The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-16
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MYSTERY ON STATEN ISLAND
FINDING 4 CORPSE ~ 4 BiRREL IN A
SECLUDED RIIINE
A Crime that was sought to he Hidden In tho
Wooded rIiiIsides near silver Inko-A
Beautiful W oman Not Yet Recognized.

Beautiful Woman Not Yet Recognized.
"By Jovc, that's a barrel ! slipped on"
said John Callahan. rs no picked himself up
from the ground. and looked ut n smooth oakon
stave that bulgcd above the surface. What's
barrel doing in the ground way out herc?' His
three or four comrades gathered around him and
began to kick the soil away from the other slaves.
Soon they had uncovered half the barrel
There's something in it," continued Callahan.
." Lots see what it is" and lie tore of piece Of
Brussels carpcting that was bound over one
end and tied with rope. There was moro car
pcting within, and pulling it partly out. the body
OF young woman was disclosed. The boys
ran TO New Brighton and told Coroner Dempsey.
John Callahan. a lad Of H., had boon sent by
his father to watch COWS that were pasturcd on
Staten Island back Of New Brighton. not far
from Silver Lake. and hctwecn that sheet Of
w"i~i ~. '!a r",;.r N.Y.. :, y IN unlro-
pucntcd region. aud tn pasture was ut the cdes
o. wood. fuliy quarter Of mile away was
thc nearest house. John had persuaded two or
AMI at about one o'clock they wore chasing each
other in q frolc in u gully vt the very edge OF
the woods In spot concealed from sight of
the surrounding country, when he slipped on
the barrel that had been buried side down.
and evidently only few inches below the SUR
face. Rain. had washed the loose earth from
over it. SO that a little of the rounded wood was
Coroner Dempsey called Dr. walser. and with
n dozen others strobe over the fields. led to tho
spot by the boy. Tho barrel was quickly md
easily pulled from ITS resting place. and tho
body wHs laid out upon the grass. Wound
about the head and shoulders was the piece u
carpctlng that tho boy had purity removed.
Closely wrapped around the body were two
sheets ~ medium nuCnrss. Int by no means
clean. Tho body Otherwise was entirely with
out clothing. There was neither rim. On her
fingers nor Jewels in her cnr1. Her long brown
hair instantly attracted attention. II was very
mick and fine. and must have reached much
beyond her waist when she stood erect. Hcr
ientures were regular. her limbs rounded.
old, a little above tho ordinary height,
aud well developed slim without being
angular and without doubt fine looking while
note that the body had boon wrapped in tho
sheets FIRST, then in the carpet, and after that
llmmcd into the barrel in sitting posture.
The head WIS between the knees and the arms
and -prcn1 in all directions. yet il WAS not
tangled II had evidently been comhcd Just boz
fore death. Both tho onriot ana the sheets had
boon saturated with chloride Of lime or soma
contents had been hGried between throe and
four weoks. the physicians believed 1t was
Thought the woman WAS prc ~nant. There wer0
no marks OF violence.
Nobody who aitorward viewed the body in tho
west brighton morguo remembered having
seen the woman. and it Vs. conceded that sh0
could not have been resident Of the island for
any lcngth Of time. II AT all Nevertheless. tho
place IN which the body was discovered. and
other facts. led Coroner Dempsey 10 express
opinion that tho woman uied on the island,
near silver Lake. \ Jury was impauellpd, and
the inquest Is ~ be begun this evening Before
that time Dr. Nnlser VIII havo made Il post
moitem eNamlnatio IN. The accepted theory in
N"w Brighton Is that the woman was victim
Of mnlpracticr. and that the body was thus con-
ceal 81 10 hide me crime.