The Washington times., 1908-07-29
Revolving Crime Discovered
by New York Watchman,
Who IS Held.
VITRIOL is APPLIED
BEFORE THE TORCH
Every Effort Made 70 Conceal Iden-
tity of Young Woman Prob
ably Killed by Drug.

NEW YORK July Zs.-One OF tie
most startling murders that has come
20 light IL Brooklyn n many years was
revealed tooay IL the finding OF tI.s
eAarred body Of a young woman IN The
rear OF a stable at s4s Greenpoint ave
nue, IN the Williamsburg section
The victim. who apparently was about
tWenty-slX years old, first had been
killed by a drug. her clothing vas sat
urated with vitr5oI 5hat al marks OF
Identification might be destroyed, and
then her slayer. OF the slayers. removed
her body 20 q desoIate spot and set
FIRE 70 IT. The features were so badly
burned that they were unrecognizable.
Joseph Ruddlcz, who found the Eody
burning. and put out the flames, was
arrested by the police as suspect He
told stories 50 widely d ent in their
details that Captain Kuhne. OF The
Brooklyn detective bureau, ordered his
detention as a suspIcious person.
Neighborhood DesoIate.
Ruddick IS the night v,atehnlaa en-
ployed at the stable, which is Owned
by Philip Mur,sgh- On each side OF
the structure there Is q little dwelling
house. but the remainder OF the neigh-
borhood IS desolate for many blocks
About SO feet back OF the structures
is a Iit1Ie creek which is used as a
dumping ground for ashes.
As nearly as can be ascertained. from
the remains. the girl evidently had been
naistreated, tied hand and foot. and then
brought IN wagon on a mattress 10
the huge vacant lot bounded by Ca.-er.
Russell, and Humboldt streets ana Green
Point avenue, ana there thrust into A
funeral pyrs Of rubbish after the face
mad been eaten away vita v-tEiol-
RuddIclc Tells story.
No better place 70 hide such a c-ins
exists Ga the city. After giving the
alarm, Ruddlck told this 5tc-y ID the
police.
Early in the morning, ne said, Il
saw q wagon that looked Ike that OF
a Qeddler coming across the common
There were Two men n Il. and as I
looked they dumped something heavy
out on Ehe ground I thouEkt nothing
OF this. but later FIRE sllrarg Up. and.
as I watched IL fr0Ia the stable. a
stranger walked up 10 where I stOCd
and said There's a fre over Ihers N
the lot, and If YOU viii come out here
you can smell burning flesh I wonder
II body can be IN that Ere2
This man went with ne" he cen
Jinued. and threw water on the FIRE
Then I came hack to the stable and
the man walked away Later I SAW
the IRE again, and again / went and
poured water on IL This time the rub
bish had burned down so that 7 saw q
strange looking chaTred thing lying on
the mattress Then / took stick and
pulled the object Gus When saw
that IL was the body Of q human being
/ ran for the police
Half an hSur atJeFward, stil another
statement tIat II was his own son.
Joseph RuddicE, to whom he had re-
1erred as a stranger IN his story. landed
Ruddick in a cell, and the son was soon
afterward also brought in and locked
up.
Body Is Examined
Examination Of the victims body by
the police revealed that the dead girl
had been bound hand and foot, for
pieces OF the cord stuI hung 70 tie
charred limbs
Her face had been eaten away by
acid On the forehead there still cIung
a few strands OF brown hair. and under
the Jaw was a gaping wound. Because
Of the position Of tho body. the torso
was little burned
At the waist line a scrap OF a silk
waist and a three-inch band Of checked
ginghsm skirt showed. and, in the ashes
: Of the Ere several partly burned pearl
I buttons were found
No crime in Brooklyn's police records
has created such activity. Practically
i every man available IS on the hunt, and
meantime, Ruddick saud his son are
I being sweared in the hope that they
may reveal some clue 70 the most bru-
tai and c0lc-blOodeG murder which has