The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-03-11
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A New Jersey Mystery.

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4 Remarkable Story Told blythe Late James
& Leonard, Police Inspector, Jersey CITY.
EtOnesSpfing morning, during the first
year OF the war, 1851, a Darrell of pitch
was found to have disappeared from @
Jersey City I'ier, and the porter in charge
took occasion tospeak of the river thieves
in no verycomplimentary terms. as1
H On)ttle. same day, Ada Richard, q wo-
man of nomadic habits, and dubius status,
but Of marvellous beauty, suddenly left
her hotel in New Pork city, without TAX
ing the trouble to, annolInce her departure
or state her destination. The clerks of
the house only remarked that some Wo-
men bad queer ways. YQg gI ri; st al ufdtI
VIA fcM days after these simultaneous
events tlle2same porter who had mourned
the loss OF pitch happened to look down
from the end of his pier when the tide
was out, and saw q small and shapely hui
man foot protruding above the waters OF
sthe North River. r was singular cir
cumstauce, for the bodies of the drowned
never float in such a fashion,; but the
porter not stopping to speculate upon 1t
procured the necessary assistance, anc
proceeded to land the body It came uy
unusually heavy, and whenatlast, brought
to the surface, was found to be made fas'
by rope round the waist to the missing
barrel Of pieh. There was a gag securely
fastenedin the mouth and these two cir
cunstanees were positive evidence. that
murder had been done. e4rs rfefaqnarl
581.When the body was landed on the pier
it was found to be in a tolsraDle state o.
Ao1u
2siye signs thRt1is had been in the, water
for some time. % 1t was the body OF fe
Imale, entirely nude, with the exception O.
an embroidered linen chemise and ont
3lisle thread stocking two sizes larger thar
the foot, yet exactly fitting the full round
I.ediimb.f4 The face and contour Of tht
form were therefore, fully exposed to ex
animation, and proved to be those Of |
woman who must have been very hand
some. There was the cicatriee of an ole
3gwound on lever limb, but otherwis
there was-no spot ogblemish on the Who'll
body Iaoans II s~sd4 bre I.e@-o
sia.In due time the body was buried; bu
the head was removed, and preserved il
1.-The office of the city physician, with tn
r hope that it might be the means of estab
fishing the identity of the dead and lead
i ing to the detection of the murderer,
(. The police on both aides of the rive
were intensely interested in the case; bu
they found themselves. impotent, befor
73 the head Ola Woman, who seemed TO hay
e never been seen on earth in life. \ The
could do nothing, therefore, but wait pa
atiently for whateFe Developments tim
might BRING. 3s -n -a a...,-
7a8Chslce finally led to the desired infol
nation. 4 gentleman who knew her int
mately for two years, happening to Sc
the head, at once declared it to be, that 0
Ada IaIcerd .ayThe detectives. eagerl
teeiutehed up thisthread, and were soon, i
- possession of the coincidence in time, {
her Disappearance and that Of the barre
,1of7 piteh.to which the body was dashed
They further found that since that tim,
so she had not been seen i'm the city, nc
y could any trace Of her aPes discovered
spthari sections of the country throug
correspondence with che apellce, author
fties Of distant cities: They had thus
-l1woman Lost and q body found, and tt
case Tss considered to be ~ q mos proI
EislpG condition. 0rI v3st~e. .Jo.fg..
a1 The next step was to establish q
identity. by the testimony Of those. NJ
had known her most intimately. The d
3 .tectiYeg therefore, Instituted a scare
which was finally successful for Charl
RicGrd, her putatiye husband He ha
not lived with her for some time, and h;
not even seen or heard fSpm her for mont
but his recollection was perfect, and
~ gave a very mi muse statement ofsher q
tingushing maFks. lie remembered til
81 she had persisted IN wearing pair