The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-10
vrRDER OLA LITTLE GIRL.
.o-u1yG FOUND IN DIFFERENT
cLV.ngS or ROCRVILLE GENRE.

- consequently Hidden Under .
besg 4, sim UnidrntIncd-Oenth Caused
r,rbeiic Acid-No MARKS or violence
rho uody-The Motive n Mystery.
NJ a female child about 80 years
~ touud on Tuesday morning In the rear
ou .romiscs OF Dr. l.. y. Elliot at Rockville
dwVf The child had been dead, accord
Vehu" ,to doctors. for several days. and tho
ms " .bo,,d that death was duo to carboiic
suop'y r,o residence OF Dir. Elliot Ia almost In
a"' rtrc Of the village. About fifty feet in
-.,ro, the house is q chicken coop, con-
NV from the house by n hedge.
~" r,csdny morning about = o'cloc DIR.
v" -h;,e an his way TO feed the chickens,
w" ,,c whi,o milton OF n child on tho
p0u.N hc.de n slat covered box which had
n..d as a small chicken coop. Tho box
Wv dos, hchiud the hedge. In stopping to OK
NS ,be mitton tho doctor discerned tho body
ANN s.ud under the box with Its feet protrud-
OF r,o h,dy was clad only in u gray flannel
pt' nd black stockings. 1t was lying on tho
W" Nth ono arm thrown behind tho head.
~ thar milton lay on top of the chest. The
y rao that Of a pretty child with light hair
"v , ,,,h, blue eyes. The body was found to
Nv a. mounds md was 3 feet 3 inches tall.
N'Nr H., md been burned and there was a
. nail n, carbolic acid. There were also
'uv. marks on the face, but Coroner Smith
~su,mr.tead attributed these to frost and not
LIorc. The Coroner and Constable Shell
~, Tint II was a case OF murder and In
Ut connected the crime with tho finding Of
- n, A chid's clothing some days before.
~ r-;dsy NIGHT. Just after the arrival of the
tom New York at . o'clock, John Can
s TO-, t,,,d n little rcd flannel coat trimmed
Vs. pl o.,rokhnn in the rond in front of the Epis-
WI WI church. 1t was showing hard, but the
epSs had very little snow on IT, rs II II had just
y dropped. Garfield picked The coat ~
hyn ,ttorird to find Constable Shelley. The
,s..nus- he found standing in front OF Groths
Nv. ~ AZ thc corner " Village avenue and the
hric " road, about 200 yards from DR.. ,Elliots
t Ss shelley had just found INC hood OF the
nous :, he road in front OF the hotel. Like the
@at ,bs hood had very little snow On 1t, al
e.g az the ground then was quite thickly
covered; ,rs,orio,s discovery was mode
\, Vincent Bcdell the next morning., In the
g,-of iii hous, near the door OF an outbuilding
nn S linen uetticont, and white linen dress.
TSNT we're strcwn aboutsthe ground. " was
tmnnyd that they hal all been torn up the back.
Nv " si,,enpt had been made to unbutton them.
The article, also were. given to the constable.
H. ~ shoe. have been found. All the clothes
;Nynd smellcd strongly of carbolic acid.
,I ny Tuesday morning formed the last OF
is irreemoTkablc discoveries. and that they
AN Al closely connected no one has any
e .Srt where MIR. Bcdcll found the under
lathe, lathe ia about 100 feet across the field from
Tr Tlliot's place. which is adjoining. Just be-
tween the two places there is II wire fence only
,r re' feet hirh. This was found to have been
bMmken down, as though some one had not seen
4 in the dark and had tripped, over 1t.
IL ia corjccturcd that the clothing was torn
~ the hoay with the intention OF hiding or de-
n, ,rvins il in order to prevent Identification,
Int hat after Aard the murderer. for some rea.
tn, could not carry put his intention iM r. ana
sinitv has seen the body and the clothing, IL Is
thought that the child did not belong In Rock
yie Centre, but was brought there 10 be- mur-
iered or directly after II was murdered.
A rainstOrn followed the snow, and II there
hadbeen any footprints they were effaced; From
,%s,::P.;itiG3 ,.0 of the w,s nm msds to Eide 'h they b SsIiey se
The outbuild me, but thar this plan had not been
carried out owing To some interruption.
The autopsy va made by noroneri, Physi,
Hutchinson. The contents OF the stoamch and
tiiabIy that death had been caused by a large
dose Of carbnlic acid. The doctors agreed that
The child had been dead about four days, and
that the murder might have been committed on
Friday night, the same night on which tive
weather had kept the body In n remarkably
good state OF preservation: From q peculiar
posture Of one Of the child's arms the doctors
conclude that the body Was placed under the
hr while IL was still warm. as tho arm had
shtened in an unnatural position. such as it
might hive assumed if the body had been
eaielessly thrown on the ground. Constable
Shelley has made inquiries throughout tho
vicinity, but no missing little girls have been
thus far reported. II indeed the body lay
under the..box from Friday night until Tuesday
m%Orning.s.lt is strange that, although DIR. and
Mr.. Elliot passed the box frequently in going
TO feed the chickens. it was not discovered be-
fore. The general belief is that the child be-
lnged in New York and was brought out on
the train on Friday night. TIE train men
that have been questioned, however. have been
unable 10 throw any light on the mystery.
Some people attach some importance to n buggy
that drove up to GrOth's hotel late on Friday
night. The constable who saw 1t said it did
no. belong in the vicinity. After stopping a
The Merrick road. The inquest will be held
merit Wednesday,