The Detroit times., 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
baffiing OF mysteries. an embroidered
scapular, or devotional garment, OF
Our Lady OF Mount Carmel. bit of
checkered bingham. section OF EN-
broidered silk. q bunch Of keys and
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 lonely lot,
In Williamsburg. They are seeking
two men. seen In wagon near the.
spot shortly before the discovery OF
the body.
Fire and acid were used to destroy
the face OF the victim and portion
OF the body. but sufficient was re
yealed TO the coroner and police to
establish that the woman was about
so years old. Her hair was jet black,
and her skin OF olive tint She was
feet inches tall. and such bits OF
clothing as remained unconsumed In
dictated that she had been well dressed
Probably An italian Matron.
The autopsy revealed that she had
borne several children. Every organ
or 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.
II was homemade and larger than
usual. with picture OF Our Lady OF
Mount Carmel ON one side. 1t was OF
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, it was not touched by
the flames that scared it's wearer. al
though the string which held 1t burn
ed in two and the garments that had
Covered it were entirely consumed
Not the Official Garment.
| FIR. Stephany. rector of the Church
lof Our Lady of Mount Carmel. In
lUnion-ave.. Greenpoint. said he never
before saw the scaplar.
- Ills not Identical with those ire.
uuently worn by members of my con-
fgregation,, he said.
The police are working on the story,
of Mrs. Matthew Murray. Greenpoint-
ave. who says she heard 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 rot up and went TO a front win
dow. A horse hitched TO a covered
wagon was crossing the lot from the
direction OF the creek bank at gal
Ion. urged on by some unseen person
who sat under the sheltering hood,
snlying whip and rein. The horse took
the curling at one jump, whirled into
the roadway and disappeared, going
howard the Greenpoint ferry. Mrs.
Murray said there were two men In
the wagon and one of them wore
white hat.
Two Arrests in Case.
Recause he told three separate stor-
4es--and all of them conficting-the
authorities at Brooklyn headquarters
locked ND the man who'gave the first
alarm-Joseph Duddick, q private
WWdCulhah.
Later, as a result of the older mans
latest story. they took his son, Joseph
iRuddick, 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,
,stoutly built man of 20, made this
statement
81 live with my sister at No. 22'
,Kinrsland-ave., but for the last two
nights I have slept with my father al
1.-THE stable where he works.
/ Twice Put Out Fire.
81 woke up and saw the bonfire. !
bcalled my father and we went and
nut It out. 1t started up again. The
second time we went to the fire We
saw the body and got 1t out OF the
flames. Then left my father to give
1.-THE alarm and went on to my work.
u cannot understand why my father
didn't tell that was there In the hrst
tplace.'
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 iden-