The New York herald., 1871-09-10
The SOUND SECRET.
The Cooper's Bluff Mysiery-Is She the Girl
from Troy Ca Dark Lantern Stsry-FC nj
PlnY HeYOnd q Doubt.

The COoper's Bluff Mystery-Is She the Girl
from Troy Ca Dark Lantern Stsry-Fc nj
Play Beyond Doubt.
On Tuesday morning last, as announced IN ,voa.
nesday's HERALD, the dead body OF a." rrrnown
woman was found on the shore at Co a srr,ng Har.
Dor, short distance from Coop .7ss Rur. The
only marx OF violence 6.ssoyeroa ,,os
CONFUSION over .he ~h eye, not suf-
hcient to produce death I'M. srcn as
would have stunned ser, ana thus rao,,,ateo her
aeash py drowning. Physicians who examined the
wound believel it GO have been ,nnic,ea nut n few
minutes oei',re death. The woman was apparently
tweh'y-h". years OF age, five feet two inches in
helgnI V1th blue eyes and dark brown hair. Two
upper and four lower moar teeth are gone. on her
ei' ''and were two gold rlngs the inside of one
being
THE INITIALS "J. H.n
y Ihe oody was dressed in a gray mixed dress,
blacksllk sacque, black bonnet, trimmed with red
flowers and black ribbons; white cotton hose and
new CATERS. with undercothng OF good material
and Iancly made. In the pocket OF the dress was
por'emonnaie. door latcn hey, four copper cents
and S12 in currency
The investigation by Coroner Baylis was pro-
onged until yesterday. over twenty witnesses
were examined. A lady living at Cove Neck states
that 0n Monday night sac saw vessel In the har-
oor, win some ladies' and gentlemen on board
SHE HEARD SCREAMS
ana saw the vessel disappearing This testimony was
corroboraed py DR.. PetiteaD. Many OF the passen-
gers from New York on the steamer d. r. MartIn
testified to having seen such woman alone
on the after part OF the boat, with q
shawl lying on q chair. When some or them ap-
preached where she was sne seemed very much
disconnected. On Tuesday morning Captain Clark
found shawl and bunch OF KEYS on the after part
OF the boat The shawl was fine woollen article
Some believed that she threw herser overheard
rom the steamer, ana account ior the wound over
her eye by being washed ashore.
An old fisherman testified that on Wednesday
evening he saw tour
MEN WITH sHovEIs AND LANTERNS,
looking along the beach; when he asked them what
they were looking for they told him for
the woman that had been drowned. He
tod them she was IN the possession Of
the Coroner, at which they seemed alarmed,
and duenchlng their lanterns departed quickly. If
TINS statement be true it Is not altogether mprob-
able that these four men hired 10 Opterate all
traces OF the crime, II such IL was, by
MIDNIGHT BURIAL.
The fact thar these me- knew OF the drowning
goes TO snow something criminal, when II IS con-
sldered that no one called to claim the body. The
woman Is believed TO have belonged to Troy. girl
OF that city, named Jennie Hicks. left her home
Two weeks ago for a visit to Albany,
since which time she has not been seen. The initials
on the ring correspond with the name. II is now
DeLeved mat she was euticed to visit New York
BY SOME LICENTIoUS PAEAMOUR,
then deluded on board some boat and thrown over
BOARD IN the Sound The wound ON her fore
mead would indicate "a struggle. An examination
should be made TO ascertain whether or not she
Is everything Of mysterious nature about the case
ana until some Troy folks arrive ii is likely TO re-
main so. The body has been buried but the effects
are IN the possession OF the Coroner.