New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-29
WOMAN SLAIN WITH CLUB;
BODY FOUND IN WOODS
Victim Sister of the Treasurer Of
Trust Company at Lake
word. N. J.
JERSEY POLICE PUZZLED
Nothing So Far to Disclose Mo-
tive for Crime-Negro Ar
rested, but Soon Proves
Innocence.


lBy telegraph to The Trisurs
Lakewood. y J. April 2s.-Nrrs
Charles y. Turner we'll known resi-
dent of Lakewood and the sister Of
i Charles J. Parmenter. treasurer Of the
/ Lakewood Trust COMPANY. WAS found
murdered in y clump ~ woods on the
outskirts II This town shortly after noon
to-day Err head had been faarfully
battered and her clothing from the waisi
up was almost torn from her body, ex-
posing the aesh. \ heavy club. with
which the murderer is believed 20 have
committed the act. was found under
bushes fifteen feet away
Nothing has yet been discovered as To
the causes Leading up 10 tho vonau's
murder. At Tie time she left her home
on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Turner
I carried small handbag with only
moderate amount Of money i'm II. This
was discovered intact near her body. one
arrest was made by the authorities but
the prisoner q negro. was discharged
after he had given satisfactory proof
that he mad no connection with the mur-
der
Arnold Turner. nephew Of the mur-
dered woman. was riding along bride
path in the woods this noon when his
horse SHE'D At an object. half hidden In
the bushes tc the right. After quieting
his horse. Turner dismounted and went
10 NJ tr-t he OHf
was horri7ed to find that it vas the
body Of his aunt
Fought Hard for Life.
She lay with her right arm turned out
and the left doubled under her body.
Her hat was still attached TO the front
hair. but the frontal bone OF her skull
and her lower face were crushed. as
though the wielder Of the club must have
been man OF immense strength. For
the space Of ten or fifteen feet around
the body the leaves and underbrush
were covered with blood. and IT was ap-
parent that the woman had put up a
desperate battle for her life
When Young Turner had recovered
from the first shock Of his grim discov-
cry he mounted his horse and hastened
10 alarm the authorities. Within few
minutes after the murder had been dis
covered by Mrs Turner's nephew Prose
cutor Brown, who happened to be in
Lakewood at the time. was on the spot.
Almost at the same time Coroner West
/ al rrtV IL.
the rapid investigation which followed
The Coroner Immediately empanelled
a jury from among number Of men on
the scene DR. W. @ Schaufr1er was
the body. He found that there vas an
open wound in the back Of the head. and
ar the upper end Of the left ear there
was A scalp wound two inches in width.
Clothing Badly Torn.
Upon turning the body over II vas
found that the murderer had struck
Mrs. Turner a powerful blow in the face
driving her nose back until II was almost
| level with her face The lips We're
tightly closed and the teeth clenched
/ The woman's necktie had been ripped
from around her neck and her waist and
Undertaking torn into shreds. In spite
/ = these evidences Of brutality there was
nothing 10 show that the woman had
been criminally assaulted
I II was soon learned that Mrs Turner
whose husband is employed on the Lake
Z Iaf,
her home on Wednesday afternoon. with
some packages Of sewing under her arm
/ She often went into town to visit her
sister. Mrs Earl Vincent. and when she
{ did not come home that night il caused
no alarm.
There are three children in the Turner
/ family. and when their mother had not
shown up Yesterday morning they went
10 the home Of Lincoln Turner. their
uncle. and said Mrs Turner had not re-
turned A search was Immediately be-
gun. but no clews we're found
This morning the aid Of the authori-
ties was asked. and within a few hours
the woman's body was found Mr..
Brown got the description Of a negro
who was said to have stopped near the
scene Of the crime shortly after Mrs.
Turner had passed there in the afternoon.
This man was arrested. but was liber-
ated when he proved an alibi.
/ Mrs. Turner was the daughter Of Will
lam Parmentier. one of the pioneers OF
Lakewood Her home life is said to
have been perfectly happy The coro-
ners Jury met late this afternoon and
adjourned for week. 10 allow the
Prosecutor a chance to Investigate the
responsibility for the murder.