The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-27
REFINED WOMAN is
FOUL|.I+.Y l MURDERED i |. | I. /: |: |:
Dead and Partially Dis.
robed Body is Found
Strangledin Pond
iVVATCHMAN SAW
MURDERER FLEE
Unknown Man Passes With Wo
man and Later Returns Alone.
Girls Out Late Hear Cries
Of Victim-Two Men
Are Held on Sus-
picion.

Are Held on Sus-
picion.
NEWARK, n. j., December 26-Al
murder combining the elements OF
mystery and deliberate cruelty was
committed on the Hackensack Meadows.
In the town OF Harrison. early to-day,
and the nude body OF the victim. q
comely woman of perhaps thirty years.
was found nearly submerged in the Icy
waters Of q littleypond. Only the feet pro-
jected when chance passersby broke
the Ice In which the exposed portions
were 7encrusted and dragged the body
ashore this afternoon. The dead wo-
man was finely featured. Her hair
ana nails gave evidence OF !. recent
and scrupulous toilet and such OF her
clothing az was subsequently found,
suggested In texture and style an own.
er Of refinement.
The pond tn 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 tonight. and
1t was pretty we'll established that IT
was not that Of resident OF this city,
or OF Harrison.
Two men. who occupied yacht
mnored near where the body was found,
are detained by the police, but the
most important clue was furnished to-
night by Peter Coogan. watchman
employed by the Marine Engine Com.
pany, who recognized the body as that
OF a woman whom he had seen cross
ing the meadows In company with
man early to-day Later he saw the
man alone. He then carried bundle
In his arms. The man was short and
stout.
watchmap Saw Her Pass.
coogan, whose duties keep him in
the neighborhood OF the murder scene,
told the police: .sWhil. outdoors at
O'Clock this morning / saw this woman
In company with man cross the
meadows. going In the direction OF the
pond They passed SO near me that
am able to recognize the wonaan's fea-
lures. some time later-perhaps an
,hour-tt1e man returned and again
snassed me. this TINA going In the direc.
tim from which the two had gone
when I first saw them. This time the
,nan was alone. In his arms he car.
|r;ed a bundle, which he had not llao
at first. In build he was stout ana
thick set
Girls Hear Cry OF Distress.
Two girls returning to their nome
in Harrison long after midnight th!s
morning heard woman's cries hoat,
Ing over the marshland. They seemed
n come from the direction OF the pond,
and sounded like "Oh. spare ne! ana
"Help!" Nearer home the girls were
approached by well-dresscd stranger.
who accosted and followed them until
they met policeman. when he turned
and fed. The girls had good view
Of the man under an electric light, and
while he was we'll and neatly dressed
his hands showed either that he was
accustomed to manual labor or nag
recently been engaged i'll work tHal
soiled his fingers.
life had been extinct. the coroner
said, about twelve hours when the
body was found this afternoon. a mark
| on the neck indicated that strangula-
ton was the manner OF death.
Scratches on the leg and trunk and
pieces Of cinder forced into the flesh
J showed that tho body had been dragged
/, along cinder path which skirts the
| pond.
Along, the path the police picked UP
| a white silk waist, slashed up tn back,
| a skirt and pair of silk garters.
Arrest Yacht Occupants.
1 Going down the path the police came
supon the yacht Idle Hour, which was
itied UP on the Passac about 800 feet
from where the body was found. On
! the yacht the police say they found
a sealskin and u fur neckplece.
The occupants OF the yacht We're Al
bert Thompson. forty-one years old, OF
Elizabeth. boatnan. and Frederick
1liskman. thirty-eisht years old. Both
were employed on tho boat. Thonlp.
son said that he found the fur pieces
near the pnthgthl morning. The police
4 found on the boat dishes enough FOL
three diners. The men. however. said
!, that they had no visitor on the Idle
Hour. The police said tonight that
4 they had practically nothing agains
j the prisoners, but would retain sthen
4 until further inquiry could be made
4 an autopsy will be performed as sool
as it can be arranged.
\ After performing an autopsy TO
'|night CorOner's Physician Alters s9it
Il that the marks on the mock strongly
Indicated death by trangulation. TDt
4 theory of robbery was eliminated. !
u is thought by the finding of q dia,
Sjmond ring on the dead woman's hand
j Tn life the woman had been, lie said
A rather stout and of medium height
She had the features OF u person OF re
Il flnement.
found the body was tonight held a.
4 a witness.
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