The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-14
SCHOOLGIRL FOUND MURDERED
RODl ~ % OODS NEtR ISM! ny
NEt. gO iRRESTED.
Marie smith, Missing since " Wednesday.
seems 10 Nave Rrrn Enilced into y
Lionel, Grove. Criminaii, Assaulted
and Then s.Ii,ssi. Perhaps MIN nm Ave.

who disappeared while on her way home
from school last "Wednesday morning.
was found this aftern oon in the woods
OF wannamassa about 80 feet from the
main road 4 deep cash in the child's
head looked a. II 1t might have been in
fiicted with an axe or similar heavy In
strum.nt. The ground and leaves neAs .
the body were spattered with blood.
1t was found that the body had been
maltreated after death. .... ......
Tonight a negro whose name "
Thomas Williams. but who il known on
the West Side a. Black Diamond. vas
arrested in connection with the case.
No Charge has yet been made against
him. but he will bs held TO await the ac-
ton of coroner's jury.
! Marie Smith was pupil al the Bradley
school She left home for the school
last Wednesday morning. accompanied
by her younger brother. ThomaS who
attends the kindergarten department
Of the same school. The girl left tho
brother az the door of his schooroom and
went on to her own classes. At 1880
she was dismissed for the session. and in
company with others finishing their work
N the same tim. left the school building.
Her brother would not he through for
some time yet. so she left him 10 60 home
alone.
The last rerson known to have seen the
child alive was ore 81 the school children
who left the building with her. Albert
Foster The Foster boy raid that she
walked out Asbnry avenue toward her
home and a. he turned on AZ Ridge sve-
mn. 10 20 To hi. own home he Thought he
saw the girl turn into a sort II dumping
ground on Ash,Iry avenue beyond Ridge
avenue An aunt ~ Marie smiths
mother. Mrs Della Jackson. lives beyond
this dumping place. and the Smiths lived
with her until quite recently.
Tn. boy thought 70 likely that Marie
had turned on Asbury avenue. the road
TO her own home to visit her aunt. lt
appears now that the girl turned on from
AsbIrv avenue the direct road To her
home. at a point a little further on thar
the dumping ground and started aorpSs
lots to her home.
Sh. did not arrive II ha- home, and
when dinner time had come a1d gone
her moit.r worried. wont - tho B-Pd'cy
school which IL = public school ON Wet
Third avenue. West Park. shout Tlis
from IN. girls horne III whi'esvii!c. a'-d
found that her daughter had loft tho-.
al Iu.9 o'clock That afternoon tho
father of the child. Peter Smith. & d"ive-
for Randolph Miller AT tn" Flare!i Plsat,
and her mot her headed searching Pa-tiei
of mel ghbors and the wood, and nearby
fields and the country along the roa1
~er. fairly thoroughly covered
Williams. the negro. was employed by
Mrs Jackson. Mrs smiths amt As .
handy man. and n. was asked % JOIN
in the search He did so that afternoon.
hut Mrs Jackson thought he did 30 I'm
willingly He did not remain with tbs
pariie. very long. hut returned 70 tbs
jackson place The next morning b,
disappeared
Thursday morning the school was dia-
missed andshe children joined the search
..r-. who Comprised the local police.
The members Of Company H. militia
organization. and many citizens Tbs
mo1her of the child. AZ well AZ her father.
remained with the searching parties all
Thursday. FRIDAY and saturday. keeping
mp m. work nights az well az days
After Deal LAX. had been dragged
several times in an effort TO find whethsr
RI. rhiId's body was at it's bottom ths
gates Of the dam were opened Saturday
morning aud the lake drained, rs
polio. n.an~hil. were deSottnx thsH-
selves to finding Williams who they
learned had been chopping wood Wednes-
day morning in me woods near the WAnA
namassa bungalow colony by Deal Lake
until b.. was called IN 70 take part in the
search.
Yesterday afternoon W. y. Bensen. q
florist, and one Of those who had volun-
tcered TO help the Smiths IN their EFFORTS
To- find their child. came upon a torn tiny
whit. skirt not far from the road in the
Wannama.-a woods. After some time
he found the body at a little tistnce from
IN. skirt. The gasb IN the head caught
ms attention at once. Uut he could find no
axe near by.
He went 70 the Smith home and told
Mrs smith. who IN the absence Of her
husband accompanied MIN on ma return
to the woods she tainted nj sight of the
body and had TO h. carried home in q
buggy
coroner PuruV naI me DOuJ f"DOs"o
80 Farrys undertaking establishment
and there las, night DIR Joseph Ackerman
and DR. Earl Wagner perfor med an
autopsy They found Ina, the giri hao
been mirtrsarsd The clothing on tho
body was torn and stained
The police at once set about TO find
some instrument with which the crime
could have been committed. They found
the axe which Williams had used in hats
wood chopping put back IN It's proper
place in ,he Jackson woodshed. 10 was
noted that Their. was a large nick IN the
axe On going over the region IN which
che body was found the investigators
discovered that some one had been cutting
az a tree near by and the character %
the tsits showed ihnr a small chunk was
missing from the edge 81 the axe which
had been used.
The finding 81 tho body redoubied the