The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-13
THE KNIFE HAS BEEN FOUND.
4 DISTINCT CLUE TO TIE MURDER OF
MARY ANDERSON.
A Weapon or Foreisu Make, with n Long
Sbarp-pointed BIade, Was Discovered
Yesterday Afternoon Thrust Into tho
Earth Ncnr tbc Scene of the Cr1me.

Sbarp-pointed BInde, Was Discovered
Yesterday Afternoon Thrust Into tho
Earth Near tho Scene of the Crime.
The most important clue that has yet been
discovered in connection with the murder Of
Mary Anderson near Perth Amboy last We'd
ncsday afternoon. and one which tho police
hope Will lead to the speedy arrest OF the as
eassin. ia q long. sharp. and blood-stained
knife. which was found in the woods yesterday
afternoon not eighty yards from the scene OF
tho murder.
Augustin Ejacauot and Louis White. two
young men who live In Sewarcn. were search
ing among tho trees and bushes with q num-
Der OF others in the hope ofstumblng on some-
thing which would help them to secure tho
5000 offered by tho Mayor OF Perth Am
boy for evidence which will lead to
tho arrest Of the unknown murderer.
At about . o'clock they saw something
sticking up out Of the ground which was not
the stump of bush or fallen twiG. 1t was a
round. smooth piece Of wood. with wire wound
about 1t at ono end. Ejac1uot grasped 1t and
pulled 1t UP. He held In his hand IN ugly
looking knife OF foreign mako.
1t is about ten inches long. with steel blade
that has been shnrpened down to point. 1t
resembles tho knives used by butchers In
skinning cattle. On the blade there are clots
joins the steel there arc dark red stains.
There Is little doubt that this is the instru-
ment which cut the throat Of Mary Anderson
Near tho spot where tho boys found the knife
there was evidence that tho man who
left it there had thrust 1t many times
into tho soft ground In his attempt to remove
the blood stains He had evidently intended
to retain possession of this proof Of his guilt.
but was probably frightened into leaving it
there by the approach Of Henry Schulz, the
night Waterman. and his dog.
The finding OF tho knife was soon being
talked of by every ono in Sewaren and Maui
rcr's. and White and Eiacquot started with it
for Perth Amboy. They gave it to Detective
Char \. Oliver. who now has 1t in his pos
session.
derson met her death from another cause be-
Donahue and Dr. Keas6v OF Perth AmIoy.
Friday. noticed bruise on the back Of the girls
neck. The body was then turned over and u
H s rh5eSy sS
traced the path Of the bullet. and found that it
had gone through the heart and had lodged
When extracted the piece of lead was shown
to have been bullet from 32-calibre pistol.
The flesh around the wound was Inil OF pow
where the bullet had entered. showing that
the shot had been fired at close range.
almost against tho girls body when it was
fired. 1t was plain then that the girl had died
Of the bullet wound and not from the cash in
The murderer, must have wanted to be
douhly sure Of his work to have dragged the
mutiatc it with q knife. 1t is evident to tho
police now that Mary Andersen was llrst shot
ing been taken under cover.
An nySstTati.n BY the n9l,Go 9ftsr the
n, Ipvl In 81 n IN nv a Lnv
there. These cartridges were for a thirty-two-
The poiiss Withhold this mans name but say
that hs Is being closely watched in He told the
Shoot chick ems In his back yard.
Tho autopsy having been thus cympleted tho
authorities decided 70 surrender tho body to
1 mSrnnr rf N9 aes so
the Anderson house Mt $50 o'clock.
ther nnd at vS5 oeos the ha
O. G. jacobsen. tho pastor OF tho Danish
presSnce t Of the family Tho Sody was 81 1h ,as
taken to the church. where public funeral SER
vices were held.
the Danish church. but this was found to ho
much too small for tho crowd OF people who
IN the L, E H OF ehurch It is es S
mated that 5000 persons. including very many
Danes and Poles from Perth ,Amb9y ana
it was lying in the church yesterday. Tho
crowd entered through the High street door.
out through tho jefferson street door in a solid
column for over an hour.
The was then d in the hsarsf and
drossed in whitc. with black sr"Se hangs srss
bouquets Of white roses. marched har.headed
near the hcarsc. There were tire" in front.
tess sGhn s9a toS lie" as A %" Of
son very closely. Over forty carriages
followed tho body to tho grave This is
ever held in Perth Amboy. AT tho Alpine
Cemetery the body was placed in receiving
UnH EHIs Il VIII 9s viii it b until b e ths Cor
day morning at 10 o'clock.
An incident OF the day was that tho boys who
found tho knife came into town with it Just as
Chic. Of Police burke went over to staple.
there Dc s NTH me mr THG pa wSr
Knife in the woods YESTERDAY. however. may nay
been been to Perth AmDoy viii be like likely to be be-
1t is now pretty definitely settled that the
murder na q Mary anderson son wns committed at
nesday last. Tho distances along the railroad
track have been measured and tho loca-
tions Of the ;n, several G cTsGns who wore
reasonably accurate deduction can 10 made.
II is known that MARY Anderson left tho house
OF her 1rlcnl, MISS IjanSleck. ut 400 o'clock.
Thence to tho railroad bridge sho could walk
In twelve minutes, Tha! would get her to the
thS bridge and passed thG signal tower qt
would take him three minutes TO walk, from
tho bridge to tho tower. That calculation
would also place tho girl at the bridge
nt 5:02; The operator in the tower saw her as
sho walked along tho track. n few minutes be-
fore train passed him at 5Is. she was
then some distance north, OF tho rail
about $40. RebHr. tho track walker.
tho smbankment He vent ,d down End discoy:
back to The track as the train due to to
IaSs the tower, At 5:2G; went BY i'm.
hin fye minutes for his run down to the body
whore tho crime, was committed Mt $50.
It would tako the girl about nino min
TO- this spot aos She y. therefore reaehsd
Htos after passing Harburoek. Tho crime was
Henry Schulz. the night watchman,
walking north. not IiarDuroek at .
three. minutes walk from tho tower. Tc.