The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-07-25
MURDER MYSTERY
STILL UNSOLYED
indications Are That Woman Was
Murdered IN Richmond or Pc
tersburg Early in July-Vic-
tim Seemingly Led a
Life of Ease.
ICHM oND. vA.-special.-

There Irfrras..F
in, ,,,,,. =. ''''''' '""0'-
h'S pune ma the quiet woods near
hOn AR uhc fast disintcgratin=
DouN "' "a murdered woman.
whose ur3in may forever remain
siir0UotH in tnD tcii OF mystery.
Inc Onc~,rrt'CiG county autllori-
Jics arc bonding their utmost eT-
I0f's 10 tic solution or the crime.
They have discovered - n,Dbcv.
OF clews-bit- of v,idcncc-which
may ic'sd 90 uir identify Or the
woman ana send hcr assassin to
thc ucatii char.
Al tlic suggestion 90 Common
Ncoith s AttoIn"l La-iiu- TIob-on
INC Loaru @. supervisors OF Cites
ward of $50 in~ th,. arrest and
cohNiclioh CD itr murderer or
lii'irucrcr9' b, BE- l. .tapi" ihat the
N'oNcTiior WI 'r a--cu tn Offer
Siini'ar amount. 'air n~olni-
ncnt residents Uf Eou 1Ir ard Vi
To give a. nuCr az $500 ID, s,,tl.,..,.
tlc ihNCs:i-ati'u.
NeaEch IN tiic rnd"Thru~h where
t'ic p'"N Wa iedau ua~ resulted
IN numerous Important di~coV-
cFic.; ana, thou-U DID, t- uo. rct
poSNiDlc To tri vino tar woman
''''' -A'nt Too .tii'f. ""-
So ,'l.,'' "c'V'' 'f''n 'hc >Ac.,tun
iactS- -,,.-
WIZ HE BOTTLE?
mere - one question. however.
when apparent, i"~ mo- healIu.
"pDi til' CRANE ait- rri maf ..r-
H'St '4if N'A tp ilic uf~tr~1.
NhA VIZ Bottle .. .n.....1l
'"'iicd Nith tuc UD0F into tire
Noo"S-
H''fA ihNic'tt'n .~ ti-f :lc
woman was dead i0u- brlo.t. fht,
attempt mas made 600 hide tbr
corpse, but q bottle containing "a
S,fah-c u"r'< fluid 0itn the odor
81 i'uOanufn was found near the
'ONS' ana tHc '-rk i- a new
one.
IL appears that the woman
whether ehC was white or am no
toroun has not even sCt been tlcG-
h''ciN Scttlco-VaS taken To the
'lShboThOOd of Bon Air shortly
before midnight ON July Sd i'm a
onc-hoi~c Nchiclc-prObabIy n
buSSS.
TAKEN TO SCENE DEAD.
inc woman WAS dead o.. m
conscious when she was irfPd
from the conveyance. She was
taken from the main road n
short distance down a nrivo,o
tttti' ~ tltlAAA@ through jefferson
Browns farm. Il apDc3rS thar
one man-nOt two. as has hen
formcrly StatCd-h:d the body.
Indications are that the wO-
man had been lying down ar i'm
bed. and was partly disrobed
She seems TO have siipDed ON n
blue WOODEN blouse tied nj Tho
neck with gray satin ribbon
The woman also wore one or
more undergarmcnts trimmed
with pink silk ribbon.
When the woman left home
she partially arranged her hair
pinninS on several faIst, DuffS
ana fastening a net over them
She put OH skirt i'm n DOclxef
OF which was "a pair of small
manicure scissors.
The woman weighed about 135
pounds and was about ) feet q
inches tail She appears to have
Dccn Wcll Formed. and had Ger
tainly been well cared for. Her
hands indicated that she had
lived a life of comparative ease.
The finger nails were carefully
trimmed and polished, as if by
manicure. The feet showed
that the woman had been accus-
toned TO wearing soft shoes or
slippers.
NNEftA Nf-stiN NEl tie woman
underwent some kind of abdOnl-
inal operation. The old wound
was easily seen by those who ex-
anined the body. Ia ran straight
down from the center of the
stomach. Traces of the stitches
were evident
sor,c grcia,I,, '', ',,. YIN ms rev
Ionc rro,,, e., "oNh t,-c
lev -, -. L u"iIO ,udu nc
,icJ H. ~, 49,. - - ~
NIL -, - Iu' nUiIureu
St H. bottCr, - Ii,,I ~ III n,'' ~
turncd to ti,c tost - ~, I'M . nc
cvidcD,IN- iD,cD,ii,i. -, '. ,,'..' Jus
boJ,. -, So - ~ TIC
eo', - 80, nv II.
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hOJv &c ~ -, - ms tIiS
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c,,t ~ ,9;,'.o,-,,,..i = 49, me-
pie,r.. or ~ -. "a ~ -.
fo,,rI an ~ So, 49, "
whore tbc,- M ~, -, 80 -
tho blouse
The roDc, j. I'm ni,;, ,-;,,,- rro,,,
the lane. and = holy Iact nc,, -
could nor remain lono ,,nJiSco,-t
cred. Two men couId easily boNa
gotten the body over thc fence
one man would find il difricuIr
especially II forced 10 climb
thrOU~F 81 trC dark. and the
man ....I Ine body could scarcely
risk light.
THE MAJ IN HASTE
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