Smyrna times., 1871-09-06

ANOTHER MYSTERY IN New YORK K-1he
Dead Body Of Young Woman found it q
Trunk cheched for ChicagO.-New York is
never without mystery or sensation. The
last one Is the case of a young woman, the
victim of an abortlonist, whose dead body was
found cramped IN a packing trunk at the Hud-
son River Railroad, checked for Chicago. We
gather the following particulars of the mystic
rious discovery from the New York papers:
The body was entirely nude, and had been
shocklngly distorted in the effort to pack it in
so small space. In the top Of the trunk and
covering the body were comforter or heavy
bed quilt, piece of blanket, coarse che
mise and two or three other articles of com
mon material. All these things, much sOed
emitted very offensive odor.
1he appearance OF the body as it lay in the
trunk was trlghttul. The trunk was but two
feet eight inches in length, yet the Young wo-
man Was over five feet IN height, aud had been
HtteraIly crushed into it. Her head was fore
ed over on her breast and Ter limbs were
drawn up To the very fullest tension Of the liza.
lures IN order to crowd the body in the mar
roweSt compass possible The young woman
was doubtless very beautiful. She was about
twenty years Of age, and tangled mass of
the most beautiful golden hair fell over her
shoulders
A post mOrtem examination Of the body dis
tempted abortion or mIpractirc in thn drIjv-
cry Oi the unfortunate girl in eli id-birth The
truckman vino brought the trunk to the depot
mas surrendered himself, and the pOiic", acting
on lniormatlon given by him, nave arrested am
alleged notorious ahOrjiunISt, DIR. Jos Ro>cu
sWlg, allas Asher, from whose house it !, ,tat-
ed, the trunk was taken The pcopeatt.mpt-
ed to lynch the doctor a, he wa, beinp
conveyed to the Tolnb., and he vas saved with
diihculty By the po.ct. lie denies all kuowl
edg" OF the affair
The body ot the Young womln has been
Identified as that Of Alice B0we>ay OF Patter-
son, New jersey, a young g.rl who's, ljI. had
apparently never been d1rlpuci and upon
Whom the breath OF suspicion had never fallen.
moving IN respectable society, and hayne re!a
yves Ia the highest circles She wa trcrv-
MhcIe received as an ornament and a j Gght
ilaVlhg most amlabe character elegant i'm
her manners, Possessed Of rare beauty. She was
a iaVorite everywhere, and ESPECIALLY among
I,;, net male friends. She left her aunt's, Mrs
W iLllamS Newark, \. j.. "Wednesday week.
one tod Ms. W. and her mother. who was
also visiting that lady, that she was going
home to Patterson by tie way of New Ynrk
anu g1yly trIpped away, waving her adipu
with the handkcrchiet which was to be the
cHlef means OF fastening the clutches of the
"a" upon her murderer exactly ONT week later
; he was never seen alive again by any of her
relatives, aud for time her fate was pro-
found mystery. Many stories were carried
from one to another, giving the names of Miss |
BowIsby male friends But it was however. |
learned, by the statements of Mrs. Williams, |
OF Newark, that Walter f Conkin, the son of
al iernah Conklln, had been very much at
tached to her, and had visited her at Mrs |
" lIIllm>' house, in Newark, three davs be.
lore Alice lett tor New York. Mrs Williams
ild not hesitate to say that he was responsible .
.3r Alice misfortune. At O'Clock all the
'lty were convinced that this >upposition wa.
'orrect: At that hour young Conllin commit
fed suicide III Dale's silk mills in Patterson.
where ne was employed as book keeper. In
II young Conan'S handwriting:
have long had morbid idea of the
ForthIeSsness Of life, and now to be obliged to
e'tlfy IN this affair and cause unpleasantness
u my family l. more than lite is worth. Good
~ dear luther, mother, brother and sister.
WALT"