New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-20
WHO KILLED THIS WOMAN!
MYSTERY SURROUNDS PROBABLE
MURDER.
MYSTERY

A NEGRO LOCKED UP ON observation-disclosures
FEATURES OF THE CASE.
The police have made little or no progress toward
tho discovery Of the murderer Of the unknown woman
who was found with her throat cut late on Satur
day night at Nlnety-slxth-st. and Park ave- shortly
after 10 O'Clock saturday night there entered inc
drug store Of F. W. Bruckmann, at Ninety 'sixth-st
and Third-ave TALL powerfully built negro, support
ing in his arms dcceny respectable looking
woman apparently about thirty -hve years old on
the left side Of the womans neck was q terrible
tagged wound from which the blood poured in
copiOus stream. The woman staggered to chair ana
from there fell over to the floor and died without
having uttered word
An ambulance was called and in it the body Of
the woman was taken to the Elghty-eighthst. police
station There the negro, who said his name was
Alfred Dotts and that he was native OF Baltimore
made the following statement to Captain Carpenter
He said that he was on his way home from Ninety
sevcnthst. where he had been to visit friend, and
had Just reached the northeast corner OF Ninety
sixth-st and Farrave. when he heard loud grOan.
Then he woman staggering across tie road
from the southeast corner Of Nlnety-sixthst. and
Park-ave. "When she got near me-" continued
Botts saw that her neck and clothes covered
with blood | ran forward and caught her In my
arms Can you get me officer she said. re-
Piled that 1 would do so, II could she then sald
For Gods sake take me to doctor or drug store
Then led her down to the drug store at the corner
Of the street. 1 asked her who had hit her. she
said, NO hit me; hare been cut with razor
DO you know the man who cut you'' l asked.
YES; she said. Then she asked me if knew No.
O15 Third-ave, and we got to the drug store
said, God bless you for helping me-"
Didn't it occur to you to ask the name OF the
man ?" said Captain Carpenter.
Bolts, who tremblcd with terror, hesitated for
moment and then huskily answered No" In further
In .ba
five years old he'd been in this city since December
and had wife ard children in Baltimore. lie lad'
he said lodged at No. 1,777 Thrd-ave and at NO
90 or 212 East Ninetyseventh-st, but now lived III
West Seventy -eighth-st., between Nlnth ana IeiuI
ayes He was a bod carrier, and had been employed
nv Mr. Turner contractor. Bolts was locked up
on suspicion of having caused the womans DEATH ana
was Yesterday taken before Justice Diver at the
Yorlvlle Police Court and formally remanded 10
await the action OF the coroner.
shortly before noon yesterday the body OF the
woman was taken to the MOrgue. The wound from
which she had died extended from the chin to the
left car Evidently it had been made with savage
force The autopsy performed by Deputy Coroner
Jenkins showed that the superficial blood vessels, the
iugular vein and the windppe had al been
completely severed. The. wound s,afef1 up, up
STmSnrTrobabiify Of its having been sehinhcted.
shd had sustained slight cut over the eyes. ON the
right hand another cut as tGugh sile au IaiSGu
il 10 project herself on her clothes was found VIII
len i'm ndeliblc Ink the name h Taylor" .
While Dr.. jenkins conducting ms autopsy u
vonng coorcd man. who said his name was James H.
Harris that he cigarmaker ana llvco az No. IL
East Tineveghth-st entered the dissectng room and
tod those present that he had known Bolts for some
time as a hod-carrier and watchman for White smith
Contractors Then he looked at the body and imine,
dia;ey identified It that of woman whom ne Ia a
frequently in the district where ne Veli nc wv
not know her and had never seen hef Ill bo'V9
company. ,.., l.. ,.,.o boop
committed IS lonely and Wild, and at night al1hVst
deserted. weird aspect long ago earned Ter Il to
name OF The Devils Hole" From Lexington ~
Madson-avc. on either side Is dreary waste OF grouu,
unbrokcn by ANYTHING but two or three rough %Ooutn
shanties occupied by milk dealers and laborng people
No persons LIVING In these shanties could be found VINO
had heard the lOund Of quarrel or struggle on S9t-
nrlay night From BIuckmann's drug store along the
north side of NinetyslXth-St to Parave, thence das
Onay across the road to the southeast corner ran long
trail OF blood. careful pursuit OF this trail indicated
that the woman had received her death wound on the
southeast side Of Ninety siXthst., between Payk ana
Madison aves. Yesterday inquiry was made at NO.
1915 IN every avenue from Fist u Fourth but IN none
of these houses could any information regarding the
woman be obtained.