The Washington times., 1921-10-24
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BIC BUNDLE.
UNDER ARM
Doctors Declare Death Of Pretty
Girl Followed Crude Surgi-
cal Operation. .

NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Investi-
cation Of the murder of the young
woman whose head and torso were
found IN a pond in Long Island City
narrowed down today to a hunt for
q liveried chauffeur, who is believed
to have carted the dismembered
body to the vacant lot fringing
Queens boulevard. @ e..
The chauffeur was seen to ,alight
from large touring car that stood
at the curb on Queens boulevard di-
-ectly opposite the pond in which
thc body was found. -.
Took Bundle With Auto. -
A man, in whom the police profess
to have the utmost confidence, In
formed them that he saw the chauf.
feur take bundle from the machine
and walk across the sidewalk in the
direction of the lot. This was shortly
before midnight last Tuesday night.
/, Capt. Arthur e. Carey, head Of the
homicide squad, hurried over to Long
toned the man who had seen the
chauffeur.
This development lent corroboration
TO the statement of three other men,
reputable citizens of Long Island City,
who had previously told the detectives
or having encountered a man saunter-
Ing along Queens boulevard late
, Tuesday night. carrying under his
arm large bundle. He, too, was
heading In the direction Of the spot
where the body was thrown into the
pool of water.
They told the detectives that they
recalled the package the man carried
was unusually large. They admitted
that because of the darkness they
were unable to make out his features.
He wore a uniform which they be-
lieved was that of a railroad en-
ploye, either motorman, conductor
or guard. They were not certain
just what kind of uniform 1t was.
Quilts Found In Lot. Is
Two bed quilts. one stained with
blood, were found in a vacant lot
within a half mile Of the pool. In
the center of one Of the quilts was
a large blood spot. On the othe6
were smaller stains. -fF 'E
The finding of these quilts seemed
to bear out the theory advanced by
investigators that the body had been
wrapped in these coverings.
When the three men first reported
that they had seen a man near the
spot the police placed little credence
in the occurrence, as the men had
insisted that the bundle the uniformed
stranger carried was unusually large.
The detectives figured that It was
much larger than the bundle in
which the body Of the woman was
wrapped when 1t was found In the
istagnant water in the barren stretch
of swamp that extends through the
factory section at the westerly end
of Long Island City. E. - ,.s =
The quilts, which afford a new clue
in the murder mystery, were discov.
cred by Mrs. Della Burns, wife of a
laborer. She lives in little shack
about a half mile from where the body
was found. ........ ... .r
Mrs. Burns noticed the quilts lying
in the lot back of her. shack last
Wednesday but paid no attention to
them until she learned Of the discovery
of the woman's body. g.. . !
Straightaway she and her husband
communicated with the Queens Detec.
tive Bureau. who removed the quilts
TO the Fourth street station house.
A microscopical examination con-
vinced the detectives that the crimson
stains on one of the quilts was blood.
Efforts will be made to find the manu-
facturer Of the quilts and trace the
purchaser.
Autopsy Performed.
DR.. Charles Norris, chief medical |
examiner, made an autopsy yesterday |
on the part Of the young woman's
body found. He removed the girls
brain and other organs.
DR.. Norris said that as yet he had
been unable to definitely fix the cause
of death. He said a thorough exsmi-
nation of the body did not disclose a
single outstanding mark of identified
tion, save possibly the teeth.
In the upper jaw both pre-moiars
are missing, and on the left upper jaw
one of the second molars also Is miss.
ing. None of the wisdom teeth had
vet appeared. Otherwise the teeth
were regular and rather small No !
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