The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-03
MURDERED IN THE WOODS.
ersL POUND DEAD WITH FINGER
Marks ON HER THROAE =,

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90. VA. Assut 70 Years oia-Ne Marks
-, . struxsie-The Motive Mystery
80 No Direct Clue TO tho Muraerer-A
ssoet,ns Discovery ~ Long Island
...-x P,ekers-Teii.tais sand on the
,..,om. or tho Girrs shoes.
u,,. several Germans wsre picking black
...,i.s in a tanels Of woods between Glendale
W. rre.h Pon,I, on Long Island. about 10
.,.,oct Yesterday morning. they found the body
.,.murdercd girl There 10 = small clearing
ssou, tho centre OF this patch OF woods. where
.voirame houses are being built for workmon
,.w.ysrs's tobacco factory. which stands not
mite half mile away on tho Fresh roma
siohway while searching for berries one o. the
"s, was passing in front OF the half finished
houses. When no got nall way past ne saw
us..h,ne dark lying close up to the front wall
:, ~. house. 1t was the body OF . young
vomau without stopping to investigate no
hurriedly retracsi his steps
"Thsre's dead woman lying up there" no
Ia "a his companions. nervously pointing
With one hand.
nh. nerry pckets started to leave the woods
:. 80. Michael Sochie. q iaborer from
n,,s.vood. Wa holder than the others. He
..nt.d 10 ses the body. His companions
..,,.d In anxiety whils he softly parted the
hn.h.s and pushed his way to the clearing.
thar close up to the wall lay motionless
e.nrs long black dress chung to 1t like
us.aud Sochis took of his hat and approached
~ .n,. -sysrently. He bent forward to
,...,., m. lace and found 1t was that OF
ss.n,iiul e,rl. probably not moro than 20 years
Ala she isy directly on her back. The lips
vsra slightly parted, showing Two rows OF
vhite teeth, The features were composed. anu
s,sint smile seemed to hover about her mouth
"a soohie 1t seemed AL the girl was asleep.
pl.ck curls clustered about hes fo'ehsad I.
asmall black.straw pancake nat. In whlcn
eoupls OF yellow howsrs nodded, WAS lying
hack of her head. IS II 1t had Just tailon OH.
Tho toes ottwo small shoes showed from Do
n..th tho skirts Ths right arm was out
stretched. while the iett was noulneo !" o'ose
against the stone wall.
MI. harry p,ckers soon started for homo.
soohje notified Coroner Homeyer. who lives In
kiIgswool. Homeyer. with several mon. az
once started Ior the SPOT: Ihere Is q road
tS sonh , IN wood. BY teams hauling materi-
ais to the new buildings; coroner d a,1 Home.
coi tns 0. .nt cu sd HfiTessay to
LA preceded him. and there was large
group around the spot when ne arrived 1t
s dan a., ne ssa met With cu ihsre
more uesolats place for miles around. Not Q
family lives WITHIN mile ,,,,.s hn ,,s
Coroner Homeyer after glance at the body.
although the manner in when tho girl met her
diain ss Hss s3t iurS til. person. who &C.
eompanisd him TO the spot They are Fore
msu John H; kreqscher. IL; William Comedy.
f Louis Doher. Herman sontse.. and. John
Hoeder An invsstigation was then begun.
s the 50
attention 10 the body. It was stone cold and
n cm % sSs wound and
wall q discooration was noticed at the throat
The body was laid on the ground again and
ions; ..is Sassr priats. The girl had 6esn
Four black ridges were on the left side OF the
windpips and, terminated in little indentations
In the flesh whore the skin was broken. There
abrasion Of the skin. The whole looked like
u. ssh s1s nsaa t S9 h Tho nHs s
There was no evidence OF . struggle. The
IloTs on the right hand. but its, mate was
nssine; BED sand covered tho soles OF both
Besides sides tho road which loads to the clesrine.
thsrs Is blind path which starts from string:
4. souah ana weeds and tegm
mates in heap of red sand at the en-
trance to the clearing. The sand was used in
The girls shoes 10 proof that she must have
XslEsd through the. blind path TO the clearing.
What time she got there on Saturday night isa
so'clock that night and continued until near
10 o'clock. whom It stopped. although the
on the body was dry. it Is evident that she
must have been placed there some time after
shis spot was Contractor Joseph Grunelder.
Who ! is building the houses. He says II was
asSsa SaS on Says nsh a thai h:
Of the houses He walked through the blind
path I. Stringer's Hotel but met no one.
body was placed in rough CONN and taken to
Nonns morgue Hers the girls garments were
s sIs1 Sr e ;ba There was no dirt
From her easb i Sou d. seem ai that the girl
m re dress and Black ue Jersey Her und Sn
sstirt; she had black stockings. Tie tonof
together with black breast pin. Her cuffs
were fastened together with sleeve buttons that
probably she was not more than i've ieet tall.
Sne weiRns probably not more than n nsty-tive
pounds There was n gold ring set with gar
ono on the index finger set with = Rhinestone.
engraved on the inner SURFACE OF the garnet
!ing wore the initials M to H." Nothing WAS
found IN the pockets OF the dress.
Dr. Vincent +. Judson OF Maspeth made the
sutopsy. iie said the girls death was due 10
sSpnySia and strangulntion caused by being
cnoKed No attempt had been made Of out
rag. she Was healthy and was not in trouble
Mhen the hody was discovered 1t was thought
a once 70 DO that OF ono OF the two or three
hundred girls employed in Meyers tobacco
tsetory at the extreme sni OF tho clearing A
FOREMAN o; the factory examined the body but
girls ~ A' A".'"''
boy named Alexander Srcibert. who drives
sueiivory wagon around hn; section Of the
country. said ha knew the dead girl by sight
ss sne mad oflen ridden IN his wagon with him
70 me TOBACCO factory: The body was viewed
py hundreds. who failed to recognize it, aud
oat lt,le heed is paid to he boys story.
"A man named ltichardlCarney. who WAS at the
Seailns The time the Coroner was there said
ne ne. saw two peddlers with gray horse and
~ wagon near the spot. As the body was
selnH put IN the wagon, he says, he heard ono
pc!uMuier remark to the other:
~,hM ~. mat tho girl ! saw having words
NJ .me laEmah on the railroad crossing"
a., riagman l.elsh OF the Myrtle avenue crossing
s %, ne was thore all day saturday and did
not see the dead girl. Other llaKnen say they
st N moth I of the girl
Hhe Identity OF tho girl IL a mysterv which
tnIl,