The sun., 1919-01-29
BODY IN PALISADES
A MAJORS BRIDE
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pear. that she had wound UP her az
fairs and had arranged to send her be-
longings to her father.
| Mrs. Ellsworth told reporter for THE
SuN last night that when Miss Pack
| wood told her she intended to "disap-
pear" she said she would take every
precaution to prevent anything she
| might do from rejecting on her family
or on the Red Cross. Mrs. Ellsworth
tried to cheer Miss Packwood, but the
woman's dependency was too deep
seated TO yield to friendly solicitation.
| Mrs. Ellsworth never saw her again.
Miss Packwood gave up her apart
ment on November 1. Where she lived
thereafter Is not known. She talked to
a woman friend on the telephone on
December Is, according to Prosecutor
Huckin, and this date fixes the last day
on which she is known to have been
| alive.
"My Darling Il Killed"
The building at % East Forty-eighth
street Is an old fashioned brownstone
house on the corner Of Madison avenue.
1t has been remodelled into two and
three room apartments. The superin-
tendent. Hugh Cameron. said last night
| that Miss Packwood first came there in
October, 1915. She selected a two room
apartment renting at SEQ a month She
had no men callers and few women Wis
itors. She was quiet. reticent and always
| well dressed.
| One morning in October when Mrs.
Cameron cooked breakfast for her and
took II upstairs she found Miss Pack
wood in bed sobbing. MY darling is
killed." she cried. and later, recovering
| somewhat. explained that her husba nd
was dead in France. Cameron knew
I nothing OF the rank or organization Of
| her husband
! The autopsy was performed yesterday
by DR.. w. Z. Ogden. medical examiner
OF Bergen county; DR.. Arthur Haskins,
| medical examiner OF Hudson county,
and DR.. Walter Phillips OF Englewood.
The board reached the conclusion that
asphyxiation. self-oaussd. brought about
AnAtA They fxed the time Of death as
between two and three weeks ago.
The body. which had lain hidden from
New on all sides In q niche in the
Palisades near their top ESQ feet above
the Hendrick Hudson Drive, was in an
excellent state of preservation due to the
| cold weather. The autopsy revealed un-
usual muscular development for a
woman, and In this respect supports the
| Identification, as Miss Packwood was
known among her friends as one who
liked exercise and was accustomed to
taking long walks
| Familiar with the Road.
| 1t Is assumed that II was the long
hikes that were her habit hrst led TO
her acquaintance with the roads OF the
Palisades and the lonely spot she Sc
| lected In which to kill herself. The
| guess was also made that she would
have become familiar with the Palisades
| country II her husband. while in this
| country. was stationed at Camp Merritt.
near Tenany. three miles from the place
| where her body was found
| The physicians did not md the slight
| est indication to support the murder
| theory. There was not the slightest evil
| dence Of violence either At the time OF
death or at any time previously.
The thing that gave the most color to
| q suspicion OF murder was that the wom-
! an could not have fastened the safety
| pins in the strips OF cloth which held
| the bottle containing the an@sthetic to
her nose These pins were fixed behind
| her head.
| This theory appeared to be answered
| when II was learned that the dead wom-
| an had been . member OF the Red Cross
| Motor Corps ard had received the train
| ing in FIRST aid that ~ given to all
| workers IN THIS Corpt
The vital organs were sent TO Belle
vue Hospital for chemical analysis. The
| analysts will determine the anesthetic
used by Miss Packwood to kill herself
| The bottle held three ounces The
| question has been raised as to whether
| that quantity OF chloroform or ether
could XIII a person Of the unusual ply
| steal strength OF Miss Packwood.
No Evidence of Violence.
DR.. Haskins said that while nothing
had been found to Indicate that the
woman had come to her death by vto-
lence he would reserve his final decision
| until the analysis OF the vital organs
had been completed. This would take
| several weeks
| Prosecutor Huck!n said last night
that he was sure that Miss Packwood
had not returned TO the home Of her
| father in Tampa, Fla II developed
yesterday that the black leather
bag which was found near the
place where Miss Packwood's body
lay could not have been hers. The bag
| contained a war tax slip of the Rialto
Theatre through which 1t was hoped to
trace the identity OF the dead woman.
| At the Rialto It was said at first that
/ this slip was issued on December II.
1t was learned yesterday that the slip
was issued prior to November i. 1917.
| man named Schwartz. who lives in
! Albany. was one OF the many persons
| who visited the morgue at En4lewood
yesterday. He thought the body might
| be that of his sister. Eva Schwartz. He
| said that she was friendly with an army
officer He had made the journey from
| Albany on reading In newspapers that
| the woman found dead on the Palisades
had been seen in the company OF an Of
| ficer. Schwartz failed to identify the
body as that OF his sister. He had not
| seen her for n year.
| Prosecutor Huckin yesterday identified
his source OF information for the story
| of woman and an army officer who
| freauented the roads on top Of the Pail
| sades in their walks as Louis L. Black
we'll who Is employed by a road con-
| tractor IN repairing Sylvan avenue, the
| road used by Miss Packwood in reach
ing the spot where she killed herself.
| Blackwell was positive that the
woman he saw with the officer was the
dead woman. He fixed the time In which
he noticed the couple as between Decem-
Der 10 and Christmas This. of course
conflicts with the theory that the army
officer who was known to Miss Packwood
| was her husband because he was dead in
France AT the time. o.:
Word was sent by telegra phi TO Mr..
Packw,ood last night that his daughter
was dead here.
dead GIRLS FATHER
GIVES NO LIGHT