The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-20
LIGHT ON THE MURDER.
JRhCEs or THE MEy VINO KILLED
THE OIRL Al so III NORWdLk.

ford-Thr Men Traced Back 20 Stamford
Ater the Crimc Had Hren Committed
several Trainm-n Identify the Victim.
sorTu NoRwALK. Conn, Feb. 1y.-Some Of
the mystery surrounding the murder Of the
young Italian woman whose body was found on
the tracks OF the New YORK. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad between East Norwalk and
westport on Wednesday night has been cleared
mp. The woman's identity. however. has not
ret been established. and until that 10 done
there is little likelihood Of discovering the muir
derer. ltdocs not seem possible. however. that
the womnn's Identity can long remain q mys-
terry.
As a result Of their days work Coroner Doten.
Medical Examiner Burk. ana Chief Of Police
Vollmer were able to say that the murdered wo-
man. In company with two men. left Stamford
on the east-bound train ut D:oiP Pm. Wednesday.
The three left the train at East Norwalk at 0:44
o'clock. Tho woman was not seen alive after that.
The two men, however. boarded a trolley car ut
East NorwAik ut 1924 o'clock. rode to South
Norwalk. left tho trolley there, and walked to
tho South Norwalk railroad station. They left
South Norwaik for stamford at 1o:53. The
last seen OF tho men was when they
left tho train ut Stamford. Tho authors
ties also obtained accurate descriptions
Of the mon and obtained an identification. 40
far as a comparison OF appearances goes, OF the
ouhn wv ssSN hfeN We
woman camo from Stamford, no one has been
found there. thus far, who can tell who sho Ia
This leads 10 the belief that both the woman
and the men were strangers in Stamford.
The Coroner's inquest was resumed at the
Office uf Medical Examiner Burk this morning.
The first important testimony was given by
Robert NJ. Russell. a trainman on the New
York, New Haven and Hartford road. attached
10 cast-bound train No. 20. which left New
Ut. -. a -s.l-AA. an Mad t1h n
tes,ifying before the Coroner, he said:
"when the train reached stamford at
p,2l l.. NJ. on Wednesday three Italians
boarded the train. First n woman got on and
took the first seat In the car directly behind the
smoker. The woman is the ono whose body wns
found on the tracks near East Norwalk. can
not be mistaken as to It's identity.
Just before tho train pulled out OF the station
at stamford two Italian men got aboard and
took seats in tho smoker. Ono man was con-
sIderably shorter than the other. The short
man was about . feet Q inches tall. about 81
years old. and thicK-set. lie had II slight mus
tache. wore n small. black soft hat
and n short, square.cut. double-breasted
coat, ana was smoking a , short c clay ploe.
and no older. He was darker In complexion.
aid much more slender. lie wore n small round
cap. and weighed about 100 pounds. Neither
man wore mn overcoat.
MY attention was attracted to the, woman.
~ Jul iNkuVhNlb " hNt S'@'s
step out into the aisle. and look at the two mon
In the forward car: After a time | asked her
smoker she said see man. see man
Just after we left Rowayton. the first station
west OF south Norwalk. the shorter OF tho two
men asked me. in broken English. if the tram
stopped at the next station. and ! told him that
, The, NE NEXT .,c cs%siGn ih s.. f fSssH he S S.E.& w T"a
was the station beyond that | told. elm East
:NSrwalk, ard Gdw he s, nSdaed hts his head head d and said
and he handed out three tickets for South Nor
walk and fifteen cents, indicating that he paid
'""AitE East SorwaiE tho TWO men got out and
stood on the station platform. The woman re-
% 1ns tS so on o. ts' %F fss msn q bt .hs Ss5 as % II h "TT but
.,,ll she stood there: Then ! lrs said to her:
station, station. VIII" Then y she f istt 1 the trans, Tans but sG Te!
manned standing very near II. The two men had
m1Tes SG ,oae, inS p iu., i6en "p "a. w train 's pnIleS
out OF the station and ! saw no more OF them"
h.: Jo a.sb af E.., 3 So %S!er"s and Tu sSasS s : srSlisy f far
st io:34 o'clock Sn Wedns.day night, two itai,
ton. they had %droppoa from the embsnE msnt
above the railroad tracks. and. hailing the
~, ds:sripIiGn Of them sorrs.pondsS
tho woman at the East .NerwalE station as
given by Russell. Howard wilniot. conductor
,nohy. and added that the two men left the car
ut Monroe street, South Norwalk.
Elton =; Baker: night .isks, agent at It'll, the
IO;45 o'clock Oh Wednesday night two Italians
came into the station: Baker here described
Russell. leslie. ana Wllmoi.l The shorter
east OF Stamford. Baker told him there would
night. but that the sS WassinS,on H, express. when nhss
left South Norwalk at 1903. stopped At STAN
StamfOrd. and the two. sitting RDArt. wailel
IN tho ststi9n until the train arrived. Con,
dsctor ooSsiiiG 81 t the Washington cypress told
Stamford the two men left the train. one going
toward the city and the other toward Glen
tiled that he saw the mon and tho woman at
o%vsnins. The woman. however. came to The
tons she had evidently intended to catch
an east-bound. train that had left Stamford
the two men came up. and after the men had
talked to the woman for some time the three
William +. Nsvins. another Stamford police.
man. identified the body this morning Is that Of
w comnn, no u hSd f, sH sntE m sssn ms IN s's q PIsSd
mustaehe. After he had Identified the body he
told aSUN reporter that he had frst seen the man
ago. He had. always seen them In the Italian
quarter Of the town. the woman invariably
walking behind the man and tho two never
Neyins's attention was first attracted to the
couple by the appearance of the woman. II
struck him that she was unusually good look.
ing. He tried on several occasions to get
tho man TO speak to him, but was never
successful. The first time he saw them
was two weeks ago. In front Of HaIhei-
mer's salss-s!abl-s in Pacific street. near Canal
street. The last time he saw them. previous TO
last Wednesday night. was a week ago on
Thursday night. John Dady, who runs q night
lunch wagon at Main and Pacific streets. STAN
ford, saw the couple q week ago on. Thursday
night in Canal street, between Chapel and
Bishop streets, and a man named Spellman, a
coachman in the employ OF Or. Nixon OF Siam
ford, met the two on tho same night about \
o'clock At the junction OF Canal, and bishop
streets. These two men give descriptions OF tho
man to tally with ono Of tho two seen on the
night OF the murder, AM they have identified
the body a. that OF tho woman.
The Italian quarter OF stamford extends as
far east as Glenbrook. which Is really n part Of
Stamford When the two men asked for tickets
for Glrnbrook at the South Norwalk station
they did 40, probably, because that would land
them nearer their abiding place. With these
facts In the possession of the police. II Ia ex-
pected that a search or the Italian quarter OF
Stamford should bring out n clue to the mys-
tory.
The Stamford police who patrol tho italian