The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-27
GIRLS FROZEN BODY
FOUND IN PALISADES
Clad in Furs and Silks 1t Lay
Concealed ut Least a
Month.
SUICIDE IS INDICATED
Bandagc Over Mouth and
ChlOrOfOrm Bottle Is
Found Near.

For a month. perhaps little longer
the body OF young woman or 81
dressed in n manner OF wealth and re-
finement. has lain frozen In nest OF
boulders and underbrush far up the face
OF the Palisades in Bergen county, New
Jersey opposite 1s0th street. Manhat-
tan. There was nothing to furnish a
clue TO her identity, and there were no
marks of violence upon her. Bandages
about her face and mouth. which had
been saturated with chloroform. and a
bottle of the drug near heE hand estab-
lish. the police believe that she ended
her own life.
As nearly as they can piece together
the fragments OF the story, basins It on
ticket stubs and other bits OF paper
found in her hand bag, the girl lived
In Manhattan and made the Journey to
the place on the Fort Leo ferry. at
129th street At the crest OF the Pail
sades she turned into Sylvan avenue, a
road running between Fort Lee and
Tenafiy and continued along II nearly
two miles
The Palisades at this point are full
of uneven breaks obscured with dead
wood and loose bouders It is possible
to stray from the ridge road and make
descent. meeting at intervals inches
from above. Such a descent is perilous
and checked the two Englewood men
out hunting who were led to the body
by their barking dogs yesterday after
noon
No Mark OF Violence.
Tho body was we'll screened by two
large rocks. a fallen tree and a thicket
OF underbrush. and except fer the per
sistence oc the dogs might have lain
there indefinitely. 1t was turned face
downward. The woman's heavy fur
coat was wrapped about her snugly
Her low cut shoes still bore dull
polish. Her hat was partially awry
Beside her were the small bottle OF
chloroform. her purse and a handbag
There was nothing in the manner in
which she lay or a mark OF any kind
upon her 10 indicate that she had met
violent death. A fall or push from
the ridge otkhe clff would have dis
torted the body and bruised II.
Sylvan road is as little freQuented
as any other highway of the State
The spot In which the body was found
would perhaps not have been touched
by another human foot for years. In
their calculations the police have nc
motive for the act. 1t seems probable
TO them that the girl. from her side
Of the river. studied the chin face OF
the cliffs to find a spot lonely enough
for her long pilgrimage.
She must have made a figure in her
fne clothes, turning alone from the
main highway TO the riverside dus,
road II was long walk, and must
have taken her. heavily wrapped in
her furs nearly two hours. Reaching
the spot she had 10 swing over the
ridge and jump into n small pit OF
loose stones. and then by holding care
fully TO Instructions. make her way
down. When she reached the stony
cache she was fifty feet below the TOP
OF the cliff. standing between two large
boulders Toward the river she was
screened by a fencing OF underbrush
She tied the bandages and then lay
down before administering the drug. (,
is judged from the neatness in which
her clothes were arranged.
Dead mt Least n Month.
The hunters Richard Baldwin and
George Marshall summoned Policeman
Rockwell before descending 10 the body
Prosecutor Nuckin and County DeteC-
tiv, Nestle were next on the scene and
had II removed to a morsue in Engle-
wood. County Physician Often there
made an examination with difficulty be-
cause OF the frozen condition OF the
body. The features were unrecogniza-
Bile. The woman must have been dead
torr or FIVE weeks. he said
TIE description announced by the po-
lirr ave her age as 81. height feet
McIss weight 15o pounds; brown eyes
auburn hair; wearing a fur coat and
hat. dark blue serge suit with black silk
binding. a white silk waist with a rose
pattern, brown woollen golf stockings
with red striped tops, oxford ties with
rubber heels.
From the few clues found in tho hand
bag the police hope TO be able to estab-
lsh her Identity. A ring and a purse