New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-29
Tur MURDER AT EAGLE ROCK.
40 POSITIVE cLEw YET DIsCovERE D.

No POSITIVE CLEW YET DISCOVERE D.
BURIAL OF THE MURDERED GIEL-A kE"AHD of-
FERED BY THE GOVERNOR
Tho Investigation into the murder on Orange
Mountain is not making mnch headway, ana lntIe
are rumOrs in Orange OF dlsagreemehts ,netWeeh
nolice officials which If true are not calculated 10
inspire hope that the quest for the murderer VIII
be successful. This feeling is so strong tnat rne
sum which is stated at either 81 900 or II 300 Tor
the purpose of engaging one OF Plnkcrt2hs detec3
fives Cortlandt Parker has also specially engaged
The services of a New-York detective name Becker
lie was in Orange yesterday and told a iRiBpNEi
reporter that he had gained eleW OF we u nh
fain immediate results. Those who nave seen MT
Becker believe that he got his clew from tne
men connected with the telephone between Orange
and Centreyille. the wires of which 60 over the
Orange Mountain. 1t is known that there mas Oeen
some confusion of Identifies IN when one OF lhe
Telephone employees, George Wilson, was mixed up.
lie wore long white Overcoat aud was by many
mistaken for the man in long dark Oyercoat VINO
was seen by one witness a, ieaSt pcM% aT s' has
steadily pursued that mans trace, believing MN
to be the murderer, but has lost him c0mple!eIIy'
As Mr. Becker was in consultation with the tele-
phone men, 1t is believed that he got his clew from
Them The reporter saw Wilson, and he sad that
OH Saturday afternoon he was not on Orange MouLi
tain at all. He was there on Monday because NC
had been ordered to count the poles III certain us
trict of which the road over the orange MOUNTAIN
or the Eagle Rock Avenue fornc9 part, ,orr,or+s
There was another discovery of bloody garments
Yesterday. Sergeant Cadmus, who litd cIlal9o ol
The station house IN the absence OF the chlcl VINO
had gone to Caldwell on false runoT, hioTheu lhe
TcnoTIer that two men called and showed HIM q
blood-stained shirt and pair OF drawers, pom on
cotton. The. Sergeant refused 10 say WhJ,n9i t.o
men were detectives or country people, but lntl-
mated that these things were tOund nnder STONE
ON Second Mountain near Roseland. lie considered
the discovery a valuable one, but other policemen
differed with him Since the Seach began, PAR OF
brown socks and table knife have been found near
the spot where the body was dlsc0vcrtai but ~ IS
thought that those articles were placed there either
ly foolish young men who wanted to anusc them
selves at the expense of the detectives or b iriends
of the real criminal, who wanted 10 hystHy 'hcin
and take them OH the scent =,
The funeral of Phoebe Panlln was held IN the
afternoon at hafpast oGol jim IN the o German fhTee
hundred yards from the house OF her parents
Three ministers were prcsent-the Rev. A. Is. IuIdy
of the Methodist Episcopal Church of RoSeland;
the Rev. William Walton: formerly pastor OF thai
church and now of the WillOugbby Avenue Chapel
of Brooklyn and the Rcy. +. Herring, tLe pastor OF
the church in Pleasant Valley. The body was IN
neat wooden coffin with plated handles. Inc
friends and relatives of the girl had dressed her
body wit taste and at some cost, ana het appGaI
ance haI nothing that could suggest the hnIllnic
tragedy that had occurred a few days before, nc
face had been 5anched, and had lost the dark nue.
been unclcnched and flowers had been placed IN
them-a white rose i'll one white caInatlou IN me
other wreath of small white flowers PROBABLY
wild ones that fingered In some stquesierca deil'
encircled the neck. The church was painfully
crowded. The mother of Miss Lightbody, o. Brook,
lyn the girls dear friend, was present. She sald
she felt that it was Indispensable duty, and that
her daughter would have come had not her nerves
been so shocked that the sight of the body would
have been too painful for endurance. A prayer was
made by the Rev. Mr.. Purdy. after which the Rev
Mr. Walton made an exciting address. III which he
strOve to comfort the afflicted relatives by tie sure
hope that the murdered girl was in heaven The
Rev Mr.. Ierting followed with an address III Ger.
man. Then the friends We're asked to come forward
and look for the last time on the dead glrlS lace
and all those who were present did so. AT the last
came the mother and the two grown-up sisters, IN
deep mourning; they sobbed bitterly as they |
pressed their lips for the last time on the cold brow
As the mother turned away with choking sob |
the undertaken called her attention to ring on the
girls finger and tried to take it off for her. But
would not come and the father, seeing the action, |
came up hastily and said "NO no; let 1t be |
buried with her. The coffin then carried by |
four Young men of the village from the church and |
was placed in the hearSe. There were no carriages,
and every one fOlOncd on foot to the number OF |
several hundred, to the cemetery which was |
close at hand. 1t is rectangular plot of ground |
with fences of arbOT vit8,and with expresses dotted
here and there and dark cedars. After the coffin |
had been deposited i'll wooden box and lowered |
into the grave the people formed dense circle
around the group in the centre. Then Mr. Walton
read a passage from job and Mr.. Purdy pro-
nOunccd the benedctiOn. The people slowly broke |
into groups and the mourning family sadly wendcd
their way to their home.
Governor Ludlow has issued proclamation offer
ing reward of 5000 for the arrest and conviction
of the murderer.