The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-07-18

This led TO the belief that they
had fallen out of the buggy or
automobile I'm which the muir
dcrcr had returned TO town.
The pieces OF skirt did not drop
from the vehicle it has now been
learned. They were taken out,
rolled up and hidden i'm an alder
thickct near the road. \ piece OF
bloOd-Staincd paper WAS found
nearby. The murderer evidently
wiped the blood from his hands
on the paper when he returned
To his buggy.
Both pieces OF skirt were found
I'm the woods near tho road where
1t crosses POwhIte Greek, which is
about half way between Bon Air
and Forest Hill, and proba bilities
are that the man who was hiding
the garments of the murdered
woman disposed of them all i'm
the woods near the creek.
There are yet to be found the
woman'S blouse, or jacket, her un-
dcrclOthes, her shoes and stock
ingS and hat. II these can be
found the probability of her iden-
tifcatiOn will be largely increased.
But because OF the failure of
those who examined the body 10
notify the police Immediately,
and because no careful eXamina-
ton was made by n physician.
those conducting the search are
still i'm utter darkness.
The police do not know whether
the murdered woman was white or
colored.
They do not know whether she was
killed after being drugged.
They only know that the throat was
cut and that they don't know who
did il.
The woman had heavy, black hair.
IL was down over her shoulders. Some
or II was supert1cially examined. II
was declared to be that of a white wo-
man. 1t was declared to be that of a
colored woman.
To some the hair appeared kinky
and they Immediately said that the
Vlctim was negrO-a very light ne
gro, an octOrOon. 1t has been pointed
out however, that the hair of an oc-
toroon is usually very straight, and
that the hair now in the hands of the
authorities probably came from a
rat which is usually made of kinky
hair, so the police are again mystified
AS further obstacle in the path
n feeling of jealousy is said to have
developed among the county police
Each is said to be investigating along
his own line and is unwilling to tel
his colleagues what he has discovered
The bottle of laudanum. or what
ever it is, that was found near the
corpse is in the possession of Magis-
trate Cowan. The fluid has not beer
examined. The bottle bears the name
or South Richmond druggist, but
II has not been shown to him.
County Officer William Flynn
asked for the bottle in order
that he might have the drug analysed
Magistrate Cowan, it was said, re-
fused to give il TO him.
1t seems as certain as anything else
that the woman was killed in Rich
mond, and yet the Richmond police
nave received no formal request tc
take part In the search. Captain
Thomas Mcmahon, chief of the de-
tectiVes, said this morning that he haC
seen one of the county constables, bu
no one else.
one OF the county policemen is nov
trying TO find traces Of a woman who
is said to have disappeared from Bal
tlmore. The woman, Florence Byers
whose name was mentioned yesterday
has been located in Norfolk, accordinl
to reports from that city. There wa,
also mulatto reported missing from
her home near Bon Air. She has alsC
been found.