The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-04
WAS THE GIRL MURDERED'
THE DoCIoRs THINK she WAS, Nor
THE CORONER DOESN'T.
Joseph Easrr. . Lover with whom Lizzie
Buchuer Had Qunrrrl,ed, Mystersous'y
Mi~sinp-His Svccessful Rival.

East Wiliamsburah. near Mnspeth. nave peeh
brought to light through the girls tragic
death. The girl. who work ed for q family named
Snyder at 1852 Lafayette avenue Brooklyn.
visited her parents In Milton street, East
Williams burgh. on Friday night. Between 10
and IL o'clock that night sho left to go back to
her place In Brooklyn. As far rs known this
was the last time she was seen alive. Her
path to the Flushing avenue horse car line
crossed the railroad. The next morning her
dead body was found. cut in two, on the outer
rail Of n curve tho track makes ut this point
Tho upper portion OF the body lay outside the
track. while the other part was inside, between
the rails. secret that the girl concealed
until her death wns discovered by
Drs. A. c. Coombs and Vincent Judson
at the autopsy. This disclosed q motive for
suicide or murder. and rumors began to cir
culate. Tho girls friends did not hesitate to
say 1t was murder They averred that tho
girl had been waylaid by the person response
bic for her condition. who struck her down
and then placed her body across the track to
make it appear that she had been killed By .
train.
Although the Garrison street crossing was
not fifty feet away from where the body was
found, Friday night was dark and at 10Y
o'clock. about the time tho girl 10 supposed to
hive left her home. the village is deserted. 1t
WOuIu DC an easy InhtlcIs bOluc poOpio Soutohes
for a man to knock down q helpless girl In this
spot and escape unobserved. DR.. Coomus says
the girls skull was fractured as II with blunt
instrument He does not believe the fracture
was made by the train which ran over her. He
believes she was murdered and placed on the
The Doctors testimony went to show that
Lizzies heart had ceased to beat before she
was oyer The eam n % .ns
Ceulcd blood. and they asserted that had the
heart been working whom the girl was struck
long enough to force a good deal Of blood out
of the body and partly to empty its S Lo Il Is
s caused by accident as when The body was run
over 1t must have been lying on the track llnd
the girl been standing np when struck tx s she
track Her body would not have been cut in
two without the mnngling Of her limbs; =,
mitted suicide to hide her impending shame;
The railro men say 1t Is 4 case OF accidental
%as &c tho When
the sharp curve and struck her The fact that
Clothing was damp proves that she was Killed
several hours before tho body was found next ext
spot had ais dried. 90.
On learning Of the girls condition TIC C9ro ,sG
an eS the
for whom she worked and many Of her friends
she nag an none q s osa ound
and among them were two who. it Is said.
A'' suspicloas 1 incident eonnested with the
discovery OF the rivals Is that Coroner Bran
S9n sSs 9 his
or more serious cause is yet to be detsrmined;
The the was opnd
tain from the snyder family what they knew Of
the dead girls Companions They knew moth,
t S1s , fSS'' her T" COMPANION had freaaents
tonsd hss
sp dss tod Ss tint Ssss snS had
currod ut picnic in Feldman's Park. in East
WilliamsburGh. and not more than u iOo feet
an unfriendy way with him thut night. and
apSthsr ySTns G9k hsr a1m cot back
soon learned that Dear Joe" was Joseph
mk yen %s Ea vase Is
lover. He is ,is years old and he also runs 3
to have been Intensely jealous OF each other.
and to have had a number OF encounters. AZ
e es his until aaarreied
with Easer in Feldman's Park. Then she Ie.
gan to accsp. his at.ertiC n again. John SahF
her quarrel with Easer. This is the only APP
pearanes Of sahr IN the case as far as is known;
store / in GARRISON street near the railrond Was
the ilrst 70 Identity tho body after i was dis:
Of the mig 1T before shs says she was sitting IL
her store in company with Mary hasger: who who
@ to Rshaad
i Tred SS a ~ he said he got the bou-
wv here Is h she?" Inquired Mrs. Breden.
uS h on ba So
" This Was 6efore the eirl arrived at her par
ents,, house. After the discovery Of the body.
the boy turned the bouquet to the SG9
tropes and geraniums.,. The girl had asked
permlssi9n to cut 1t before sho LIFT
s a S9Hss ss sd
she really Intended the bouquet for Or, ta ni
gave 1t away In his presence TO Felqman;
Young FeIdmqn says no met tho girl and
LsSy II aha NGrn nd
been horseback riding. and was standing with
the rein over his arm talking to the girl when
BOTH feldman and Lauby were taken before
the Coroner yesterday apd put through a rigid
%s z q ea eSenns 4t ef
talked with her. But he said that Foldman
h 5Hs p h 1ars:
away from whore Fcldman said he met them.
4auby also insisted that MS eonyersation with
s How DO You S' d. Lszle LIZZIE "t then said
on Monday Lauby said that he then left
Lizzie and rode to Dender's, on tho corner Of
Garrison street and Flushing avenue. where
he left an order for some feed Tor his cows.
=. He said he had been painting a fence on
Friday afternoon md that he worked at 1t un-
til $3.50 In the evening. after which he went to
Bender's on his horse to order the feed Lau-
by's mother and little sister zorro borated this
statement and said that Lnuby was not COMO
over ten minutes. Il this Is truo Lnuby was ut
o'clock. He slept, alone In u room on the
ground floor Of the house. ., w.
erton detective IL at work trying to discover
his whereabouts. The dead girls belongings
were searched yesterday. but not scrap OF
paper WAS found which would give any clue to
the dead girls love entanglements. 1t was
Gus, excuses to Mrs. snyder to get a
night oil. Some ,tlmo ago she asked per:
not got back until the next day. She told Mrs.
SNYDER. sha had spent the night with her par.
not 90 to her home at all that night. When
Mrs. Snyder gave her permission TO go home
,g it<hf tvu nn hn r,la rh h.,.