The Washington herald., 1909-08-11
CEMETERY CRIME
BAFFLES POLICE
Rochester Authorities at Sea
Over Murder of Girl.
SEARCH FOR A STRANGE MAN
Relieved slayer Was Familiar with
Place Where the Crime Was Com
Soon as Murder Was Discovered.
No Clew Has Come 10 Light.

Rochester. y. Y, Aug l0-The police
Of this city and the sheriff OF Monroe
County are making every effort 20 md
the slayer OF Miss Anna Schumacher.
whose body was found under a few
inches Of sand in a hastily dug grave on
the border OF Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
and near the brink Of the steep precipice
below which flows the sluggish Genesee
on It's way to Lake Ontario. There ap-
pears to be no doubt that the girl was
attacked as she knelt at her fathers
grave In prayer Traces Of struggle
indicate this Miss Schumacher had
clipped the grass on the mound and had
placed cut flowers and watered the plants
There was nothing for her TO do more
than 10 say few prayers, and then 70
go back 10 the cemetery gates on the
boulevard and take a trolley car for the
city.
Seen Talking 10 Man.
Two women reported to-day that they
saw Anna Schumacher talking to a young
man near the scene Of the crime late
Saturday afternoon. Efforts are being
made to locate this man The police
have also learned that two men were
seen late Saturday afternoon near the
place where the girl was killed.
The theory is that the murder was COM
mitted by person familiar with the To-
cality. and that he necessarily remained
about the place some time In his efforts
10 secure the shovel used IN burying
the body and I'm returning the shovel 20
a pump house some distance away from
the scene, where it was found.
The gates Of the cemetery close az sun
down. and Il appears that the girl reached
her fathers grave shortly after o'clock
on Saturday The cemetery Is about a
mile from the city line and has a large
frontage on the eastern and western sides
Of the boulevard. which is the principal
thOrOughfare 10 the lake resorts and cot
tages Just to the south Of the cemetery
stand the large buildings OF St. Bernards
Seminary, whore there are for the greater
part Of the year go students. priests.
deaCons. and professors. Lectures az the
seminary have been suspended for the
summer months, and a large number OF
The students are away on vacation.
Large Force Mt Seminary.
The seminary has large farm and
BIC force of help. and the fact that the
shovel which was used by the slayer 10
bury the body OF his victim appears TO
belong either to the farm help or the
laborers Of the cemetery offers a cIew
which Chief Of Police Joseph Quigley.
Sheriff Willis X. Gillette and District At
torney Howard Widener think is signih-
cant. This shovel was returned to Its
place after the grave was dug.
The whole town and county are
aroused. There is a resemblance In the
crime 70 the Staying Of pretty Theresa
heating, whose body was found IN a va
want lot in the eastern part OF Rochester
on November 20. 1900. What makes the
crime in the Schumacher case appear the
more daring is the fact that on Saturday
afternoons the large cemetery is thronged
with women and children. who make a
practice Of adorning the graves for Sun
day. No one has been found.who was in
the neighborhood Of the Schumacher plot
when the girl was attacked and slain.
One woman says that she saw the Girl
about o'clock in the afternoon.
Detectives Begin Search.
AS soon as the crime was uneartbad y
large staff Of detectives and deputy sber-
ms hastened to the cemetery. While
the officers were looking over the ground
a report spread that suspicious person
was seen lurking in the bushes that
fringe the top OF the steep cliff Tbere
was dash to that quarter, and young
man fed down the precipice and was lost
in few moments. The work is thar or a
hend. and dragnet has been spread and
number Of suspicious persons rounded
up. II Is doubtful IL the assailant cot
away from the struggle without a num-
Dsr OF bruises. as there is every indica-
Ilon that the young woman put up a stin
Sight FOR her life.
That part Of the cemetery where the