The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
P1TEEsON,S MURDER MYSTERY.
Chased as Another slack tho Ripper" Case

Chased as Another slack the Ripper Case
The stack on Miss Lynch-HeIp Came
Great Excitement in Paterson.
Paterson, March 6.-The murder of
Mary f. Sullivan bids fair to go down
in the criminal history of New Jersey
as unsolved and unexplained mystery.
The young woman was brutally man
gled in one Of the most frequented
streets in the central portion of the
city, and evidently made a desperate
struggle for her life.
Ten minutes before the woman was
found police sergeant passed the spot
where the murder occurred, and yet
the murderer escaped and left not the
slightest clew that offers any hope of
his being captured. The police admit
that they are completely rnystifled, and
are cropping in the dark, with little
hope of ever bringing the murderer to
justice.
There is no doubt that the heavy
iron coupling pin that was found in
the lot at Eighteenth street and Madi-
son avenue, near where Miss Sullivan
WAS IluTuGISu, WAS luS lilSlI QlllGllt
with which murder was done The
stains on the Jagged head of it are blood
stains, the authorities say. No chemi-
cal analysis has yet been made of them,
but they will be subjected to such a
test in order absolutely to confirm this
belief. The pin bears the mark of the
Susuuehanna railroad, whose tracks
cross Madison avenue but two blocks
from the scene of the murder.
This fact has led to general belief
that the murder was the work of a
tramp.
Olaf Peterson, the man who discov-
cred the girl when she was still alive
but partly unconscious, has not told all
the girl said before she became uncon-
s,cious. excepting to the police, as he
has been instructed to keep secret what
he knows until the inquest is held.
County Physician Johnson said to-
day that the murder seemed to be de-
void of any motive, and he was inclined
to place the case in the category of the
slack the Ripper" class. He said it
had been clearly established that the
motive for the crime was not robbery,
and the autopsy showed that outrage
had not been attempted.
There were at least dozen wounds
on the young womans body, mostly
about the head face and hands, frac-
ture of the skull extended all around
the head. and DR.. Johnson is of the
opinion that Miss Sullivan was first
struck about the face and hands and
knocked down, and that as she lay on
the ground the murderer crushed in
her skull with the car coupling pin.
County Physician Johnson said thai
having concluded the autopsy he hac
turned the case over to Coroner Good
ridge who would make a searching IN
vestigation. The coroner has adjourn
ed the inquest to give the police ano
detectives opportunity to work on the
case.
Great indignation is expressed here
over the brutal crime. The common
council chamber was crowded until {
late hour last night, when a specia
meeting was held to take action on thu
murder of Miss Sullivan. Many promi
urged that the city authorities should
take prompt steps to do everything
in their power to bring the murderel
to justice.
The reward of $500 which was offered
by the common council for the arres
and conviction of the murderer is hard.
Iy thought an adequate amount to b.
an incentive to bright detectives II
work on the case. The city chartel