The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-26

meditated murder done by some one
who knew the girl and had some sort OF a
motive for getting her out Of the way. This
conclusion seemed to clear away most OF the
difficulty. Once on track so narrow as this
the police. 1t was felt. could not fail to arrest
the guilty men. and that too. quickly. Yet
eighteen days have passed. each Of them de-
voted to the most palnstaking and minute
search. and to- day the mystery is as profound
a. on June 8 when the crowd. gathered about
the body within halt an hour Of the murder.
began to beat the woods for the murderer or
his trail.
Those who are interested in mysterious
murders will ind in another page OF this issue
OF THE Sun an account Of several such muir
doris that have happened in this neighborhood
within a few years. Among these. however.
there is not one whore the murderer did his
work 80 completely and departed leaving 30
little trace.
At frat it was said that this young girl Just
at the edge OF childhood had fallen victim to
some tramp who intended outrage But the
improbability OF this was soon apparent. She
was on her way from Perth Amboy to the
house OF Mr. Boynton at Sewaren. where she
worked as a domestic. 1t was raining. She
was walking on the high embankmcnt Her
body was found in tho woods some distance
from the foot OF this embankment She had
been shot through the heart at the foot
OF the embankment and had been dragged
into the wood. where her throat was
cut Those who opposed tho tramp
theory had only to say: How could a tramp
induce young girl to descend the steep and
painless side OF an embankment? She must
have descended. rs she was certainly not shot
while walking along the top And tho answer
to this objection could only be that tho person
who shot her was some one who called to her
from the wood who knew her well. and who
impressed upon her friendly purpose in his
desire to talk with her.
The tramp theory out OF the why. the did
duties o. the situation seemed to be much
lessencd. The search must then be among
those who knew her. among those men who
had paid attentions to her. and 1t seemed thai
the life ola girl OF Is years must he pretty
open. that many people woulc know the man
who was Jealous OF her. who had carried his
attentions to such point as to assert n certain
proprietorship.
This idea Was stren enlightened when II was con-
sidered that the girl had not been outraged.
that the murderer had shot her without laying
hold of her violently. or struggling with her
enough to disarrnnge her clothing or make
black and blue marks on her arms and hands.
to an examination Of the girls li'e to sus-
picious scrutiny OF all the mon who had ever
associated with her.
The whole community was aroused. Here
was young girl murdered In broad da Wight,
in place which was not ut all lonely. The
murder filled all the women OF tho region with
fear. A reward OF $1,000 stimulated the
search. The New York newspapers sent down
representatives to go over every inch OF the
ground and follow UP every clue. however I'M
The frst thing that strikes a student Of this
murder is tho fey traces LETT by the murderer.
called the girl from the embankment. he shot
cut her throat and got far enough away to be
proaehlng the scene Of the murder from
out the oh Weoa n seSstss % Yrs
man coming from that direction and going
toward %s6 Ifsy Several ssSTIsS 6sSe
but Mr.. Schultze, now, says he simply saw the
s1d ItnTs hR
woods Woo was the knife ase By the 1 murder so
not the man. The knife fouPd Was to IT,:
Hundred feet back from the embanEmenf
Through this Toqd run: path the muir,
Schultze saw not far from the path. II he went
north he may haye struck into the path and
Were Mary q s
mestic. 1t may be that the importance at
tached to what Schutze saw has turned atter-
tion from the part IT the path TO tho north and
thus from any one who may have known Mary
Anderson at Sewaren.
full and careful in the handling Of this mys-
terry. 1t is. however; proper To- say that they
have made two mistakes They have eau
best not to talk about what they know. These
people may know only Insignificant things
Again these apparently insignifoant things
may be most Vital to the solving q tho , mys-
ssani might ''RH have sAo come e' Of
For 70 no. s SsS c the
Eoiisnder. her most Intimate friend. talked
about early IN the afternoon of the murder;
Clara has said that they did not talk s 15
was then auarreIllng with young sehliPi. her
lover and must have had this quarrel In her
mil m have satd anm