The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-23
r From, tRe Ns,o York Tribune of yesteraav.

The JERSEY Cry MYsrERY.-The murder of the
female in Jersey City, whose body was posi-
lively identified that of Mrs. Ada Richardson, is
still as mysterious as ever. The original Mrs
Richardson having returned to the city alive and
in good health, the question now is, not who mur-
dered Mrs. Richardson, but who is the woman
found? 1t has been, from the first discovery of the
body, case of most singular identihcatons Nu-
merous and respectable witnesses swore positively
to identifying it as that of three or four different
women. First, it was recognized by friends as the
body of Jersey City lady who was seen walking
in the direction of the river with young man. AS
they most positively to it, OF course suspicion
attached to the young man in question as her mur-
derer. He was arrested and locked up, but before
the coroner had concluded his Investigations the
woman who had thus been identified presented
herself, and denied having been murdered at all.
Thereupon the suspected prisoner was released
Then several different persons either fully or par
TALLY recognized the remains as those of servant
girls seamstresses who had mysteriously disap-
peared, but who were subsequently all found alive.
Then the body was sworn to most positively as
being that of Mrs. Richardson. Her husband re-
cognzed it, and said that uDless he should his
wife alive, he should ever believe that to be her,"
Other gentlemen who had been acquainted with the
lady, and some with whom she had boarded, fully
recognized Mrs. Richardson in the body of the
murdered woman. Peculiar marks on her body
(not on the face and head, stately were identi-
fed. At the same time, other gentlemen, equally
positive, swore to having seen Mrs. Richardson in
New Orleans very recently. One gentleman sent
her name and New Orleans address to the detective
once, statlng mat ne had seen her there ON the
goth of April. Telegraphic communication was
had with the New Orleans police officers, and the
fact of Mrs. Richardson being alive was established
beyond doubt. Meanwhile Boston lady came
on and identified the head as being that of her
daughter. She swore to it most emphatically,
saying that "she had nursed that head from child
hood, and knew it to be that of her daughter. =
She took steps to possession of the head
for the purpose of having it buried with the body.
Before this was done, however, the detectives dis
covered the lady's daughter in the person of a
patient at Bellevue Hospital, and restored her to
her mother. The living Mrs. Richardson has been
confronted with her husband and the numerous
persons who identified her supposed body, and they
are now convinced of their mistake. Mr. Richard
son certainly ought to know his own wife, and he
emphatically declares the living woman is she.
ADMISSION TO THE BAR.-An act of the Legisla-
ture of New York gives the faculty of the Law
Department of the University power to give to its
graduates diplomas, authorizing them to praetise
as attorneys and counsellors in the courts OF New
York. A short time since, in accordance with TINS
act the faculty presented the names OF twenty-five