The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-21
THE SCHARN GIRL
WAS STRANGLED
New Phase in the Latest New York
Murder Mystery-Story of the
Undertaken.

New York, Aug. 20.--Dr. Donlin,
coroner's physician, performed an au-
topsy today on the body of katherine
Scharn, who was murdered at her
home some time on Saturday night.
He said the young woman was not
hammered to death, but was strangled.
Inspector Harley, who has the case
in hand, gave out late today the fol-
lowing:
An undertaken who lives next door
to the house where the murder oc-
CURED, says he was sitting in front of
his place adjoining that where the
murder occurred. from o'clock to un-
til half past 10 Saturday evening.
During that time he saw no one en-
ter the house where the murder was
done or come out; neither did he hear
any unusual noise and the people in
his house heard no unusual noise
during the night. He said so far as
he had investigated, he had found no
| evidence derOgatory to the character
of the dead girl. In his opinion the
murder was done by some one who
was then in the girls apartment with
her knowledge. He believed this by
the lack of evidence of struggle.
The only thing overturned in the room
| was an easy chair and he thinks she
| was knocked over while sitting in the
chair and was dragged from it to her
bed room. He thinks the murder was
committed in the sitting room as he
found a cot of blood on the CARPET,
where the body had probably lain for
a little while before It was dragged
to the other room.
The search of the apartments where
| the murder was committed revealed
| an unopened bundle containing pillow
slips. stockings and some lace which
was wrapped in the paper of Bloom
ingdale's store in this city. The clerks
who sold the articles, recognized the
goods and the photographs of Miss
Scharn as the purchaser. They said
| that the articles We're sold about 4
o'clock on Saturday afternoon and at
the time of their purchase Miss Scharn
was accompanied by a well dressed
young man of about 25 years. They
said they would be able to identify
him again and gave a full description
of Miss Scharn's companion mention
| ed certain peculiarities about him which
| they noticed at the time of the sale
| and said that he paid for some of the
things. They failed to identify young
| Scharn and Eisenprice and said that
| those men did not in any way resemble
| the man who had visited the store with
| the girl. The inspector says that he
| expected to get the man who bought
the things for Miss Scharn because of
| a special delivery letter which fur
| nishes clew. This letter was de-
| livered at the house on Saturday fore
| noon. The letter made an appoint
| ment with the unknown man. This
| appointment eliminated In the trip 20
| Bloomingdale's.
1t was to keep this appointment with
| the well-dressed young stranger that
the young woman broke the engage
| ment to meet Eisenprice.
The police scout the idea that the
crime was committed by a burglar.
| Inspector Harley said that as far az
| he had proceeded in the Investigation
| of Eisenprice's story he had found it to
be all right, but he could not say the
same concerning the explanations
| made by the dead girls brother. The
inspector claims that young Scharn's
| statements are conflicting. The young
man has, it is said, practically ad-
| tiOns are untrue.
The strangling, strange to say, was
| committed only a few doors away from
the spot where the brutal murder of
| Mamie Cunningham was done sew
eral years ago, and some of the people
who figured prominently in the Cum
ningham case are being carefully
| watched by the police.