New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
POLICE GRILL WOMAN
IN JERSEY MURDER CASE.
Victim Scid by Her To BE agnes
Young, Who Is Being Iraced.

The authorities OF Hudson County. n. J.. have
not been able solve the mystery Of the woman
whose body was found Thursday in swamp aI
Harrison. Mrs. Hattie Hun said posltlNeiy yeS-
,erdaxy tha. the body thai Of Mrs Agnes
Young She told a long story of her acquaintance
with Mrs Young and OF their trlps iose'iie' HI
New York and Jersey City
wr FIevrnan, treasurer of the ansona ffoIei'
nso said last night that he thought the body was
shat OF Mrs. Young, and still later In the nlsht
Frank FFuII husband of Mrs Hattie hun viewed
fhe pody and then came back 10 We" io'h
nd a note from Lieutenant OConnor mstruc'ihg
,,, "a renort at police headquarters IN harrison
1suu rqistook This for Instructions 10 report 10
rie,yt-nsnt tD'Connor HEADQUARTERS IN Ne" fofh'
and after viewing the body he refused l" -dH
,b,ber. or sot he recognized the woman as MIS-
.,,- ii,, said that IL his wife identified the
nodx he would see the funeral
Ars HULL subjected TO a severe cross tA-
animation yesterday, but the authorizes falleo 10
.hsL, ber story She was for four hours under the
..,bira degree examination last night, but she
,ucl % her story and never contradicted herself
Mrs Hull to Harrison in charge OF Lieu
tenant 'tsonnor- She said that from the tlIre she
g. ra.d tho description she believed the body To
he that of Mrs Young but that she rerralheo Iioii
being dragged into the case until she "a" oa'
m one else anpeared to make proper ldeniiflca-
tion She then told various details aoout MIS-
soure who. she said. was an expert boohheepei
and stenographer. who was separated from hei
husband and who had been in several Me-" h'if
hotels in clerical capacity
Mrs Young had been living in Brooklyn recehtls.
rhe said The day before Christmas Mfs' nun
said she received g note from her saying that sie
x,ou,d visit her the next day. Mrs Young kept her
nrornise end the two out and had q meal or
,vo and then they went to the Pennsylvania sta
Hon. in Jersey City. where Mrs Young had agreed
10 meet Charles Meyers, piano tuner, living III
14rookiyn with whom she had been friendly lot
eome time Mrs. Hull described Meyers in almost
the same words used by Coogan. the watchn1an. in
Describing the man who passed him on Christmas
hight in the company of a woman and gong IN the
Erection of the spot where the body was found
After luncheon at the Pennsylvania Railroad
restaurant Meyers and Mrs. Young boarded train
A,uns in +he direction Of Harrison. Their object
sppears according TO her story, TO have been two
fold One was to look at a laundry. TO buy which
Mrs Young drew 800 from bank That money
snd diamond ring she had Mrs. Hull says when
,scv parted 1t had also been remarked, Mrs. Hull
said that they were going TO a houseboat party
near Newark. Mrs. Hull gave other information
which not made public
Mrs Hull up TO a late hour last night had
returned to f2r home. No S West 1e4th street.
AT the Ansonia Hotel it was said last night that
sSnes Young was at the Ansona in October, 1896.
ror about three weeks. She came there well recon-
r1ended, and left there TO go 10 the Manhattan or
nome other hotel, it was said The books in
auditing department, where she employed
ss a controller bear evidence that her work
Was well done She left her employment at this
hotel on account of the return Of Old en-
,loxe whose place she had taken. 1t was said
that before she went TO the Ansonia she worked
st the WaIdorf-Astor1a and the Holland House
At 81 Manhattan and Knickerbocker hotels il
sas Sid that she was never employed in any
pacitv at either place. The managers OF both no.
tells declared that there were no changes in the
auditing and stenography departments within the
time it was believed that Mrs. Young sought en-
ployment those hotels
Abraham Schif, the proprietor Of the apartment
house AT No. 80 West 111ta street, where Mrs
Young WAS reported have lived, said that Mrs
Young lived at this house about nine months ago.
and moved away that time. He did not know
where she moved and said he had not seen her
since that time
wee arrested shortly after the finding Of the body,
were arraigned before Justice Brannigen at Ear-
fison yesterday, each committed the Hud-
son County Jail, in Jersey City, in default Of 5000
hai They viii he held until a further investga-
ton can be made. Assemblyman Joseph P. Tu-
,nulty of Hudson County, has been retained by
the iron 1noulders' union TO look after the inter
.sts of Kirknlan. who is member OF the union.
Detective Charlock has taken possession of the
three tea CUPS and saucers which were found on
Thcrpson's S boat, the Idle Hour after he was ar
rested The police say Of these cups had been
used to serve coffee. and the third contained
tea Thompson and Kirkman both said that only
two Of the cups used by them
On the boat several letters found ad-
dressed to Thompson. One was dated June 6, 1907,
and was sent from Dennison. England, by Thomp-
son's SON Two of the other letters addressed
to Thompson dated in March, 1907, and
srriI 1851. They sent from Beach Lawn,
y3eiper. Derbyshire. England. and were addressed
.pesr Alfred" and closed. Lovingly. Rachael"
Mrs. Margaret Wright, the Montclair employ