Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-14
Unknown Woman Mur-
dered at Belmont, Mass.
Head Nearly Severed and Deep
Cash on Left Breast.
Signs Of Terrific Struggle. Police Have Some
Clues to Work On.

sachusetts district police and the po-
lice Of Belmont, tonight, devoted sew.
eral hours to the investigation Of the
death Of a young woman whose body
| was found, this afternoon, near the
links of the Arlington Golf Club. over
| the Belmont town line. The throat haC
| been cut, deep, jagged wound having
almost severed the head from the body
| and as soon as the authorities saw the
| body they declared that murder had
| been committed. The identity Of the
| victim had not been learned up to, to-
| tOwnspeople have seen the remains.
Medical Examiner Swan held an au-
topsy. tonight, and his conclusions
| were that the woman had been muir
| dered. Death, he found was due to
multiple cuts and bruises on the head
face and neck. The skull had been
fractured in the front part of the head
The head itself had been practically
severed from the body by sharp knife
or similar instrument.
The authorities, after an exhausted
| investigation, this afternoon and to-
night, decided that the murder was
committed on uncultivated land be-
longing to the farm of Walter Frost,
and within IS feet of the stone wall,
under which the body was found The
wall divides Frost's property from tie
golf links.
The crime was discovered at 100
o'clock, this afternoon. by a farm hand
named Peter Igo. who was walking
through lane, which passes near the
Arlington Golf Club house. and runs
over the hill. Igo's attention was first
attracted by a woman's hat. He looked
at the hat second or two and then
| observed marks along the ground and
among the shrubbery. which indicated
that some heavy object had been
dragged for several feet. There were
further marks as If struggle had oc-
Cured.
The murderer had evidently attempt
ed to get the body of the woman over
a barbed-wire fence which skirts a
small pond used by several house.
holders as source of their water sup
ply. Failing to get the body over the
fence. it is thought. the murderer re-
traced his steps. as he evidently drag
ged the body back a number of feet
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alongside of the stone wall, about IS
feet distant. The BODY was then thrown
over the wall and into gully on the
property of the Golf Club.
Here it was found by Igo, who as
soon as he recovered his composure.
notified Green Keeper Gordon of the
club, and later notified the police. They
in turn notified the state police, AMI
Deputy Chief George G. Neal of Lynn,
assumed charge of the investigation,
pending the arrival of Gen. Jophanus
H. Whitney. of Milford. the state Of
ficer in whose district the crime oc-
Cured. The police. in their examina-
ton Of the ground, found numerous
blood marks.
In addition to the hat, parasol with
blood stains was found nearby the
marks on the ground. The hat. when
first seen by Igo, rested near the
barbed-wire fence. Later a pair of
cuffs, belonging to mans blue
stripped shirt was picked up near the
reservoir. There were also blood stains
on the cuffs. In the vicinity woman's
pocketboOk and a whiskey bottle full,
were found
that he had found no traces Of alcohol
on the body and he was certain that
the woman had not been drinking He
also said that the woman had not been
criminally assaulted. Two stones.
weighing about Is pounds each and
bearing blood stains, were found on
the scene of the murder, and 1t is
thought that the wounds on the head
were made by them. After almost de-
CAPTIVATING the woman, the murderer
made u deep cut over the left breast.
evidently with knife, the same weap-
on he had used on the throat.
From the clothing and the appear
ance of the hands, the authorities had
decided that the woman belonged to
the working class. Her waist and sklrts
were made of inexpensive material. All
those who saw the body. after its re-
moval to an undertaking establishment
in Arlington, failed to identify it up to
a late hour, tonight.
Later, the police stated that a portion
of a mans gold watch chain had been
found hanging to one of the barbs OF
the wire fence. and a woman's beaded
necklace had been picked up near the
body. In the pocketbook was slip OF
paper on which was written two names.
a mans and = woman's. but the police
refused to give the names. The purse
also contained a Chinese laundry check
and IS cents in money.
The police also stated that the clothes
on the body of the woman were very
badly torn. indicating that there had
been a struggle.
The medical examiner informed the
police that the woman had died within
the "a hours previous to the autopsy.
which was concluded at o'clock. 1t
is thought that the crime was COM
mitted some time before midnight. last
night.
Geo. s. Russell, who conducts small
refreshment stand, Immediately oppo-
site the Arlington Golf Club house.
stated, tonight, that his dog. about
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