The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-26
MAN IDENTIFIES
BODYOF WOMAN
FOUND AS WIFE
Husband Claims Corpse Of
Victim of Brutal New
Jersey Murder.

Grantwood, N. J.. Aug. 26.-The
body Of the young woman found
slain In the Grautwood woods yes
terday. today was identified as that
OF Mrs. Blanche Schulz, OF East
18th street, Manhattan. The iden-
ttfication was made by the woman's
husband. Frank Schulz, at q Hack
ensack morgue.
Schulz, who is an employe of the
Interborough Rapid Transit COM
pany, Immediately identified the
clothing worn by the dead woman.
He would not look at the body, but
told the police that his wife had a
mole on her back, which they
found as described.
Missing Since Saturday.
Mrs. Schulz, according to her
husband, had been employed in a
Manhattan department store, but
had been missing from home since
last Saturday night when she left
for visit with a sister at Key
port. He said she had with her
$50 and wore five diamond rings
and wedding ring, which were
missing when the body was found.
An autopsy performed by Coun-
ty Physician Ogden showed that
the woman's throat had been cut
from ear to ear and that this
caused her death. She also had
been struck a heavy blow on the
left temple, DR.. Ogden said.
A few feet from where she was
found was evidence that she had
fought q desperate battle with the
slayer.
Clutched in her hand was a frag-
ment torn from q dark blue coat,
supposedly worn by the man who
attacked her.
Hanging on a trampled group OF
ox-eyed daisies was mans watch
chain. Her right hand was cover
ed with blood. This watch chain
is closely guarded by Acting Pros
ecutor Charles ]. Mccarthy of Ber-
gen county, New Jersey, as the
likeliest clew to the young wom-
ans murderer.
Has Peculiar Links.
1t is eight inches long. with q
round gold buttonhole bar and
three small rings at one end. and
at the other . round catch connec.
tiUn with another chain. The link.
are rolled in peculiar fashion.
Near the chain was found a vel
low comb. County detectives be-
lieve that in her death struggle the
young woman tore the chain from
ther assailants lapel. The grcund
showed that the body had beer
dragged six feet from where tht
struggle took place.
A little boy, Louis di Sciascio
son of Cliffside Park contractor
playing in the bushes found thu
body.
DR.. Ogden said that her assail
ant must have been infuriated dur
ing his attack. The front part o
the skull had been badly battered
probably with a stone, while thu
back of the head had been split b!
contact with a rock.
There were many indications tina
the young woman had stepped from
an automobile shortly before th'
attack. She was not shod TO,
| walking through rough ground.
Had Lain Several Days.
Opinions differ as to how lonl
the body had lain where it wa
found. The county authoritie
thought that it had been there fo
a week or more. Private physi
clans figured the time at two o
three days.
The place where the body wa
found was an underground o
bushes in a vacant block at Gran
T; and Palisade avenues, Cliffsid
Park, about opposite Grants tomt
The body was found in a small
clearing. The nearest house is 20
feet away.
| In a small clearing we're foun
signs Of the struggle and a pate
of dried blood Is inches in diane
ter. In this plot the comb, shoe
and watch chain were found.
The bushes showed that the bod
had been dragged from one cleare
plot to the other. Both cleare
patches. residents of the neighbor
hood said. were much frequente
by picnickers. They thought tha
picnic parties had been in bot
patches Sunday afternoon. II thi
is so. the murder could not hav
taken place earlier than Sunda
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