New-York tribune., 1908-07-16
MISS DREW'S BAG FOUND
Theory AdUanced That Girl Uas
Murdered IN TrOy.

most important point yet developed in the Teal
Pond murder mystery came into possession Of the
police late this afternoon. when County Detective
Kaye found the suitcase which Hazel Drew car
ried the day before she murdered and for
which the police have been conducting an exhaust
i've search From articles found the suitcase
it is established. the police say. that girl did
not intend to go to Averil1 Park ON the day she
was murdered. and the startling theory is ad-
vanced that she murdered in Troy and taken
either by carriage automobile 10 Teal Pond.
where the body was cast into the stagnant waters.
There is much to bear out this theory, and II
appears that the authorities nearing solution
of the mystery. In the first place the murdered
girls black leather handbag. containing all OF her
money except five cents was found in the suitcase.
The fare to Avern Park. which is Teal Pond.
Is 20 cents.
While this find was made in Troy. detectives az
Teal Pond found glove that had been worn BY
the girl and in the finger OF It scent piece.
Conductors on all Of the trolley running TO
Averin have been closely questioned and not one
has been found who remembers seeing Hazel Drew
on his car. 1t would have been next to impossible
for the girl to have ridden TO the park on a
trolley car and not to have been recognized LINK
ing these facts together the police believe that the
girl met some one in Troy either Tuesday after
noon or evening and that the murder took place
in this city it
Following up this line OF investigation detectives
are endeavoring to trace every step OF the murder
ing of the suit case establishes beyond doubt tnat
she was in this city that date and several per
sons have Seen found who said they saw the gHI
here The suit case checked IN the Cnlon
Square Station at 1:49 p m, July :. but unIortu-
nately the clerk who was in charge of the cheek
room at that time is i'll and cannot be questioned
The necessity Of having the clerk describe the per
son or persons who checked the suit case Is so
great that an effort will be made to-norro" 10
have r. .-tfves admitted to his room 50 that ne
of ]
develop that the girl did not check the SUIT case
and that a man left it at the check ROOM d sIeat
step toward the unraveing Of the mystery wiz
have been taken, and equally important VIII DC 'n7
discovery that if the girl checked ths case Sl7 "'
accompanied by male companion
IL is now proved that IT was well worth 'Ho
trouble the police went to to md the gl'l O,A
hand bag Teal pond was dragged from emu "
end to-day in a search for 1t, and Later 'He "
was drained Off and policemen waded the pohu III
,,,har boots probing in the mud for the oas
While this wo-k was going on Detective Naye nllro
a round of the checking rooms III AIOS' a'1
was fortunate enough TO find the suit case I,1 -
few feminine belongings there was nolhins U
r,,ch frnportance in the suit case besldeS ue @ pa5
rr,era Vas newspaper clipping which reao- EU
ward Iavvie has departed for CnatIalloO7'' -
where he will remain for the winter Du' q
hears the date OF October 6. 1884, not HiuON ~
portance is attached TO u IT,. -,
. In tracing the movements OF the SRI III IIO' :,
>I,1,, n has been found that Lawrence E@asaI' =
al street saw her about noon IN congress -
and that Thomas Carey. Of River slFee'' 90 -,
between II and Il O'Clock that morning II - .
Ino1rn that she went TO the Westcott EAples
C-ornDanv office at l p to leave an OrueI ~
e,,ovaI of her trunk from the Carey house. "i-0
she had been employed 80. -4-,
District Attorney o Brten beiieves tla' : - 81
was not murdered in Troy she was lured 10
pond b1r some one who took her from 4IOS II
bueev or an automobile and made an a''A ,
+bs yirI at the edge Of the lake. There are i- -.
tagged rocks bordering the pond near "hs.s .S,E,
bodv was found. and the District Attorney -,
that the girls head may have strucA OI0 = 80,
rocLs while she was struggling with her asSi'
80 go The allow, either stunned killed her
T,istrict Attorney OBrien admits that the So 80
rnents made by Frank Smith. the youns ll@A @ o.d
saws he met Miss Drew on the Iaoel' Iao-,is
at 7.so o'clock on the night of July 8 4l0 rI-,r
factory Smith lives farm near tha' :. 80.
lam TAYLOR Hazers uncle. and ne was one % - -
who assisted in taking the murdered slri -.
from the water He told the District Att0ll'1S ~ -
he had been passing along the ROAD At tHS ,,,,.
had been hailed and asked TO assist - ,y.ysI
he made no suggestion that the girl might DC - -
D-e1, Neither did he tell the District 3t'0- -
about meeting the girl on the road tAe 1-''@
night previous -. VS.
smith met Miss Drew last winter when shc -
stevinr with her uncle He knew her we'll rs
said 10 have told his father on Sunday aooUt ' 49,.
ing the body in the pond the day before. ms -,
is said to have been communicated 10 ' -r,,as
uncle on Sunday. After Smith saw fiA%el u. - N
dav night on the road he mentioned 'he IA tt
Frank Richmond who works the Taylor iAi .,.r
also told his mother that ne saw the gu" - tt
he called at the homes of neishoors anu N'4
Miss Drew there -. 70
when questioned by the District Attorney ,t
vbv he had made so many inquiries about tnS -
the boy said he wanted 70 learn "iiS'0
as he wished call on her .,,,, AZ
A reward Of 81 900 for the arrest and cohV' -
the murderer OF Hazel Drew was onere" ~
seIaer County to-day