Evening journal., 1904-10-26
Woman Called at the
Morgue This Afternoon
at 4 O'clock and After
Seeing Corpse Identi-
fed Ii.
In the Bosom of Her
Dress Was Found a
Note Saying Don't
Blame Anyone for
This"

Shortly before A o'clock this afternoon
woman called at the morgue and
identified the woman who was found
lying dead on the slip at Riverside Park
as Mabel woodward, of Hockessin.
She is a daughter of Frederick K.
woodward. farmer living near
Hookessin. and is a cousin Of ]. C.
Woodward and Gilpin s. Woodward, of
of woodward & Brother, hardware
dealers on Market street. She attend
ed Market here every Wednesday and
Saturday.
]. C. Woodward in an interview this
afternoon said that he believed his cou-
sin committed suicide while temporar-
lily deranged. He knew no reason why
she should kill herself. He last saw
her two or three weeks ago.
staff Correspondent The Evening Journal
New Castle. oct 26.-"Do not blame
anyone for this. it's the same old trou-
BILE again. which cannot endure any
longer"
The above note, written in a neat
womanly hand and unsigned was dis
covered hidden beneath the corset on
the body of an unknown woman, who
was found on a slip at Riverside Park
below this city yesterday afternoon
These last words Of the unfortunate
were discovered by Frank Smith as
.sistant to Deputy Coroner John XII
mer of Wilmington, in the presence oi
chief of Police Black Of the same city
Undertaken Charles Clewell and repre-
sentatives of the press in Mr.. Clewell'
undertaking rooms this morning.
While at first IL was believed to b'
murder mystery, the developments
today indicate a case of self-destruc'
tion. The woman. whose identity is as
vet unknown, was about 2S years o
age and had been a mother. The re-
noon fromcmf emf en- fem fcmfwyl
mains were taken TO Wilmington thii
afternoon and at 4 o'clock Coroneri
Physician Bastian held a post morten
examination in order to learn th
cause of death. It is generally be
lieved that she took poison and thel
Law down along the Delaware River t.
die. The finding of a note this morn
ing on the body strengthens the gen
orally accepted theory of suicide. not
withstanding that the note was un
signed. There were no marks of VIC
Ience on the body.
City Excited.
This city is aroused by the mysteri
Gus death Of the young woman.
It was while Joseph Maddox, VIII
lives near the place where the bod
was found, was walking in that vicin
itv Yesterday afternoon about 3.3
o'clock that he discovered a woman
black cape and hat lying in the hedg
about 800 feet from the river shore.
Found on Slip.
This unusual sight aroused Maddox
suspicions and he at once began an in
vestigation. Upon approaching sli
which had once been used by the brio
company for the purpose of loadin
cars upon floats he was horrified
discovered the body of a woman lyin
upon it and apparently dead.
Cautiously climbing down the tic
which composed the bed of the Ian
ing place and over which there wa
no planking he made a closer scrutin
of his gruesome find.
Lying fiat upon her back, her les
from the knees down dangling over II
edge of the slip. her sightless, hall
open eyes staring upward, was Il
form Of an unknown. Her arms wei
crossed above her breast and the rigl
hand was clasped firmly about one
the sections of railroad track that ra
from the river bank to the water
edge.
Notified Undertaken.
Almost overcome by the sight Atadd
hastened TO the trolley liae. boarded
car and coming to New Castle notih