The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-27
Kirkman Had Been ia
Brooklyn Where Victim
Bought Clothes.
AUTOPSY IS POSTPONED
Harrison Common Council May
Offer Reward-.SeveraI Theories
Advanced..EffOrts at Identi.
fication Fail..Newark De.
tectives Help.

Developments today in the myster-
lous murder case of the good d-Ioolxing
young woman whose nude body was
found in the creek on the Harrison
dumps near the Passaic River yestef-
day morning were of such u charac-
ter as to warrant the Harrison police
: In holding for further investigation the
two boatmen, Albert Thompson and
| Frederick Kirkman.
| It was shown that KirIxman had been
/ in Brooklyn for four days shortly be-
| fore Christmas. 1t was alleged, fur
ther, that he was the son of a Brook
lyn clergyman. but this he denied. II
| is supposed that dead woman came
| from Brooklyn, for her tailor-made
suit was bought there. II this Is SO
Kirkman could have met the woman
there and have brought her to this
city or Harrison, or he could have in
duced her to come out by appoint
ment, say the police. Kirkman, how
ever, denies he ever met any such
woman. He has not been taken to the
morgue.
The womans body has not been iden-
titled although a mana Newarlker-
said that he had been accosted by the
woman in this city Christmas evening.
when she had asked him to direct her
TO cheap restaurant, saying she mad
little money.
The Brooklyn end of the case Is be-
| ing looked into by detectives from the
Hudson County prosecutors office. De-
tectiYe Jerolaman, Of Prosecutor
| Speers stall, went TO Brooklyn today
with the woma1's $ coat TO see II it could
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be Identified.
Hudson County Physician Converse
reached Harrison TINS AFTERNOON
o'clock. and went at once to the
morgue He examined the body OF the
woman, but did not conduct an au-
| topsy, as 1t was expected he would
DO He postponed The autopsy until
Monday or tuesday OF next week, IN
order that the prosecutors detectives
may have time to make a thorough
preliminary investigation. His action
was a surprise to the police.
Two detectives from the prosecutors
ONCE We're at the morgue conducting
inquiries. They are William J. Char
lock and Alexander Roth. They exam
med the body and the clothing that
mas been found When Charloek ana
lhe doctor were VleWlng tne Dooy, Jo-
Y
| pfoFldehee' ~ l. insisted on entering
me rooni' ne was iorceu OUT ana ne
maze ailoiher attehlpt' e'harioeh theh
piaeeu nun uluer al,esr anu no Wae
laNeh 10 ilar[ison poilee neduauafleFs
on u ehaIse OF ulsoroeris conouci. NJ
was paroieu Il, onaIse VI tne iilorsue.
heepei, loi "iioii ne "0iNeu sesetaa
yer.s ar aso. . - - .,s
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oe'Neeh uocA Nanu ssow @ oli ens
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~ iiAu peei Spiie w FNe D"SH' Just %
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! ,ouIiu noae,Hs III .ile rivsi near .,le
pohl Dllahuo W HIis Ss'il nei,l,lslus. ~.
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peeipoi@ oul VIZ on
pis cd.poat; the tulo Hlour' aheholsu
l'ear the pia9e "nelo 'lio pouy We
iouau' anu iis ass's.s'ii.' 80 49, iNii 1il.a'
poin VI Nnoiii MeiS AisiN ~ tis
son ponce slatioh Oh Su7pioio,l' Wslo
alraisheu touay an" ioiil"iiuSu Aoi
lurther lnVestlsation'
IL was alieseo that hilhlna1 Yae
the son oil minister anu hau peen
IA Bfookiyh lor Tour Gays recenl'S-
The dead wornahs SUIT was Dousnt N
Brookiyh'
hlrhnan dehled that ne was mar
RED ont II ne can ne luentlnea as the
son OF the Brookiyn clergyman u Wili
be proved that ne Is harrieu anu has
wite hRlhg'
hlrkinah uehied ne ever lNed ~
Brooklyn or was the son OF min
lister. but he viii be "sweated by the
police. He said that he had no regular
home He knew Thompson in Eng
land. and when he came to this coun
try from the other side eight or nine
years ago. ne hunted up Thompson.