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

THE WOMAN ARRESTED ON susPIcroN-coN-
FLICT1No CLEws DISCOVERED.
The excitement In the neighborhood Of Fosters
Meadow regard TO the horrible OF little Maggie
Bauers, even greater yesterday than Tuesday,
after her dead and mutilated body was found in the
woods District Attorney Downing, who resides IN
Flushing, drove to Jamaica early tho morning
and after consulting with Justice Bennett made an ar
rangcment to take active part in tho attempt to
bring the murderer murdcrcss to justice. II was
intimated yesterday morning that of the officers
bad gained important cew tho GRIM
inai, but declined to make immediate
Of this knowledge preferrDg to wait until he cohid
ascertain whether reward would be offered Justice
Bennett, with officers Hamcr and Hendrickson, OF ia
maca and two three officers from Hem ps tcad
busily engaged in investigating the circumstances
tending the murder Some important evidence
discovered which led 10 the arrest Of the with
whom Maggie lett her home Monday. and which
shows that she may, after all know much more about
the crime than at FIRST supposed Her ~
Catharnc Hoffman, and she is ap Irish woman married
to a German aborcr employed by Mr. Bauers. Ip the
OF conversation with some members OF the fam
lily yesterday she contradicted some of the testimony
given by her on the day previous in several
Important particulars, and thus giving rise TO
suspicion. She questioned more closely when
she seized her bonnet shawl aud left the house
This circumstance canning to the knowledge of the oil
GERS they started in pursuit in different directions, and
about an hour atcrward she overtaken ON The
Springfield road by officer Warner ON the way to the
Jamaica Town Hail. where she is now connncd, she ad-
Bauers family they having, as she alleged. abused
md she expressed considerable aversion
TO 1.-THE Dutch she called them. But signn-
can, vet is the opinion OF DR.. William Wood OF
Jamaica, who yesterday made examination
OF Maegic's body. He expressed decided belief
that the wounds and bruises upon the person
and the terrible decorations were not inflicted
supposed but by some blunt instrument And fur
iher fact which regarded OF special significance
tina, the belt wide ribbon which Maggie wore around
her whist and which was used TO strange her with
was tied around the neck wiha .'granny's knot" such
a. nr,tth Ia rnnre
Another discovery was made by OF the officers
however which does not 10 bear out the theory
that the woman WAS the murderer Tracks of bare
feet rs of man and girl, were found in n cornlcd,
leading TO a place, where the had been beaten
down The mans tracks were found leading out the
field but not the girls. and at the edge the field
man appears 10 have put his shoes
on. The girls tracks. being
ured. corrcspondcd precisely with the sizc OF
Magrie's feet who s believed to have made
the other tracks was Immediately placed under survcl
lance and may have been arrested late last night
Another man was arrested on suspicion yesterday by
q Hampstead officer. aud lodged In the County Jail.
The locality where the crime was c6nmitted is known
as The Cenre OF the World 1t is tpinly settled by
ignorant class OF people, very much like the poor
white irash Of the South, and was during shc war
a avorite resort Tor bounty jumpers and desersers.