Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-29
Auto Containing Three Detec-
tiyes, Leaves Lakewood
in Chase After Suspect.
SCANTY CLUES IN
SLAYING OF WOMAN
Evidences of Desperate Struggle
Between Victim and Her
Murderer.

LAKEWOOD, April ga negro, who
was seen in the vicinity of where Mrs.
Charles Turner was murdered shortly
to have been committed. was the chief
object of the authorities today. When
last seen he was walking down the rail-
road tracks toward Farmingdale. He
carried suit case. A negro, arrested
on suspicion last night, established an
alibi, and was allowed to go.
An automobile with three detectives
in It, started for Freehold this after
noon in chase of suspected negro. He
was seen near the scene of the crime
Wednesday, and early this morning
stopped at the house of a farmer to ask
for drink of water. His travel-worn
appearance excited suspicion and the
farmer telephoned to the public prose-
cutor. after directing the negro to Free
hold by road little used.
The motive for the crime has not
been determined. Mrs. Turner was an
of responsible employee on the estate
of George ]. Gould. She was taking a
short cut through the woods to deliver
some dresses at local sanitarium.
There was every Indication that she
had struggled desperately against her
assailant. Her waist was partially
torn off, her neck and bosom were
scratched and lacerated and her finger
nails were torn.
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 a mar of immense
strength. For the space of ten or If
teen feet around the body the leaves
and underbrush were covered with
blood, and 1t was apparent that the
woman had put up a desperate battle
for her life.
Face Badly Lacerated.
Coroner Westhall. after the discovery
Of the body, Immediately impane1led a
jury from among a number of men on
the scene. DR.. W. G. Schauffier was
sent for and made an examination OF
the body. He found that there was an
open wound in the back of the head
and at the upper end of the left ear
there was a scalp wound two inches in
width.
Upon turning the body over It was
found that tha f7,4frdarar l,ad z,r,.eas
Mrs. Turner a powerful blow in the
face, driving her nose back until it was
almost level with her face The lips
were tightly closed and the teeth
clenched. The woman's necktie had
been ripped from around her neck and
her waist and underclothing torn into
shreds. In spite of these evidences of
brutality there was nothing TO show
that the woman had been criminally
assaulted.
Yesterday morning the aid of the an
thorities 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 liberated when he proved an
alibi.
Mrs. Turner was the daughter of
William Parmentier. one of the pioneers
of Lakewood. Her home life is said to
have been perfectly happy. The cor
oner's Jury met late yesterday after
noon and adjourned for a week to
allow the prosecutor a chance to in
vestigate the responsibility for the
murder