The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-03
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
SEE DOES ETERYrHTNg THIr TEE
DOCTOR TELLS HER.

Two Arrests n the Csss Testerssy-Aa
Ainshouss rsupsr Was In Msrion =
RurIough on the Night OF the Crime
The Girl May Bs AbIs 90 Spesh To-day.
Miss May BsrrowcllIe. the young music
teacher " Jersey City who was brutallY as
saulted with a stone last Friday night and left
for dead in a vacant lot at Marion. a part Of
Jersey City. IL slowly recovering. Conscious
ness had bsen partially restored yesterday.
She was able to comprehend what was said 10
her. although unable to answer. DIR. W. w.
varick. the visiting surgeon ut the City Hospi-
tai. dressed the young woman's wounds yes
terday morning. Ho said Afterward that she
recognized him and understood everything he
said.
Il told her" he said. Ito put out her ton que
ard she obeyed at once. She pulled It back
again. and l told her to put II out further.
She did so. Then Iaskod her to squeeze my
hand hard In order 10 make myself certain
that che understood me. and she squeezed It.
After had finished dressing her head. l adj
vised her to roll over and go to sleep again.
She at once turned over on her side In an easy
posture and closed her eyes"
DR.. Varick Is convinced that consciousness
has partly returned. but the young woman's
mind Is still befogged. There is very little
doubt now OF her ultimate recovery. and It ia
possible that she may be able to make an in
telliGent statement to-day.
The detectives, under the direction OF Police
Superintendent Smith, are working tirelessly.
Clue after clue has been hunted down but there
have been no definite results. The police got
on new trail yesterday afternoon, and man
has been arrested. That fact is being kept a
profound secret however Although the sus-
pect has been locked up his name has not been
entered on the records and unless sufficient
4 a. al. A.
crime it never will be. Tho suspect is tramp
or pauper who. with the consent Of the county
authorities, makes his home at the county
almshouse at Snake HILL The inmates OF the
almshouse get an occasional furlough for n
day. or two days, to go and see their friends in
ioSeh on Friday, and he left the Institution in
the morning. 1t IL understood that he has
MSrOn snDSS @ in bs the l SfP
TUNED to snake Hin, between 2 and 10
wet and muddy The next day he exhlb-
tied some money. and told some Of the
had given it to him. 1t is thought that he may
be the man who was seen by Louis klemm
ton o sss The noss
IN The Sun on MOndsy: KIemm was waking
positive It was between 9 80 and 6:45. because
ing. Between the Westsids Cemetery and
Kensington avenue man came running
sSsr 4 R ru mmS on Snva
ssSsd in ether
the dinner basket which he carried in his
hand. Klemm said no. With that the man
in the darkness Kiemm watched him aud saw
him turn his head and look back over his
neighboring street lamp Klemm says he was
able to see the mans features and notice his
clothinG one thing that st5sSk kis% par.
countenance and he looked Ike q tramp. lie
wore a derby hat, a dark ,ySoilen shirt: and
swers the description. OF the clothing in, the
possession of the police cannot be determlned
per or tramp whichever he is, viii be placed
with other men this morning. aud klemm will
But even II Kiemm does identify him It will
not be conclusive evidence that he Is the
guilty man T th be E sms6 Sdss that M?s
Klemm met the man fifteen or twenty min;
utcs aiterward. certainly not more than half
NIT the crime. But the scream heard or sup.
posed to have been heard by Mrs. Christie and
the Coppinger girls was about ten minutes be-
the time. IL klemm's Judgment OF tho time Is
nnO and ad'RssI aeT e
fore the scream was heard. As kiemm and
Mrs Christie and the Coppinger girls are only
guessing about the time however. and rs Mrs.
Smith is not positive that Miss Barrowcliffe
lett her house at exactly b:lJ. something
tangible may develop from the arrest OF the
DR.. Varicf' Dr. Watson. ana the other doc
tors who have studied the case still insist that
It would be a most physical impossibility for
tho young woman TO withstand fourteen hours
exposure under the existing conditions. The
wound in her head, the exhaustion resulting
from the terrible struggle she must have made.
tho shock, and the exposure to the elements
for that length OF time. would have Killed
much more robust woman than Miss Harrow
ellie. The opinion OF the doctors Is little moro
than theory. however. Every indication lends
TO the conclusion that the young woman was
assaulted. Just where she was found on satur'
After choking her into insensibllity the man
Of his crime. The fact that a SILVER coin was
found near the place where the body was dis
covered is an indication that the robbery was
There is another suspect In custody in Jersey
City. He Is negro tramp and gives his name
as George Williams. He was picked up by PO-
liceman Bruen in Exchange place. near the
searched at the police station an IRON bolt
about a foot long with a nut screwed on one
end was found In his possession.
stealing rides on railroad trains part OF the
way and walking the other part. lie reached
Newark Friday morning; and then walked to
jersey City, He thinks he did not reach Jer.
sey City unit! Saturday morning, but he is not
sure about that. Superintendent Smith asked
what he carried the iron holt for, and he said
he carried IL in case Of accident;
this city. and II he couldn't get ANYTHING to
eat or any work he would break a window and
get locked up The wound In Miss Barrow
cllffes head might have been inflicted with
sueh a weapon as the negro carried.
Let the Secretary or the NAVY Try IL.
q. waI Ian -