The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-02
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Anuie Quinn - BOSTON vas found murdered
Yesterday IN h"r rootn rn the SECOND hopr
~ a furnished rnnrn hu,.-e ~ ,ai Fast Itsth
street. run by Mrs Iizahe,h Sch~art1.
George l. krsust. VINO " e,npIoyed on
Black~ell's Island and ~ho Ta--ed In the
horSs ~ Mr.. Boy II. tho murdered womsn -
husband was srre-ted Last night sni locked
ap ~ Police H~eatquarter- IN suspicion.
Kramer n the Young woman went 20
tn" house OF hast Friday night and engaged
the front room on tho -econd fnnr They
ssid that they would W. in the CITY for -one
time Mrs. Schwsrtz saws she nd no, s~,
much of Them, and A. hong n their rent was
paid she did not concern herself abou,
them She thought " strsnge Yesterday
that she did not hear the woman moving
about in the room. and ~ noon she went up
stairs to investigate.
When Mrs. SCHWARTZ ofenci the door
she ss~ the Woman'- body stretched out
on the foOr near the hcpl. Thu hodv was
without clothing s.ni was bruised. She
ran our and found Policeman stewart of
the East l2Jth street station. Who called
an ambulance from tho Harlem Huepi'al
Stewart and Policeman PurdereauS rc-
turned TO the house. They folnd that the
face had been pounded almost to a pulp.
The skull was fractured The eyes were
guuged out and the teeth knocked Our.
The nose was broken. the mouth swollen
and both arms terribly bruised. 4 broken
heer bottle had been used in the mutilation.
over the heart was what looked like a stab
Mound.
There were MARKS If teeth all over tho
upper part os the body. The sheets from
the bed were thrown ~ a corner with the
womar's clothes. They were sat urated
with blood. Dr Ross arrived from Harlem
Hospital and said that the person who
murdered the woman was q ficnd.
Capt. Walsh OF the East l25th street
station. who was downtown. telephobed
for all his sleuths. and they went TO the
houss. They made n search OF the room
to discover a clue. Scattered around the
room were a dozen empty whiskey bottles.
AMI the condition Of the place showed
that Kramer and the woman had been
drinking heavily.
Coroner Shrady. who took charg. of
the case. said the murder was one OF the
most brutal he had ever heard of. He
had the BODY sent 10 the Bellevue morgue
and urged tins police to do their best to
get tho murderer. because. he said. the
Uan would probably commit another crime
when he got a victim,
DtteCUlNt NllOn OF Napt. walsh 8 STAN
was searching around the room when he
found a pair Of trunks which had the name
George l.. Kramer written in indelible ink
on the waistband. Mrs. Schwartz said
that the woman had told her tina she was
from Boston n that her husband was
employed on Blsokwell's Island. She said
the man left the house at 10 o'clock yester-
day morning. and when she did not hear
the woman stirring around she went up 10
see II she had gone out.
Capt. Walsh sent Cullen and Marion of
his STAFF OF 10 the island and told them 90
look for Kramer. He first telephoned the
Charities Department and learned thai
such q man was employed on the island,
and then he told his men to bring him back
The detectives found Kramer and he nd
mitted that he had been living with the
woman, but denied that he had killed her.
He said she was Annie Quinn and thai her
home was in Boston. lie said that she
had been i'll for several days and that when |
he left her yesterday morning she was
ceiling better. Kramer was taken TO Head
uarters.
Mrs. Schwartz told the police that Kramer
usually left the house in the morning and
eturned in the evening around 5 o'clock,
She heard him walking in his room ON
Monday night quite late. He went out at
o'clock In the morning and returned in a
minutes. Mr.. Reilly. who occupied a
room In the rear Of the couple, said
did not hear a sound on Monday night
Or yesterday morning.
The police oun Kramer working as n
plumber In the Metropolitan Hospital. The
woman had also been employed there in
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