The New York herald., 1921-10-27
four DECLARE SLAIN
GIRL IS MRS. HIGGINS
Mother, Sister, Two Friends
Identify Victim of Long
Island Murder.
OPPOSED BY HUSBAND
Wife an Older Woman, He
Says, and Medical Ex-
aminer Agrees.
AN ARREST IS DEMANDED
Mrs. Bailey Certain Body Is
That of Her Daughter
Dentist to Be Called.
AN ARREST rs DEMANDED


street, Brooklyn. yesterday identified
the mutilated body of the young
woman found in a pool in Long Island
City, last Saturday. as that of her
daughter, Mrs. Dolly Higgins, who
disappeared about two years ago.
Mrs. May Ballard, sister of Mrs.
Higgins, who identified the body last
Monday, accompanied her mother to
the Morgue. with Mrs. Helen Otto of
SSS Quincy street, Brooklyn, and
Homer Dennis of 1241 Schenck avenue.
Brooklyn, friends of the missing
woman. All four were positive that
the body was that Of Dolly Bailey Hig-
gins.
Opposed to these identihcations is the
statement of Thomas Higgins, husband
OF the missing woman, who lived with
her four years. up to short time be-
fore she disappeared. He told the police
the body was not that of his wife, who If
living would be 81 years old DR.. Charles
Norris. Chief Medical Examiner, after a
careful examination declared that the
dead woman was between 20 and 23
years old
THAT is Dolly-my poor Dolly" said
Mrs. Bailey as she left the morgue.
That's my poor girl. I demand an
arrest for this brutal crime"
Sure OF Their Identification.
THE face is that Of Dolly Higgins"
said Mrs. Otto. "Her sister identified
her on Monday. and to-day her mother.
Mr.. Dennis and myself have done SO.
Four people making positive an identi-
fication should prove she is Dolly Hlg-
gins"
When her sister identified the body"
the mother said. "the facts were pub
lished all over the country If Dolly
was really alive she surely would have
come forward and prevented all this
anguish. She did not come forward be-
cause she is dead, and that is poor Dolly
in the Morgue"
Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Ballard, Mrs. Otto
and Mr.. Dennis went from the Morgue
to Police Headquarters, where they were
questioned for two hours by Capt. Ar
thur Carey and detectives attached to
the Homicide Bureau.
Mrs. Bailey was shown a photograph
and description of her daughter she
had given the Bureau Of Missing Per-
sons more than year ago. The descrip-
tion stated that Dolly Higgins had a
gold front tooth. according to the
mother. There are no gold teeth in the
mouth of the dead woman.
When my mother said Dolly had a
gold front tooth she was excited" said
Mrs. Ballard in talking to reporters
My sister had a gold crown on a back
tooth which could be removed at will. |
know this is my sister, but the police
seem to think otherwise"
Mrs. Otto and Mr.. Dennis were posi-
tive of the Identification, but said they
had not seen Mrs. Higgins for two years.
Mr. Dennis, who is builder said he
had known the woman since she was 4
years old and did not know she had dis
appeared until reading about il in the
newspapers this week.
Asks That Man BE Questioned.
The records in the Bureau of Missing
Persons show that detectives found Mrs.
Higgins about q year ago In company
with man who Is supposed to be in
Cuba or Porto Rico. Her family was
notified and shortly afterward she dis
appeared the second time. Mrs. Bailey
has asked the police to find and question
this man. She gave his last address on
q street in Jamaica and said he was the
brother of a physician in this city.
Mrs Bailey has promised to produce
the dentist who worked on her daugh-
ter's teeth" said Capt. Carey. "At this
time we cannot accept the Identification
owing to a vast difference of informa-
ton now In our possession. However,
the police are running down every clue
in an endeavor to solve this mystery"