New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-17
SMOTHERED BY MURDERER
BRONX CRIME MYSTERY.
Won,an's Body Found Near Lonely
Pelham Road.

The body of q murdered woman, between twenty
Eve and thirty years old. was found in a clump
of bushes near the Pelham Road and Amsterdam
ave. westchester yesterday. The body was fully
clad and had been in the bushes for about twelve
hours Efforts to establish the woraan's identity
have thus far failed. An autopsy by Coroner s
Physician Curtain showed that the woman was
srnothered to death.
The won1an's eyes were blue and the hair brown
She had small teeth except the two upper ones IN
the middle OF the mouth. which were large ana
protruded slightly, She five feet two and one
half inches tall and weighed about one hundred and
ten pounds.
The theory Of the police is that the body was
brought to the spot where it was found after the
murder. II is their opinion that the murderer was
familiar with the territory. and that the crime,
was committed not far from the Pelham hoao,
The dead girl was evidently not a resident OF
West Chester, persons living there did not recall
ever having here IN the streets Of the village.
She is believed TO have been domestic
Pelham Road, where the girl was found. is a
quiet spot. There are few houses, and they are
scattered. Thick berry bushes. rank vegetation
end weeds grow in profusion. The ground from the
side where the body was hidden, drops down sew
eral feet and 8 person passing would rarely dis
cover any object screened by the bushes
The body was found soon after CLOCK IN 1he
afternoon By Mrs. James Black. of No. ls6 East
-s+b-st who was visiting friends near by. Mrs.
Black was picking flowers along Pelham Road ana
had stepped down from the road among the bushes
a. xha steamed over a bush woman's black OK
ford shoe living few feet away. attracted her
attention Further search revealed the body htteen
OF twenty feet away.
Mrs Black hurrledy left the place. and. meeting
zs,evcIe Policeman Albert Hamp, of the West
Chester station told him about the body. Hamp
.er+ WORD 70 the police station. and the body was
reuoved TO the house. and later to the Fordham
Enorgue.
Captain Burfeind. of the West Chester station
and Detective Sergeant Price, of The Bronx De
tective Bureau, at assigned several men 10
the case and they have been working ever since
without success. Coroner O'GorInan also went
10 the scene. and later 10 the morgue.
Both shoes bore imprints of mud showing the'
the girl must have been dragged into the bushes
Feside the body was empty dress suit case: II
bore no initials. The shoes bore the name OF A:
Blsnn & Sons, Sd-ave. and 1Z3d-st Ihey were ho'
The BODY lay face upward the head resting on
The sutopsv showed several Commissions on the
back bruises the right cheek bone; the Iop OF
the nose and the lower part OF the left cheek and
chin. =
The police believe that the sri may have worn a
ring which bore her initials or name ana thai Ier
assaiant carried IT away to prevent speedy idehI-
The girl had been crimnaIly assaulted. and it is
thought that on her attempting 10 resist assam
by screaming and struggling. a hand was placed
over her mouth hush her cries, and in that way
she was slowly suffocated- . - -
The notice are working on the theory that the
and are trying TO find If any wagons passed along
the Pelham road about midnight Friday or in
the early hours of Saturday morning.
There is house about sixty feet away, out no
one heard any peculiar noises or saw strange
teams The place where the body was found was
known years ago as odd Stinertown-'