New-York tribune., 1893-12-29
CLEVS TO THE MURDER.
THE KILLING OF MISS
PETTY, OF NEWARK.
WOMAN ux:ER sUspICIoN-MoNEY FOUND
STORED AWAY IN VARIOUS coRNE"o
OF TIE HOUSE.

or THE HOUSE.
Tho noroa in Eewarl, are following up several
c,.a,s IN the hone OF detecting and apprehe'''e
the murderer or murderers Of MISS h.lHaOe'.'
the eccentric spinster who was strangleu anu 49,,
N har house No. 79 Commerce-st.' IN 'na' 'l''
some time between Monday morning anu 49,
do,. ,nornine Yesterday T. was said that from t"e
h,,r,lino character Of the work It was nkey tha'
Tho ,,,,rder WAS committed either by no'1ce III
crin,a or by q woman. The idea that woman
might have committed the deed srg2es'eo an ~
oury as 70 what women had Hno"leuse u
potty's ways of living and her concealeu "ea''
7, was ocknowledged by the police that certain
-, ,,as under espionage AZ her house and thst
an orrcet MIGHT be made Il there was any evidence
>, warrant H. II appears that over two years az ,
a sum Of money was taken from MISS rely
house Complaint was made TO the po''ce' an
woman living in the neghborhood was chareeu " III"
bo ,heft She denied it and observed that the n'sS
'. I r,o,o, would be found in the house. rela-
,,,e NJ the woman shortly afterward vsi-ed tue
| horea 20 make a search and produced the money
| from some place Of concealment NO arrest was
| made AZ the time ~.
/ r v,oa the opnion Of the doctors who. msde the
au,ops, that the woman had been dead since Moi'-
80, 80, ,,mrcf ,sas I'm a Broad-st store. ana was ny
seem afterward The murderer got into ner {ne ead
8s INTO tRe ha the nTs iio9r p MIS-. M P Pet,ys
| misel that this was accomplished M, III 'iS' ''>'
ID D f.a- IA-
since ls.1. when her mother ai@d' NIS' Mrs Henri
he'd Rad no visitors friends. except Mrs, -
Stri!e VINO kept small store IN Ooin,hae' On,as Mrs
Tr he sale of candy and family necessarles ~, ait
S,rbic was untn few months ago. ih'a' ibn honse
,fi.s p.ffv anl called frequently AT tne ny NY 80,
%t.5hi,rs say that Mss Petty had ahio"i'See. =.
t,t',iinn ., leave ali her property a. aI wc..,I ;,
lir. 'ttr,,. las, october Mrs. Strub'e moved l
Th, aT. Suspicion of the police was 81 dTee's6 ,Ts nous {
,,y5 ne oes wd) had helped - s"oFe up r .i' e1cl
%,,, ,wp wears ago. but jne P,n.r w. =. ,n
tis6J that tnsy We're entirely inhoceiHS S1 ~ ~.
,ir,a Tt.re was suspicion. also 81 a .sI''t w.,
crn,.c, from S,ate prison. Who 'NeL ny fnut m
tho petty house. and must nave ,L ~ bad con
,ty,a,'s prcu!iarities and the wealth sue "'u N0'
Y"stcriay William II Barnett whose WI "aiIrini-
,,,.io nf Miss Petty and wro wlli acI az - az T.,
~e.Hr made d search of the house re & rGni !, ~ ~
a. r,i,r on ;he tlrl floor o'N 'J., .
, in .,,nc Old dresscs several locl,e' 81. % y =
c,,r.9fnlrg sums of money. Ire P'SN u - 'i,e5r';
and L.tsr,I M with trash that seal ~ a,'.9e
q, ,-'u lo tn1roughly cleansed ana i.'-n = " -,
, -, ton 20 bottom for hidden tr'ou'e' -. =,
! ,Ir Miss petty paid Sl7 ~ N taxes Oh ngii nyii to
,i ,ars3ual property. one 81 ne HtT' Sl'o -,
- a. lint 50 flr as could he l,iru'I ~ "a Nv,
,,il,+, "a bonds and stocks w1rti lloi No.
+, .,-,,5 i.-.lp- bank stocks me nous. Va, Nv, ~,
F,., = nr ana !; was frae oi encdiiul i , i a''I q
> F,r rsrc. years tho woman 'rtW "U "Uu,,,nncbsd d
, r.r sfocks leaving the money uh'ouO"'''
+, she had 10 use Tor H.