Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-08-02
BODY FOUND At CATSKILL
PRACTICALLY IDENTIFIED
AS MISS DORCAS SNODGRASS
a. SNODGRASS" is MARKED ON ALL UNDERCLoTHING
OF THE BODY FOUND IN CREEK SUNDAY.

HARDLY ANY DOUBT NOW
MISSING GIRL Is FOUND
Body Discovered In Mud In Cats
kill Creek - Police Believe
That the Girl Was Dragged
or Murdered and Then Taken
Up the Hudson In Yacht and
the Body Placed In the Mud
Suspicious Characters Have
Been Seen Near the Point For
Three Weeks and 1t Is Now
Suspected That Miss Snod-
grass Was the Victim of Foul
PIay--Friends Here Have
Heard Nothing But What Was
Told Them BY The World.
That the body of Dorcas Ijams Snod-
grass, of Martinsburg, daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. John Tabb Snodgrass o.
this city, who disappeared from the
home of her sister, Mrs. John Leland
Order, at 140 Wallace avenue Mount
Vernon New York, on Wednesday,
July II, has been found and practical
ly identified seems certain this after
noon.
Find Body in Greek
In this mornings papers appeared q
dispatch from New York telling of the
finding of body in Catskill Creek, az
which answered the description of
Miss Snodgrass. The dispatch from
Catskill last night did not connect the
body found with the disappearance OF
the nurse, but the similarity of the
clothing and the description of the
body led those in New York to be-
leve that it might be that of the miss
ing girl.
Drowned or Murdered?
How Miss Snodgrass met death is
still a mystery to the police at Cats
kill, and an autopsy may be perform
ed to determine whether or not she
met death by drowning or was MUIR
dered.
The relatives in New York and in
this city insist that Miss Snodgrass
had no motive for ending her life and
body found is really that of the miss
ing girl that she has been the victim
of foul play.
The police believe that the girl was
either drugged or killed and the body
then put in the mud in the creek from
yacht plying the Hudson.
Name on Undertaking
A dispatch from New York at 8 o..
clock this afternoon says: THE mi
tial r and the name 'Snodgrass' have
been found on all the underclothing
of the drowned woman"
Answers Description Fully
THE body is terribly decomposed
There is no doubt of the identity of
the body as that of Miss Snodgrass.
The age weight complexion and
dress agree with the description fur
nished of the missing girl"
Suspicious Characters on Yacht
The young woman was probably
killed and taken ur the creek and
thrown in the water ten days ago.
Suspicious characters have been seen
hanging about on yacht in the Hud.
son river near this point for three
weeks"
Friends Suspicion Foul Play
The finding of the dead body of
Miss Snodgrass and the fact that sus-
picious characters had been seen i'll
the neighborhood of the place where
the body was found, would seem to
verify the suspicion OF friends and
relatives here who last week intimat-
ed that Miss Snodgrass had met with
foul play. The story Of her connection
with Wesley Hawkins, as told in The
World exclusively on last Thursday,
and the intimation that some one had
been instrumental in getting her out of
the way, would furnish sufficient
grounds for a thorough investigation
of the matter.
Girl Was Not Happy
1t was admitted some days ago that
the missing girl at times appeared I'M
happy. but there seemed TO be no rea-
son for this given out by the family
Three times she has been engaged to