The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
WHO WAS SHE?
The Body of Unknown Woman
Found in a Pond
NEAR CITY OF NEWARK

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, a comely woman
of perhaps 80 years of age was found
lIearly submerged in the icy waters
lof a 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 evi--
dence of recent scrupulous toilet
and such of her 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 well established
that is was not that of resident of
Newark or Harrison. Two men, who
occupied yacht near where the body
was found, are detained by the PC
lice, but the most important clue
was furnished by Peter Coogan, a
watchman employed by the Marine
Engine Company, who recognized
the body as that Of a 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 a
man crossing the meadows, going in
1.-The direction if 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 /
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 10
come from the direction Of the pond
and sounded like "spare me- arc
"help." Nearer the girls were ap-
preached by a well dressed stranger
who accosted and followed them uI-
til they met a policeman, when ne
turned and fed.
| The girls had a good view OF the
man under an electric light and while
he was well and realty dressed MS
hands showed either that he was ac-
customed to manual labor OF had re-
Gently been engaged in work that
soiled his fingers.
Life had been extinct, the coro-
ner said. about twelve hours when
the body was found. A mark on the
meek indicated that strangulatlon
was the manner of death. Scratches
on the legs and trunk, and pieces OF
Icinder forced into the flesh showed
that the body had been dragged
along a cinder path, which skirts the
pond.
Along the path the police picked
nm a white silk waist, skirt and q
pair of silk garters. Following the
ipath the police came upon the yacht
l"Idle Hour which was tied up at
"a point on the Passaic about 300 feee
from where the body was found. On
1.-The Yacht the police say that tney
found a Seal skin and fur neck piece.
The occupants OF the yacht were
i Albert Thompson, Il years old, OF
| Elizabeth, boatman, and FREDERICK
4 'lKirkman, 3s years old. Both were
| employed on the boat. Thompson
said that he found fur pieces near
the cinder path.
The police found On the ooat
:, dishes enough for three dinners. Iae
men, however, said that they mao no
visitor on the Idle Hour. The police
: said they had practically notnlns
T against the, prisoners, but would soe-
tain them until further inquiry couio
he made. An autopsy WILL De per
formed as soon as it can be ar
ranged: