The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-03-17
STRAN('LE[) GIRL
IDENTIFIED
Victim Of the Washington
Hotel Newark Tragedy
Is Mamie Dennis Of
This City.
sHElIvED ON HOPKINS AVENUE
Detective PRESCOTT at Work on
the Case Hopes to Have
the Man Soon in cus-
tody.
sHELIvED ON HOPKINS AVENUE

The body Of young woman found in
bedroom of the Washington Hotel,
/ Newark, last night, and believed to have
been strangled to death by a man who
accompanied her to the room. has been
/ identified as Mamie Dennis, of No. 139
Hopkins avenue, this city. The identif-
cation of the unfortunate young woman
was traced through pair Of No shoes
she Wore, which bore the trade mark of
/ Shoe Dealer George A. Stanford, 10.
663 Newark avenue. 4 silver pin she
wore bore the initials M D." A mans
handkerchief found in the room bore the
initial C.
/ When the police Of this city learned
that the supposed murdered girls shoes
bore the trade mark of Shoe Dealer
Stamford. Deteetive-Sergeant Prescott
+ was assigned to the case. This morning
one Of the shoes worn by the woman
was brought to police headquarters by
Detective Ryan, of Newark When it
was shown hy Detective-srgeant Pres
colt at Mr.. stamford's shoe store, a
daughter who assists in waiting on Gus
toners Immediately exclaimed:--
| why, | know whose shoe that is. Its
Mamie Dennis's!''
Miss Dennis worked in an establish
ment in the lower part of the Hudson
City section. Detectiye=Sergeant Pres
eott found that Miss Dennis left her
home to so to work on Wednesday morn
ing and did not return. That was the
last seen of her alive by her people. The
missing man is known to the local police
and he is expected to pc in custody be-
fore night.
He is described by the hotel employ
ees as being about twenty-six years DID,
Eve feet eleven incnes in height, prob
ably 160 pounds, with dark hair and
smooth face He wore long gray coat
that reached almost TO his feet. The
woman evidently had been choked to
death.
The couple registered as ID. Edwards
and wife, Jersey City They were ad-
mitted by Sadie Young, the proprietress,
and We're shown to room No. 2 on the
second floor by Theodore Young, brother
of the proprietress. The man made a
request that they be allowed the use of
the room until 6 o'clock last night, and
tile couple retired at once.
Nothing more was seen of the wo-
man until after o'clock last night. The
time for which the room was engaged
had expired, and when the Young wom-
an tried the door she found it locked
She called her brother, who climbed to
a rear extension and gained entrance to
the room hy forcing a window opening
on the extension
Young discovered the woman lying
full dressed on the bed. She was at full
length. and pillow taken from the bed
was lying lengthwise over her face and
the upper part of her body. The body
| was cold ana stiff, showing that death
had occurred several hours before dis
covery. A blue mark that might have
been made by the impression Of fin
ger was on the left side Of the throat.
DR. Emery A. Miller. who was SUM
moned said the woman had evidently
been dead from twelve 70 fifteen hours.
The young woman is described as
heing about i've feet, one or two inches
tall, dark hair. fair skin, blue eyes, teeth
III excellent condition, and pointed fen
lures. Her clothing consisted Of a we'll
worn brown crushed velvet hat. tnlnel
up in front and side, brown veil brown
gloves, black tailor made six battonel
coat, lined with gray, white silk shirts
waist, brlttoned up ID tlle back, brown
cloth skirt, black stockings and small
ilaek-laced, patept-leather tipped shoes.
+ No 2 IN size. on which was flie name Of
George 4. Stanford, 10. 6S9 Newark