probable the following tseory: That deceased
she Was strangied and then thrown into the
water; that thu handker1bief found ahaut her
neck was used to choke her; that her murderer
clntched the handkerchief with one haad trum
behind. and With the ether held her meas.
The nsme Of George White, jourueyman
tailor, A freely used IN the evidence before the
Coroner, put only lew circumstances connect
her, and no quarrel hAd occurred, "a IL. as il
Known, but On the contrary there is eridense
that they were wheJ last seen together, On am
1eable tesms- The evidence Of the witness
Grace Is, horerer, calculated to throw su1pi-
c1on On y bite; for he boosted Of seducing the
deceased. and declared ,hAt be "maa tired Of
her," Hut If White WAS tht murderer the
crime must hare been committed between four
and seven o'clock Of Thursdsy atsernoon--thas
Is ~ broad daylight
White went to O.~ego early Friday unoruing
Outside OF the Corouer,d evidence, We hear
tna: PERSONS here saw the dispatch calling him
thtaer, md he aetasliy went 10 0sHe8o, as he
said he WIS gning:. Ii be had jus committed .
nuruer, be seemed not to dread itx diacoyefy.
nor the consequences Of tha crime
o~1ng, however. to the derelopmeuts made,
- proven in the testimony published be1ow.
onpAscn Has sent to 0swego directing tho
arrest Of White. aad accordingly he WAS stres-
leo, and Will be brought to Utlca to-3sJ.
Tbs dtrease6 was aGd to BE- 4 very PRETTY
girl, with blue eyes md dark b1ova AIr. Shn
FAs only seTeuteen yesrs old. hut seen1ed as
mature - most gitfa At twenty. Her mother
ssys zoe ~.s Tery ret;riug il haE dl1poaisioD,
AraJ prs'ef71n. to be alone. The deceased
Mas engaged to ba married to Gsorxe White
!at2 t21l- She left the tailor shop o1ex BaaleJ'a
jeWeirJ store, where als wax At work, about
o'clock On Tnnr.das. Ab3ct IN hour alter
YARDS soe called On Mrs. Koelbei, eorner Of
Coinmbos asd Wiley streets. and lett there sta
nng sns va going home, addlng that her no
taer dta not know whers ads WAS. This was
the last ssen Of her, so far As il yet known by
nertrteuds Of the authorities, TIL her body Was
found. 7hephy sie1a1s hardly leare room for
oouot that The girl MA 4tsanglad md than
thrown into ths water.