The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
WHO WAS She!
The Body Of Unknown NloaaaD
Found in a aPond
NEAR CITY OF NEWARK

A Night Watchman Recognizes Fea-
lures as Those Of Woman he
Saw Going With Man in Direc.
ton of Pond EARLY Christmas Day.
Clothing Found Suggests Owner of
Refinement.
A murder combining the elements
of mystery and deliberate cruelty
was committed on the Hackensaw
Meadows, in the town Of Harrison,
N. j., early Thursday, and the nude
body of the victim, comely woman
Of perhaps 80 years of age was found
nearly submerged in the icy waters
Of little pond. Only the feet pro-
jected when chance passers-by broke
the icy in which exposed portions
were encrusted and dragged the
body ashore Thursday afternoon.
The dead woman was finely fea-
tured; her hair and nails gave evil
dence Of recent scrupulous toilet
and such Of ter clothing that was
subsequently found suggested in tex
ture and style an owner of refine
ment. The pond in which the body
was thrown is made by the overflow
from the Passaic River and is direct
ly across the river from Newark.
The body has not been identified
but it was pretty we'll established
that is was not that Of a resident Of
Newark or Harrison. Two men, who
occupied a yacht near where the body
was found, are detained by the po-
lice, but the most important clue
was furnished by Peter Coosan, a.
watchman employed by the Marine
Engine Company, who recognized
the body as that Of woman he had
seen crossing the meadows in COM
pany with a man early that day.
Later he saw the man alone. He
then carried a bundle in his arms.
The man was short and stout. Coo
gan, whose duties keep him in the
neighborhood. Of the murder, told
the police:
"While outdoors at two o'clock I
saw this woman in company with q
man crossing the meadows, going in
the direction il the pond.
They passed so near me that
I am able to recognize the woman's
features. Some time later, perhaps,
the man returned and again passed
me, this time in the direction from
which the two had come when 7
first saw them. This time the man
was alone. In his arms he carried
bundle which he had not had be-
fore. In build he was short and
thick set"
Two girls returning to their home
in Harrison long after midnight
heard a woman's cries floating over
the marsh land. They seemed TO
come from the direction Of the pond
and sounded like spare me" and
"help." Nearer the girls were ap-
preached by well dressed stranger
who accosted and followed them un-
til they met a policeman, when he
turned and fled.
The girls had good view o. the
man under an electric light and "nlle
he was we'll and neatly dressed MS
hands showed either that he was ac-
customed to manual labor or had re-
GENTLY been engaged in work that
soiled his fingers.
Life had been extinct, the coro-
nor said about twelve hours when
the body was found. A mark on the
neck indicated that strangult,ion
was the manner 18th. Scratches
on the legs and trdl :, and pieces Oh
cinder forced into the fest s-oWed
that the body had been dragged
along a cinder path, which skirts the
pond. s
Along the path the police picked
I'M white silk waist, a sklrt ana
pair of silk garterS. Foilo"H!s tho
path the police came upon the yacht
idle Hour" which was tied up at
a point on the Passaic about 3oo teee
from where the body was found. oh
the Yacht the police say that theS
found seal skin and fur neck piece.
The occupants of the yacht were
Albert Thompson, Al years DID, OIL
Elizabeth, boatman, and Frederlch
Kirkman, SO years old. Both were
employed on the boat. thompson
said that he found fur pieces near
the cinder path. -.
The police found on the poaI
dishes enough for three dinners. me
men however, said that they had no
visitor on the Idle Hour. Tne ponce
said they had practically notnlne
against the prisoners, but would ae-
tain them until further inquiry coulo
he made. An autopsy Will be per-
formed as soon as it can be ar