New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
GIRL MURDER UNSOLPED.
No Tangible Development IN Dre7o
Case. Near Troy.

Troy, n. Y, July 14.-Out OF a maze OF theories
which confront the authorities who are trying 10
lift the cloud of mystery surrounding tile ueaOA
of Miss Hazel 1. Drew. nineteen years DID, whose
body was found in old millpond near AVerill
Park last Saturday nothing tangible developed
to-day that points to the murderer or the motive
for the crime. No arrests have been maze al
though the police have closely questioned se'eIal
persons who, 1t was thought might throw some
light on the case That the girl was assaulted
before she was murdered and thrown into the pond
Is the generally accepted theory
Theories multiply to the motive Tor the muir
der The girl was not known TO have had an enemy
or a sweetheart and the baffied authorities to-day
wore even willing to take up the possibility OF
suicide The physicians statement, however, to the
effect that there water in the lungs Is
given as proof that the girl was dead before her
body was thrown into the pond.
In the quiet churchyard at Poestenkill the girls
body was buried this afternoon bunch of roses
lay on the coffin 1t lowered into the grave
while the Rev. j. H. E. Richard. of the Third
Street Methodist Church, offered prayer. Only a
few friends and relatives were present.
What the girl did from the time she left her
aunt at the house where the latter is employed in
this city, Monday July g. until the body was
found, remains untold, Rhody Gunderman and
Frank Smith tell Of having seen the girl on Tues
day night the road leading from AveriL Park
10 Taborton. They met her. they say, at point
in the road called "the Hollow little further
along another road branches off to the left and
leads to the home of William Taylor, uncle OF
the girl She may have been on her way to visit
some friends in Taborton her destination may
have been her uncle's home.
The authorities endeavorng to find the suit
case and handbag which the girl carried when
she left Troy. The fact that she did not have them
when she met Gunderman and Smith is taken to
indicate that she may have left them where she
had spent the preceding night
The possibility that the bag and suitcase may
have been thrown into the mill pond led the
authorities this afternoon to open the of the
dam for the purpose of draining the pond. After
about two feet of water had been let out a heavy
thunderstorm came up. and further operations were
postponed until tomorrow. The girls hat gloves
and eyeglasses were found the bank and there
was indication of a struggle, although a suf-
hcient time had elapsed since the girl her
death TO have permitted the trampled grass to
revive.
William Taylor Miss Drew's uncle, lives on a
highest spots Taborton Mountain He close
ly questioned by the authorities but could throw
light the crime.
Hazel he said, was out here last winter for
three weeks while she was not working She
seemed to enjoy herself In her quiet way but
had no company. She seemed contented. and left.
promising another visit. That the last time
l her.
The Drews worked the Taylor farm three years
ago for two seasons shares and since that time
visits have been few
The authorities do not place much credence in
the story that the girl taken to the lonely pond
in an automobile