Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-01

County Physician Mckenzie this
afternoon paid another visit to Kunz's
rnorgue and took away additional parts
of the anatomy for further chemical
analysis. He hopes to find further evil
dence OF a murder in the brain Of the
woman.
1t is probable that Sergeant O'Neil
ana Detective Riker will bring the two
elderly women, now in police headquar-
te-s in New York. to East Orange late
this afternoon.
In a further search for further evi-
dences of crime detectives have or
dered the digging sup of the cellar and
the tearing up of the floors in the
House of Mystery in F1atbush. for
merly occupied by the persons who
figure in the East Orange bath-tub
murder case.
similar notion will probably he taken
by the IeesI authorities at the un-
furnished house, 50 North Fourteenth
street, East Orange, where Mrs. Ossie
snead, it IL charged by the police, was
murdered in the bathtub by her amt
Miss Virginia Wardlaw. whose aged
mother IL said TO be sole beneficiary
under n will recently executed by the
young woman.
The police believe that the xrand-
mother, Martha Eliza yxardiau, left the
East orange house with large grip on
the morning of the discovery of the
alleged crime.
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developments in the East Orange bath
tub murder case Rapidly. astounding
details have followed one another, and
the police expect to discover even more
sensational things In the unveiling OF
this mystery, which, instead Of being
an ordinary suicide case. is, the police
say, likely TO develop into the clearing
up of even more than one murder mys-
terry
Prisoner Cool i'm Court.
Charged with the murder of her
niece, Miss Virginia Wardlaw, aged -
years, was this morning arraigned be-
fore Recorder Mott in the East Orange
Police Court. She exhibited remarka-
BILE coolness, familiarity with court pro-
cedure, and was as uncommunicative as
ever. The hearing was adjourned until
December 6, and she was committed to
the county jail.
Franklin w. Fort, son of the Gov
ernor, was in communication with Miss
Wardlaw before she was taken to the
county Jail, but it is denied that he is
acting as her counsel Mr. Fort in
structed the woman TO hold a news
paper under her veil when a battery OF
cameras faced her as she was led TO
the police patrol by Sergeant Frank
Paterson and Mr.. Fort.
When the county Jail was reached
Miss Wardlaw asked permission TO
telephone to Mr.. Fort, but she was not
allowed the privilege. being told. how
ever, she could write him a letter.
When asked her religion she said she
formerly attended a Protestant church.
In the patrol she seemed to sob and
was asked to remove the paper. but
declared. "You men would not like TO
see a tear-stained face 1t is not
thought that she cried at all
The murder incentive, according TO
the police, was $40. 600 insurance on tho
dead woman's life and $4,000 worth of
real estate she owned. To obtain this
money the police claim the young
woman was evidently subjected to a
long and systematic course of abuse
and neglect. but this proving too slow.
drowning in the bathtub was resorted
to- A chemical analysis of the young
woman's stomach will be made to as
certain whether there are any traces
of poisoning. The autopsy itself shows
death was due to drowning, but County
Physician Mckenzie wants to take adj
vantage of every avenue of fnvestiga~
tion.
CharneI House In Fiatbush-
The Flatbush house, at 1893 East
Forty eighth street. Brooklyn, seems To
be veritable charnel house. A casual
search of the house has revealed
shocking evidence. In many rooms
were significant stains, and in the
kitchen range were found four human
bones, one of which, ii is said. looks
like the thigh of a 4-year-old child and
a skull. much crushed but Recognizable.
Pulverized bones, it is claimed, filled
the bottom OF the kitchen range. Near
the top were wisps of hair. slightly
reddish and short enough 10 be that
of child.
The East Orange house will also be
subjected TO q rigid examination. Here
tofore only a surface examination of
things was made. Because of recent
developments the police win search the
place now from attic to cellar. Neieh-
bors on either side of the house today
told the police things that viii war
rant the tearing UP OF the floors and a
more rigid examination of the kitchen
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