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

Tho murder OF Til'ic Smith Mt iInckottstown
will be remembered long for the patient but
futile efforts that were made to uncover it. the
chain Of circumstnntial evidence that was
slowly woven about the murderer BY news
paper correspondent. and for tho striking way
In which tho mere theoretical analysis by
which the crime was fastened was borno out
il tho confession Of tho murderer.
T!i!!c S..:tl! Wc.G Il servant 4. The Methodist
Ccntennia! Collegiate Institute Mt Hackctts-
town. in the spring Of 1885 she was ~ years
old. with II pleasant face. hair 50 abundant
that eho had a great deal OF trouble In lpins: it
UP. and II form OF great beauty and more
strength thar even strong women usually
iIavc. She was an honest girl against whom
there hal novor been II bseat!. OF sus picVn.
On Thursday evening. Auril 8. she went h
n variety show In the hall y. Iloko.tstown and
sat with four girl friends OF hers. They left
tho hail at % ocloc!:, and waro loncd by two
men whom ono Of the girls knew Those men
were from Port Jervis. and as was attcrward
learned. were in Hack cit stown under assumed
names. Tillo Smith sal! she had to hurry
back to the institute. IA the doors closed at 10
O'Clock and as she had not been ublo 10 get
permission to stay out later. Ono Of the men.
Charles Munich by name. Went home with
her. and. as ha said aft"rwnrd. LEFT her n"a:
the front steps Il the institute.
Early til" next morn irg y cnty White. n milk
man found her dead body in tho enclosure
flat upon her back with her skirts smoothcl
down. and her hat near toy There were two
bruises IN her head. thnro were tho hlne
marks Of tght-preSsinR 1ingors on her throat.
there were bruises on hsr arms. on her wrist.
and on her 81, les i!or thick hair was DISNEY
ellrd. and only u few hatrpins We're left in it.
and $50 in money sho had had were gone:
glance at the noighborhood seemed to re-
veal the place whore tho outrage and murder
wore done. Just across Loard fnnce was an
lar" SM w4Hn Tn~ns had
barn WIS curiously tramplcd and the hay WAS
mr9Wn sont / Vas eyd tent that TIER La
dead girls hair. Tho next n,,cs,i"n was. vii"
men FROM p"r orvis were NJ once arr"ste ~
and wien it was found that they were under
assumed names tho strongest suspicious fas-
,Nunnirh, however. told a straight story.
T.. said no and lille smith had got to
front door ciirk ci janitor titus was 90.
KS I'll .'snas IN Snd Srns ~ IT, ssid
around '.e corner, %! tho huI!ding. "hrn 40
a@t say hr h she M" On mGr G!1yeS ard her
Hrc lila liza oft OF" III. Sue, Ti" I hid n not s"ns
TIA n' M ns"s n- T3'0 Ara " the an
swnr %n. ,ha, shr had gone down to tho
@ S%n stro sn md r." %s r h nn knew az h
rouId not got into thn MO that might. and
she did not want to los" her plnro uyrpt being
on hand early in tn" mornin. In tn" bnrn
she had been attack I'd by tramp. This tho.
ory So, ned satisfactory excsnt That It Ail not
from tho barn. But h" theory vas 30 .atis.
factory that eNoryAody wa. rendyto nttrln@te
thc girl : foul death az unknown and prob
The reporter OF Tps SUN who was sent down
To- !iErsnttstown 4n III" ntorv.Wns not satisfied
cnt line and soon had m array Ut facts that
aTs nppnrn,nt enough now. Tho gloves when
riilic had had on her hands whep last sem
hnriins, The cont was only one sloove on.
Tho body had hecn carried e II distance from
the scene ~ tue murdarand tlIu Assault. These
thing, seemed to Indicate that the murderer
had attacked her after she had taken Of hnr
wnnlI not do to naye hor body found.
4, Then "n the back of her gown was stain
as tnHn t"y hoy w0 ma fn
tho tenco between tho harvard and the On,
not have come from there and might very
easily have come from certain IncayinS top
and tho enci"syre, ThesS things so"insi 10
indicate that the n,irder had been lone
II Nv n,t,taS g.G1rs and il IL" nsttat"
body found there. closer examination Of
the, skirt, showed that thoro was on then, dust
Was io"na nsS IN hs r"o next S9 T" he
furnace room 81 mo ihstil u,o mere were sOne
dead OAK ieaveS scattered about.
Munnlchs story nt tho inquest was that
Title had said she thought sho crull get in
pt ono Of the rear doors. ~ There WA, no On to
an honest ant religious, young married. man
Nth three l,it chiIdrcr hsh A. sag Il The lnl9ist
woull lot her in. AMI that no had said he
would not gnieas tn w mat ,nn Eaye her por-
aftor lock ing the front doors and putting out a
fow lights. no had gone d9wa into the furnace