The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-22

That Dead Body Was Found TO BE
Katie Dugah, and Instead OF a Sui
eide 1t Was Found she Had Been
Murdered.
The finding OF the young woman's
dead body on Thursday afternoon, in
Ia Held at Clayton and Oak streets, turn
ed out to be lS.year-old Katie Dugan,
of No. I'LL Lancaster avenue, and in
stead OF being suicide was after
ward found to bo a case OF murder, for
(which Richard Riley was at the police
station on suspicion as having com
mitted the crime.
The body was found by William II.
lCarswell. who had uccasian to pass
through the field. He found tho body
In pool of blood aud in n hollow
where II would DO unnoticed. Sergeant
lllgram went TO tho place and took
Charge OF the body until the coroner
ARRIVED, when the body WIS removed
to tho morgue. Drs. Charles j.. Baird
and A. Is. Hains Mt once examined the
body and found that the young wo-
man had been murdered.
| The murderer used q razor as his
weapon, and with this he had cut tho
girls throat from car to ear. complete.
lly severlnE the wlRdpipe and the spinal
column a that was holding the body
an neck together were the two large
muscles In tie back OF the neck. IL
WIS thought that the girl had boen fol.
loniously assaulted, but nothing was
found which would indicate such an
occurrence. A large bruise over the
right eye and others ON the head, told
that tho girl had been beaten before
she met her death. These are suppos,
ed to have been received when the girl
resisted. Finally she was knocked
down and then the murder was COM
mitted.
James Dugan the father OF the girl,
ARRIVED at tho morgue while the post
rnortem examination was in progress.
He identified the body as that of his
daughter, and said she had not been at
horne since Wednesday night. On
Wednesday morning the girl received
a letter which was supposed to have
been written by the prisoner. She
threw the envelope into the tire and
placed the letter in her pocket. After
tho body was found q search was
made for the letter and 1t was found
In the pocket in which Katie had
Iplace It,
In reading 1t over the words. "meet
me on Wednesday night at tho same
place ard same time were found.
The letter was unsigned. 1t is sup
posed that Katie went to keep the up
Ipointment and at the same time was
murdered. On Tuesday night, a
young man waited on Katie at her
home. and this afterward proved to be
Riley. lie acknowledged having been
with her, but he had not seen her
since, Riley was arrested by Detec-
Itivcs Hawkins and Hutton, Chief
Francis and Captain Francis.
They found him at his homo at No.
'S3l Bennett street ABOUT O'Clock yes
terlay morning. He protested his in
'nocence of the crime but was taken
to tho station house. Coroner Sparks
has empannelled n jury and will hold
an inquest. Tho jury reviewed the
body yesterday and will probably
meet tomorrow morning at the coro-
,ner's Office.
Yesterday afternoon Riley was re-
leased from custody, rs he had proven
an allhl. 1t WIS that ho had attended
fair in the Church of tho Sacred
Heart until L O'Clock. At this time
the murder was supposed TO have been
committed. TIE detectives iDvesti-
gated the story and found young
woman who lives near Fourth ana
Monroe streets, and tshe corrobrated
upon Deputy Attorney General Giles
and both OF them agreed that 1t was
no use TO hold Riley for being connac.
ted with the murder.
1t has been learned that boy whose
name ID not known, had seen the muir
idered girl and young man sitting on
a stone near Front and Broome streets
on the night of the murder. The de-
itectives are working on the clue, but
will not disclose any facts. Riley was
identified by the boy, but he could not
Len. l. A.
Suspicious stains were found near
the stone on which the boy said Katie
and the young man had been sitting
Detective iIntton began an investigu.
tion, and came to the conclusion that
the stains were blood.