The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-04
A HORRIBLE MYSTERY.

THE PUTRID CORPSE or A WOMAN FOUND HANG
ING IN HER BEDRooM-Is 1T A SUICIDE Oh
MURDER?
Two or three weeks ago woman, apparently about
thirty years Or age apartments on the third
floor Of 81 Elizabeth street Those who already lived
in the house knew nothing Of the woman neither who
she was nor where she came from She had consider
able furniture, Of II being much better than
usually found in tenement houses She came and wont
without attracting any ones attention. that her dis
appearance since last Monday Tuesday was thought
nothing OF
Day before yesterday william Herbert, who lives
With his family the fourth floor complained OF bad
smell IN the hallway the third floor but supposing il
arose from the body q dead rat thought little OF
t. Yesterday, however the stencil became almost IN
bearable and on placing his to the keyhole Mr.
Herbert a. once discovered that the smell originated in
the room occupied by the unknown woman He was
now fully convinced that dead could not emit 20
strong an odor now pervadcd the whole house Not
liking the aspect OF affairs he went 10 tho Fourteenth
precinct station and reported the circumstance To the
Captain. Sergeant AcClntock was detailed 70 proceed
70 tue premises aud investigate into the affair.
On reaching the apartment the Olcer burst the door
open, when the stencil inside found " b. simply
horrible making every who ventured sick al the
stomach and causinEscveral to v0mit The FIRST room
was found 70 be IN very dsordered condition, the FUR
niturc being thrown out of place and articles Of clothing
lying on the door In one corner was bed bearing
the appearance OF some one having slept Ia recently
Bat what occasioned the al pervadng nauseating
stench2
Finally small room 10 tho len Of the door through
which the Sergeant and his party had entered was
visited and Instantly the mystery was solved. Sus.
pended BY a cord from a small inner window was the
swollen. puirid corpse Of a woman, with nothing on
save scsnt nghtdress. Tho cord Vas cut and with
thud tho body fell in heap in the corner All this
time the investigating party had held their noses but
now they could stand il no longer and they beat q
hasy retreat
Coroner woltman autographed for, and arriv-
ing covered his n0strils and entered the room. Ho
stopped but moment, the stencil making him deathly
sick. No who knew anything Of the dead woman
could be found A German paper dated September -,
lay the aoor indicating that the unfortunate woman
was alive on that date No within reach could say
when the fatal cord bad been tied about
tile neck, but Judging from the extent
70 which putrefaction bad gone, the woman
must have been dead At least i've SIX days while the
appearance of the body Indicated suicide " is posi-
PIE lhat the Wretched woman IL tho victim Of foul
mhfler, tle disordered room md the displaced furn-
ue being regarded evidence Of her struggle with the
sepposuHous murderer who after killing her adjusted
we oooy ln Tue attitude Of suicide This theory ~
nv suohBy entertained by tho police but Is suggested
~ INC tacta mentioned Az late hour last night the
remains were removed y the Morgue Coroner VOLT.
man wA hold an inquest a day or tive when the
AlaJ will DO thnronghv Investigated