Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-09-16
'3W CLEW FOUND.
I of Bridgeport Murder
4 Again Identified.
Tho BE MARION PERKINS.
affords Son In Bridgeport.
.,lwIedges the Laundry Mark,
51"-An Important Arrest
said to BE Imminent.

rest is said TO be imminent in
Ion with the Yellow Mill pond
I mystery.
b said late yesterday afternoon
Elective Arnold is at West Ha-
"a that he had discovered a man
We a carriage over the Seaview
bridge on Sunday night.
rest has been made as yet. but
Rlerstood that the police can get
il whenever it is necessary.
t1elieved that the woman found
.Dered here has been identified
she was Marion Grace Perkins
Yeboro, Mass.
> cullinan, in whose undertaking
iment the dismembered body is
ri positive this Identification is
2 This woman disappeared two
go with a young man of Middle
no had been paying her atten-
a year.
3A entification was made by a man
ddleboro who refused to give
!, e. This man came here on aa
train for the purpose Of viewing
~. He was about 40 years old
Il llently well to do. He called at
que late last night. The man
q pit talk TO any one but the coro-
& his assistants. He told them
& lhad a personal interest in the
n Ia that the friends Of the miss
,lad become convinced from the
er descriptions that the victim
q yellow Mill pond tragedy was
y rkins.
Vi an first made minute inquiries
ndertaker concerning the body
n exhibited a picture of the
81 fwoman of whom he was in
81 Mr.. Cullinan was at once struck
IA Resemblance of the face in the
to that Of the head in his
isitor inquired regarding the
the dismembered woman and
young woman he alluded 70
ne teeth filled last March. She
two teeth. one on each side Of
& ar jaw. In the mouth OF the
"a the morgue there are four gold
nd two missing teeth, as indi-
the stranger.
he stranger was conducted to
room to view the head. Before
ed there he said TO those who
snied him:
s is the young woman I think
pa will find a pockmark just
e right eyebrow. Miss Perkins
a scar near the middle Of her
A, close TO the scalp"
looking ,aefhe head, resting ir
in in ian' q8dinary wooden pail
ager KS 7e 1t was that of the
.e soERa1t.
nation was made, and a peck.
Jas found over the right eye.
'he slight vestige of a scar up.
r examination was found OF
head
Photograph he had brought witt
stranger intrusted TO the un
after exacting a promise from
Ito exhibit it and to keep IL lock
~ safe until he heard from hin
.." III AAE EeAA0 AAE 4AcAQ AAAAEAAQtu ~
itdgeport last night by the frs
sfter consulting with his friends
uorning, If they were convinced
WAS worth while, he would a
n a full description as to teetl
pr means OF identification, evei
on the body and limbs. whicl
,1solutely settle the matter.
Grace Perkins, the strange
longed to a family Of respecta
3 Middleboro and left her hom
eeks ago to visit in Onset, Mass
the latter place two weeks ag
". Later the same day she wa
Arding a train at fremont wit
man named Charles Bourne,
a store in Middleboro, VIII
/ good circles in the town an
a friend of the girl for a year.
erkins, the stranger said, wa
old. Mr.. Cullinan, when h
the head, thought it was tina
man about % years old. MI
said after the visitor fror
oro left the photograph h
with him showed that the hal
! arranged in a bunch so as [
scar on the forehead.
llinan made the statement las
at II would be shown that tn
as murdered outright and di
from any operation. Develop
4 an important character ar
pr before tonight, following tn
ltion made last night of tn
being that of Miss Perkins.
)lice here announce that Mrs
the missing midwife Of Bridge
been located at Wellsburg.
n six miles from Elmira, n. Y
Guilford, son of DR.. Name
arrived at Bridgeport yestei
moon. He is the master of III
res. He came to Bridgeport {
volition. The police did ne
his presence here until he wa
lain street.
d was brought here by anna
.ctives. They met him on tn
where the Ceres was lying {
zen. He was told of the myst'
rder in Bridgeport and the fa'
mothers name had been mel
connection with it. Up to thu
said, he had not heard Of II
asked what led people to thin
mother was connected with Il
was told that the Troy laundl
Haven identified the mark 90
he one used for the clothing
er's family.
that is our family mark"
4 to have exclaimed. Il ha'
rked that way"
k his questioners into the cab
Ted them the mark in indel. d
51" marked on the inside ban
hat his mother took care of ;
sending it to the Pond Ii
lat New Haven. That laund
bin the clothing with the lett
res &C. 81" Two weeks a
was sent to the Troy laund
Haven, and that concern US
mark in stamping the linen
. s-.,.,et In Dre~fue Tuee