Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-11-14
Asbury Park
Mystery Solved
FOUR DAYS SEARCH ENDED
EARLY SUNDAY EVENING,
BODY OF 10 YEAR OLD GIRL
Found in Woods Not Far from Her
pearance of Negro Woodchopper.

Asbury Park, n. J., Nov. 13.-The
maltreated body of little Marie Smith,
the schoolgirl of ten who had been
missing since last Wednesday, was
found at dusk today in a. clump of
woods not far from her home. Some
instinct seemed to warn her mother of
how the search had ended. for, al
though an effort was made to shield
her from the truth. size rushed from
the house and took in the full horror of
the fact before she could be withheld.
Half-fainting. half in convulsions, she
was carried into the house. and there
is grave fear that she viii die and with
her the life she was soon to have
brought into the world.
Searchers Had Frequently Passed
Near the Body.
Chance discovered the body as
chance had hidden it, There seemed
to have been no effort at concealment
The wind had strewn fallen leaves un-
til their color so matched the brown of
the childs dress and her brown hair
that, as she lay face donward, she was
nearly indistinguishable from her
shroud. Searchers had passed again
and again within twenty feet of her
in full daylight, during the past three
days, and it was only a random glance
shrewder than the rest, that happened
on her with understanding today.
General Alarm Sent Out for Negro
Woodchopper.
Thomas Williams. known in the
neighborhood as Black Diamond. q
negro woodchopper. employed by the
girls aunt, has been missing since the
day on which Marie disappeared. A
warrant was issued for him tonight
and an alarm for his capture sent
broadcast throughout the county and
state. Near the body was found his
axe and a felled tree. the butt of which
showed that it had been scared with
an axe nicked like his.
Hair Ribbon Tied Tight About Her
Throat.
1t did not need an autopsy to estab
lish criminal assault.
The child was small for her age and
not strong, but she had fought to ut
ter exhaustion. The broken sticks and
trampled ground around her showed
that. as her injuries. Her gray skating
cap and the blue ribbon she wore in
her hair had been tied tight about her
throat, but she had also been beaten
on the forehead with some blunt in
strument and the leaves under her
face were frozen together with her
b1ogtE
Marks of Human Teeth.
In her struggle she had been grasped
by$ the hand with such force that
gold ring she Wore had been flattened
into the flesh. Her arms were badly
scratched and there was a. wound in
the cartilage of her nose which sur
geons say must have been caused by
human teeth shut down on 1t to cut
off her breath
Last Seen Alive Last Wednesday.
Marie Smith was last seen alive at
II o'clock Wednesday morning on her
way to school, two blocks from her
home. The spot where her body was
found is off her path and either she
must have been enticed into the woods
or picked up and carried bodily. On
the night of her disappearance the
firemen were called out TO fight a blaze
in the woods where she lay, and there
is q possibility that it may have been
set to conceal the crime
Negro Suspect Found.
Asbury Park, n. j., Nov. 13.-wil-
liams was arrested in the last place
where anyone thought to find hin-has
room. The police went there to search
for evidence, and found their man IN
stead. Williams admitted that he had
not left the room since Thursday, and
the appearance of the room bore him
out. His suspenders were stained
with what looked like blood ana a tow
el was found on which bloody hands
seemed to have been wiped.
When placed under arrest the negro
was in pitiatle terror. and wouid
neither admit nor deny the crime with
which he is charged. He was taken
quietly to Jail, though sentiment
against him ran high. Tomorrow
morning he will be arraigned.