The evening world., 1891-08-03
Mysterious Murder Of a Pretty
Girl on Long Island.
Her Body Concealed In a ThiCket by
the Assassin.
Finqer-Marks on Her Throat Tell
the Story.
Hundreds Have Looked Upon the
Victim. but None Could
Identify Her.

murder rivaling in mystery the cele-
brated Railway case has been unearthod near
RldgewOod, and the discovery has created a
profound sensation throughout Long Island.
As In the Railway murder the victim is a
young and pretty woman, and circumstances
indicate that She was strangled to death some
time between dark saturday and dawn Sun
day.
Her body was then carried into thicket
near Fresh Pond, l.. f., where 1t was ycster-
day discovered by berry-pickers from Ridge
wood. THAT the death struggle did not take
place at or near the spot where the victim
was found Is evidenced by the absence OF any
signs NJ disturbance.
Tho identity OF the victim has not yet been
fccrtancd, although hundreds of persons
have called ~ the RidgewOOd MOrgue since
G.Nbgcnk this morning to look at the body.
.'u HG"Nood Morgue Is a little sX12 build
tG ~ WNckon avenue, and It Is the Mecca
!, -dai o.: curious hundreds.
Nmur- ;hc callers were three men whose
It.,,tlr DaduCt attracted attention. Their
laH.'s could not be ascertaned, but the
wng, .rocpar has fairly accurate de-
..uptl'u M them and will give IL 10
e roJrr ii0neyrr, who has charge OF
tuu case. These three men called to-
I'hr. looked at the body, cOnversed
Ial = lew moments IN whispers and then hur-
!,"dly I'M the Morgue. They separated when
& 81 T.. distance from the building and went
g. Gn!uieAt directions, each seemingly anx-
ioHN % escape observation.
Coroner numcyer had lett the Morgue for
doual q half an hour previously TO aCquaint
l.,t.igt-AttOlncy Fleming, OF queens County,
Nnh the known facts about the murder and
10 secure his cooperation In running down
the ASSASSIN.
II was for time thought that the muir
darcd girl was one Of the hundred or more
young women employed In Ii. w. Meyers
cigar factory, which is not half a mile distant
from the spot whore the body was found, but
neither Mr.. Meyers nor any OF his workmen
have been able to identity the body.
now THE BODY WAS FOUND.
The discovery OF the body Is described as
follows 10y Michael sochie, OF Ridgewood, who,
with several companions, was berrying In the
neighbOrhood:
There Is a little open spot IN that patch OF
woods between Fresh Pond ana Glendale, and
we We're picking berries in the uuderbrush
skirting the opening about o o'clock Sunday
morning
"rwO frame houses are being put up there
on the edge OF the clearing, and II was close
up to the foundation or one OF these that we
fO1nd the body.
"One OF our party strOlled off in the dlreC-
tiOn Of this house. lie had not been gone
more than minute or two when he came
running back to Us, his eyes bulging out and
his face pale. thought az first that he had
seen the COney Island bear the papers have
printed 80 much about.
my God, boys, said he, there's dead
woman up At that house! Let's get away
from here and tell the police
"He was awfully scared, and II It hadn't
come into my head that may be he was mis-
taken the body would not have been found
Just then"
sochle suggested an Investigation, but his
companions were 10th to make one, and he
started out alone to look for the body. His
companions waited in anxiety while he softly
parted the bushes and pushed his way TO
the clearing There, close up 10 the wall, lay
motIOnless figure. A long black dress clung
to II like u shroud.
sOCHIE THOUGHT SHE WAS ASLEEP.
IHOuBnl lIuul tnc uhll sLlllc Ou lut lhCt
and the tidy arrangement OF the clothing
that the girl was asleep" said Sochie, and
l lifted my hat and said good morning
pretty loud 10 wake her up.
she didn't stir, and looking more closely !
saw that she was dead. She was lying nat
upon her back, her lower limbs stretched out
and the skirt OF her dress covering them 10
the ankles.
Nothing was disturbed about the spot
where she was lying, and / didn't see the
tnger-marks on the throat then. She had
one of those Vassar pancake hats, and II had
fallen back ON the ground near her head In
Just such a position AS II might II she mad
thrown herself down there to rest.
Her hair was nicely cOmbed and her
bangs were twisted into little black curls
that hung over her forehead. Her LEFT side
was close up against the stone foundation of
the house. The left arm from the elbow
down was turned across the breast, ana there
was black hid glove on the nand. The right
arm was stretched out on the other side just
as II She had moved II into that position
while asleep The glove was missing from
the right hand.
81 didn't touch the bod, but called the
others up 10 look at n ana asked them what
was Oest 20 be done. We decided that the
proper thtag % do WAS to hunt up Coroner,
aud SO while two OF the party stayed In the