The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-21
LOOKING FOR GIRLS SLAYER
MURDER MYSTERY WHICH IS KEEPING NEW YORK POLICE BUSY.

Young Girl Found Dead in Room Two
 Young Men Arrested on Suspicion =
 Girl the Daughter of n stontngton,
 Conn.,, woman-District Attorney
 Promises Arrest of Murderer Ina Forty
 eight Hours.
 New York, Aug 2O.--Tn the course of events which are following the murder of Katherine Scharn, who was beaten to death with a hammer on Saturday night. Eisenprice and Frederick Scharn were arraigned in the Yorkville court to-day and sent by Magistrate Brann to the coroner The former is said to have been the young womans lover and Scharn was her brother. The detec- tive who had charge of the two men in court made out an affidavit in which he charged them with being suspected of the death of the young woman. No questions were asked on arraignment, the magistrate simply formally send ing them to the coroner. The men re- fused to say anything and were taken to headquarters Mrs. Ernest Lippold of Stonington, Conn.,, was granted per- mission to visit the morgue to-day to see her murdered daughter. After look ing at the body for a few minutes she went away, but refused to discuss the affair or given any statement of her family affairs.
 Inspector Harley, who has the Scharn murder case in hand. gave out late to- day the followng
 An undertaken who lives next door to the house where the murder occurred says he was sitting in front of his place adjoining that where the murder oc- cured from o'clock Saturday evening until 10:30 During that time he saw no one enter 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 dur ing the night. The inspector said so far as he had investigated he had found no evidence derogatory to the character of the dead girl. In his opinion the mur- der was done by some one who was
 
 Knowledge. He believed this by the lack of evidence of a struggle The only thing overturned In the room was an easy chair and he thinks that when she was knocked over she was sitting on the chair and dragged from it to her bedroom. He thinks the murder was committed in the sitting room as he found a clot of blood on the carpet where the body had probably lain for a little while before it was dragged to the other roon-
 The search of the apartments where the murder was committed revealed an unopened bundle containing pillow slips, stockings and some lace wrapped in the paper of a store in this city. Inspector Harley found the clerks who sold these articles. They at once recognized the goods and the photographs of Miss Scharn as the purchaser. At the time of their purchase on Saturday after noon they say Miss Scharn was accom- panied by young man and they will be able to identify him as he paid for some of the articles. They failed to identify young Scharn and Eisenprice. Inspector Harley says he has clue to the man iii q special delivery letter de- livered at the house on Saturday after noon making an appointment for the trip to the store. It was to keep this appointment that the young woman broke the engagement to meet Eisen- price.
 Judging from the statement of Mrs. Mulliean, who rents the adjoining flat, the tragedy is supposed to have been committed between 1O:39 and 11;3O o'clock Saturday night. Mrs Mulliean says that when Miss Scharn went shop ping she noticed that she had left the windows open and the curtains were be- ing ruined by the rain. At 7:30 D. m Mrs Mulligan noticed that the curtains had been taken in. This is believed to Indicate that the young woman was at home at that hour
 The police scout the idea that the | crime was committed by burglar and | do not think that the blue mask which | they found will figure prominently in the evidence. Inspector Harley said | that as far as he had proceeded in the | Investigation of Eisenprice's story he | had found it to be all right, but claims | that young Scharn has practically ad- | 1nitted that some part of his assertions | are untrue.
 The strangling of Miss Scharn was committed only a few doors away from the place of the brutal murder of Mamie Cunningham, committed several years ago. and some of the people who figured prominently in the Cunningham case are being carefully watched by the po- lice.
 Assistant District Attorney George Hennessy tonight said that within for ty-eight hours he expected the police would have the slayer of Miss Scharn ] in custody. He would not say why he Thought so.
 Eisenprice, who has for the past eleven years been employed as mail clerk in the Western National bank first met Miss Scharn four years ago.
 Detective McGrath Hurt,
 Detective Jeremiah McGrath was |