San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-07
A MYSTERY CLEARED.
MurdererS OF Mary Dor
mon Known At Last.
ONE OF THE FIENDS COMES
ES THE CRIME ON HIS
DEATH BED.
The AtrOciOuS Act Was Committed
Ten Years Ago And Has
Remained A Mystery
Ever Since-The
History.

New York, July THE Herald this
morning publishes an article entitled
Light on the Rahaway Mystery" says
the Herald:
What has been known for ten years
as the ''Rahaway Mystery" is no long
er mystery, according to a statement
of Mrs. William Harris. She says she
is sister of the murdered girl Mary
Dorman. The story of the murder
mystery follows:
A girl wearing clothing of European
make was found with her throat cut
and marks of violence on her body, on
the morning of March 26, 1887, in Cen
trail avenue, Rahaway, N. ]. A Coro-
ner's jury rendered verdict to the eff
feet that an unknown girl was murder
ed by some person or persons Unknown.
At the trial there had been a num-
Der of identifications, but the only one
that was at all plausible came from
Mrs. William Space, wife Of a well-to.
do farmer at Deckertown, N. j. Mr.
Space positively identified the body as
that of her sister Mary Dorman. Sub
sequently Mrs. Harris, another sister
confirmed it. A middle aged woman
wearing glasses called at the Herald
office and said she wanted TO tell about
the persons who had murdered her sis
ter, Mary Dorman. She said she was
the widow of William Harris and that
she had received letter from her sis
ter Maggie from Brisbane. Australia,
telling her the names of the murder
ers.
II have not the letter with>me," said
10 4 a. ~
the same day mailed it to a friend of
our family in Scotland. 1t was like
this: Dear Jennie X is dead. 1t
was he and his brother who did kill
Mary. 1t was lovely to see him die and
confess. 1 never believed he killed her.
hope the Lord will forgive him."
Mrs Harris said she received letter
from her mother in March, telling that
Mary would sail for New York on
March II. The letter also said: Don't
tell the folks at Deckertown that Mary
is married" There is a sad story con-
nected with this injunction and now
Mrs. Harris has supplied the missing
links.
MARY was a mother at Fifteen" she
said. THE father of her child was a
After that she was mar
ried to Samuel Crane, half blind man.
She left him and saved her money.
She had e400 when she left Scotland"
Mrs. Harris said the murderers-for
there was two concerned ia the crime
were relatives of her own by marriage.
One of the two men, who were broth
ers, lived in this country, although at
the same time his wife was in Scot
land. The other brother came over on
the ship with Mary.
According to Mrs. Harris, John Nc
Millin, countryman of the girls rec
Ognized her on shipboard, but she de-
Ned that she was Mary Dorman. She
lad registered under fictitious name.
These men," said Mrs. Harris, ''got |
hold of Mary. The one who was here |
who lived in Jersey City told her he |
would take her TO her sister Agnes |
space, at Deckertown. The three got |
nto the Rahaway train and they took
Ter out, murdered her and took her |
money, watch, chain and jewelry."
The names of the men supposed to
'e implicated in the affair are not pub
ished in the Herald.