The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-30
SCAPULAR IS CLUE
IN MYSTERY OF
SLAIN WOMAN
TWO ARRESTS FOLLOW FINDING
OF BURNING CORPSE IN VA.
CANT LoT-Two MEN AND WA.
CON SEEN.

NEW YORK. July 30.--In the most
banling OF mysteries. an embroidered
scapular. or devotional garment, OF
| Our Lady OF Mount Carmel. a bit OF
checkered Bingham. a section OF EN-.
broidered silk. a bunch OF keys and n
buckhorn handled knife are the slen-
der clues which the police OF Manhat-
tan and Brooklyn today have in their
possession In their search for the
Identification of the charred body OF
young woman found In a lonely lot.
In Williamsburg. They are seeking
two men. seen In a wagon near the
spot shortly before the discovery OF
the body.
Fire and acid were used TO destroy
the face OF the victim and a portion
OF the body. but sufficient was ia.
yealed to the coroner and police to
establish that the woman was about
80 years old. Her hair was Jet black.
and her skin OF olive tint. She was
5 feet inches tall, and such bits OF
clothing as remained unconsumed in.
dictated that she had been well dressed.
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The autopsy revealed that she had
borne several children. Every organ
OF the body save the heart was shown
to have been normal. and the only
evidence OF violence was knife
wound in the throat 1t was this
wound that caused her death. The
police believe that the woman was an
Italian. married and in comfortable cir.
cumstances.
The scapular is regarded by Police
Inspector Shippy and his detectives
as the most important clue upon which
they have to work.
IL was homemade and larger than
usual. with picture OF Our Lady or
! Mount Carmel on one side. II was or
brown cloth. almost new. and had
been carefully worked at the edges
with white and pink silk.
While the scapular was literally
soaking In oil. ii was not touched by
the flames that scared its wearer, al
ed In two and the garments that had
covered 1t were entirely consumed.
Not the OfficiaI Garment.
FIR. Stephany, rector OF the Church
of Our Lady OF Mount Carmel. In
| UnlOn-aVe., GTeenpOlut, Sdiu nc never
before saw the scapular.
1T Is not identical with those fire.
auently worn by members Of my con-
gregation," he said.
The police are working on the story
of Mrs. Matthew Murray. Greenpoint-
ave-. who says she heard a wagon
drive up to the spot. later going In
the direction of the ferry.
Mrs. Murray said she was akawen-
ed by the sound OF wheels turning
. rapidly. The noise was unusual, so
she got up and went to a front win
dow A horse hitched TO covered
wagon was crossing the lot from the
: direction Of the creek bank at gal
J lop. urged on by some unseen person
who sat under the sheltering hood.
plying whip and rein. The horse took
the curbing at one jump. whirled into
the roadway and disappeared, going
toward the Greenpoint ferry. Mrs.
Murray said there were two men In
: the wagon and one OF them wore =
white hat.
J Two Arrests in Case.
! Because he told three separate stor-
ies-and all of them CONFERENCE.-THE
: authorities at Brooklyn headquarters
| locked up the man who gave the first
: alarm--Joseph Ruddick. a private
Waterman.
Later. as q result of the older mans
latest story, they took his son. Joseph
Ruddick, a peddler, into custody as
suspicious person.
The younger Ruddick was found on
Driggs-ave. He was taken to the Man.
hattan-st. station. Joseph Ruddick. a
stoutly built man OF 20. made this
statement:
IL live with my sister at No. 2.9
, Kingsland-ave, but for the last two
nights I have slept with my father at
the stable where he works.
Twice Put Out Fire.
Il woke up and saw the bonfire. I
called my father and we went and
put 1t out. II started up again. The
second time we went to the fire Va
saw the body and got 1t out Of the
flames. Then l left my father to give
the alarm and went on to my work.
| cannot understand why my father
didn't tell that was there In the frs;
place"
! Geo. Wolf, of Dupont-st., Williams
: burg. reported TO the police today that
he believed the murdered woman was
his sister. Annie, who has been miss
ing for two weeks. He failed to ideu.
/ ify the body