The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-02-06
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police took charge Of the situation
and summoned Coroner w. II. SWISH
er who, after viewing the body, pro-
nounced the girl victim of murder.
lie said the body had been in the
water at least a week
IL was late In the afternoon when
the victim of the clstern mystery
was identltiied as Miss Elizabeth Full
hart, eighteen, whose home was in
Vandaaa, a small town on the tracs
ton line near the northern border OF
Montgomery county. The identifica-
ton was made by Adam Fulhart,
brother of the girl whose home is
in this city.
Fulhart WAS attlated, through
mere curiosity, to Arnold's morgue
on North Main-st., where the body
had been taken by order OF the cor.
oner. He recognized to girls cloth
ing as we'll as her features, despite
their Disagreement.
Adam Fulhart is am iron molder
living at Earl and Milburn ave. He
told the police that the girl had not
been at her homo in Vandalia for
some time, having come to Dayton to
find employment.
When the body was recovered IL
was SO unlike that of a human being
that the girls age was estimated by
those who surrounded the cistern al
anywhere between thirty+two and
forty. The cldthmg however, belied
these estimates as IL was of girlisli
cut and style and of a texture that
would be called expensive. Her under
wear was OF fine fabric and her
stockings silk Her enIbire garD
proclaimed the girl as having been
more than ordinarily refined.
The Fulhart girl was first heard OF
in Dayton when she came here jan
30, and went to the home of Mrs
Samuel Deeters, a relative. She re-
mained at the Deeters home only a
short thine, when she disappeared. 1t
was supposed until the Identification
that the girl had gone to her
home in Vandalia.
In her home town AII'ss Fulhart had
an excellent reputation and her fam.
lily there is highly respected. II is
believed by everyone that she is
merely another victim to cross the
path of the murderer who has oper-
ated 50 terribly in this city.
With the discovery the people no
longer believe that the successive
murders were chance crimes, bat
they do believe one man is guilty
in each case and that he is still
Within the city limtts.
The body taken from the cistern
has marks similar to those found
Upon the body of Mary Forschner,
which was found in an open lot,
bearing signs o sjrangulation and
other mutilaslon. The body yieldeo
up bears the stranIgulation marks in
a most pronounced manner.
The face OF the Fulhart girl was
almost black when exposed to day
light. This gave rise at first to the
theory that the girl was a Negro. An
examination of the body, however,
quickly disproved this, as her skin
elsewhere wls perfect white. II
was also Thought that immesion in
the oisltern water was responsible for
the discoloration of the face, but
that Is not consistent with the per-
feet whiteness of the body and II Is
believed, therefore, that the murder
err strangled the girl mntll she was
black In the fcae before tying her
up in the burlap and depositing her
in the cidtern.
Part OF the girls underc,othing Is
missing. 1t rs believed that she was
taken into the vacant honse after
being felled by blow, possibly whilC
walking along the street, and there
cttIfrptaI prUnltU
while yet unconscious was undressed
and then ro,lothed by clumsy, hui
ricd hands that overlooked all Of her
apparel. There are NO specific evil
dences in the house that would In"
dicate struggle OF any sort, and 1t
is presumed THAT she was enthel
drngged or unconscious from q
blow when taken there.
That the crime was carefully
planned as to detail Is shown by the
selection of the vacant house. Ii is
an odd fact in connection with this
that the building is only three blocks
from the city nall and in densely
settled part of the city. The girl MAJ
have been waylaid in the locality or
she may have been taken to the
scene OF her death in a carriage.
NeIkghbons cannot recall anything un
usual about the house recently.
From the statement by the coroner
that the FulhaTt body had remained
in the water about week 1t Is APP
parent that the murder of the Forsch
no girl occurred either a day or two
before or a like time after the crime
revealed.
In addition TO the marks of stran-
gulation and other marks of bodily
distortion, the Fulhart girls nose
had been broken. This may have