The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-12
PERTH AMBOY'S MYSTERY.
sovr1UtNG IMPORTANT DISCOVERED
MIR EkPT SECRET.
Mary Anderson. Deaf. Now SAT-, % to a. Az
"a, In Her Throat Was Made.

nsr IN ttcr hhfVsh - "."NN'
e,ron arrests in all have been made since
A.. ,,i.y,ur. pd girl. Mary Anderson. was MUIR
l ,.,o, ,ast Wednesday afternoon In tho woods
w., Forth Amboy. but in each case the arrest
w. rolc on suspicion only. Not one OF tho
N,r,,. clues, however. which Perth AM
w.. ~ rali,e UnG the detectives working on tho
hnye been running down for the past two
,.,. boa Lcnn productive OF an arrest yet.
u ,a,inr chief Of Pulico Burke Is giving all his
stot the case. and he promises that when
ma cork already done by tho police is mado
'nhI, I, vail be seen that he has not been idle.
rho rluos upon which the detectives are
-o,tinr nrc in such shape. they say. that
,hrv cannot divulge them now The result OF
,hoir work. they say. will be seen in very few
soys pesid. tho local police who arc at work.
,rorc nrr nj least three detectives from out OF
lawn who arc trying to solve the mystery. De-
,o,,iye oliver OF the District Attorneys Office
:, Nav brunswick has been here since Thurs
sav morning. and his brother. the Lehgh
valley road detective. Is doing what he
ar TO End tho girls murdcrers. new arri-
,ai Yesterday was Detective Becker Of the Erie
and VII wont to Perth Amboy at the request
=, courtlaaGt Parker. counsel for tho Eric
.o,d who lives in Perth Amboy, and Is anx-
Ons 10 have the murder cleared up for the
,o,a name OF the town. There are at least n
t,v dozen citizens Of Perth Amboy who arc
~,,kinc on their own account upon clues OF
,hsr own in hopes OF getting share OF
Mayor picrcc's $500 reward. The towns Fro
rhist even stayed away from the gun shoot
Yesterday afternoon. something TINT no has
,c,er been known to do before. In order to hunt
dawn n clue In Perth Amboy. Many rumors
o,thc arrests OF suspicious persons in neigh
borlrc towns reached Perth Amhoy yester-
dnv but only one man was actually locked up
mi, was in starleton. Another man was
arrested in Perth Amboy.
n0oclock yesterday morning suspicious
looking man. and n stranger to tho town. was
arrested in Stapleton. s. l.. md locked up at
police Headquarters. He said he belonged to
ths Trenton poice. but he refused to give his
nnme An empty razor case was found in his
,ocset, and as the wound in the neck OF Mary
Anderson was clean cut enough to have been
made with n razor this was considered point
against the prisoner
Word Of the arrest was sent to Acting Chief
Burke and Johnny Beiser and Clemens Abner.
he two boys who are relied upon to identity
the murderers when they are found. were sent
o sad they aa seen G
before. The man was held. however. for fur
ther investigation.
The arrest III Perth Am boy appeared at first
10 be much more important. Ioliceman NC
Dermott heard that man. evidently tramp.
was asleep in a pox car near the railroad sta
ton at O'clock yesterday, morning. McDer-
mott found the man at the corner OF Smith
and State streets very drunk and on tho verge
Of delirium trcmens. Taken to the police sta.
ton the man gave his name as Edward
str glsIi account Of Himself He said he left
Star landing near Carteret. on the Central
Eo on IharsdYy and T crossed the KIN Won
he came to Perth Amboy by way Of Tottenville.
and crawled into the open box car to sleep
There, was deep red stain , On the e. mans ns
blood and Chief Burke considered 1t wise to
hold him until a careful examination OF the
stain could be made -,
been kept busy trying to identify the men ar
rested in the different Jersey towns saw Nor.
rs They said he was not the right man. and
man who probably was one Of the murderers.
Many Many persons IN the town still held to the
lover. had hand in the murder. or was Inn
plieated in 1t indirectly. Peterson's family
persons in Perth Amboy:. and he could not
have returned from the West without being
5ds1 sneTs Mas EaF Rahsas
S Y Following is ! letter which came from
'sf Ah' had soHf sn H &as iyo
DEAR CHARLEY: I am working here. and
write to let you know where am and how l
y. fs ss GP 9Ee ismy and sss
work here for month or two and when | am
I'm gGSag qns5 fss 0fk
Peterson lett Perth Amboy eight weeks ago
s Mho hsd WosRed Sth him tho
Valley road. Chatten's family have heard
tom him lately. and have sent some money to
h% Petersen also got some IN money from ms
that they used this to return East with.
One woman was found Yesterday who was
She is Mrs; Franz Ungard. who lives near the
family Of the murdered girl In Ha II street: On
Tuesday night she was walking IN the direc-
ton Of Alpine Cemetery. ana she passed q
PETERSON.
OF course II Peterson returned determined
,omake way, with the girl he would carefully
vsthought at first that the fact that Peterson
Ms crippled by an accident on the LehiGh
Valley road some time ago would make 1t I'm
seen on Wednesday night. 1t has come out
pow that he had entirely recovered when no
left for the West and showed no limp at all.
Johnny Beiser by q sun reporter on Thursday.
and the boy said then that the man in the blue
shirt and the overalls looked good deal like
he picture.
twas learned definitely yesterday that the
post mortem made by County Physician Donn-
bSS ana Dr. keas6y Of Perth AmIoy on Frday
will aid in tho hunt for the murderers.
.,ASrS reporter learned on good authority
that Tia, tho ,phY-icians had found that the girl
throat was cut. DR.. Donahue WINS not
Perth Amboy yesterday and DR.:
heasby would not even hint at
what had been discovered. He said
mat he had promised not 10 disclose It. There
are several rcports atloat as to what has ueen
found out. One Is that the girl had deep
nah wound in her breast from which she had
died. and another Is that tho girl was stran-
g1Ssd before the knife was used on her throat.
Coroner Burke Is jealously guarding the
ppoly. and those who receive permits to SEQ the
mn9uy are permitted to glance only at the face.
me '"ron"rs Jury viewed the body on
tahursdtY afternoon and thcm adjourned for
tns ihlne-t on Wednesday mo- ming next.
.Ht ~" leH"l"vmnQts nj tho post mortem were
TO-. I'M IoI'ant that the Inry was hastily brought
sob.lher AGAIN ats o'clock Yesterday after
SHt;l'chlIt 'art also that tho girl will not bs
rangements. "'''' Wv NOV ~
Tor ne ooLy is 10 hc ut tho Coroner's disposal
III .rW dav-. Tor 1t Is said that the clues
ttn'm NE lo.l'" are working OH will n"crssi-
az az another examination Of the body II they
h hnu me tns rlsAt man. The funeral ecryire viii
~ held ms afternoon as arranged. iut
X ne Methodist, Episcopal Church. A. tia
Danish church will bo lar too small TO- hSI t RI"
prohn WHO Will attend. The body viii IN,
pIHcrl In the mort vary chanel AT TIM, coma, 900