New-York tribune., 1922-03-04
W onlanStabbed
To Death Near
ROckefellerCate
20 Knife Wounds on Body
Found at Edge Of Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery; Note in
Purse Clcw to Murderer
Lured by Man, Police Say
Wedding Ring and 3 Gents on
Victim, Who Was 25 and
Believed TO Be an Italian

The body of a young woman, about
an Italian, was found yesterday near
the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarry-
town, just beyond the southern bound
aly Of the John D. Rockefeller estate.
An attempt had been made to sever
the woman's head. There were nearly
a score of wounds in the neck, made
with razor or a sharp knife This
weapon was not found. though the po-
lice believe the victim was killed on
the spot.
In her hand she clutchcd her purse
containing cents and a letter. The
authorities, declining to divuge the
contents of the letter. assert that it is
clew which may lead to an carly
arrest of the slayer.
1t was addressed to Mary Venza, at
60 Spring Street. New York City. and
was signed "Joc." Chief of Police
Daniel Murphy, Of North Tarrytown,
visited police headquarters last night,
where he conferred with Captain
Arthur Carey, in charge of the hom-
eide squad.
They went to the Spring Street ad-
dress where they made inquiries about
MARY Vcnza." According to Chief
Murphy. persons living at the house
embered the girl when the dcscrip-
ton Of the slain woman was given them.
They said that she had lived at the
house six months ago.
Wedding Ring on Hand
lie girl was d brunette, with
bobbcd hair. She weighed 1876 pounds,
and was five feet Two inches tall She
wore brown tailored suit with an
imitation mink collar, black fur
coat, black patent leather shoes and
red straw turban hat She wore a
wedding ring.
Mrs. Joseph Taylor, who lives on
cory Brook Road, near Jones Avenue,
North Tarrytown, heard dogs barking
shortly before noon. When the noise
had continued for some time, she took
pair of opera glasses and went out
on the porch of her homo to discover
the cause for the disturbance. She
nnally located the dogs and a moment
'"eN o0" tic DOUN Oh woman.
She told ncighbor, Rudolph Strcau-
ben, who crossed field and entered
Jones Avenue, where the body was w.
ing. The houses at this point arc few
and far apart. The Rockefeller estate
occupies a large extent of ground just
to the north. Jones Avenue is in
dccivity. The terrain us of a rolling
character in this district Several
roads converge near Jones Avenue,
which Is the highway into a little for
eign settlement nearby.
Streauben called the police. No one
could be found who had been in that
part Of Jones Avenue during the morn
ing Mrs. Patrick Turner. who lives on
Jones Avenue, about 400 feet from
wherc the body was discovered, told
the authorities that about 1O:3O .. m.
Thursday night she heard an automo-
bile going down Jones Avenue She said
that shortly after the car passed her
door she heard a sound she thought was
a baby crying.
Cries Stiled as Car Returns
This continued for several minutes
and Mrs: Turner stepped outside the
door and saw the automobile coming
back. The cries had stopped. She went
back into her house and thought no
more of the incident. The police be-
lieve that the cries she heard may
nave been the screams Of the women
through n heavy gag.
Coroner Fitzgerald had fingerprints
made of the woman and requested the
Iarrytown police to forward them to
the police Of the metropolitan district
IN an effort to establish identity. The
nody was taken to an undertaking es-
tabli ishment in North Tarrvtown
j
in the bag and which the police value
so highly a a clew, was written by
man other than the girls husband. 1t
was dated March l and mailed in Phila-
delphia. 1t is supposed to have been
written in answer to letter from the
woman. The police believe that the
woman's husband. suspecting her of un-
falthfulness, took her to the scene
where she was found slain.