The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29
MURDERED WOMAN
IS NOW IDENTIFIED.
Two Persons State That
Newark Body is That
Of Annie O'Keefe.
HER MOVEMENTS
BEING TRACED
Elevator-Man in Department
Store Says She Waited There
for ManSeen Later in a
Chinese Restaurant-An-
other Woman Re
ported Missing.

NEW YORK. December 2s.-The veil
Of mystery enve1oping the tragic death
OF the young woman. whose nude body
was found submerged in the water and
mud Of lonely pond near Harrison,
N. j.. Thursday. is being rapidly lifted.
Detectives working on the case be-
lteve that the slayer OF the woman,
who was Identified to-day as Annie
oKeefe. or Annie Neyins. will soon
be run down and taken into custody.
The Identification OF the dead woman
was first made to-day by Mrs. Margaret
Wright, who conducts an employment
bureau in Mont Clair, N q.
She said that the woman had called
on her earlier in the month and asked
for employment. She gave the name
OF Annie Nevins. but did not state
where she lived. Late this afternoon
Mrs. Wright's Identification was prac-
tically corroborated by Detective Ser
geant Draybell. OF Orange, N. j., who
O'keefe. and that he knew her we'll
two years ago, when she was employed
in the home of Thomas Nevins, q con-
tractor In Orange.
Since that time Sergeant Draybell
states. the woman was employed In the
capacity of maid in several places IN
and about Orange. Recently. he said,
he had lost track OF her. Draybell In
formed the police that the closest
friend that Miss OKeefe had was Miss
Nevins. niece OF Thomas Nevins. and
that undoubtedly she took the name of
Nevins at times when seeking employ
ment.
Hat Found in River.
The hat worn by the murdered wo-
man was found this afternoon in the
Passaic River and turned over to the
police. It Is a sealskin turbnn. and
matched the collarette and muff which
were found near the body. Mrs.
Wright.s description OF the clothing
worn by Miss O'Keefe when she ap-
Piled to her. for work corresponds in
every detail with the clothing found
near the dead woman's body.
While Mrs. Wright could give little
further information concerning the wo-
man, she recalled that Miss O'Keefe
had told her that she had been acting
as l1ousekeeper for two young men
in Brooklyn. b
The Harrison police have learned
much OF Miss O'Keefe's movements just
before the murder from Thomas Elan
lagan, an elevator man in Newark
department store. who. after a visit to
the rporgue to-day, declared with posi-
tiyeness that Miss O'Keefe had been
in the store on Christmas Eve and had
asked him II a well-dressed man had
inquired for a woman in & red dress.
He said that Miss O'Keefe appeared
nervous, and, after stating that she
had an appointment with the man. re-
NAMED at the store for over an hour
Later, Flanagan said, he saw and spoke
to her In Chinese restaurant, and
that she told him that she had been
unable to find the man. He states that
the woman left the restaurant shortly
before midnight.
The police say there Is no doubt that
| she finally met this man. and. after
spending Christmas Day With him, was
llured into the Hackensack meadows
and murdered.
Detectives are trying to locate the
two young men who employed Miss
OKeefe in Brooklyn.
May Be Miss Smith.
The identification made by Mrs
Wright is not accepted as positive By
| the police, however. The hands OF
the dead woman had been carefully
cared for, and showed no traces o:
rough work Of any kind.
1t is believed that an synonymous let
ter. which reached New York police
headquarters to-day may be Of mate
rial aid In establishing the woman'
identity. The writer of the letter sait
he was certain the murder victim wa
a Miss Smith, who at tone time was en-
ployed as telephone operator at thu
Hotel Girard. In West Forty-fourtl
Street. New York City. The write
/ said she was known to have had trou
BILE with a man In Newark. No on
4 who knew Miss Smith has yet visitet
i the morgue, but detective who Wen
TO the Hotel Girard with description
of the dead woman was told that ]
. answered very closely the appearance
OF the former telephone operator.
Letter Indicates Miss Smith.
Three small boys looking around tn
4 scene Of the crime came upon q brooch
4 pin near where one-half of the wo
mans Jacket was found. The pin wa
A a mother of-pearl affair, about an @incl
and half long and gthree-quarters Q
an inch wide. On twas the letter IS.
formed with a small gold wire tn
brooch was turned over to the police.
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