Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-15
ALL IS MYSTERY YET.
Brilgeport's Murdered Woman Still
Waits Identification.
POLICE ARE HARD AT WORK,
Startling Story by a Man Named Kel'
Iy-Several False IdentthcattonS.
The Victim Thought to BE
Nurse Named ROurke.

are hard at work trying 10 solNe IAie
mystery surrounding the death Of the
young woman whose body was found.
cut in seven pieces, in Yellow Mill poho'
near Seaview avenue bridge, IN the
eastern part Of the city. on Monday and
Tuesday There never was case that
looked more simple when work first be-
gan on it, but now the very simplicity
f it all makes 1t hard. The murderer mas
apparently covered up his work well,
and for once the clew that generally
leads up to the discovery Of the muir
derer is apparently missing. The police
had plenty of clews at the start. The
pieces of the body were wrapped up In
rubber cloth, but when the police tried
to track 1t they found it impossible.
Every surgeon in town has the same
kind of rubber cloth on his operating
table. The pieces were tied with thick
cord, and 1t was thought that might
lead up to something. The cord looked
like a piece Of window cord or the cord
that is used as lacing on women's bicy-
cles. So far the cord has not been pro-
ductive Of anything worth having in the
way Of evidence. In one Of the pack
ages was found piece Of a mans un-
derclothing. On it was an indelible
laundry mark, &c 81" or &c 81" The
underclothing had belonged to a man OF
large waist measure. The police made
tour Of all the local laundries and even
sent to New Haven, but could nowhere
find such laundry mark.
An Exploded Theory.
1t looked for a time as If something
definite had been discovered. This dis.
covery connected woman with the at
fair. She has had not the best reputa-
ton in the past and her husband is now
in Jail on a charge Of baby farming.
She is known all over the state. and
when it was reported that she had DIS
appeared it was thought that she might
have had something to do with this
case. She has been found however,
and the police believe that, though her
record is against her, there is no reason
at all to think that she had a hand in
the murder.
The police be''ove that the dead won.
an did not belong n this city. All round.
about there are numerous small towns,
such as Stratford, Milford and Wood
mont, from which she could have come,
and New Haven is only 1s miles away.
1t is thought that If the woman had be.
titled long before this.
1t is believed that the woman died as
result of an operation, and the local
physicians declare that blood poisoning
had set in. The theory now is that the
woman was killed or died in some
small town near here and that her body
was then cut up and brought to thi'
city, where the murderer hoped to dis.
cf 11yc iv,ly in va11ovyy
Thousands View the Head.
Thousands Of men and women have
locked at the head, and local photog
rapher has taken picture of 1t and
sells copies to the curious crowds. TIL,
body will be buried soon unless identi.
fed.
It is thought that the dead woman
may have told her relatives that, she
was leaving home to pay visit I'd
friends and that she will not therefore
be missed for some time. Until she IA
identified it is not believed that the pc.
lice will be able to make any Roadway
After she is identified then. the police
think, the rest will be easy. There have
been several false identifications made
by hysterical mothers and sisters, hut
they have proved nothing but the fact
that a great number of young women
disappear daily.
1t was confidently reported in some
quarters that the woman was Rachel
Warner nurse That was the opinion
of DIR. A. H. Holmes of this city. After
stating that he thought the face Of thu
murdered woman resembled Mrs. War.
ner he left for Maine on his vacation.
reporter who set out to investigate DR.
Holmes claims proved that Rachel
Warner is alive. Incidentally he dis.
covered another clew.
Is 1t Miss ROurlkee
The residence of Mrs. jeremiah Mey.
ers, who lives at 243 Myrtle avenue
where Mrs. Warner has rooms when
she is in the city, was visited. Mrs
Meyers and her sister, Miss Mary Wal.
lace, who is visiting the former from
New York city, said that they had JUS!
come from the morgue and had exam
ined the countenance thoroughly. and i.
was not the body of Mrs. Warner. Mrs
Meyers told the reporter that probably
DIR. Holmes had made a mistake in the
two nurses that had helped him on a
case on I;road street couple of weeks
ago.
One Of them was Mrs. Warner. Thu
other stopped at the residence of DR.. Fl.
Adeline Thompson of Warren street.
DR.. Thompson said there was a nurse
who had stopped at her residence q
couple of weeks ago, but she was not
there now. Her name was Miss Mary
Ruurke. The nurse who helped DR..
Holmes and Mrs. Warner en- the case
on Broad street was Mss Brawla, wha
is now engaged at Varuna hall taking
care of the sick soldiers.
DR.. Thomson had Just returned from
the morgue, and she said there was a
striking resemblance in the face OF
some one she had known, but she could
not exactly place it, When asked if j;
resembled Miss Rourke. she could no.
say. 1t was some face she had seen be.
fore, and, come to think of it, the re.
sembance to Miss Rourke was striking.
Miss Jennie r. Teerhune a gradual
of the Bridgeport hospital, who was a
the office, was called, and she described
the features of Miss Rourke, which tai.
lied with those of the head at thu
morgue. In company with a few others
she viewed the body, but could not say
whether it was the face of Miss Rourke
or not Others who knew Miss Rourke
also visited the morgue and said that
the face was very striking, but would
not positively say whether it was the
woman in question.
One Mans Story.
William Kelly. who lives at 1914 Sea.
view avenue, told the police that on
Sun aay night at o'clock he was walk.
ing Gong Connecticut avenue when Id
saw a buggy standing on the bridgi
nea, where the body was found. In thu
buggy was a man WHO wore a light