New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-08
Child of IL, for Whom Parents
and PIaymateS Searched in
Vain, Found Dying.
CORONER HOLDS PRISONER
Vacant Flat in The Bronx Scene
of Crime, Which eliminates
in Death of Julia Corners
on Reaching Hospital.

Another little girl fell prey to the
fepCish brutality of man on Saturday
ni-ht, and she was found, mutilated and
nude. but still breathing. early yester-
day morning in a vacant lot in The
Bronx, between 172d and 173d streets
and Third avenue. The lower part of
her blooustained body was thrust into a
small box, while her head and Shout
ders were half hidden in the grass and
weeds Her clothing rolled into a bun
die, lay near by.
Though a breath of life still fingered
in the little form when the child was
found. she died on reaching Fordham
Hospital. For one feeting moment she
opened her eyes, but the anxious query
Of Edward McGarry, who had found her.
as to who had injured her brought only
q weak whisper, "A man, a man. and
then her lips closed forever.
The murdered child was Julia Connors.
twelve years old. daughter Of Edward
Connors, a shipping clerk who lives
with his family at No 1872 Third ave-
nue., a short distance from 1T2d street.
Little Julia. said by all the neighbors
70 be pretty, disappeared on Saturday
evening The police accepted the theory
that she was detained by the man all
night, and toward morning his fear OF
detection led him TO murder.
The detectives discovered the place OF
the murder by searching the tenement
house No. 1865 Third avenue, which ad-
Joins the vacant lot where Julia was
found. An apartment on the second
floor Of that house has been vacant for
some time, and the police found that the
lock on the door was broken. AS soon as
Detective Lieutenant Wines opened the
door he found a hair ribbon the child
had worn.
Traces Of Crime in Bathroom.
In the bathroom the detectives were
confronted with many traces Of the
crime. The bathtub was streaked with
blood and there We're bloody marks
everywhere. Some of the girls hair was
in the tub, while many strands were
found in the rubbish behind the bath
tub.
Moses Stern, owner Of the house, who
lives in an apartment directly beneath
the one in which the crime was commit
ted, told the police he had not heard anv
suspicious sound in the untenanted
rooms at an. time during the night from
Saturday to Sunday. He said the lock
on the door was off several days before
the last tenants Of the fiat moved out,
two weeks ago.
Mrs. Julia Stern. his wife, told the po-
lice last night that an elderly man.
about feet inches in height, having
dark beard and neatly attired. exam
ined the second floor apartment late on
Saturday afternoon, evidently with the
intention of renting II.
The autopsy performed by DR.. Riegel-
man, the Coroners physician, disclosed
one Of the most brutal crimes Of this
kind known TO the police. The little
body was covered with slashes, inflicted
apparently with a two-edged weapon.
There were thirty-siX separate wounds,
and two of them were mortal-a stab IN
the left breast, which penetrated the
lower region Of the heart, and another in
the back, which pierced the lung.
Fear Of Exposure the Motive.
There were other signs on the body
showing into what brutal fury the man
had been dashed by the fear that his ear
lier crime upon the child would be de-
tected 1t seemed as if the certainty OF
exposure had dawned on him when he
realized that the childs disappearance
could not be explained unless she was
willing to shield him, and this he could
not expect. The police believe that he
was known to the girl and perhaps 70
her parents and that he saw safety only
in killing her.
Having decided on murder. he cut the
childs hair and after stabbing her to
death slashed her body in the fury Of
his regret at an irreparable deed. Then