Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-14
MACHINE DEEPENS
CLOTHES MYSTERY
Bomb Near Spot Where Stained
Garments Were Found Fails
to Explode.

RED BANK, Oct. 14-The mystery
surrounding the finding of a quantity
Of a woman's outer garments, to-
gether with a blood stained knife and
a heavy walking stick. the head OF
which was covered with blood. in an
old unused asparagus shed on the
outskirts of farm at Port Mon
mouth, owned by Henry Coe, several
weeks ago, has been deepened by the
discovery of an Internal machine be-
meath the shed.
It is plainly shown that the ma
chine was hand made. The cylinders
that contained the powder We're made
of light weight cardboard and were
wrapped with brown paper, the same
kind of paper that was found wrappedN
around the clothes when they We're
found lying in the shed. The machine
was found lying just out OF sight
beneath the northwest corner of the
shed. According to Mr.. Coe and his
son, Henry, jr., the machine had
been put there since Saturday, as on
that day they had been working in
the field and had tied their horses at
the corner of the shed where the ma
chine was found. Had it been there
at that time they said that they
WOULD nave DeeH SURF " to'S sSS.
it. The heavy srain Saturday night
wet the powder. which was the cause
,of it not exploding.
Several weeks ago basket con-
tanning quantity of women's outer
garments, together with the other
articles mentioned above, were found
in the old shed. In the basket were
several New York newspapers dated
August 16 and II. From each OF the
papers an article was clipped as IL
they had contained an account OF a
happening that interested the persons
who purchased them. The trademark
of Strawbridge & Clothier was found
on the garments. These were turned
over to Prosecutor John S. Apologize.
of Red Bank, who detailed County
Detective Elwood Minugh to the case.
Mr.. Coe said that few days before
he found the clothes that he had seen
O. strange man and woman talking to-
gether near the asparagus house. Sew
eral days later the same stranger ar
rived alone and asked Mr.. Coe what
became of the woman's clothing.
When asked who the clothes belonged
to he said his wife, and when asked
where she was he said that 1t was
none of Mr.. Goes business. With that
| he left Saturday afternoon several
boys saw the man searching on the
edge of a swamp near the asparagus
| house.
| They told Mr.. Coe of the strangers
temperance, and when the latter
| went to the scene the man saw him
and disappeared again. 1t is the
opinion of the residents Of Port Mon
mouth that the woman whom Mr..
| Coe had seen with the man has been
murdered and her body has been
buried in the swamp. Farmers living
in the vicinity of the Coe home ex-
| pected to start a digging crusade in
| the marsh today, but, on account OF
1.-The recent heavy rains and the high
! tide, they we're unable to do the work,
as the swamp is completely sub
| merged.
| 1t is one of the most likely places
! in this section of the State where
| a murder could be committed and
the victims body buried without 1t
| being found. While searching around
| the edge of the swamp this afternoon
several farmers found a woman's
MILDLY blouse which had washed
ashore The collar was covered with
a. stain having the appearance OF
| blood. The blouse was slit up the
| back as If 1t had been cut from the
| person wearing 1t. Mr.. Coe Is at a
| loss to account Tor the mystery az
we'll as the Internal machine. Ntzhugh,
| is out of town tonight but on his
| arrival home the machine will be
! turned over to him.