The Washington times., 1921-10-25
Police Trace Garments Used
To Wrap Slain N. Y. Girls Torso

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lyn Pool We're Made by Four
teenth Street Flrm-chlId
Finds Blue Serge Woman's
Suit, to Which cinders Cling.
Which Autolsts Drop In Man
haitian Street.
NEW YORK. Oct. 25.-Discovey
by a reporter OF the names OF the
manufacturers OF two shirts wound
around the head OF the woman whose
torso was found In the Long Island
City pool furnished the police today
with the most important clue tn ~
have had In quest OF the murderer.
The shirts bearing the label Bond
street" were made by Atkin q Hart
man, OF ~ East Fourteenth street.
Manhattan. This trademark Is pat.
ented by them and they are the sol9
makers OF this brand OF shirt.
Volunteers . List.
Arthur Hartman, a member OF he
shirt manufacturing company, said:
II will furnish a list OF retailers 10
whom we sell. IL see the shirts l
can come near telling TO which re.
taller We sold them."
microscopic examination revealed
laundry marks on the Bond street"
shirts. They are 80 blurred, however.
that they cannot be successfully com
pared with laundry records registered
at police headquarters, and II will be
necessary to make a round of laun'
dries TO clear up this point.
A positive" Identification made
during the afternoon fell flat In the
'vening. Mrs. May Ballard, OF Nc.
nough street, Brooklyn. viewed the
i'd and torso at the morgue and
.ysterically declared the murder vic.
Tim was her missing sister, Mrs.
Dorothy Bailey Higgins.
She was certain In the most minute
details as TO hair, fingers. shoulders
and features. But there was one dis.
crepancy. She insisted her sister had
a gold tooth. The autopsy revealed
no evidence OF such dental work. This
difference impeiled the police to
doubt her story.
mot Dolly" Says Husband.
In the evening Thomas Higgins. OF
313 Quincy street. Brooklyn, ex,
amined the face of the dead woman.
Without hesitation. though he had
not seen her for more than a year.
he declared:
That is not Dolly. Absolutely
notr'
The couple has been estrangsd
three years.
All of those who have testified to
seeing man carry and drag a
heavy bundle to the isolated pool
late Tuesday night agree that the
man was dressed In uniform.
They differ merely as to the type
OF uniform, the darkness preventing
positive knowledge on this score.
They cannot agree as to whether
the uniform was that of a chauf-
feur. sailor or traction smpioye.
Girl Finds Suit.
A woman's suit Of unique mark.
ings, the measurements Of which
would have fitted the woman whose
mangled torso WAS found in the
Long Island City pool. was turned
over to the police by John Cleary.
Of 5Ss Vanderbilt avenue.
His daughter. Frances, twelve,
was approaching her home last Sat.
urday afternoon when she saw an
automobile round into Vanderbilt
avenue from St. Marks place, at
the first corner away. The machine
contained two men.
Just as the car veered into Van.
derbilt avenue one Of the men leaned
over the side and dropped to the
gutter a bundle.
Frances picked It UP. It contained
woman's suit. She took II home.
Her father that evening read OF the
Long Island City murder and specu.
tod an v1yh AA.
nection between the bundle and the
crime.
He said nothing, however,, until he
had read a number Of newspaper re.
ports on the case and concluded the
suit should be turned over to the po-
lice. This he did yesterday.
The spot at which the suit was
dropped Is several miles from the pool
In which the torso was discovered.
The coat In Of blue serge similar to
that Of a triangular piece Of cloth dis.
closed by the bundle in the pool.
There were no labels.
gray alpaca material lines the
coat. Ono sleeve was turned inside
out as though II had been violently
wrenched from Its wearer's form.
Cinders Are Significant.
A suimpe Of Scotch plaid material
is attached to the front Of the coat
The skirt 10 wide and pleated. 1t II
Of plaid. In one part Of the skirt are
a number of cinders.
The presence Of the cinders, point
out the police, strongly connects the
suit with the murder case, indicatin
IL was dragged across a lot. Further.
more. tho damp condition Of the turned
out sleeve would seem TO bear out
the theory that the coat had been
wrested from the torso when It was
at the edge OF the pool.
A number of detectives were i'm.
mediately assigned to interview manu-.
facturers in an effort to trace the
origin and purchase Of the suit.
MPC STII MAN CEEkC