New-York tribune., 1896-05-15
KILLED AND THROWN OVERBOARn
BODY OF AN UNKNOWN WOMAN. IN
MOUTH COVERED WITH A GAG. COME
ASHORE AT STATEN ISLAND

ASHORE AT STATEN ISLAND.
| The body OF a murdered woman with n,
| over her mouth. was found yesterday morah,
floating In the Lower Bay at a point oppoA
| Lincoln-ave.. Grant City. Staten Island n
| body was dragged ashore by John GrsvoN,
| fisherman, who was gathering driftwod b
| wife first saw the body. and called the alta
| ton OF her husband TO II. II was then shoa
fifteen feet out He waded out and brought
to the beach. He then saw the gag. and at oua
sent word to Coroner John I. Oates. whcpa
charge OF the body. o.
The woman was about thirty years CID 81
was partly dressed. and her clothing wss 4
only fairly good texture. Two stab wound
two fractures Of the skull and contusions dths
breast were the cause OF death.
The woman wore a brown Henrietta cbA
skirt. q blue polka dot waist OF ginghau. .
white chcmise cut square and filled In ua
embroidery at the neck. and a pair Of b'aet
corsets. Her shoes were OF the oxford pas'
tern, cut low. and tipped with patent leatSe
The body OF them was made OF dongo'a hd, aae
their size was seven They were appa0nW
new. The womans stockings were OF cotton
heavy and brown In color. The body Wa -
badly decomposed that recognition ana 10
establishment OF her nationality were inpe
sible. There was no jewelry on her p<noa a.
cept a gold earring. circular In shape IN ne
right ear The body is five feet In nesnt sns
is that OF q woman OF fine physque IN
woman had q heavy head OF jet-olaek sah n8
teeth were we'll set and regular excerpt i@
few In the lower Jaw.
The autopsy. which was made VI D.
Goodwin OF stapleton. NAILED that NJ v0nAA
had been murdered. and that her deas ecunsa
before she entered the water This Ssensn'
was reached In the face Of contradictoy coou'
tions. On the right thigh there was nir
wound caused by a stab. fully five inches D0
and running horizontally with the limb IN ".
right side OF the neck there was stao "'a's
about two inches long and directly above "
tugular vein. The wounds. however was ""
such as would cause death. but had merely pne
trated the muscular tissue. On the Hsn' ~"
OF the head there was a skull ifse'~s
Y-ehaped. extending back about two incnes .'s
downward about one inch. There was ="
fracture on the left SIDE OF the skui' aoou' y.
inch long Both these wounds were o"e~
back and over the eyes and had been made w.
a heavy instrumen. o. some SORT. Ne''"'
them extended to the interior surface o' INC -
and were not sufficient - cause deatn ~ VD~
There were also large confusion ana a".'
on the right chest above the breast "hNa !.
discolored and below which large quan''s. -.
coagulated blood were found. This e'"'"
resulted also from beating.
The woman's body showed no o'her na'' a.,
violence Around her mouth as gag "s' -
n handkerchief. which was douole-Kho''eu
knot was directly over the mouth, ho'u"e -,
teeth tightly closed The handkerchiei wa, 49,.
ried around the back Of her head. The '0". !.
OF the woman's organs revealed ina. sue sun r,uf
a healthy condition. Her body wss .,s vhcA
ished. DR.. Goodwin said the coho'"on, ,.",ar vsS
existed were contradictory In 'hat no u,si IN
found in the lungs or stomach. the san,v aS. ben
OF drowning He said she had eViueus" mt
thrown overheard after being murue's -, srubs
she was murdered he said there wss so nv mot eu6s
He said the fractures Of the skull weIs I'D px
cient 10 cause death, but the wo!nan -. m,Gne
been drowned. He said. however; thas a, into ths
have been stunned and then thro""
water. ,,rrd over the
The handkerchief which was iounS i"r. slight
mouth was devoid OF any marks eAesr rsade n
discoloration, which might have osh s,sh ar mud
contact with some black substance s ss too btuo
II was OF fairly good texture ana pA'
stripes around the border. ..