The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-04
MOTORMAN'S WIFE
WAS THE VICTIM
IDENTITY OF MURDERED WOMAN
is PROVED AT LAST.
SHE LIVED IN BROOKLYN.
Husband Of Woman Murdered on the
Hackensack Meadows Tells Of
Frequent Quarrels with Her
and Is in Custody.

N. ..
dozen supposed identifcations had
been disproved the police were salts
fed Friday night that the woman
murdered on the flats that border the
Passiac river in Harrison was Helena
Whitmore, who, with her husband,
Theodore s. Whitmore. conducted
furnished room house at 235 Adams
street, Brooklyn. The identification
was made by the woman's sister Mrs.
Susan Schmitter, of the Bronx. and
corroborated by Mrs. Schmftter's hus-
band, Frank Englert, friend and
finally by the murdered woman's hus-
band.
Whitmore has been detained by the
police and summons was issued for
Englert The latter, who admitted an
intimate acquaintance with Mrs. Whit
more, was able to go into so minute
detail in his identification that the au-
thorities believe he will prove a valu-
able witness.
Whitmore told the police of his
struggle to live down an unpleasant
past and how faithless wife had
held over his head a threat of expos
ure-to make known to new acquain-
tances here what he now admitted,
that he was serving a sentence in
Dannemora prison for assaulting a
man when pardoned by Gov. Black.
Bitter quarrels and as many reconcile
ations marked their married life Of 10
years His wife, he said, had become
infatuated with a sailor.
Mrs. whitmore left her home on
Christmas day, with the intention, ac-
cording to her husband, of making
visit to her sister, Mrs. Bessie
Hughes, whose home is in Schenec-
tady. At 2 o'clock the next morning
she was seen in the company of
man on the Hackensack meadows
That afternoon her nude body was
found partly submerged in pool OF
water near where she had been seen.
The next day Mrs. Whitmore's trunk
was delivered at her sisters home in
the Bronx.
Mrs. Schmitter also furnished the
police with what is believed to he
most Important information. She told
of series of letters and kilograms
received by herself and a sister In
Schenectady purporting to come from
Mrs. Whitmcre, but come of which
must have been written after her
death A trunk belonging TO Mrs.
Whitmore had also been sent mysteri-
ously TO her home, Mrs. Schuitter
said
Whitmcre is a BROOKLYN elevated
motorman, who ordinarily works
nights. He did not 90 to work Christ
mas night He explained Friday that
he was taken i'll with the grip after
his wife left their home and that he
had not been able to work since. He
had frequently quarreled with his
wife, he said, and was not surprised
when she failed n r"''-r" -"
had quarreled, he said, because she
had accepted attentions from two
other men.
placed an advertisement in a Brook
A. ,D.g>r uGrll4s AIS furnished room
business Tor sale.
Mrs. Schmitter said:
ever since Lena married her life
has been miserable. On Monday of
last week Lena left her home in
Brooklyn and came to my house. Her
face was bruised and cut. That night
her husband appeared and begged her
to return home with him. She finally
consented, but FIRST she left with me
her watch, her ring and Sl2. A day
or two later | got word from her that
she would come up to the Bronx to
see us on Christmas day and then go
up state to our old home to spend the
holidays.
christmas evening received
telegram from Brooklyn reading as
follows: Don't expect me tonight.
Lena
Two days later came letter pur-
porting to be from Lena, In which she
was made TO say that she was going
to Schenectady to visit our sister. A
second telegram followed. Later ! got
another letter similar to the first and
on the same night an expressman
brought her trunk TO my house. 1t
contained a few articles of clothing.
some bottles and old papers, and a lot
of stones to give 1t weight The sec
ond telegram arrived about the same
time the trunk did. II read as follows:
Take care OF trunk. VIII send
Monday or Tuesday Lena
"The second of the letters was dat
ed December 27. In it the writer
made Lena say her husband was tire IT
ing her better, but that he stayed at
home to watch her; that she was get
ting her things out of the house and
that as soon as she got all of them to-
pether she WAS going IN go I'm state