The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-16
Her HEAD HACKED
The Body of an Unknown
Girl Found in the River
This Morning.
EVIDENTLY BRUTALLY MURDERED
Lightly Clad, as Though Killed
While Escaping From Soma
Eouse.
VIDENTLY BRUTALLY MURDERED

NEW YORK.. Nov. 16, 1893 The body e4
young woman. whose tacs, despite
several CHASTITY wounds. showed traces Of
beauty. was found floating in the East
River, at the foot of Pier 46 this morning.
As soon as tina policemen gaEsd upon
1t they knew they had another OF the
rivers mysteries to grappls with. Be-
yond the shadow of doubt sne had bean
murdered.
Almost in the centre of the fershsa d,
starting from the roots OF her dark
brown hair. was the wound that had laid
open the skull down 20 the right eyebrow:
Another wound laid open the bono half
way from the left ear across to the ose
under the eye. There was still another
wound showing where some instrument
had crashed through the jaw, extending
an inch or more down the neck on bhe
left side.
ALL HATCHET WOUNDS.
Every wound seemed to have besn
made by sharp hatchet. which left no
Jagged edge whatever. Almost any one
of them would have been sufficient 70
cause death. They evidently had ali
been delivered by q stronR hand, and the
victim must have besn In such position
that she was unable even TO raise al arm
in defense.
Any idea that the injuries could have
been caused by the paddle wheels or
propeller of some steamboat while the
body wasin the water Is dispeled BY
the fact t<at blood had trlckled from
every wound. Besides, the wounds were
100 clean cut.
Who the girl is, where she came from,
or this Identity of her murderer, are
subjects which the police have to deal
with.
So far, not single mark of Identifies
ton has been found. Her clothing wi1l
be examined in the Morgue this aftee>
noon.
rhe girl could not. from her appsar-
ance, have heen more than twentv-four
years old. IT looKs count for anything,
| she was either an Irish or German girl.
probably an Immigrant. The body had
| not been in the water more than two or
three davs.
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
BesideI the cuts oa tns mead there are
many other things which carry out in It's
entirety the fact of the girl having been
| murdered. She was only half dressed,
wearing no dress of any kind. Her
clothing had evidsatly been put on hurS
riediy. as If the girl, realizing her sHr4
rounding. was making haste to leave.
Two employees of the company. ma ned
Dougherty and Lesks. saw it first and
called the attention of PAtrolman Mag
ener OF the Steamboat Squad to II. At
that time the body was within few
yards of the pier.
They tried to get it MP by means ol
gr ppling hooks aud ropes. but they only
sueceeded in sending It further ont.
| Then they got n yawl from one of the
schooners that was lying near and rowed
out.
Nearly half an hour was spent in that
manner, and in that time hundreds of
| people had assembled to watch the oper-
ations. When the body was finally
| dragged up on the string piece, there was
cry of horror at the appearance which
( the girls head presented.
The body was then stretched out at
full length. and while Policeman Ma
genor ran to the police station to make
out his report, Patrolmau Lambrecht.
also of the steamboat squad. stood on
| guard. A rough piece of sscking was
| thrown over the body.
| The Coroner's Office was notified al
| most Immediately of the discovery, and
| a call sent for the dead wagon.
| There is just q posi- bllity that the
body Is the same seen floating yesterday
in the East River near pier 4. report
| of which was made bv the steamboat
| squad for the first time this morning. It
was first seen by the captain of the tug
| Eastern at 1880 O'Clock In the morning,
and he at once reported the matter to the
| police.
The latter at once manned two boats
aud rowed to pier 4. They spent several
hours searching for the body, but could
not find it.