Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-11
FINDING OF DEAD
BODY MYSTERY
! At WOODBRIDGE
Macy Left Home In June With
!. a Large Sum Of Money,
4 Report to Police
S. WHEN BODY WAS FOUND
Suspect Foul Play --- Body
Found Cut In TWO, in CO.
lonia Woods
S. WHEN BODY WAS FOUND

The Woodbridge police and Coro-
ner James ]. Flynn are today con-
fronted by real mystery as the re-
suit of the discovery on Saturday in
the Colonia woods of the skeleton of
Peter Macy, q former Woodbridge
resident, who disappeared from his
home on June with money in his
possession said to have totaled from
$1,000 to $1400.
when found, makes another problem
which the police and coroner have
not as yet been able to solve. The
upper part of the mans body was
found about four feet away from and
facing the lower portion of his body,
while his coat, hat and handkerchief
were found several feet to either side
of his remains.
b, Body Identified
Identification was made possible by
two keys found in his possession and
parts Of his clothing. OF the $1,000
/ or $1400 which he was said to have
Ehad in his possession when he dis
appeared only s5.05 was discovered
by the police and coroner. Where the
rest of the money disappeared to Is
a mystery.
Macy, according to information Sc
cured by Coroner Flynn and the
LWoodbridge police. was fifty-seven
years old, a widower with a son
somewhere either in this country or
Hungary. He had been staying at a
boarding house conducted by Mrs.
Simon and was engaged by various
contractors in this vicinity as labor
er until June 3, when he disappeared
Macy was always known to have con-
siderable money in his possession and
was said to have carried large
Iamounts in money belt about his
waist.
/. Known to Have Money
7 He was known to have from be-
tween 1920 to 400 in his possess
sion, as on one occasion the money
became wet and he took it out to dry,
laying it about the room, in full view.
i When Macy disappeared from the
boarding house he did not tell anyone
where he was going and 1t was
thought he might be slightly de-
mented and was starting out to roam
about< the country with no place In
particular as his goal
/ It is believed he had only Travelled
o few miles when he was either killed,
or he committed suicide as his body
was found near Avenel in the Colonia
woods, about one mile from st.
Georges avenue
: The mans body was discovered by a
party who were out in the woods Sat
urday--looking for berries The body
was so badly decomposed that 1t was
impossible to determine whether or
not he had been shot or drank poison
as the skeleton and a few shreds of
clothing were all that remained
Mystery For Police
The peculiar position of the mans
remains and the disappearance. of the
large amount of money which he was
said to have with him, furnishes a
mystery which the police and Coroner
FLYNN are both doing their best to
fathom. The time which has elapsed
from the time Macy disappeared until
his body was found has made it inn
possible to determine whether or not
foul play was the cause of his death,
tor whether it was a case of suicide.
/ Coroner Flynn removed the remains
to his morgue and taking the two keys
found alongside of his body tried them
on Nagy's trunk in his room at the
Woodbridge boarding house, one of
them opening it. No trace of any
more money was found in his trunk.