The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02
STILL UNIDENTIFIED.
Detectives Completely Baffled
in Their Efforts to Solve
New York's Murder
Mystery.

a mysterious murder in sornes other city
startles the country at large it has al
ways been the boast of New York resi-
dents that such crime could not occur
in this city without the perpetrator be-
ing at once taken into custody and the
mystery solved. This IS an idle boast,
however. Within the past year several
mysterious murders have been commits
ted in this city and the police have yet
to find the murderers The strangling of
Minnie Weldt and the butchery of little
Susan Martin have not yet been cleared
up. Now the mystery of the strange
colored woman found murdered and wrap
ped up in bundle in front of the Man
haitian Bank Note Building at Sixth ave-
hue and Waverly place. has given the
Central office detectives an excellent OPP
portunity to exercise their ability.
The murder was discovered on Sunday
morning and stin no arrests have been
made. and even the victim has not been
identified What efforts the detectives
are making to solve the mystery they are
keeping to themselves. and under cover
of secrecy they convey the impression
that they have made further progress
than they are credited with.
The first step the detectives are TAX
DETECTIVES STILL AT SEA.
Then they will have a tangible clue
to the mystery. The detectives were so
much at sea as ever this morning IN
regard to the murder. according to their
own admissions.
A peculiar feature of the case today
was the lack Of clues and theories There
were no new suggestions offered that
were any way plausible. One of the best
clues the police have is the plush cover
ing that was wrapped around the body.
The theory Of the woman being muI-
dered in a stable close to where her
body was found. still strongly exists.
1t was said today that the plush cover
ing might well answer for a lap robe or
horse blanket. On the other hand, it
might also be a tawdry port!ere or a rug.
But little credence is placed in the
Identification of the murdered woman
which was made yesterday by Medorah
Robinson, of Jersey City, who said she
saw the young woman in the, waiting
room of the Delaware & Lackawanna
Medorah Robinson talked to said she
came from Heathsville, Va. The near
est telegraph station is Fredericksburg.
Va. The police sent telegram there
last night to be carried to Heathsville.
An answer has not yet been received at
Police Headquarters. Examining the case
closely it is apparently certain that the
woman was not murdered by a stranger.
If, as some suppose, that she was q
disreputaTble woman, and met death
at the hands of a fiendish visitor, it is
not at all likely that the murderer would
carry away her body He would natur-
ally leave his victim where, ne killed her
the risk Of capture by burcenfng himself
w. NOME SEEM TO KNOW HER.
Then again it could only have been
some one intimate with the dead woman
who could have surprised her while she
slept A jealous husband or discarded
lover might be looked for in the murder.
Detective McAdam this morning took
Governeur w. Morton, a colored man, OF
No. IA Cornelice street to the Morgue
to see if he could identify the woman;
After taking a long look at the body
Morton declared that he had seen the
woman on Saturday night, between eight
and ten O'Clock in DevalpS restaurant on
the south side of Sixth avenue, one door
from Bleecker street
She was in the comlpany OF a negro
whom he could not very well describe
but whom he said he could identity i'm,
mediately. His attention was attracted
to a table close by, at which sat the man
and woman. She did not appear to be
hungry and the man asked her why she
reply. Shortly afterwards the man paid
the check and they went out.
Morton described the clothing the wom
an wore and it tallies exactly with. thai
found on the woman. Morton said he
knew every negro in that locality, but
had never seen the couple before.
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