Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-06-29


The identity Of the girl found dead in
Blind Alley this morning has been set
tied. Several persons, among them
her employer and the woman with
whom she lived have testified to her
features as those of an orphan Girl by
the name of Jenny Rogers, who
worked in the large shirt factory IN
Wooster street, near Broome, Inquiry
into her character proves her to have
been both virtuous and industrious,
but she was sickly. and her death.
which seems to have been sudden,
was, according to present appearances
solely the result of a fright given by
the following anonymous letter which
was found in her room:
New York, May %. 1887.
"Mss Jenny Rogers Will you let
true friend warn you? Though You
seem at present unconscious of the
fact you have a desperate enemy, who
has sworn to be the ruin of you. He is
not a common man. and will certainly
accomplish whatever he desires.
Whether his determination springs
from too much love or too much hate
| cannot tell, but he has singled you
out as his victim, and before long you
may expect to see yourself visited by a
fine looking and uncommonly pleasing
gentleman. who will talk fairly to you,
but who at heart means you nothing
but wrong and suffering. Lest you
should not know him when You see
him | will describe him in advance.
He is tall, with dark hair and mus
tachc, gray eyes and polite manner
At sight of such Il man fee: it is your
only safety. With best wishes,
"A FRIEND"
This letter, according to the landlady
with whom she lived, was given her
yesterday evening upon her return
from the factory, and, though she did
not tell anybody about It, she mani
Tested so much uncasnCSs all night
that the people in the next room COM.
planned of being disturbed. But in the
morning she was so quiet that the
landlady became alarmed ana went
into her room, when she found that
the young girl had not --nly gone away,
but had carried off most of her few cf.
fects. This was great surprise, rs
Jenny had always seemed both honest
and considcrate But it was followed
by a still greater surprise. For, few
minutes later, before the landlady had
left the room, in fact, q strange gentle.
man called upon this girl, with large
packet Of extra work in his arms, and
upon hearing she had gone out without
leaving any word, expressed himself
much astonished, since She had prom.
ised to be at home to see him. lie did
not give his name, but he was tail,
good looking, with Il black mustache
and gray eyes. He left the work and
went away. looking much put out and
disappointed
Meanwhile, poor Jenny Rogers who,
if she had expected him rs he had said,
had taken most certain means OF cS-
Gaping him, was lying in an alley near
| by dead. She had run, as several tcS;
| tify, for two long blocks down North
| Moore street, and if. as some think,
| she was troubled with heart disease,
her death is explained. But this cannot
| be settled till the autopsy takes place.
! The original name of the SignOrina
| Valdi has been found to have been
| this same fatal one of Jenny Rogers.
Signed by different names, these va
| rious reports interested the inspector
greatly. pOndcring upon them he de.
| cided that the evidences of Il conspiracy
against girls Of this name were good,
and that the strange gentleman who
appeared in all these reports saving
! the last was one and the same man. A
| detective was. therefore, called and
| given such clues to this mysterious n'
| diyidual as could be gathered from
! these various reports, With an iniunC-
| ton to have him forthcoming in time
| for the inquest soon to be held over
the remains Of the poor girl found in
| tiho nlIav wnV