Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
FINDS HEADLESS
BODY OF WOMAN
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found in the wallet and piece of
paper bearing the address Sc West
Fifth street, Los Angeles. There was
some other words on the paper, but
they were too indistinct to be of any
use as clew to the woman's identity.
There is much uncertainty concern
ing the maner in which the woman met
death. The body was horribly man.
gled, besides the head being severed,
the chest was crushed in, the left arm
broken between the elbow and Shout
der, the right arm fractured in two
places, one above and one below the
elbow; there was a hole in the neck
one-half inch long and one inch deep.
The skin on the left temple was torn.
and the right temporal bone was
crushed, The body had apparently been
run over twice, the first time Saturday
evening, probably by the same train
which ran over it yesterday morning.
Body Is Twice Bun over
City Marshal Parker of Alhambra
was notified and consumed the greater
part of Sunday in investigating the ac-
cident. 1t is his opinion that the mixed
freight and passenger train, which
passes the point about $50 feet south OF
the Alhambra road crossing on it's way
to Pasadena from Los Angeles about
$3.50 O'Clock, first ran over the woman;
that the corpse remained on the right
of way all night, to be run over again
by the same train on its trip back to
Los Angeles.
He says the woman was seen in
Pasadena about $50 o'clock Saturday
afternoon by a man who was boarding
car on Bushnell avenue. This maa
says a woman answering the descrip-
tion of the dead woman was seen to
be walking toward the Southern Pa
cific tracks, and going in a direction
which would take her to the secluded
spot where the body was found.
Although there is a suspicion the
woman may have been assaulted or
murdered, by reason of not having any
money in her purse, which does not
harmonic with the clothes she wore
and her evident refinement, Chief Par
ker believes death was due to acct
dent by the train mentioned He
says he thinks, as it was dark, the
woman was dazed and confused by the
headlight of the train and was I'M
able to get out of the way of the
locomotive.
There are others who believe differ
entity. The wound in the cheek, says
one, may have been inflicted by a
bolt, but 1t Is his OPINION it may have
been caused by a dull instrument The
wound in the right temple also, would
have caused death and might have been
inflicted prior to her being run over
by the train.
There has been no one who has
called at the undertaking rooms who
can identify the woman. The man who
saw her in Pasadena does not recall
having seen her before, and a call by
| Herald representative at the street
and number indicated by the writing
on the paper found on the woman re-
vealed the fact there is no such num-
Der on the street.
Inquiries at Alhambra, Pasadena and
Arcadia failed to disclose any clew by
which the woman could be traced.
| The place where the body was found
is sparsely settled and lonesome. Any
ruffian could have come upon the wo-
man and knocked her down, it is said
without her outcries, If she made any
being heard. 1t is situated about three
miles from Pasadena and about two
miles from West Alhambra. There
could be found no one in that vicinity
who had seen anyone lettering about
the neighborhood, nor was there any
trace of an automobile from which the
woman might have fallen and If dazeC
might have wandered to the railroad
1 tracks.
The coroner probably will not holC
an inquest until Tuesday, as he wants
! a thorough investigation made.