The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-19

have, therefore. been buried at period anto-
Early Yesterday evening the Coroner received
Nav YORK. sept IA
The corpse n tho Morgue not that Of the Ellen Muir
ply am looking Tor. DocroR Ross.
At late hour Yesterday afternoon Capt.
Blake and one OF the Scrgennts OF tho Staplcton
police. after n consultation with Coroner Demp-
scy took the five O'Clock hoat to New York.
II was rumorcd that they had obtained some
clue us to the whereabouts OF Ellen Murphy,
but they refused to talk. Coroner Dempsey on
being asked said that he did not know where
they were gone and did not expect them home
that night; police official told reporter Tor
aa syn mat GSss hsd cone INTO ,h ,ne possss
to loratc the whereabouts OF Ellen Murphy very
speedily. and Furthermore. To- proyc that tho
body buried in the barrel was that OF n strange
woman. the victim of acrime committed some
earlier date.
pluyrd to help him in his search Tor his wifcs
servant. is annoyed mt whnt ho calls the Doc
tors onnder in SAVING ,h" IN, ms wilos missin ,g
s"arcbinS for. he s"i "arr!ySd in New YORK.
from Ireland. in tho CITY Of BRUSSELS. on June
7. but found that her brother. who started
from Pittsburgh on Juno |. met her ut Castle
tain employment have learned that she may
be- in Syracuse. \; u, engaged in the salt works,
| Under any .clrcumstances am quite sure
that tho Ellen Murphy | am looking
| niege. Why. he said she. was very
handsome. not more. probably. than % years
nc "h1 Now u1 Dr. Res servant was -
years, old. very plain in appearance. having
little hair and nohipe, remarkable in the way
drawer OF his desk and taking out q small por-
trait is picture OF Ellen Murphy. the ser.
want You can Judge whether she is the sort OF
woman young fellow like kiege would hc
likely to fall in love with, and how lar she an
swcrs his description Of his sweetheart"
la Arfa F amy ~ a
ingly hard featured woman, with sunken
checks. sparse supply Of hnlr, ana high
Of age. and she was nursing child Of Or
kosss 1t dld not in any WY ky ANSWER i ,S Nh az
whom he had been intimate. .
Tho picture was shown to Mrs. Hnlc. Mr.
and Mrs. kcarney. and other ncighhors las
recognize the face. Why" Mrs Halle snil
our Ellen was fifteen years younger ihan ina!
Bless YOU. no. that don't look the least Ii ke her
While the neighbors were talking, Louis Reg
who is that. LOUISE ?" some one inquired
handing him tho picture. ~
Louis scanned ii closely and answered; IL
} nobody ever saw"
Frceman,s 9reweW IN Clifton S SamsI To- Ny
phy which he had promised 10 an Illustrate
paper II was the picture of u full. round face
girl OF twenty summers. with light hair an
) a twinkle in the eyes that bctokcncd n happy
careless girlhood. Il was as totally unlike Ia
. other picture as could hn imagined.
Capt Blake. Chief ~ the Staten Island Police
returned from New York late last night. but ha
nothing to say in regard to lis investigations
lie had made no arrests. and had. apparently
made little progress ia developing the cas-
Further search Tor Ellen Murphy will be r.
sumed IN New York to-dav
= The body found IN the woods on sunday wn
, buried. unidentified. Ia the Potterr Field o
I ! the Richmond County poor farm. last even M
l | Before the mtcrment. Coroner Dempsey Ia
=. nearly the entire heal o. hair cut on close I
the s'alp. The hair IL the only means II idcr
I tihcation remaining. and the chances Of r"roI
o niZng the woman from II AFRO very slight N
o deed. The carpet the sheets and the chemis
: are in the hands Of the police. who thus far Ia
n TO truce them beyond the barrel in which the
: | were found.