The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-15
A MURDER ON Long ISLAND
THE CORPSE FOUND ~ THH SNOW
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4 Blood-%tnincd Kuifc Concealed Near the
VrrfruRHi>rd BDdy No tiic Whatever 20
the AsHn.sin Excitement of the Niliaaerr.
Yesterday afternoon Martin Sigelkin,
w'ule working for Richard Weasel, near East
New York, in corntcld ahcu, three quar-
ter, Of a mile from tho village, stumbled upon
the body OF % young woman curlcd up behind a
large corn shock near tho fence. Her head was
thrown back. the arm were raised above the
body as though IN tho Last moments other life
tho girl was desperatrly defending herself, and
tho lower part OF the face and the neck were
disAgurcd with gashes. A deep cash four iuchcs
long W in her right cheek ncr neck was cut
from the lobe of the left ear 10 the ccn;re of
tho throat. aud there was another gaDlng
wound In the right side Of tho neck. The
blood had so dyed tho skin TINT II wu'
not possible to toll whether she was white or an
octorDun. Her hair was black aud glossy. A
red wOolleu shawl, WITH gray end blioh .trines,
was over her shoulders. Otherwise shr was
tine alpaca oVerskiri. 10th ft,hiOnatly made,
ana notlceablv neat. She wore neat galtors,
clean white stockings, and clean underclOthing.
There were gold earrings in her cara. The BODY
Law IN ~ furrow between the rows ~ corn stub
bile. aud all the ground gbout n for several feet
that was not covered by snow wa rod with
blood tne deepest stain being closest TO the
hody. The corpse WAS frozen. and the wound
VA the farc ana the wrinkles Ot the garmerte
were fllcd with snow.
The tooror ran To hi5 employer, who Informed
the Eist Sew York uolioc, and they summYucd
the Coroner The village was soon full of tho
news, md when Capt crafts stsrtcd WIN Core
ner Stmm- and policemen 10 the Held, com
pany Of excited villagers followed. The Held
has about ten acres in aud one side IN hound
ed by the plank road that leads to Jamaica.
1ne spot IN which the body Law was about I'VE
hundred teet from the road, and tcu Or nueen
It required no speculation 90 conclude that
the Girl had been murdered The snow covered
-n Tf har
traced. There were only the foot prints Of the
neld mice that hai been niJoiing the nc ID about
the larger wuun,Sln the wOnans neck. Tho
pocket of the dress contained an unmarked
handkerchief, q tnilors thimhle, ana a three
cent coin. search was made Tor the hat, but
IL could not to found. Sergt. Noeks pulled
apart the etalks in the corn snOch, and found a
rude knife. such as + used bv cigar imhker- az
parently home made, with an unpublished wal
nut handle. It was covered with blood. This
waa the only clue.
In the police station Philip Bernett keeper of
beer gnrdcn, said he hal seen a small brunette
on Monday lnquiiing tof n target COMPANY Ni'h
with her. lie could mud NJ resemblance IN the
distorted corpse to the woman he had seen.
Another person thought the girl had been
servant IA a MIR. X iprlY cas- family The body Il
to be taken to the NOryuc to-day.
The woman wa- bnuut twenty nye YEAR old
loss than i've ieet nirn. There were n" marks
Of violence ON the body other thnn the gsshes.
here arc some susi icions that the woman
Wa murdered 10y her husb but the strange
spot IA AGAINST thi- theory. lne police teeve
tnnt the deed was cOWmitted on SUNDAY uicht,
for unless she was kilici then or early on NOn-
day evening the body could Lot have had time
10 grow cold, nor tue blood IN the wounds to
cungeal enough to allow the snow To gather In
the Cashes without being mel ed or discolored.
A squad of police are to search iOr the hat to-
day. IA Il Il thought the stin wind may have car
RED il aNav
Capt. Crafts sent policemen In every direction
to ascertain whe,hrr any girl was missing.
Ovtr one Thousand persons last night thrunged
the police station, but no one ,oMd identity the
corpse. Inc blood was washed away. and the
police became satisfied that the girl was wnito
One man told Detective Butts that the knife,
that was new. was exactly like those sold
through the village last week by Houston
street psddleT, and this clue Is to be followed.