The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-29
WOMAN WASCLUBBED TODEATH
BOY FINDS DISFIGt RED BODI'
~ UOODS.
lrd to Place by Horse while searching
for Mrs. &. y. Turner Of I.akew Ood.
who Disappeared "Wednesday club
Lay Near BOdy search for Murderer.

VINO DIsHIVChTtu VeuVesuWN IuU
Lay Near BOdy search for Murderer. /
LAKEWOOD. n. j., April ?s Mrs. ,
Charles n. Turner. a sister Of Charles
j. Parman.ier. treasurer Of the Lakewood !
Trust Company. and a daughter OF one |
Of the pioneers of this resort. the late
william Parmantier. was found dead
in the woods near here to-day by her
! nephew. Arnold Turner Mrs. Turner
had been murdered with club that lay
in the underbrush about fifteen feet
from where her boiy was found Her
| face had been crushed in and her skull
battered Bare spots on the club showed
! that the blows had been dealt with force
enough to knock patches of the bark OF
The search for Mrs Turner. who hal
been missing since "Wednesday. might
have gone on for many days if il were
not for the peculiar actions OF mare.
an old family pet of the Turner's. which
the boy was riding through the woods
while searching for his aunt. Lady
the mare. was ambing along a wooded
path about noon to-day. the boy rising
| in his stirrups and peering into the under
brush from side to side as he rode along
The old mare stopped suddenly and re-
fused to be urged further along the path.
The boy climbed Oft the horse and tried
to urge the mare to go on by tugging at
the bride reins Lady was bent upon
,,.ln IA dot ha INIT
The boy gave Lady her head and the
mare broke through the bushes.
just few feet from the path the had
came upon the body. The white waist
Mrs. Turner had worn when she disap
peared last "Wednesday had been torn
from her body. her bow tie had been
pulled away from her throat and her cor
set cover had been torn to the waist. cx-
posing the flesh.
Frightened the lad fed from the huddled
figure and ran to some neighbors who
were having their midday meal in bouse
about 200 yards from whore young turner
had found the murdered woman. Some
one ran TO get physician and other neigh
bors hurried back to where the body lay
| Upon turning the woman body face
upward and removing the dirt which
covered her face the neighbors saw how
terrible had been the beating which killed
her. One blow of the club had crushed
in her nose and another had fractured the
frontal region os her skull At the side
: and back Of the head were other wounds.
one Of which had barred the skull.
The torn clothing showed that Mrs.
!, Turner .hoss<~ied to fight of the murderer,
. but there were no Other signs of strug-
gle The woman was found 40 far from
the path and AZ point 80 deep in the woods
that il ia evident she had been dragged
> there There was no evidence Of Grim
: nal assault,
=, Ahs Turner left her home on Wedncs-
: day afternoon on an errand woman
: who lives close TO the Turner's says that
she saw Mrs Turner about o'clock that
, afternoon walking in the direction OF
;, her home No one has yet been found who
= saw her alive after this time
:, Her husband. who is employed at the
= Gould estate here. Georgian Court. was
not especially alarmed, he said to-day
when his wife did not come home on
Y Wednesday night. II had been her habit
often to visit her sister Mrs Earl Vim
:, cent. in Lakewo ood proper. and remain
u over night Consequently Mr.. Turner and
" his three children did not begin to worry
e over the absence of Mrs. Turner unit
. yesterday.
. After the father had gone over t'
- Georgian Court yesterday the children
began to grow so anxious that they wen
~ next door to the home of their uncle
u Lincoln Turner. to tell him Of the
:. mothers continued absence Lincoln
r.. atalv
at Georgian Court and the brothers upoi
learning that Mrs. Turner had not spen
the night at her sisters began a sys
II tematic search that lasted until after mid
night this morning. search that the,
ie carried to Red Bank and TO residence
n in OUTLYING districts where they though
10 she might be-
10 This morning Mr.. Turner told the loca
h police authorities Of his wife's disappear
ance. When the search of this morning
j. resulted in the finding of the murdere'
RS woman Prosecutor I. II. J. Brown. VIII
happened to be in Lakewood. viewed tn
J. body and then started out in his motor t
10 try to locate the murderer.
= Mr.. Brown got the description OF
N negro well known here who was seen I
take the same path on Wednesday nea
10 which the body was found and who wa
w said to have been seen later at the static
Mt platform with suit case and still later I
w start along the tracks toward Farming
es dale. In the meantime n negro had bee
or arrested by Under Sheriff \. ". Brow
nd of Toms River and brought back to Lake
re wood. The negro said that his name
hc Jesse Flower. He soon proved that h
N was not in Lakewood on Wednesday an
was released.
oh There are no theories as to the caus
nd of the murder Mrs Turner had bl
,rs little money with her and this was foun
n in a small black handbag in her hand 81
he had a large number OF friends in I.akewoo
or and vicinity and her home life was q
ed pecially happy. She was an UNUSUAL
he attractive woman, about 40 years old,
..a HEALER WINSLOW REARRES7EI
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