New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-12
Grocer Who Lived Near
Rochelle Grave Held in
$1,000 Bail for Inquiry.
VICTIM IN MORGUE
STILL UNIDENTIFIED
Police Ask Jersey Towns TO
Have Relatives Of Missing
Women View Body.

Of the young woman whose body was
found Saturday beneath heap OF
rocks on the Aston estate in The
Bronx as it lay in the morgue yes
terday. But from none Of them did
the police ret any C-ew % her ideh-
tity or learn anything that would give
them a real start in solving the mya-
terry Of her murder.
They were frank in admitting that
until they learned who she mas ihey
expected little progress in their effort
to catch the man who was the father
Of her unborn child. and who, they
believe. killed her.
Captain Andrew Wines and his men
became convinced Of one thing yester-
day that gave something of new turn
to the case. They day before they
thought the woman had been murdered
somewhere else and that her body had
been taken for purposes Of conceal
ment to the desolate waste Of swamp
and thickets 81 East Nth Street and
Noble Avenue, where it was found.
Killed Near Rock Pile.
Yesterday they made discoveries that
convinced them she had been killed
after a hard struggle near the spot
where the snake-hunting boys found
her when they began TO poke among
the rocks in search Of their quarry
They based this belief on the finding
within radius Of few feet of one OF
her shoes. two gold bracelets, a white
woollen mu:Fier. an artificial red rose
and a powder puff. These objects were
scattered about as though torn off in
the struggle with her slayer.
There was one other object found
whose description the police asked 70
have withheld for the present. think
ny hat it's usefulness in helping them
IN their efforts to solve the mystery
would be lessened by its being made
known II will not help them deter
mine the woman's identity, but once
that is learned and the men open %
suspicion are found out 1t may be OF
great service in fastening the crime
on the right one.
The bracelets were of the hinge and
clasp variety. about a quarter men IN
diameter. and one had three white
stones, while the other had four de-
signs of four-leaf clover, with the
trademark and letter VI in triangle.
Robbery Not Slayer's Motive.
Tho presence Of these valuables. as
we'll as the two rings and locket found
on her body the day it was discovered
provcs TO the police that robbery was
not the motive and support their be
lief that the object was to avoid the
results Of her condition.
Relatives of Lena Huberman and Eva
Romanopkv. the two women reported
missing within the last two weeks,
looked At the body yesterday, and the
result was that both these women were
eliminated from further consideration
by the police.
Thomas Tarpey. grocer, Of 2sSS
Zulette Avenue. The Bronx, near the
scene of the murder, was arrested, with
six other men. late on Saturday night
by Detective Mccormick at Eleventh
Avenue and 13sth Street. as they were
beating their way out OF town on an
Albany freight
All we're arraigned before Magis-
trate Krotel i'm Harlem Court on
charges of disorderly conduct and
fined 81. But Mccormick noted that
Tarpey lived near the scene OF the
murder and questioned him in partlcu-
lar. He became nervous and was not
direct enough in all his answers 10
suit Mccormick.
At his request the magistrate held
Tarpey for forty-eight hours on a short
affidavit in $1,000 bail. Mccormick
sent for Captain Wines. who spent
more than an hour questioning Tarpey.
Captain Wines had a man looking up
friends and relatives last night of a
girl reported missing from an address
IN East Fifty-ffth Street to get them
TO come and look at the dead woman.
Police in New jersey cities and in
other places in New York will be asked
TO send all information regarding
missing women 10 help identify the
victim found in the rock pile.