Evening journal., 1897-10-04
FOR HOME
Unfortunate Russian Girl Die
Not Get Very Far.
FOUND DEAD IN THE NORTH RIVER
There Was Cut on Her Throat WhicI
Doctors Say Was Made by a Sharp
Stone, but the Case Is One
Full of Mystery.

full OF Mystery
NEW YORK, Oct. A part OF the
mystery surrounding the body Of wo
man attired in mans overalls which |
was pulled from the North river at
Pier A was solved when Jacob anc
Nathan Zvirini identified the body as
that of their sister, Bessie Zvirini, q
years Old who disappeared from ia
cob's home, 1887 Lexington avenue, last
week. But the mystery of the death
Of the girl is still unsolved.
Coroner's Physician Donlon held al
autopsy and decided that death was
due to drowning. Concerning the cuts
on the face. he said they were due &c
contact with piles or some sharp object
in the water
When the body was first discovered
It was taken to the morgue. Night
Morgue Keeper Armstrong; attention
was attracted by the wounds. Directly
in front of the neck. about where the
Adams apple appears on a man, was
a deep incision, seemingly inflicted by
long, sharp, slender knife.
Across the left side of the face, extend
ing from the bridge of the nose to
point below and behind the left ear,
was q long, deep cash, which had sew
cred part Of the ear
From the indications plainly evident
upon the white, tender skin when the
body was first discovered Bessie Zvirini
was murdered The cash in the neck
was sufficient TO have caused death
alone, but il would have been slow
death. one which drowning could have
easily overtaken and passed.
This Bessie Zvirini was a Russian
Jewess. She lived with her brother
jacob a compostor on a Jewish news
paper She was a morose. sensitive
girl and was somewhat of a trial to her
New York relatives, who occasionally
sent her to stay with a sister near
Boston.
About six months ago Bessie became
seized with q desire to go back to
Russia. She wrote to her parents ask
ing them to send her money to make
the trip. They wrote back, discourag-
Ing the project, for they expected to
come to this country soon. About five
weeks ago she received a letter from
her mother advising her to stay in New
York Bessie became more morose aft
er receiving this letter She brooded in
hcr own room and refused to join the
other members of her brothers family
the house one morning attired only in
house wrapper. She was gone for
nearly "a hours. and when she returned
she refused to tell where she had been.
A week ago she disappeared again
with no hat or wrap. Two days later
her brother sent word to police head
quarters. and orders were given to look
out for her
The description of the body found in
the river prompted Jacob and Nathan
Zvirin to visit the morgue. They knew
their sister wore a well worn gold ring,
present from her mother. marked
"B D." Such a ring was found on the
finger of the corpse.
Jacob Immediately recognized the fea-
lures: he had already seen the ring
He became hysterical in the morgue
woman who was awaiting a chance
to view the body Of a relative in an
anteroom heard his loud cries and
tainted Jacob tore handfuls Of hair
from his head. He dragged his sharT
nails down his face and made long
bloody streaks. With difficulty the how
ling man was taken from the morgue
It took six men to hold him. His
brother, though weak and agitated
tried to help him, and got a sprainec
jaw for his pains.
The fact that overalls were found up
on the body makes the brothers thinl
that infamed with her desire to reacl
Russia, she wandered down to th'
docks. secured in some way possession
Of a pair of overalls. with shoulder
straps such as are used by painters
and attempted to work her way across
the ocean as a man. They believe hel
eha h0f
achieved partial success and that sh'
was put ashore.
What would prompt one to murde
this girl wearing a mans overalls is
matter of conjecture. Her brothers sa.
she had no sweetheart. Undoubtedly
from her actions, she was slightly de
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