Evening journal., 1892-10-22
THE GIRL VICTIM BURIED.
RICHARD RILEY, WHO WAS ARRESTED
ON SUSPICION, RELEASED.

Coroner Sparks VIII Hold an Inquest on
Monday NIght-No Developments in the
Murder Case-The Funeral Took Place
This Morning.
The crime referred to in EVENING
JOURNAL's o'clock edition on Thursday
which told of the finding of a young
woman with her throat cut, in a field
back of the residence Of Lewis p Bush,
about 10 o'clock on that day. is no doubt
a murder The victim is Katie Dugan,
Is years of age and lived at I'LL Ian
caster avenue.
Before the coroner arrived nearly 500
people viewed the murdered girl. The
body was removed to the morgue and
Drs Baird and Harris performed a post
mOrtem examination. The windpipe had
been completely severed and the spinal
column had been cut apart. Bruises on
the face revealed the fact that the girl
was beaten before her throat was cut and
looked as though caused by a man S fist
The doctors found that the girl would
have become q mother in a few months.
James Dugan, the girls father, said
that Katie had left home On Wednesday
night and had not been heard of until
her body was found in the field. He did
not know that she was keeping company
with any man.
It was first thought that the girl had
committed suicide to hide her disgrace,
but this rumor had no foundation as
| the girl could not have cut her neck so
/ badly There was no blood on the hands
and if she had cut her own neck there
would have been certainly some blood on
! her hands
Richard Riley, of s3l Bennett street
was arrested yesterday on supposition
that he knew something of the murder
| Riley proved that he had been at the
fair Of the church of the Sacred Heart on
Wednesday night, at the time when the
murder is supposed to have been commit
ted, and stayed at the fair until nearly / 1
o'clock. He then went to the home of
Franklin Ferrell 106 West Twenty third
street. and remained there all night and
until about 4o'clock on Thursday after
neon. 1t was often his custom to stop
at Ferrells house over night, as he was
well acquainted with Ferrell's son. His
story proved to lie true and he was re-
leased vest rday afternoon.
Wednesday morning Katie received a
letter which said Meet me Wednesday
night at the same place aud the same
time It was not signed The letter
was found in an old calico dress OF
Katie's 1t was written in a cramped
hand and looked as if the writer hat
tried to conceal his hand.
boy was brought TO the City Hal
yesterday to see if he could identify
Riley as the man whom he saw sitting OF
a rock with Katie on Broome street be
tween Front and Second on "Wednesday
evening He said he did not think RILEY
was the man.
Near the stone on which the couple sa
was found a stone about as large as al
egg on one end Of which was covered will
what proved to be dried blood. 1t is no
known how the blood got there but it il
supposed that the murderer had struck he
then and that the blood had come iron
one Of the places Of the skin that ha,
been broken and were discovered by Drs
Baird and Harris and would have beel
sufficient to render the girl unconscious
II this proves true the murderer w0ull
have had to carry the girl five or si
squares to where she was found
! Near where the body was discovers
were pieces of cigarette box, on one o
e two Of which was blood and on a ston
found nearby there was blood 1t wa
about seven inches in length and nearl
three in diameter.
!, The funeral took place this mornin
from St. Paups r. c. church. Rev. N
X. Fallon was celebrant and Father Bel
mingham assistant. Coroner Sparks wi
r hold an inquest on Monday night.