The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-27
Murder Near Newark Combin. ing the Elements of Mys- tery and Deliberate
 Cruelty.
BODY NUDE WHEN FOUND
Face Finely Featured, and Hair and Nails Give Evidence of Re- cent and Scrupulous
 Toilet.

Newark. N. J., Dec, 26-A murder, combining the elements of mystery and deliberate cruelty, which take it out of the ordinary, was committed on the Haokensack Meadows in the town of Harrison early to-day, and the nude body of the victim, a comedy woman of perhaps thirty years, was nearly submerged in the icy waters of a little pond. Only the feet projected when chance passers-by broke the ice in which the exposed portions were in- crusted and dragged the body ashore this afternoon.
 The dead woman was finely feat ured; her hair and nails gave evidence of a recent and scrupulous toilet, and lsuch of her clothing as was subse- quently found suggested in texture and style an owner of refinement rather than one whose habits might lead her to frequent the vicinity of the crime. The pond in which the body was thrown. is made by the overflow from
 the Passaic river and is directly across the river from this city.
 The body had not been identified to- t night and It was pretty well establish
 ed that it was not that of resident
 of this city or Harrison Its descrip,
 ton does not correspond with that ot
 any woman reported to the police al missing Two men who occupied yacht moored near where the body
 was found, are detained by the police
 but the most important clue obtained
 was furnished tonight by Peter Coo
 gan, a watchman employed by the Ma
 rine Engine company, who recognized the body as that of a woman whom h 7 had seen crossing the meadows il : company with a man early to-day : Later he saw the man alone, Tn : man was short and stout
 ' 1.-Two girls returning to their home i t 4 Harrison long after midnight thi t morning heard a wonan's cries float Y Elng over the marsh land. They seem r ed to come from the direction of th f pond and to the startled girls sounde r like spare me-" and 'help." Neare
 home the girls were approached by e we'll dressed stranger. who accoste s, and followed them until a policema 3 was met with, when he turned an le fled. The girls had good view ( Is the man under an electric light, an
 while he was well and neatly dresse, + his hands showed either that he WI ie accustomed to manual labor or ha le recently been engaged in work thi fe soiled his fingers.
 h Life had been extinct, the coron'
 said, about twelve hours when u nit body was found this afternoon. or mark on the neck Indicated thu ce strangulation was the manner ty death. Scratches on the leg and trur
 and pieces of cinders forced into U
 flesh showed that the body had bet
 dragged along a einder path. whi'
 skirts the pond. Along the path u en police picked up a white silk wal
 slashed up the back, a skirt and a ps
 of silk garters. Following the pa h. the police came upon the yacht 'Id fio Hour" which was tied up at q poi 'n, on the Passaic about 800 feet fire aS where the woman's body was aba . | QOnBQ. OIl blIo ydCANb .NAiY' PShSS p ue that they have found sealskin m ieA and a fur neck piece.
 ae' The occupants of the yacht were 'ne bert Thompson, forty one years of a Ine of Elizabeth, boatman, and Fred ere ick Kirkman, thirty~eight years o los Both were employed on the bo
 Thompson said that he found the 9"' pieces near the cinder path this mol onl ing. The police found on the b' yer dishes enough for three diners, Th' ent were three plates, three saucers a up so on. The men, however, said u cen they had no visitor on the "I pe- Hour" Both were arrested as s at- picious characters. The police s tonight that they had practics uio nothing against the prisoners, GU would detaln them until further
 IS ouiry could be made.
 m Thompson bears a good reputau It He went to Elizabeth after coming .rcn this country from England and n.y. emploved as a noulder until tn iys- weeks ago, when he came to this c
 It was understood at the time that 'ing contemplated purchasing a boat
 autopsy will be performed as soon
 d. aon ha orrq nered