Evening journal., 1890-07-24
ONE ONT.
HER BODY IDENTIFIED.
Another Act In the Tragedy
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THE CIGARETTE GIRLS sLAYERs.

Annie Goodwin's Remains Disinterred.
A Post-rn srtem Examination Proves
TAat Her Death Was Broushe About
In Criminal Manner.
NEW YORK, July o4-All doubt as to the
Identity Of Annie Goodwin, who was foully
done TO death ia the house~1f Fannie shaw.
No. III East One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street. with Jane Wilbur, whose death
certificate was given by DR. McGonegal.
and who was intarred in the strangers
ground at st. Michaei's cemetery by Un-
dertaker Merritt, was set at rest Yesterday.
when IN autopsy wa held and the body of
the dead girl was fully identified By Mrs.
George Halliday. Annie's sister, and Sadie
Traphagen, her companion.
One More Unrortunate.
AT 3 p. N. Coroner Messemer and Drs.
Conway and jenkins reached the receiving
vault in the cemetery. The body lay in
poor, stained pine she'll Beneath It was
the patchwork cotton quilt in which ID
was wrapped when DR.. McGonegal carr. d
it in the silence of the night from Fannie
shaw's house TO his gig. Cover there VIA
none-not an effort Of any kind, even for
deoency's sake, had been made by the heart.
less wretches who hustled this one more
unfortunate 20 her grave.
The face, once 80 beautiful, wns shock
ing 70 look upon. 1t was terribly swollen
ana az black as ebony save where, here
ana there, were dark blue spots to render
It still more hideous The body was
scantily clad and plainly showed the hastv
manner in which the undertaken prepared
Il for burial.
The body Identified.
The autopsy over, Dr. Conway announced
that death WINS due To pelvic septic peri
tonitis and that there was evidence Of in
strumental Interference There was no
sign OF disease Ia the lungs or heart or
brain. Then came the saddest scene Of all. .
Along one Of the avenues came two women.
one IN dark hat and jacket and dark blue
dress, the other IN a stylishly made we'll
fitting garment Of spotted brown material
The one was Mrs. George Halliday, the
other Sadie Traphagen With them was
Detective Mott They were coming TO
identify the body Of the dead girl. Mrs
Halliday, weeping bitterly, was supported
up the knoll 30 the slab on which The body
lay. glance at that blackened, swollen
face WIS enough. The living picture was
not eifaced from the sisters hear, ana she
cried out:
"Oh, it is she; It IS shei Il il Anniei
Oh, Annie, Anniel What will my father
sayf''
you fully identity heri' asked the cor
oner
"Oh, yes YES, ycs; It's Anniel'' sobbed
the dead girls sorrow stricken sister.
Recognized BY Companion.
Then she was led away and Sadie Tran.
hagen advanced 70 look on the face of the
dead Sadie, with her auburn hair care
ruliy arranged and her eyes bright, did not
shed q tear, but she at once recognized on
that slab the body Of her dead colnrade.
The Doctor Is Mum.
Sadie afterward told a reporter that
Annie acknowledged her condition to her
and told her she had been to DR.. McGone-
gal and he had advised her to take a
room. Mrs. Halliday said: "Oh. / cold
Annie she would not come to a good end if
she did not take my advice, but I never
thought It would be as bad an end as this
II the law does not Rvenge Annie will
myself, or somebody for me- The body
later on was reinterred in grave 81. range
10, plot /, Of the strangers corner.
Cornelius Merritt, the undertaken was
held in 81 900 bail as a witness Yesterday bv
Justice Power in the Harlem police court,
and admitted his part in the affair. Dr.
McGonegal's colored servant, William
Davidson, acknowledged having assisted
In the removal Of the body, and was held
IN s2,h0O as an accessory after the fact. The
doctor himself will not talk.