Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-23
GIRL Slain; LURED
10L0NELY HILLTOP
Fought orimIy for Life in Staten
Island woods--Body Found
by Hunters
PEARLS SCATTERED ARo,,un

New York, Oct. 23-Attr,.
ne barking OF their dogs, two bun,..,
nurryins home across an omen so,s ATS =,
west New Brighton, Staten Is,ona y
DUSK last evening, came unon Co. az
OF well dressed young woman wi who 'pay :. !,
oeen strangled in a clump of underbru.u NAY
atter having apparently been Iuroa '.a :.
the spot and attacked. e' "
,,,,i lhs ground near the body, uor,.,
,r.ne ueep footprints, bore ohv,ouui
Uo' struggle. Broken twigs ans
sorn. n ciothing Indicated the elrl baa bsa
touss ttousat nard for her life. Her hat w.a sa
naa n n,s stverai feet away and a string ~ :,
pear pearis sne mad worn about her neck III ~
eeen broken In the struggle and un.. aa
found scattered near the bodr anu were
The body lay face mn and nor.,
posed. Drawn tightly about Tho ,es, ea.
was q piece Of heavy white str;na n.cs meek
as Is used In wrapping fairly sucn
bundles, tied under the rigbt on nra,y
hangman's knot" The fono,o ~, ~
protruding and both hands were tiotWss Mas
clinched, showing death had been sI. dr..
to strangulation. ''en que
ooo"e T" Crime Rarely F'reduented
Inc spot where the body was fo,,a
is half mile from the nearest buma bnnsa
ana IL on top hill ovcrlookinv Nau.
nork bay. Few persons pass t5ror,y
there during the day, although at nisb,
.ne ponce say, the locality is freouentsd
Assistant District ATTORNEY Nor,o,
cautioned against moving the body unth
the homicide squad could come fror,
Manhattan and take photographs. Aftsr
thot is done the body will be taken IA
the morgue at New Springweli, wbers
an autopsy will be performed. ''
Mr.. Norton said last night there w,.
no doubt In his mind but that IN
woman had been lured TO the ;solatsS
spot BY her assailant, probably on
wednesday night. When she was At.
tackled she put up such a fight, he do.
clared, her companion probably had IA
stun her to keep her from giving an
alarm and then In his frenzy strangled
her to death. 80.
Girl Was Well Dressed
There were scratches on the face and
neck as well az on the hands and ler,
A scar on the abdomen was declared
ny the ineuICul examiner TO nave been
the result of an operation several years
ago. To substnntiatc the belief that
the body had been there less than forty.
eight hours was the fact that there were
no leaves on 1t although trees close to
it were dropping their leaves in the
lightest breeze.
There wns no jewelry found on the
body and the clothing, of good quality
and for the most part new, gave the
police little to work upon in their Of.
forts to establish the identity Of the
woman. She apparently was twenty.
four years old. five feet five inches tall,
and weighed approximately 125 pounds.
Her hair was fluffy light brown.
She wore blue serge skirt and coat,
with black and brown bead trimmings;
yellow satin underskirt over white
muslin undcrskirt, both trimmed with
white lace; pink flannelette bloomers; !;
black silk openwork stockings, tied with
pink silk ribbons instead Of garters; and
brown. oxford shoes. The hat was a
white corduroy turban.
The police say no woman resembling
the body has been reported missing on
Staten Island. q