The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-28
OILCLOTH TRACED
IN RIVER MYSTERY
Broadway Manufacturers Iden-
tify Wrapping Found on
Girls Body.
OTHER CLUES DISCOVERED
Schenectady Police Believe Auto
Was Used to Scatter
Evidence.
OTHER CLUES DISCOVERED

The first definite step In the solution
Of the Mohawk River muroer mystery
came yesterday with the discovery by the
New York police that the red oilcloth
in which the dismembered body of the
girl victim was wrapped was made
by Weiss 4 Klaw. manufacturers and
wholesalers. OF 462, Broadway. Detec-
tive King of Inspector Faurot's stan
and Dcrective Van Dusen OF Schenec-
tady began an examination of the COM
pany's books with a view to preparing
n list OF al! purchasers of this particular
pattern.
King reported TO his chief that the
oilcloth had been positively identified
by Weiss & Klaw as one Of their pro.
ducts. hut owing to the fact that It
has no. been on the market for three
or four wears 1t will take some time for
the detectives to get up a list OF buyers
This important discovery by King
and Van Dusen was made possible
by clue furnished the police sew
eral osvs ago by George Shaw OF 172
East Fifty-first street. Shaw, upon
reading the newspaper accounts OF the
murder. remembered that he had some
oiclotn at least similar to the torso
wrapping. He sent a piece of IL TO
Inspector Faurot. who in turn for
wardeo 1t to the Schenectady police.
seemed 10 be one and the same. This
opinion by the upstate police was
borne uut when King and Van Dusen
located me manufacturers. The glossy
side OF the cloth was Identical. the only
difference being in the texture of the
| web back.
! II ii Is found that upstate retailers
handled this pattern the police will try
to trace down the murderer by ascer.
tanning TO whom the oilcloth was sold
| This VIII probably prove tedious task
| but 1t AT least gives the detectives some
thing tangible to work on.
SCHENECTADY, June 27.-AddltionG
clues 1" the murderer OF the woman
whose Torso was found in the Mohawl
River eight days ago were gathered b,
the ponre to-day.
Hall "a blood-stained shlrtwaist wa,
brought here early this morning from
Ballston Lake. where Il was found bS
l.. NJ. Young a draughtsman of tn,
/ American Locomotive Works. Youn.
saw the garment three weeks ago anc
tossed II over a fence from the road
because of its grewsome appearance
After reading about the murder mys
terry in me newspapers, he telephone,
! his information 10 Police Headquarters
From the manner In which the por
ton OF the shirt waist had been severed
1t was evident that the body Of tn,
woman mad been dissected with tn,
clothes ou. II is hoped that this gar
ment. together with the oilcloth ir
| which the torso was wrapped and othe
pieces or material found I'm differen
sections. may give the police the rea
| clue to the woman's identity and to tn
discovery of her murderer.
Traces OF the crime have been founc
over a wide stretch OF territory. Pieces
Of underwear and clothing believed t,
have been part OF the dress OF the vic
tim have been found In various places
some or Them miles apart Ballstoi
Lake. wn"re the waist was found, Is al.
miles from here and Is a favorite resor
OF Schenectady people. Because OF tn
discovery Of pieces OF garments in Fl
many places. the police believe now tina
an automobile was used in disposing o
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