New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-01
REVOLVING AND MYSTERIOUS
A COLORED WOMAN STRANGLED AND
CUT TO PIECES.

FOUND IN sIxrH-AvE. AT DAwN-No TRACE OF
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES THAT HE
HAD MADE CLUMSY PREPARATIONS
TO CONVEY THE BODY TO SOME
PLACE AT \ DISTANCE
FROM THE SCENE
OF THE CRIME.
The body of a colored woman. with hoth legs cut
off at the knee. and large gash at the I'e"' mp
was found at c O'Clock yesterday morning in 'front.'
of No 75Sixth-ave The police have as yet no clew
10 the murderer or to what was the motive lot
the crime II was shortly after dawn that MI
Phillips passing down SXth-ave.. saw suspicious
looking bundle inside the iron railing IN front Oh
No II He bent over the bars and saw human
foot sticking out from under the covering. lie
ran Immediately to the Charlesst station, ana the
sergeant sent two men with stretcher 10 prihE
the object to the station house.
Around the womans neck was piece OF PINK
cbeesecloth about five feet long. and twisted to
serve as a rope This was knotted once over the
wlndpipe and drawn so tightly that the SKIN was
broken and n few drops of blood had oozed out
The tongue was protruding as in cases OF s'rahsu-
laton on the right cheek also there was oloou'
but no serious wound. on the right MP extend
ING to the front of the lower part of the abdomen
was a large and jagged CASH The right leg was
ont in a slanting direction. though the mu-
t,lator had stood the body and pointed the
knife downward The arms lay across the breast
tied with a piece of ordinary clothesine slip
moose was made the left wrist ana passed
round the right wrist. and then the rope was put
around the body once. pinionlng the arms closely
70 the chest the end being secured in front In a
double knot
The body had on a cheap black skirt There was
no,hnc to indicate the identity of the dead woman
except possibly plain gold ring on the third finger
of the left hand She was apparently about
twenty-eight or thirty years old. When found the
body was wrapped In large piece OF canton nan
mel of an od-gold color. Inside this was piece OF
orn-out carpet and a cheap rug. ON the cheSt
was found a piece of purple silesia about sixteen
inches square. to which adhered thin emp OF
blood-stained bone. \ more important discovery
In the estimation Of Captain Delaney, was tha' oil
a small bag of common table salt and a small bot
tie OF fluid of a dark color These may help the
police 10 trace the murderer NO 20 SiNth-aVe.'
where the body found is the New-1ork Bank
Note Companys building on the corner OF way
Grey Place. Next door Is Luerssens pharmacy
The area where the body lay is about twenty feet
long and four feet wide
The dead woman was placed on the floor in the
back ROOM at the station-houSe, and everyone was
admitted TO see the body in hopes Of identification
There was a succession Of men. women and chill
dren colored and white. but all shook their heads
when asked if they knew who the woman was
The absence of blood at the spot where the pouy
was found and the fact that the clothes about the
body were not bloody 20 10 sho" that the
killing was done In an entirely different pace
The object for cutting off the legs the police be-
Meve. was to place the bod" in a trunk DON Vi
other small space. fot the purpose OF carrying "
away from the scene of the crime. The gdsh on
the hin is explained on the theory that the muir
dere- had started to dismember the body there be-
ing ignorant of anatomy. Il seems certain too.
that the murderer counted upon having the DoS
mass under observation without exciting susPc'on'
The salt he expected 70 prevent GeSo2o ord were
greatly excited over the CHASTITY discovery ne
Women especially seemed frightened II was ne
,mysterv arout ii that impressed their IMAGINATION
and MOI the mere death. The roici pc',,,,e la''
a. M afternoon removed the body TO the Morgue,
Will. people were still crowling TO the saton-hous@
Denuty Coroner Albert T. Weston. who made a
rost-mortem examination, found that the thyrold
Cartilage OF the trachea adams app.el mad been
me deep muscles Of the throat. behind the rachea
This as3 was causfh p ,se ne Close the .arynx
The cutting the legs and hip ne SAD; was Gong
A. n. hip was made. and Dr. Weston saI the
cutting was done n three efforts f by some As
TO the impemsnt u VIZ oT night have been done
win a butchers cloaVer It cOud nave beefl
done with a knife ana sharp hatchet. ~ Wa no,
skilled work. but The worker had muscle anu
( s,rik.ns point in the prs-morero examination
VA the fact mat 1 ng Si bsvc ron six or mor
hours previou. 10 death without iak.ng atS am nm
S ST o. BY ron the Deputy va coTonsr
What the cause Of this entorced aos'hen i
from Tool and wha' was she undergoing during
thar time? The murder might have ben CON
SATURDAY. night late. early yesterday inprhiIs'
certsr.y not previous - SATURDAY evening". ~.
Weston said The woman had not been dea' '"'"'
hours when found. go ,ho
Two o. the detectives who are at WORE on Inc Inc
Went 70 Railway. ~ j. IN me hoi- ~ ',1, ,,r
a clew 70 the identity OF the woman or me mutr
derer. II said that piece OF brown paicIl
bearing the name o. Jane +. Surndel was ioumn
In the wOmans clothes. - no person oi tlal hinI'
is known in Railway. II was said there that col
ored servant named Matte Ivory LEFT tsahWaN LOT
New-York about ten days ago, since when nothihg
has been heard OF heT. and that the description 81
Matte italics pretty closely with that Of the muir
derod woman. Her friends believe Jhai possibly
she may be the victim. Among M1tt" IVORY
lovers. Il Is said. member Of a color"d min,
sirel troupe which recently played In Railway, and
who Is believed TO be at present In this city