The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-30

New kark. Dec. 2s.~-A doilosesaIlfl,t,
ilfioation OF the victim of the eJrsey'
lswamp murder, curicusly effected yesE
lterday makes II practically certain
THAT the woman was Agnes OsKsefes
IsumetImes known as Mrs. Annie NcT.
Tins.
Double Identification.
| AS Mrs Annie Neyins she wss poai
ltively identified this morning Ia tue
Harrison morgue BY Mrs. Margaret
Wright OF Mont Clair, 70 whom tbs
woman had applied recently for pCst
tion as housekeopcr AN Agnes n 'Keefs
lshe was with equal certainty ilentifiel
Ian hour later By Detective Sergeant
lnrabeil OF Orange, where the sleter
Tive declares. she was employed as
domestic In seevrai families up to q
lyear and half ago,
| The curious circumstances which
lappafently unite these conflicting
Iidentlilcations are these:
AS agnes OKeefe q woman resen,
lbling In every way the victim cf tlsls
IchriHtmas night tragedy was enplryel
at Orange in the household Of Thnm
as Nevins, wealthy contractor who
has since died in IRELAND. Annie Ney.
Inns, niece Of the contractor, and Agnes
IOKeefe we're fast frIensIs during all
1.-The time that the latter lived n Or
ange. and 1t Is regarded as not nrs-
likely that when she left there. inas-..
much as she had had trouble IN res
itaining positions. she adopted tan
name OF her friend IN beginning o ncH
ife elsewhere.
Clothing identiied.
4 Z IL was. "a affs ANnle Nevifaa that 4
woman again resembling III ever fes
'Igspcct this victim Or the walilI, nltir.
IIer. applied tc Mrs. Wright ~ Mont
flCiair for d position. Mrs. Wright ne.
ling at the head nf IN employment
| agency there, She told Mrs Nfteht
itha her home was In Brooklyn. hut
THAT recently sliU. had been keeping
house for two men In Newark. She
was attired precisely a. the woman
lwho lies dead at the Iuurgue, aud Mrs,
Wright identified the garments today
before she looked at the body. She
gave no address when she went away.
Tonight detectives were securing
Brooklyn. Newark. Orange and the
lnoarby towns for traces Of either An.
nie eNvIns or Agnes O'Keefe but
without results. And even II this
IdoubIe-barreIcd Identification shall
prove to be correct. the mystery which
surrounds the crime Is not whit
nearer solution, for no hint Of ths
identity OF the murderer has been
Forthcoming up to the present time.
Another Garment Found.
Following the gruesome procession
| Of garments that have been picked mp
within half a mile OF the spot where
the body was found. the seal cap un-
doubtedly worn by the victim was To-
rated today under the bank OF the Pas,
safe river near the acetylene works.
IL is simple skull cap with two feath-
srs fixed at the front and rolls on
leIther side. which may be drawn dc wn
lover the ears for protection against
severe weather There was nothing
about II to aid In the Identification
save the fact that II matched the nun.
which the sceue OF the crime has al.
Iready given up.
Nearby also vas fn,fnd n sImple
little trinket in the shape Of heart
Ia device wrought OF mother-of pearl
with the letter 8. twisted across the
lsront in thick gold wire. n may have
lbeicnged 10 the victim Of the tragedy
Ior some other woman. thourhtlessiy
threading The same grennd. may have
liropped Il. II was placed among the
Iothcr relics.
A Letter.