The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-01
NEW MYSTERY IN NEW YORK
THE BODY OF 4 COLORED WOMAN
 FOUND ON SIXTH AVENUE.

Both Legs Were Cut OR Just Below the
 Knees--The Body Was Drained of Its En-
 tire Supply of BIood-The Remains Have
 Not Been Identified, Though Viewed by
 Hundreds.
 New York, March 31.-At o'clock this
 morning MT. Phillips, in pass
 ing down Sixth avenue saw a
 suspicious looking bundle inside
 the railing in front of No. 75. He saw
 human foot protruding from thescov-
 ering. He immediately ran to police
 station and told of his discovery.
 The sergeant on duty sent two men with a stretcher to bring the bundle to the station house. The bundle was found
 to contain the dead body of a colored
 woman. Both legs were cut off just be-
 low the knees, and were placed along side the hips, feet downwards.
 Around the neck was a piece of pink gauge or cheesecloth, about five feet long, which was twisted to serve as a rope. This was knotted once over the windpipe and drawn so tightly that the skin was broken and @ few drops of blood oozed out. The tongue was pro truding, and it was evident that death had been caused by strangulation.
 At the outer side of the right hip and extending to the lower part of the ab- domen was a large and jagged gash. The right leg was cut in a slanting di- rection, as though the mutilator stood near the body and guided the saw (the instrument undoubtedly useO down ward. There was a clean cut across the fibula about two inches from their articulation with the thigh bone. The left leg was cut straight across at the articulation.
 Bloody serum oozed from the mouth of the dead woman. Her eyes were closed and looked as though the lids had been pulled down after death. The arms lay across the breast, tied with a section of clothes line. A slip moose was made over the left wrist. then passed around the right wrist. The rope was then passed around the body, pinioning the arms closely to the chest, and the end secured in front in double knot. On the body was a tightly fitting white cotton chemise, which was sat uradted with blood, where it had come in contact with the severed limbs. The only other garment on the body was a cheap, black cloth skirt. There was nothing to indicate the identity of the woman. She was apparently twenty eight or thirty years old.
 When found the body was wrapped fin a large piece of canton flannel of old gold color, such as is used as a piano cover. Inside this was carpet and rug. On the chest was found piece of silicia of a purple color, six teen inches square.
 An important discovery in the es- timation of Police Captain Delaney was that of a small bag of common table salt and a small bottle of fluid of dark color. These, the captain thinks may lead to the detection of the mur- derer. Soon after the body had been brought to the station house crowd gathered and was allowed to view the but none could throw any light on the dead woman's identity.
 Captain Delaney detailed several off, cers on the case. He seemed to realize he had most difficult task to find the perpetrator of the murder. It seemed evident the crime had been committed some distance from the place where the body was found. Colored people in large numbers live in streets near where the body was found.
 The surprising thing is that the body could have been deposited where found attracting attention. This is a busy part of the avenue, especially on Saturday night, even up to Sunday The murder, the police think was done in a. house. They believe there must have been a large quantity of blood about the place where the cut ting was done, as the body was drained of it's whole supply of blood. The ob- ject of cutting off the legs, the police believe, was to place the body in a trunk, box or other small space for the l purpose of carrying it away from the l scene of the crime. The motive for the | crime can only be coniectured The l victims face was not that of absolute | though there were lines that l told of suffering and trouble.
 The colored people around the Ninth | ward are greatly excited about the l murder.
 Two detectives went to Railway. N. J., to-day in the hope of finding a clue to he identity Of the murdered woman or he murderer. It was stated that a piece of brown paper bearing the name If Jane E. Surindel was found on the lead woman's clothing, but no person If that name is known in Railway. | About ten days ago it is said, a colored domestic named Mattie Ivory left Rah- way for New York, since which time 1 nothing has been seen of her.
 It is claimed that the description of Mattie tallies closely with that of the woman. Among Matte l vory's lovers, it is said. was member if a colored minstrel troupe, which re- .ently played In Railway and who is believed to be at present in this city.
 Up to a late hour tonight 1t was r aid that no tangible clue to the perpe- rator of the crime had been found.