The evening world., 1894-03-22
DEEP IN MYSTERY.
No Light on the Butchery Of
Susie Martin.
Following Up the Theory that a
Chinaman Killed Her.
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Traces OF Ammonia Found on the
Child's Body.

The detectives are as far from solv-
ing the mystery regarding the butch
cry of Susie Martin as ever A ru-
mark made by n Central Ohice man
this morning serves to illustrate their
position.
I'VE have been detailed on the case"
said he, "snce early yesterday. and
our orders at the start were not to re-
port to the Office until we had some
news. We haven't reported at Head
quarters yet"
The boiled trunk Of the poor little VIC
tim still remains at the Morgue. Mr..
Martin is very angry at the refusal OF
DIR. .O'Hare, of the Coroner's office. to
issue n certificate enabling him to bury
the body. Dr. OHare and the parents
do not agree that the trunk is that OF
Susie Martin.
The doctor declares the trunk showed
oonclLsively that II belonged to body
of a child not more than nine years old.
The Martins say Susie was eleven years
old.
The father and Undertaken Farmer,
of Ockler & Farmer. Of West Forty
second street, near Ninth avenue, were
at the Coroners' office ut noon to-day,
vainly trying 10 see DIR. O'Hare. He
alone can issue the certificate for burial,
and. inasmuch as what remains of the
body cannot be harmed by a days extra
delay In interment. II is unlikely that
the tia e. toroners office will grant the Ger; Ger;
be In Calvary Cemetery.
Beyond the scientific point raised by
Dr.. O'Hare that the girth OF the torso
and the bones OF the shoulder show the
body TO be that of nine.year-old child.
trunk found in the Thirty ninth street
cellar Is all that remains of the body OF
Susie Martin. The most convincing evi-
dence is the clothing in which the trunk
child in the neighborhood is missing.
Before moving TO 636 Eleventh avenue,
the Mastins lived at 44S West Thirty
ninth street. only half a block away
| found.
Detectives Valley, Dowling; F.vanhoe
working on the case this morning. but
were almost hopeless. The door leading
to the cellar at bl7 West Thirty-ninth
street was locked to-day. by a branj-new
last evening by. an agent OF the Ste
venson estate, which owns tine tenement
house and the brewery at ,he corner.
set up by THE Evening World" yester-
day that the crime was the work of a
Chinaman. Laundries by the score have
Deen visited Dy tne ueteCtlNes.
IT Is admitted that one entirely unac-
quainted with the premises at 5l7 West
Thirty-ninth street could not have found
his way into that cellar at night The
steps leading from the yard to the cellar
| are rickety and steep, and to total
stranger would be extremely dangerous
to descend. 1t Is folly to fancy that the
| body was put in the cellar In the day
time. Too many persons are passing In
and out of the hallway leading to the
yard in the daytime, and a strangers 3
presence in the yard would have been
noticed.
Weight Is added to the clue that the
boiling OF the body was done in laun-
dry by the finding Of what DR.. Edison
says are particles of ammonia on the
| clothing Of the child and the strong odor
OF ammonia which emanates from the
body. AS an, offset. IT is stated; that
there would be a natural exudation OF
ammoniacal properties from the body in
| the boiling OF the same.
Ammonia is used largely by laundry
| men in boiling clothes for a quick
| cleansing OF the garments. These facts
following up the Chinese laundry. clue,
enlarged on by The Evening World"
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