The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-09-22
TAKEN home
TO REST
Body Of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer
Goes to Perth Amboy
for Burial.
YOUNG'S TRUNK ARRIVES
Chief Murphy Tells of Police
Activity-Inquest on
Wednesday.
YOUNG's TRUNK ARRIVES


woman whose mutilated remains were
found in the Morris Canal cut, last
Thursday, was taken to Perth Amboy
for burial at 1881 this morning. Her
husband, Joseph P. Pulitzer accom-
panied the casket, sitting two coaches
behind the baggage car.
The deputy morgue keeper and his as
sistant carried the body from the morgue
and placed it in the morgue wagon, which
was driven by one black horse. The
casket was of light oak, ornamented with
silver handles and bearing a silver name
plate with "Anna Pulitzer, aged 26
years." as the only inscription.
MORBID CROWD.
A crowd of morbidly curious people
stood outside the morgue and watched
the body placed in the wagon. All that
could be seen was plain pine box with
which the casked was encased, carried by
two men. Nevertheless, the crowd had
waited for almost an hour to witness
this interesting sight.
JIr~n the arrival at the Pennsylvania
Railroad station, Deputy Morgue Keeper
Griffiths expressed the body to the dead
woman's parents at Perth Amboy A
truck carried the remains to baggage
car No. 1906, in charge of Baggage
Master W. II. Meshrow Meshrow,
about twenty-five years ago, worked in
the same shop with Erasmus Nelson,
Mrs. Pulitzer's father, in terra Gotta
making works.
Joseph P. Pulitzer had the permit to
carry the body, in his hand as he walked
down the station platform He was the
only relative or friend that was seen
to board the train Check No. 1915
was issued to Mr.. Griffith for the receipt
of the box.
THE TRUNK ARRIVES.
The trunk in which Young shipped the
bloody wearing apparel and other ar
ticles from his rooms in Fifty-eighth
street to Chicago, was returned early this
morning. The train arrived at this city
at 1856 A. NJ over the Erie Railroad.
1t was met by Detectives Duggan and
Kinsler of Captain Titus's staff A
small knot of reporters gathered around
the door of the car and watched the
officers examine the seals to identify the
trunk. 1t was bound around with a
quarter inch thick clothes line and sealed
with wire lead seals in four places.
transit. The train first pulled into the
main shed and discharged its few pas
sengers. Backing out it was run in on
another track to the Wells-Fargo pier.
Roundsman Sidney O'Donnell and
Patrolman Mahoney stood in the door of
the car and kept the inquisitive from
entering. The New York detectives pre-
sented an order from Captain Titus and
received the trunk. Placing it upon a
waiting express wagon they took it to
New York on the i Is ferryboat and de-
livered it to Captain Titus at Police
Headquarters on Mulberry street. 1t
was, opened this morning in the presence
of District Attorney Jerome.
WORK OF THE POLICE.
Chief of Police Murphy gave out the
following statement this morning in
reference to the work done by the Jersey
City police in connection with the Young
murder case:-
'sSince the body of Mrs. Pulitzer was
found last Thursday | have had two or
more detectives working on the case con-
stantly. We have received various tips
from different people WHO have claimed
to have seen. Young, the most important
of which were received yesterday. A
man, who requested that his name be
kept secret, called me on the phone and
said that some one closely resembling
Young had used the telephone in his store
to retain a berth on a train for Rich
mond Va, yesterday.
II had the train covered and a man
who unquestionably did look like Young
started to board the train. He was
stopped by Detective Larkins and ques-
toned closely On comparing the main
with the description given by Young a
number of points were found which were
contradictory. The man was allowed to
go unmolested.
Late last night Detective McNally
learned that a man answering Young's
description had endeayored to purchase a
ticket for a sleeping berth f. Norfolk,
Va. but was sixty cents short and con-
sequently could not get the berth. He
acted nervously and when refused the
ticket did not try to prevail upon the
ticket agent to trust him but walked hur-
riedly away. The man looked tired, hag-
gard and as though he needed sleep.
'.NIcNally thought SO we'll Of this clew
that he called me up at 80 this morn
ing and telephoned the tip to Titus.
have not heard from it since. In any