Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
WHO WAS SHE?
The Body of Unknown Woman
Found In a Pond
NEAR CITY OF NEWARK

Night Watchman Recognizes F...
| lures as Those of Woman He
Saw Going With Man in Direc.
ton Of Pond EARLY Christmas n.x
Clothing Found Suggests Owner n,
| Refinement.
| murder combining the elements
mystery and deliberate crueItv
was committed on the Hackensaw
neauo"s, In the town of Harrison
~ - early Thursday, and the npde
oouS Oh the victim, a comely womon
Ioi perhaps 80 years of age was fo,,na
nearly submerged in the icv woto
Oh a little pond. Only the feat -
Jec'eu when chance passers-bv broks
'ne ICY IN which exposed port,ona
encrusted and dragged the
oouy ashore Thursday afternoon
ine dead woman was fnelv fao
.ureu' her hair and nails gave evi-
uehce or recent scrupulous to,,,.
ana such of her clothing that was
| subsequently found suggested IN 60
ture and style an owner of So
en' Inc pond in which the BODY
'nrown Is made by the overflow
rom the Passaic River and is direct
~ across the river from Newark
| Inc body has not been Identified
| out IL was pretty we'll established
.na' is was not that of a resident of
newark or Harrison Two mon who
occupied yacht near where tho hody
was found, are detained bv tho NO.
nee. but the most important cline
was furnished by Peter Coopan !.
Waterman employed by the Marine
engine Company, who recopnizad
'he Dody as that Of a woman he had
seen crossing the meadows in com-
p"ny with man early that day
Later he saw the man alone. ua
| 1hen carried bundle in his arrs
Inc man was short and stout Coz
| gan, whose duties keep him in tbo
neighborhood OF the murder toIS
the police
While outdoors at two O'clock
Sd" 'his woman in company with a
man crossing the meadows, going I'm
the direction If the nond
| Ihey passed SO near me that
l am able to recognize the woman.
FEATURES. Some time later, perbans,
the man returned and again passed
me. this time in the direction from
which the two had come when
nrst saw them. This time the man
was alone. In his arms he carried
Ia bundle which he had not had he.
| tore In build he was short and
thick set
TWO girls returning to their home
in Harrison long after midnight
heard woman's cries floating over
the marsh land They seemed IN
come from the direction OF the pond
ana sounded ike spare me" ard
help. Nearer the girls were ap-
preached by well dressed stranger
who accosted and followed them un-
I'll they met policeman, when he
turned and fed.
The girls had a good view ot the
man under an electric light and while
he was well and neatly dressed his
| hands showed either that he was ac-
customed to manual labor or had re-
Gently been engaged in work that
soiled his fingers
Life had been extinct, the coro-
ner said about twelve hours when
the body was found. A mark on the
neck indicated thai strangulation
was the manner of death. Scratches
on the legs and trunk, and pieces OF
clnder forced into the flesh showed
that the body had been dragged
along cinder path, which skirts the
pond.
Along the path the police picked
up white silk waist, a skirt and q
pair OF silk garters. Following the
path the police came upon the yacht
Idle Hour" which was tied up at
point on the Passaic about 800 feet
from where the body was found On
the yacht the police say that they
found seal skin and fur neck piece.
The occupants of the yacht were
Albert Thompson, al years old, OF
Elizabeth, a boatman, and Frederick
Kirkman, 3S years old. Both were
employed on the boat Thompson
said that he found fur pieces near
the cinder path.
The police found on the boat
, dishes enough for three dinners. The
men, however, said that they had no
visitor on the Idle Hour. The police
said they had practically nothing
against the prisoners, but would de-
, tain them until further inquiry could
be made. An autopsy will be per-
formed as soon as it can be ar
, ranged.
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Fatal Burning.
Henry Meiser and Antonia Ober-