New-York tribune., 1919-01-27
Woman Found
Dead ON Cliff:
Slayer Sought
Figure Clad in Silk and Furs
Had Lain Two Weeks
on Brink Of the Palisades
Jewelry Gone, Money Left
Vial of Chloroform Near BY
and Skirt Wound About
Head Hint at Violence

ENGLEWOOD, n j., Jan. 26.-The
body of a woman was found to-day
wedged in Granny of the rocks of
the Palisade wilderness that faces the
yellow brick apartment houses of up
per Manhattan She had been young
and pretty and fastidiously gowned.
Her inery was weather-stained. The
body is Thought to have been lying
there frozen for two weeks at least.
A closely woven scarlet skirt Of
knitted silk was wound around the
woman's face. muffling nose and mouth
completely. Near by was a vial in
which little chloroform still re-
NAMED Bergen County detectives be-
lieve the hands which wound that ban
oage about the victims head, fastening
it with safety pins with the deft, sure
touch of a woman, were not her own.
They believe they have a murder mys-
terry on their hands
The howl Of a dog called the atten-
ton Of two policemen Of this city to
The body. They were Patrolmen Mar
shall and Baldwin. who had gone for
Sunday tramp along the Palisades
with their dogs
Policemen Find Body
They found the body lying between
two rocks at point about opposite
1S0th Street, Manhattan. A few feet
further and it would have been pre-
cipitated 200 feet TO the jagged debris
at the foot Of the Palisades.
It was that of a woman about twenty
one years old, light-haired blue-eyed
and delicate and graceful Her fingers
looked as if they were accustomed to
rings. But there was no jewelry on
the body Near by lay handbag 1t
contained gold powder box, gold
pencil. s16 and four keys.
There was also in the bag the stub
Of a ticket to New York theatre dated
December II. an item through which
an attempt VII be made t. identity
the body
The keys may establish her identity.
There was little else about her to do
SO. Her hat was OF raccoon skin and a
iaccoon stole and muF We're beside her.
Her dress was of blue satin. end her
underclothing OF silk. But there was
not mark Of Identification on any
article of her clothing
Her stockings were Of heavy wool, en-
trely out OF keeping with the rest Of
her costume. and indicated, the police
believe that she had prepared for q
4 . j
are Of peculiar design, with red squares
woven in their tops, and, it is thought.
may lead to her identification
The policemen noted that her shoes.
q fragile design and made of patent
leather. were unscarred by contact
with the rocks. To them that meant
tte young woman never had traversed
tie rock path that led TO the niche
where her body lay.
Police Theory Outlined
Only about 500 feet away is the
smooth macaGam highway that leads
up the west shore Of the Hudson
through the Interstate Park, West
Folnt and the highlands 1t would have
been simple matter for a car to
tiop uunot'ced q tins uninhabited spot
Naiie its occupants carried a drugged
companion to the edge Of the cliff,
sprlnkled another dose of chloroform on
the swashngs of her head and dropped
Ler, @rowing away the bottle. The
IoMce believe that is what happened
Ine body was taken to Greenleaf's
Mofgue here to await identification
F1icn, it rs feared, may be tardy
II was found not Tar from whore
aaele Kramer, WHO had been missing
from her New York home for days,
was discovered wandering crazed
tfouga the woods by pier watch
man, CT January 4. 1t is not believed,
however, that Miss Kramer can throw
eny light on the mystery She had
heen found, 81 s thought, before the
ce1saer young woman met her death, and
"iss Kramer fitting figure was never
seen on .no TOP Of the Palisadcs