The New York herald., 1876-08-17
FOSTERS MEADOW HORROR

THE WOMAN ARRESTED ON sUsPICroN-CoN-
FLICTINo CLEws DISCOVERED.
The excitement In the neighborhood Of Fosters
Meadow regard TO the horr bile OF little Maggie
Bauers, was greater yesterday than on Tuesday,
after her dead and mutilated body found in the
woods District Attorney Downing. who resides IN
Flushing, drove over to Jamaica early in tho morning.
and after consulting with Justice Bennett made an ar
rangcment to take an active part in tho attemp, to
bring the murderer murdcress to justice 1t was
nmated yesterday morning that one OF the officers
bad gained important clew to tho Grim.
inal, but declined to make Immediate
OF this knowledge, preferring to cohd
ascertain whether reward wond be offered Justice
Bennett, with OfIicers Hamer and Hendrckson Ja-
maica, and two three officers from Hem cad wcrc
busily engaged in investigating the circumstances at
tending the murder. Some important evidence was
discovered which led 10 the arrest of the with
whom Maggie left her homo Monday. and which
shows that she may, after all, know much about
the crime than was a, nrst supposed Her
Catharinc Hoffman, and she is an Irish woman married
to German Iaborer employed by Mr.. Baurrs. In the
OF conversation with cmbers Of the fam
lily yesterday sh. contradcted of the testimony
given by her ON the day previous in several
important particulars and thus giving rise TO
suspicion She was questioned moro closely, when
she seized her bonnet ana shawl aud left the house.
This circumstance coming to the knowledge of tho Off
they started in Ensnit in different directions aud
about an hour a!icrward she ovcrtakcn ON The
Springfield road by Officer Warner. ON the to the
Jamaica Town Hail. where she is confincd she ad.
mtted that sue was not on very good terms with the
Bauers family, as they having as she alleged, abused
and insu ed nor she expressed considerable aversion
to .the Dutch, as she called them. But signih-
cant yet is the opinion OF DR.. William Wood. OF
Jamaica, who yesterday made examination
OF ,Iaegies body. lie expressed decided belief
that the wounds and bruises upon the person
and tho terrible decorations Inflicted nj first
supposed, but by some blunt instrument And n fur
iher fact wnch regarded OF special significance Is
tina, the belt wide ribbon which Maggie wore around
her waist and which used to strap pgle her with
tied around tho neck with ''grannys knot such
as a woman ordinarily makes
Another discovery made by the officers
however. which does not bear out the theory
that the woman the murderer. Tracks of bare
feet ns of a man and girl. found in n cornlcld
leading 10 q place. where the had been beaten
down The mans tracks were found leading OF the
field but not the girls and at the edge OF tbs field tho
appears 20 have put his boots shoes
The Rrl's tracks. being
urcd. corrcspondod precisely with the szc Of
Maggie's feet A man who Is believed to have made
the other tracks was Immediately placed under surveil
lance and may have been arrested late last night
Another arrested suspicion yesterday by
q Hampstead officer, aod lodged In the County Jail.
The locality where the cAnmittcd is known
The .Ccnirc of the World 1t is tbiny settled by
ignorant class OF people, very much like the poor
white trash Of tho South and II was during tho war
a favorIte resort for bounty Jumpers and deserters