The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-02


was had just turned out of West Side ave-
nue.. Tbs would be about the time Miss
Barrowchff would have reached that
| spot, supposing she had come that
way after leaving the Smiths resi-
dence. At first Miss Carpenter thought
| it was man, but now concludes it was
woman. So that it would seem it this was
really the fact, Miss Barrowcliff was way
/ laid ON Sip avenue and dragged to the lot.
Had she been attacked while crossing the
4 lot Miss Carpenter would have seen her.
| If Miss Carpenter really saw Miss Barrow
| cliff then the tramp theory receives greater
strength There was only one person, not
| an escort as some say, and Miss Barrowciiff
was met on Sip avenue by the ruff1an or
ruffians and dragged back over the lot.
MANNER OF THE CRIME.
The next puzzle is the manner of the
crime.
From the nature of the ugly wounds on
the head, the doctors are in doubt as to the
weapon used. There is nothing in surgery
which will enable doctor to determine
whether wound was caused by the person
falling against weapon or the weapon
striking him. Hence a large number believe
| that the girl was first robbed, outraged and
then flung over the rocky embankment.
The position of the body when found
might bear this out. She lay face down
ward, and the rocks above give some slight
evidence of a struggle having taken place.
But mere again bho lHuSic rou plsSSut. a
difficulty How came that music roll beside
her if she was first attacked on Sip avenue
and dragged back into the lot and then flung
over the rocks, the police ask. Although
the difference of opinion as to the manner OF
the crime is a secondary matter, yet 1T goes
far in determining the nature OF the deed.
That robbery was the prime motive, every
body seems to agree upon. Her money was
gone and the scoundrel OF scoundrels had
even torn the gloves from her hands In
search for rings. These, however, were not
taken, as they were too tight on her fingers.
DR.. w. W. Varick yesterday examined
her gloves and found them ripped up the
backs and centre, and the fingers turned in
side out.
1t is generally believed that Miss Barrow
cliff had plenty of money with her. Mrs.
Smith declares that when she paid her four
dollars Miss Barrowciff, in putting. the
money into her purse, exposed roll OF bills
cliff borrowed her carfare to get to the
Smiths house If this be SO then all the
rascal got was 81.
ON THE GROUND.
He left behind him after the horrible deed
was done ten cent piece, and this coin OF
1890 JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter picked
up on the spot on Saturday evening. Two
of the representatives of this paper went
carefully over the lot and examined particu-
lally that portion where Miss Barrowclif
was found. Although the ground had been
trampled over by hundreds of visitors and
the snow had spread in their mantle over the
place, vet the blood-stained earth and dis
turbed ground silently tell hideous story of
outrage and attempted murder.
ANOTHER DIFFICULTY.
A fourth difficulty in the case is the n Nm
Der of assailants, and on this point opin rs
are as numerous as sands on the seash ie.
But if Louis Klemm, painter living N
ff,f halin x,a6 N
only did the deed, and that man was dark
complexioned young fellow, dressed i'll dark
clothes Klemm, when interviewed, said
esLast Friday evening was walking along
West Side avenue towards home. l had
reached the cemetery and had got along to-
wards the middle of the fence, which sepa-
rates it from the street, when heard the
sound of man running at the top of his
speed. could not see the man, although
looked ahead to see who oe was. 1t must
have been that when / first heard him he
was as far away as Smiths house.
81 walked slowly on, gripping my xalise,
in which carry my luncheon, for thought
it might be robbei, and was going to hit
him in the face with it.. Soon he came into
view, and saw that as he ran he looked
back over his shoulder, as if he thought some
one were following him. When he got to the
entrance to the alley go up to go home,
he stopped and looked back and all about
watching him closely. i could see him well
by the light of the gas lamp just across the
street. at the corner of iStuyvesant avenue.
He was a short, heavily built man, dressed in
rough dark clothes. He had short coat
cut square around the bottom. He had
dark complexion and wore no beard. /
should know him if / saw him again. He
was young man. He looked like tramp
OF bum. He was dirty, as if he had been
working in coal.
i.He was all out of breath and was painting
violently. When l got close to him he
said
Have you got nothing left in your
satchelF
Il noticed his expression because it made
me think he was foreigner, as he ought to
have said, Have you got anything left in
your satchelY / said to him, No. and he
stared at me, then said, Excuse me- or
something like that, and set out on the run
again. l looked after him. and saw him
look back over his shoulder as he ran. |
went home and think I got there at about
$40 p M. told my folks about the man
that evening"
There are many who corroborated Klemm
in his statement that he told his folks ON Fri
day evening about meeting the strange man,
but the police ridicule the statement, and in
fact laugh at anything suggestive of the
tramp theory.
The superintendent and detectives have
made up their minds that 1t Is friend OF
Miss Barrowcliffe who is the perpetrator of
this deed, and no other.
ssOn the face of it" says one of the police
officers, s'the crime looks much like the out
RACES done by negroes in the South. But
don't thiuk a negro did this, nor do think a
tramp did it."
MISS BARRowCLIFF IMPROVING.
Miss Barrowclif is rapidly improving, and
it is thought will soon have recovered her
senses sufficiently to tell who her assailant
was. DR.. w. w. Varick, the consulting
physician, called at the City Hospital
at 1920 o'clock this morning and
dressed Miss Barrowcliff's wound.
He was with her for about half an hour
When he returned from the ward where she
lies JERSEY CRY NEWS reporter had an
interview with him.
s'She is improving rapidly" he said. She
recognized and spoke to me but her mind is
still befogged. By this afternoon she may
be able to tell something, but again, it may
be several days before she can talk clearly
'sWhat did she say to you?"
Il asked her if she knew me and she said
Yes then told her to put out her tongue
She obeyed Immediately and appeared to
understand everything l said to her. When
was through dressing her wound / told her
she had better roll over and go to sleep
again. She turned to an easy position and
closed her eyes,