The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-08

/ murdered some time after mldnl ght
yesterday morning within the shadow 81
the walls Of the Clih Haven a new and
partly finished fourteen story apart.
ment house az the southeast corner II
West IiIth street and Riverside Drive
Her body was found IN a narrow court
yard 10 the apartment house 81 placed
within the range ~ fifty bedroom win.
dowS that ~ acoustics are as perfect a.
n piiun..i by the archit",i Of an opera
HOUSE
Vet no scream was heard by any ~ the
~ -ldentS m and about the elm Haven.
No wound was found upon The body 81
the namels-~ woman which would seem
Ia have caused death. The Cnly person
within the Who'll. block who might have
been awake and stirring at the time the
body Was discovered was Clarence Hal.
comb. a Jamaica negro elevator boy. who
was the first 10 give the alarm upon the
discovery Of the body and who was
Immediately arrested a. suspicious
person and subsequently, sent to tn.
Tombs without hail by Coroner Winter.
bottom.
The Cliff Haven. owned and built by
Joseph Hearn. IL the newest Of the apart
ment palaces ON the rise over the Hudson
|
cnmprislng rooms on two floors and a
number Of decorators and interior fur
nishing men are still at work. Fourteen
tenants are already in the building. even
though the lower floors are still gwen
over 20 Workmen.
After midnight Yesterday morning the
- reets in the Riversids district were
deserted save for few helated groups
Of sailors who were making their way
down To the warship landings on the
river Owen Slavin. a private night
Waterman who patrols tn" streets in the
neighhorhoOd OF the CliH Haven. was
all the moro surprised To see woman.
bareheaded and without a Jacket. walk
hurriadlv past him as ne stood az ligh
street and Broadway he Waterman
followed her IN a de-ultory sort Of way
until he stw her turn down the hill AZ
II iih street IN ne direction of the Drive
IL was at a quarter to - cioCk that
~lavin saw the woman About ten MIN
It's later he walked dow n the same street
and paus.ad ia front Of the side door that
opens from Iiith street on to a rear halI
of the ChF Haven APARTMENTS Hal
comb the negro elevator bov. came To
the door and hailed the Waterman
We'll. hnw's everything Sla,in in
quired
-Or. 80. -. Halco,nh repll 81 and the
Waterman went on tn ring IN his tam" al
NJ station
Nt.Ii o'clock the watchmlu was again
pazStng the SIDE. door 81 IN" tlIn Haven
when m. elevator toy ran out and grabbed
hIw ny the arm
-Ih.r.'S a woman IN here som~vhere
and cart nni hsr the bov snid She
came IN here a half hour AK" and So" :
dISappearrt
had not told HIM that when he passed
twenty minutes before The youth
seemed too agitated 10 answer He only
SAID that just before SlavIn had appeared
the first time woman without hat "r
coat had come TO the door and ask 81 n
she might step InSlf" for a mInu'" 4
policeman NaS following her So she had
said and she did not want To- b" arrested /
let her m the door and -h" went and |
sat dnsn behind the elevator. Hal
cumb babbici went away for a min
ute and ~ hen ! saw Won thought that
Won were h" Policeman sh" was afraid
Il After Ia inished tAlk ne 20 VoII 4
N"nt ba"k 10 lprA for the woman and .
IA" 4 gone
The Waterman vent m Nth tho ole.
ys'Dr buv and N. la''er procured q
lantern Then they started - examine
that part IT the lowe Moor upon which .
10" side door op"n~ lh"r" = a long hall
there which CROOKS into a shorter hall .
underneath IN" stars behind tho "l".
va'pr shat The roa- ~ an apartment
when ~ uCrIpi"d - - m" CHI 81 trI- ,
hallway AMI an un'"nsnt"d apartment
- a. I's lefT he shorter arm ~ thI- J. 4
shat.si hail ends m a door which opens .
unnn ~ narrow court stretching between .
the south wall IT IN. apaT'meut house
and high board i"nD" which bounds
'h.. prpp..r'y Thus court crooks around |
M. east wall Of IN" apart W"n' house
tutn q paved ROADWAY leading To- Vast
10Th street Great IRON gates clos" this
ROADWAY - th.. Sidewalk but last night
they -tpDsi open
R.,furr rho watchman had taken q !,
DOZEN steps down IN" hallNav he Kicked +.
against q wpman'- -hu" II Law ~ the
middle II tho han beyond III" elevator
In" shoe ~s- 81 m" French h"-l pattern
but tho Whui. wooden heel had fallen 4
"A and law = lev feet away a
Inc two searched IN" railways and half =
way ~ tu. starr 10 the hupr Ibpv" with
out finding any traC" Of the woman lh''n
va" elevator hoy M tn" way under The
STAIR and oui - ~" court IN IN" rear
There directly opuO-It" The short hight I
& -t..p- leading down into IN" court lay A
m" body ~ tn' woman Her rack ana
nasd w"r" resting against the fence Her
clothing Wa dI-srrauged
Ju-t ~ soon A. tn" two made TINS dis
opNary the night Waterman went ont IN
tho street and found = policeman from IN"
West lsiih street station ~" policeman
summoned IN ambulance from m" i
u
who cams. with the ambulance. said that
The. woman had been dead e~- than an
hour He made no extensive eNamIna-
ton 30 ascertain IN" CauS" pf her death
IN. BODY wa removed 10 the srlem
Norgue Then Detective MCfiowsn ot
tho Harlem branch detective bureau
answered summons and he took the
elevator hoy back to the branch once
- answer questions
Hsicumb'- story DID not -esm plausible
10 IN. DETECTIVES and later ~ the morning
tn.v hrouK him before Magistrate breen
~ the Harlem court There he told the
story II tho mysterious woman seeking
refuge from policeman readily enough
The Magistrate r"manded him into the
custody ~ the Coroner. and the Coroner
sent him "a the Iomh- =" await the out
come q the autopsy which Coroner =
Physician Weston Will perform this
morning
When Tho lot eci ives went over the :,
rcenr 81 The murder they found evidence
indicating that body had been dragged .
the length II IN" hallway and out mt" IN"
Cp'Tt yard
III" only marks un the woman'S hodv
which were tndtcativ" 10 a murier0rIS
assault were large diSrolpratIon under
the chm. which mi ght have been CAUSED
q "A . hsss- hENI