New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-07
NO LIGHT ON THE MYSTERY,
MOUNT VERNON POLICE STILL IN THE
DARK.
WHERE HER BODY LAY-HER FATHER
IDENTIFIES HER.
FOuND NEAR


The excitement still continued In Mount Vernon
yesterday the mysterious death OF Ella Newton,
who went there from this city Monday morning
to look for employment Yesterday morning George New
ton the father Of the girl who is tailor at No. l'o1
Amsterdam ave-, called at the undertaking estabnsn'
ment Of Burr Davis, in Fourthave., Mount Vernon
and posIti"cly identified the body as that OF his
daughter. Mr.. Newton said that so far as he knew
the girl had intimate male acquaintance and
there was no one who could have had any object In
killing her. He broke down completely when he
saw the body
Coroner Drews and Drs Smith and Wise made an
autopsy Yesterday afternoon, and found that the g1ri
had been assaulted. Abrasons were found OIL the
body which indicated that struggle had taken place.
The movements OF the girl were traced by the de-
tectives, and II was found that after leaving her
home on Sunday afternoon she had gone to see her
aunt Mrs. Alfred Newton, OF No. AS seventh-ave.
Mrs. Newton noticed that Ella seemed desponden
nervous and she questioned her Closely Inc girl AZ
last said that she had been treated harshly and had
left home with the intention OF seeking employ meW
as domestic Mrs. Newton prevailed upon hef
niece TO remain over night in the morning she al.
vsed her niece 10 telegraph TO her mother that she
was sae and gave her money to pay for the dSpatcn
The girl went out and failed 10 return
The next heard OF her was at the store OF Dr.
Kearns a tailor in Fourth ave-. Mount 'erhoh'
she worked for Kearns short time about year ago.
Mrs. ke1rnS, VINO WIS III tne StoEc a' tic u'""'
failed 10 recognize her until Miss Newton recalled
the circumstances Mr.. Kearns said yesterday:
The Girl appeared TO BE- In good spirits ana talkeo
cheeriullv | was unable TO give her employment
M the tme but asked her 10 leave her address,
Mrs. Kearns interrupted her husband here ana saio
that the grf declined DO this, and when she was
questioned about hr relatives in the city gave con-
trodctorv answ.rs She then left the store and
afterward applied the employment agency d
Mrs Meyers opposite the station, for position ss
nurse Mrs Meyers sent her 20 a Mrs. Bard. In
sixth-ave., Mount Vernon, who had already hiieo
the place. The girl returned 10 the agency ana Id
answer to request for her address said that let
ter to Mrs. Kearns would reach ner This wn
shortly before She lefb Mrs. Meyerss place.
and this the last seen OF her alive.
About 4 D. m. William Howe. exChief Of the Mount
Vernon Fire Department discovered the BODY noatihs
in East Chester Creek, near Webbers HOTEL on tne
outskirts Of Mount Vernon Mr.. Howe said Yesterday
after telling how lie had found the body Around the
waist was strong rope which too heavy stones were
fled which must have weighed az least twenty-five
mounds each. There were hard knots In the rope,
which looked as If they had been tied by an expert,
and II seems 10 me absurd think tha, the little
girl who does not weigh more than ninety pounds'
coud have tied these knots and carried the stones %
the creek with the intention OF suicide. talked
with Mr. Newton, her father, when he saw the body
and he was unable TO give any cause for the suicide
theory
Chief Howe, Of Mount Vernon, is firmly convincea
,hft the case is OF murder, and this opin1n Is
iared In Is Coroner Drews ard the majority OF tne
residents Of the town. A prominent man there said
Yesterday about the suicide theory Il DO not see
how It would be possible for girl to lift those heaV
stones The banks OF the creek are OF soft mud ana
slope gently down to "A channel In the middle Weighted
wirh these stones the girl would have sunk to her
knees I'm mud long before she reached the spot where
her body was found. II SHE rowed out IL boat lhs
difficulty Of getting the stones TO the boat ~oud
have had 10 be met
In the afternoon n reporter visited the spot where
,he b1dy had been found. Not far away there
formery stood an old willow tree, which was blown
down about ten days ago, and the trunk lay pointing
in shore and the roots sticking up leaving hoo" De-
meath them Inside OF the cavity and well down be-
meath that portion of the closest to the bottom OF
the cavity were two bundles. They were found to be
tho hat and coat which worn by the dead girl
. few hours before her DEATH Besides these. there
was in the cavity paper bas upon which was printed
<h. address of Mount Vernon baker. In the bottom
OF IL was quantity ~ crumbs These were all taken
10 police headquarters where they were turned over 70
Chief Foley.