The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-05

clerk was arrcsted he gave less honorable
account than had Fred soharn Of his relations
with the girl. lie showed that he had kept the
engagement at one Hundred and SiSty-SiNth
street; that Kate had not come, and that he
had spent the rest of the night in that part Of
the city with persons who fully coToborAted his
story lie was released
The movements Of Kate scharn were then
traced through Saturday afternoon. She re.
ceivod her weeks wages at the lead pencil fac
tory where she was employed, at noon. With
a friend she went shopping and purchased the
articles which were found on the bed after the
murder. Only a small part Of her money was
spent in this way She left her friend at
little after O'Clock, with the remark that she
was going home, and that she expected to dine
With the bank clerk that evening IN Harlem.
At quarter before o'clock Kate scharn entered
n corner grocery near her home and bought 4
small quantity ~ pears. She was without her
hat and seemed to be in hurry. On lesving
the store she turned the as II to return to
her rooms. At some time between and
o'clock number Of pofteres that were hanging
out Of the windows Of her rooms and had been
hanging there all day were taken in Nobody
saw who took them in. At quarter past o'clock
two little girls who wanted to deliver to Kate
Schan the weeks washing their mother had
done for her were unable TO discover any sounds
OF life on the other side Of the schsrn door. and
left their bundle with a neiEhbor. At no time
until the police came in the early morning was
the gas lighted in the rooms; woman who sat
up all night in n house that overlooked the
Scharns' windows gave this testimony. No
sound was heard in the place that night until
Mrs. Kehoe, who lived in the front rooms on
the same floor with the. Scharns, heard Fred
scharn enter the door soon after midnight and
heard hir cry out 'Murder" before he ran
downstairs again.
A careful examination Of the murdered girls
body showed that she had been struck four
timse on the back Of the head with the hammer.
Three Of the blows were light and caused scalp
wounds. The other fractured the skull The
immediate cause OF death was asphyxiation,
which was probably caused by the CONSTRUCTED
position In which the girl lay on the floor, un
conscious, after being knocked down. There
were also signs that she had been struck with
a heavy fist blow on the right eye and on ths
| side Of the Jaw. II was determined that she
had eaten a light lunch four hours before she
died. No trace Of the pears she had bought
at o'clock was found by the post morrem ex
| animation or by search in the house
Notwithstanding the statement Of the bank
clerk affecting the girls character, there wa'
| nothing to show that she was not an Industrious
| quietly behaved person. who kept off the street,
and was hard put to it to make an honest living
for herself and her brother. Certain stories were
| told Of excursions on which she and her young
| man went in company with another factory CIR
and companion. In the vsguest way 1t wal
| suggested that these friends might know
| how she came to her DEATH These and al
other clues have come to nothing. There is az
old rule set down for murderers, that safety il
best assured to him who uses as his implement
some object picked up on the scene Of thu
crime, avoiding the use Of any weapon import
ed to the place by himself.