The Washington times., 1907-12-30
POLICE FOIkED
IN IDENTIFYING
BODY OF WOMAN
Man FaintS as He Looks
on the Corpse at
the Morgue.
Search for Cora S."
Begun by the DeteC-
tlVeS on Faint Clue.

HARRISON, N J., Dec. 3O-RealIzing
that the mystery surrounding the find
ing OF the nude body OF a woman IN
the swamp near here Thursday con-
ceals one OF the most dastardly Of muir
ders. the Newark and Harrison police.
aided by Hudson county officials. are
bending every effort to identify the vic
tim and locate the murderer. But the
delay in holding the autopsy has given
the slayer time to cover his tracks, and
the task Of fixing the responsibility for
the crime will be extremely hard.
e. The so-called identifcations have now
all been exploded excepting that OF the
Montclair intelligence office proprietor,
who said the woman sought a position
under the name of Annie Nevins. OF
Brooklyn, and the Brooklyn police say
they can find no trace OF any such
woman.
Faints at Sight of Body.
Tho latest clue in which the police
put scant hope was the visit 10 the
morgue today OF man who said he
was from Jersey City. He declared he
was looking for a woman whose first
name was Cora, and whose surname be-
gar with s." After one look at the
Do6y he fell in q faint and friends
hurried him from the morgue. He left
before the police could question him al
length.
The mans statement fits so accurately
with some Of the evidence that the po-
lice are looking through the lists Of
missing women for a Cora s. Near
where the body was found the police
picked up a letter 10 Cora" evidently
written by a mother tc her daughter
Its contents were mostly undecipherable
but one paragraph read:
Dear Cora: Ask God TO help YOU.
You may yet be saved and restored to
your loved ones. Now think earnestly
or these words. Pray earnestly over
your future God is good
Immediately following the finding Of
this note a pearl pin with the initial
s. on it was picked up
Woman of Good Family.
The most significant development. the
police now think, is trc revelation of
the autopsy that the dead woman was
not Of the ordinary walks OF life: that
she wac not given much to drink. and
that her murderer struck her down
from behind with a sandbag or similar
instrument, fracturing her skull. then
throwing her face down into the pool OF
water 20 drown
Hate IS indicated by the force Of tho
blow. rather than brute passion. and IL
seems evident she was killed because
she interfered with the plans OF some
man. Detectives on the case admit the
murderer was no ordinary man, and de-
clare his method TO prevent identifica-
tiOn would probably have been success
ful had he weighted the clothing before
throwing them into the river. They
lean more strongly now to the theory
that the body was brought 10 the place
where found In a vehicle of some ma
ture and are today Csnvassing the liv-
cry stables and garages of Newark and
Jersey city for confirmation along this
line.
Died While Struggling.
That the girl died struggling was
shown by her clinched teeth The first
blow probably rendered her unconscious.
but she revived. renewed her struggle
for life. and tried to make an outcry.
II was then that cinders were forced
into her mouth. and she was again
struck on the back OF the head, leav-
ing her unconscious and helpless. After
her clothing was stripped from her she
vas ruthleSsly thrown into a pool. I'm
conscious as she was. she did not have
a chance for life. The cold water may
have revived her long enough 10 give
her n few gasps, and 10 inhale the
foul water and mud, which were found
I'm the lungs. Then she died from suf-
location.
with the mystery as 10 the cause Of
the girls death cleared at this late
hour. the police Of Harrison, now GER
tain that murder has been done. have
something 70 work upon, and today ex-
pect to make another arrest. Arthur
Thompson and Frederick Kirkman. the
two hOatmen who lived on the yacht
Idle Hour. few hundred yards from
where the girls body was found. are
closely confined IN the Harrison fail
IL is likely that a reward for the ar
rest OF the slayer will be offered today.