The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-26

By Msssimino Gsrardo OF West Farms
lie was visiting his brother. who keeps
a fruit stand In north Fourth avenue.
Gerarado lett his brothers house and
stronei In behind the carpenters shop
TO the thick tangle Of bushes which grow
IN the low ground on The edge of the
park to pick some wild flowers. As he
was pushing his way through the dense
foliage he stepped on the body OF a wo-
man lying in a shallow pool. on its back.
and the head partially covered with a
wrapper. which was pulled over the
shoulders.
Gerardo ran out 10 the street. which
Us only thirty feet from whore tho BODY
~ the woman was lying. and. with MS
brother. notified the police. Robinson
carpenter shop IN the rear % which the
body was found. is the most thickly
populated section OF the city and is with
IN five hundred feet of tho city Han.
Police Sergeant Beckwith. Coroner Ban
mig and Drs. Newell and Jones found
the body had been long exposed. IL was
clothed only IN "A lawn wrapper. trimmed
with lacf-fa chcmise and pair or plack
stockings No traces Of hat or shoes
We're found The wOmans JET black halr
was matted over har face and there were
no hairpins in II. The teeth were an
sound. save one. which was missing from
the right upper jaw. None Of them con-
tanned any filling
Tho woman. tho physician said. as
nearly as they could Judge from the teeth
was about twenty-five years old. She
was FIVE feet four inches in height. Of
slight build and had very small hands
and feet 40 tewelry Of any kind was
found on her The bushes and boss
near bv were carefully searched Tor
weapons or bottles which might have
contained poison. but nothing was found
The body was go badly decomposcd
that the physicians could not tell positive
ly whether any wounds had been intict-
"a but there were indications Of knife
thrusts in the throat
The Undertaking OF the woman was
Of fine texture and trimmed extensively.
Her stockings were OF Isle thread. The
coroner had the body removed 10 the
morgue and this afternoon IL was buried
I'm Frst Chestor's Peters field.
The police have no clew whatever that
will tend 20 identify the body. as no one
has reported an woman missing from the
city for months past.
The pool of blood. which was discovered
four weeks ago behind the carpenter
shop by Kahn the authorities are con-
WINGED tends 20 prove the woman was
murdered under the shed which extends
back Of the shop. and that her body was
then dragged 70 the clump OF bushes
thirty feet away where Il vas found to-
day. The coroner and police did not
know of tho existence Of the pool OF blood
until after the body had been Inferred.
p. J. Ring. a local real estate dealer
informed me OF what Kahn had told HIM
Mr.. Ring said traces Of blood could stu
be seen under the shed. where 1t had
caked the soil. lie said Kahn had re-
marked when ne discovered the pool OF
blood four weeks ago that there must
have been q slaughter around here during
the night
Informed Segeant Beckwith Of what
N Ring told me. and we Immediately
started for the carpenter shop again.
The sergeant brought with him a small
nail and shovel. Under the shed about
three feet square Of soil was found 20 be
covered with dark red blood clots. which
haa dried in the hard earth. BeckWith
scooped up thin layer Of the blood
soaked earth and placed it In his tin
pail. lie said the blood pool pointed
strongly 10 murder The pail and its
contents were turned over 20 Coroner
Banning 20 be analysed The coroner
thought the blood pool tended 20 show
the woman had been murdered and then
dragged away
one theory ~ the police IS that the
woman may have been a maid OF one Of
the Chester Hul families. who. after bee
ing assaulted and murdered. was thrown
On the swamp.-New York Herald.