The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
IDENTIFIES BODY
OF STRANGLER'S
VICTIM AS WIFE
Jersey City Man Declares
Mrs. Kussel Left Home
Week.Ago.
JEWELRY IS. MISSING
Woman Is Unknown at
Place She Told Husband
She Was Working.
DETECTIVES ! GET CLUE
Was Seen With Unknown Man
r in Vicinity Of Murder on
< . Thursday-Night.

/, The body, of the young woman. found
-pardered Friday night in a lonely,
spot on Sunset Hill, West New Brigh-
ton. S. l., was identified last night as
that OF Mrs. Jennie Kussel by the
woman's husband, Kastanty Kussel of
4S9 York street. Jersey City. She was
"a years old, the mother of ,wo chill
-dren. and had been missing from home
aiweek, NJ
An autopsy performed In the after
noon by DR.. George Mord. Richmond
Medicar -Exaniter, assisted by Dr.
Benjamin Schwartz Deputy Medical
: Examiner >of- Manhattan. revealed
'strangulation as the cause OF Death
The young woman had been choked
by the short rope found tied around
her neck BY means of which the muir
derer apparently had pulled her body
along the ground for some distance.
Kussel said that he found his wife
missing when he returned home from
work Saturday evenir :. October 16. His
Daughters, Jennie. z years DID,. and
Mamie. C. told him that mother has
gone to work" Mr.. <ussel had been
told by his wife that she had obtained
work as cleaner in newspaper office
in Manhattan. so the husband was not
alarmed When Mrs. Kussel failed to
return next morning her husband went
70 the place his wife said she had been
employed. 1t developed. the husband
said, that the woman did not work there.
Kussel then reported his wife as missing
to the police.
When Mrs. Ikusse, left home, her
husband, said, she wore two gold brace
let's, diamond engagement ring and
several trinklets. She also took small
amount of cash with her. When her
body was found Friday night the jewelry
was missing. as we'll as her purse. There
were no marks on, the fingers to indicate
the dead weman;s rings had been torn
off. In fact, it was not until the closest
inspection had been maze that 1t was
discovered she had worn rings, SO gently
,id the murderer work.
The rope which strangled Mrs. Kussel
was Of the crudest kind and very much
similar to that used to tie bundles of
: 1t. was, not more than
eighteen inches long. A sliding knot
woman's neck. The other end was
knotted to form a grip. which the m.ur-
derer held In his hand. The harder he
pulled on the rope the tighter the NOISE
became on the woman's neck. II had
cut SO deeply into the flesh that 1t was
only with the greatest difficulty the
physicians succeeded in removing It
without cutting the rope.
DIT. Mord and Dr. Schwartz agreed
that the woman had been dead about
forty-eight hours when found. This also
tabled with the story told to Capt.
Ernest Van Wagner, head of the Rich
mond detectives, earlier in the day by
Peter Garrigan, an electrician OF i2S
Davis avenue. Garrigan said he and
two friends were walking along Pelton
annex, an unfinished street nearest TO
where the young woman's body was
found. Wednesday night when his dog
ran into the brush alongside the road.
A, moment later he head woman
scream.
Running into the brush. Garrigan
came upon a man and woman strolllng
along a footpath that ran In from the
| main road. The dog had been playfuny
running around the couple In the dark
| and had scared the woman. Garrigan
/ rot but feeting glance at the couple,
hut noticed the woman in particular.
because, he said. she seemed to have a
towel Tic around her head. What Gar
rigan thought to be a towel later proved
to be Mrs. Kussels white corduroy tur-
ban hat which the electrician identified
Immediately when Il was shown to him