The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-07
SEE MURDER IN FIND
OF WOMAN'S TORSO
Police Declare She Was Killed,
Dismembered and Thrown
Into River.
WORK DONE BY EXPERT
Pillow Offers Only Clue tO
Identity or Perpetrators
of Crime.
WORK DONE BY EXPERT

The torso OF a woman's body which
was found Friday afternoon on the shore
Of the Hudson River at Shady Side. N. j..
Is the mute evidence Of the murder Of a
woman, about 25 years old. who was slain
within the last hve days and then mutt
lated. This was established yesterday In
the opinion Of the Hudson county authori-
ties.
An examination OF the remains, from
which the head. arms and legs had been
cut by County Physician George W. King
revealed the fact that the woman had
not been In the water more than four
days that she had not been drowned
because OF the absence Of water in her
lungs that she was between the ages
OF twenty and thirty years. and that the
severing Of the limbs and head had been
done by one expert in surgery. The ma
ture Of the cuts showed that long BLADE
had been used
Three small! blrthmarks on the right
shoulderblade and a plain pillow made
from ordinary ticking. on which was Il
tag and the name Of a Newark manufac-
iurer are the only clues to the identity
OF the victim. The torso was found w
the pillow. which WAS stuffed with black
feathers. Around the bundle was IA rope
and a fine wire of kind used by NIL
liners. This apparent care In wrapping
the remains leads the North Bergen police
to believe that a weight had been tied IN.
but had fallen out
No Medical students Joke.
hot h.. had no, n
thrown into the river by medical students
as a Joke has been discarded by the po-
lice following the examination by the
county physician. Had the torso been
the property OF medical students Or
King said that the lungs and other in
ternal organs would not have been left
in the body. Besides he pointed out.
bodies for dissecting purposes are 80 diff
cult to obtain that one would not be
thrown away.
Coroner William Schlemm. after the
revelations Of yesterday. has decided to
hold an inquest over the remains. He will
begin a rigid Investigation Tomorrow and
says the inquest viii be held Thursday
night. provided the evidence obtained by
that time warrants it.
Hopes BASED on Pillow Clue.
The clue on which the police base their
hope for an ultimate solution Of the
mystery is the pillow which was found
with the body ON the pasteboard Tag
attached To II was wr.t:'n on one side
"99 cents" and on the other "ManufaC-
tured by Robinson Rod.rs. Newark,
" j." on the pillow slip was stamped
"Restwell Brand. Chicago 20x27.'
At the factory of the Robinson. Roders
lCompany. 27 New Jersey Railroad avenue
| Newark. y. j., a member of the firm said
the "restwelr' pillow sips are nanufac-
tured in Newark and are known To tn"
trade as Chicago slips, He said the COM
pany sold them wholesale to iobbers and
department stores. and that there would
be no way in which the sale of this
particular slip could be trac ID from the
! factory by its marking.
| The police of North Bergen in an effort
! to lind out who the woman was have
| inquired from different towns and cities
as to those women, between the ages
| of go and 80. who have been reported
missing recently, From Newark they
received word that n Mary Macbeth
:5 years old. disappeared on Angus; 80
last. The description or her talles in
woman.
This fact. coupled with the pillow clue.
has led the police to hope for "A solution
to the mystery IN Newark. Acting on
this belief. Prosecutor Hudspeth sent
County detective William j. Charlock to
Newark. The result Of his mission is kept
a secret. but it is believed that his trip
was not altogether fruitless.