The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-27
Discovery Made Today Points
To Fact That Woman at
Burlington, N. J. Hotel Met
With Foul Play.
SHE IS BELIEVED TO BE
A PROMINENT WOMAN
1t Is Thought That After She
Was Slain the Murderer
Carried Body to, Lake in a
Pine Swamp.
(American News Seryice)

Burlington, n. j., July 21.-Conclus-
i've evidence was unearthed today to
show that the young woman who dis
appeared from the Metropolitan Inn
at Burlington on Thursday night last,
was killed and her body thrown into
Rose Pond in the pine swamp about
ten miles from here.
Part Of her clothing was found on
the bank OF the pond and today an at
tempt was made to drag the Shiny
pond.
Signs of struggle indicate that the
girl was dragged from buggy and
thrown into the pond.
Other startling disclosure points to
the conclusion that the girl was the
wife Of a prominent New Yorker who
had separated from her because of her
affection for man answering the
description of her companion at the
hotel
Signs Of Struggle.
The signs of a struggle in the
swamp was discovered while search
ing in the neighborhood of the spot
where a buggy, tied by the girl was
deserted.
From the place where a struggle
had evidently taken place the foot
prints OF a man led into the swamp.
After following these footprints short
distance, the posse found also the foot
| prints of woman. A little further
on the footprints of both man and
a woman were plainly visible and from
the way these were mixed up the posse
judged that the man and woman were
struggling as they went into the
swamp and it was concluded that the
woman was being forced along against
her will. @1
| The footprints were lost by the OFF,
GERS when hard ground was reached
but they were convinced that the Rose
Pond, about a mile from the roadway
in the direction of the swamp was the
destination of the couple. The dis
coveries made on the bank of the pond
showed that this conclusion Of the
searchers was amply justified.
Finds Footprints.
On the bank of the pond were found
a number of footprints and what was
that was evidently made by a body
dragged along the road The foot
prints and the trail of the body lie!
right to the edge of the water. Search
ing along the bank. the officers fount
several hairpins, two side combs, /
black knitted cape like that worn b.
the girl when she left the hotel OF
Thursday morning, and number o
pieces of a woman's lingerie.
John Fitzgerald and his sister Liz
zie who live about a quarter of mill
from the pond say they heard screams
that seemed to come from the direc
ton of the pond on Thursday nigh
between II and IL o'clock. Mrs. Hud
son Payne who lives a short distanc
from the Fitzgeralds' says she ais
heard screams at the same hour. Tn
two families had discussed tn
screams before any news of the prot
able murder had reached them.
Letters Are Found.
Further proof that the young won
: an came from New York has bee
: found in a pair of new tan shoes tai
! en- from her suitcase. These shoe
3 we're purchased at 1856 Third avenue
: New York They had never bee
: worn. Assistant States Prosecute
= Wheelock states that he is hard a
= work trying to follow w a numbe
of letters found in the woman's sui
: case. He says several names ar
/ mentioned in these letters and b.
} lieves the people mentioned can
much toward clearing up the myster.
He refuses to give out these name
now because he fears suspicion Nigh
be thrown on innocent persons.
The man who accompanied the gil
to the hotel registering as Mr.. an
] Mrs. wilkins. New York, took b
suitcase away from the hotel Thur
day morning saying he was going ,
catch train for New York. Wheth<
, or not he really caught the train IS
! matter of doubt.