The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-22
Mystery Still Surrounds the
Manner OF Her Death
LOVER IN AN ASYLUM.
BODY WAS FOUND IN OLD GENE
Terry WITH TIGHTLY CORK
ED BOTTLE or cARBoLlc
ACID BY HER SIDE.

brain of Balzac Is the story now weav-
ing about poor Margaret Lynch, once
Brooklyn belle. whose body rested
for months in an unmarked grave in
Greenfield cemetery, near E'reeport,
Long Island.
Buried under the name of Martha
Laimbeer. it develops that name was
conferred on Margaret Lynch by her
relatives in order to conceal a ro-
nance which Involves her own cruel
fate; the sudden madness of her
sweetheart. who is now confined to
an asylum for the insane, and the
wrecked happiness Of two respecta-
bic Brooklyn families, who concealed
the secret of her end until fate
brought about the inevitable expos
ure.
The girl was the daughter of Ed
ward N. Lynch, wellto-do contract
or, who lives at No. 344 Vernon ave
nue., Brooklyn.
She did not die in the cemetery
where her body was found, but the
body had been carried after death
to the cemetery, and was placed in a
sitting posture agains. a tree. A
bottle of carboic acid was found sew
eral feet away, tightly corked She
had met her death In house not far
from the cemetery.
The fountain pen marked % NJ"
may have been dropped accidentally
by one of the persons who helped to
carry her to she spot
Whether this action in removing
the body was taken TO conceal crime
or to hide the identity of persons who
did not wish to be involved In the
notorlety which would follow the dis
coyery of her death, is a ques ton TO
which the authorities of Nassau eoun-
ty must find an answer.
Oswald Maune, who with his wife
md Miss Lynch was a guest at the
Woodruff hotel in Freeport in July.
1903, was still absent from Brooklyn
.oday. and none of his friends pro.
fessed to know where he had gone.
He is the father of a young man who
was az one time looked upon as the
lance of Margaret Lynch, but who is
low said 10 be confined in an asylum.
|. For the res. the tragedy of this un-
.ortunate girl is now an open book.
The story begins six months ago,
when. on the morning of April 2. a
party of school children romping
along the road that skirts Greenfield
cemetery, just outside of Freeport, l..
l.. discovered the body of young wo
man lying beneath a tree just inside
the cemetery.
From that time until about ten
lays ago the mystery of Martha
Lalmbeer has remained unsolved.
Clew after iclew THAT promised To
lead to The unraveing of the mystery
has been run down without avail. and
the case promised to go into the an.
aals of crime as one that could not be
solved
From time to time came reports OF
mysterious visits to he grave of Mar
tina Laimbeer, and not later than a
week ago some one visited the GENE
terry In the dead of night and placed
great cluster of roses on the green
mound
When the case had completely pass
al on. of the public mind interest in
was suddenly revived by a report
from Greenport that the authorities,
with the aid of Will NJ Clemens, said
20 be nephew of Mark Twain, had
4 clew which promised to lead to the
solution OF the mystery The girl, 4.
was said. belonged to prominent
Brooklyn family, and a member of
another family of Brooklyn of equal
prominence was said to have at least
perfect knowledge of all the facts
leading up TO the young woman's
| death.
At last, on Monday nigh. definite
assurance was obtained that Martha
Laimbeer" was fictitious name that
had been given for purposes of con-
cealment TO Miss Margaret Lynch.
With this much known the investi-
| CATION was continued with the result
| that the whole romance, barring the
answer to the question as to how the
young woman met her death, was un-
| covered.
| II was through Rev Father Byrnes.
| the parish priest, to whom he grief
| palsied family left the task of break.
ing the long silence with the truth
about Martha Laimbeer" that the
positive Identification OF the beauti-
full stranger who died at Freeport
was established.
In a Straightforward story that on
ly hints at the romance and tragedy
that Turk behind the recital. he reveal
I'd how Margare. Lynch had been en-
| gagged to be married to Oswald
Maune, jr~ but a short walk from the
Lynch home. and how, with the day
Of their marriage approaching, young
Maune's intellect began to fail. until
suddenly from an active man of high
Intelligence. he suddenly became,
| through some secret sorrow tina. prey
ed on his mind. a raving mailman.
Father Byrne says:
There is not the slightest ground