The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-08
MURDER MYSTERY
STILL UNSOL WE'D
Officials of Two States Are
Seeking Slayer OF Young
Woman.
HAVE CLUE TO IDENTITY
Anonymous Letter Says Victim
OF Gruesomc Crime Was
Emma Zimmer.
Especial TO The Times-Dispatch. !

lSptclui 10 1ne 1lmcS dispatch.
New York September 7.-OfnciaIs
of two States. New York and New
Jersey, to-day united to solve the mys-
terry surrounding the murder of the
young woman, part of whose dismem-
bered body was found in the Hudson
River Friday. near Wood Clin, ~ j..
and TO bring her slayer to justice.
Further evidence that dismembcr-
ment had been used in an attempt 10
conceal murder was found this after
noon when two Erie Railroad detec-
tives discovered the lower half OF the
victims trunk floating in the Hudson.
near the New Jersey shore opposite
Forty-Second street, Manhattan Like
the upper part of the torso. which was
first found the lower portion was
wrapped in pillow case and brown
paper.
May Fix Identity.
: The Ioboken police, who wcro alone
in attempting 10 solve the mystery un-
til the New York police lent their aid,
received a letter to-day that they be-
lieve will he of great help in hxing the
Identity of the. slain girl. 1t was sent
from the Grand Central Station in this
city, and stated that the victim was
parently written by a German on leaves
of paper torn from n note book.
The officers credited the statement
as to the girls name. because micros-
coric examination OF tattoocd marks
on her shoulder revealed them TO be
the outline OF the letter 81"
The police believe the girl was muir
dared in this city; that her body was
dismerhere'l somewhere near here. ana
cl K ipip No.
mains were taken up the Hudson and
then thrown into the water. This
theory is borne out by the fact that
the package found this afternoon was
weighted down with a piece or mica
rock. which abounds about excavations
everywhere IN Ma nhattan. 1T was due
to :his discovery and the fact that the
letter relating to the girls identy had
been sent from here. that the New
York police took up the case.
NIny Overshndo,v Famous Case.
They believe that the murder will
overshadow the famous Guldcnsupcr
mystery, but as in that case are all at
sea as to the actual slayer.
The lower part Of the body bore out
the first conclusions of the examining
physicians that the slain girl was be-
tween twenty and thirty years of age,
of beautiful figure and exquisite skin.
She was Of light complexion and light
hair, and weighed. apparently, between
120 and 130 pounds.
The pillow case wrapped around the
part OF the body found to-day was of
fine quality, and on it the initial "A'
had been worked by hand. The quality
and work Indicated that the case had
apparently come from n home that con-
tanned pretty things This confirmed
the belief that the victim had been a
girl Of refinement.
That portion OF the body found to-
day extended from the upper abdomen
to the upper thighs. y preliminary ex-
animation was made by County Physi-
clan King. of Hoboken.
Search was ordered kept up for tho
remaining portions OF tho body. These
were the head, arms and legs. There
was little belief that they would he
found. as the two other portions came
TO the surface OF the water only be-
cause of the formation OF gas In the
chest and abdominal cavities.