Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-08-04
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
From ALI Quarters.
MURDBRBDBY Her LOVER
Sad Fate of a North Haven
Young Woman.
G. L. R. ENCAMpMEnT AT DETROIT.
Failure of a Large New
York House..
The KENTUCKY STATE ELECTION.
Exposure of a Swindling
Scheme.
THE KENTUCKY STATE ELECTION.
HAVEN GIRL MURDERED

NORTH HAVEN GIRL MURDERED
| The Body of Matilda Haber Found
Dead Near Glendale, N. Y. - The
Young Woman Supposed to Have
| Been Killed by Her Lever, t.-I-
GLENDALE, N. Y, Aug. 3.-The body Of
good looking young woman, which was
found near here Sunday, is believed to BIZ
| that of Matilda Haber, of North Haven,
Conn, aged twenty. A man calling him.
self Charles R. Weber of North Haven,
identified it as that of his step niece She
left his home Saturday morning in COM
pany with a man whom he only knew as
John Aabe, who had been calling upon her
at intervals during the past nine months.
She took with her $725 in cash, ALI her own
money, and left for New York with Aabe
on the train which left North Haven, on
the New York and New Haven road, at
O'Clock on the morning of the same day.
He heard nothing of his niece after
wards. This morning he read in the
New Haven JOURNAL AND COURIER about
the finding of body at Glendale, and as
the description of her tallies with that of
his absent niece he fastened to Glendale
to see if he could recognize the body.
Weber, who appeared laboring under
great excitement, was first shown the jew
elry found on the body and Immediately
identified the ring having the initials "M.
to H." engraved inside as one that his
niece had worn. AS soon as the face was
uncovered he grew more excited and said
in loud voice in German; ooh, Matilda!
Matilda! why did you go aways I told
you something would happen if you did
not take my advice /"
Then he said to Detective Muller, eyes,
that is my niece, Matilda Haber." He then
looked at the clothing of the murdered
girl and said that it was such as she wore
when she went away. Weber afterwards
told the detective and reporter the follow
ing story of his niece's life: She was the
daughter of his brothers wife by her first
husband, whose name was Haber. They
resided in Coeslin, Pomerania, where Ma
tilda was born. When his brother died
five years ago he bequeathed the girl to
him and she came to America Immediately
afterwards. She brought considerable
money with her and there is now So, 900 to
her credit in the First National bank, of
New Haven. She has been rather wild of
John Aabe she had been more independent
than ever, and when he advised her to
have nothing to do with Aabe she would
tell him to mind his own business. He
thought she had been too intimate with
Aabe, as she sometimes remained out until
1 and o'clock in the morning with him.
Aabe is stoutly- built man, about thirty
five years of age, with dark hair and NOUS
tache and beetled eyebrows, his eyes being
very close together.
When he left with Matilda he wore a
light grey suit and carried a small valise,
which he usually had with him when he
came from New York. Weber thought
Aabe was drummer.
Weber is a florist at North Haven. He
is German and served through the war
and belongs to the Grand Army. If the
murdered woman is Weber's neice, NATL
da Raber, and she brought the sum he
speaks of with her, robbery would appear
to have been the motive for the
crime, and not the refusal of the
woman to accede to improper pro-
posals, as had been at first suggested.
Matilda Haber carried her money in a
pocketbook which she kept in reticule
fastened at her waist. Neither pocket
book, reticule nor money were found up
on or near the murdered woman. The
description of the man Aabe answers very
closely, except as'to the color of the hair,
to that of the man whom Flagman Will
liam Fl. Lake saw walking with a woman
| about the size of the one murdered or
| the Fresh Pond road, near the Manhattan
Beach railroad crossing. about 11:30 Sat
| urday night An alarm, with full de
scription of the man, has been sent out.