AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY.
BODY IN A SWAMP. , by. rzLionirH—rEtss association—corrniQHT* . s > i i (Roc. Jan. 5, 4.15: p.m.) ■ ' 1 ! Nov; iYork, JanuaryM.- ■ . ' ; ' Tlio woman whoso body • was found in a! >,*..« i New "Jersey swamp was Lena Whitmoro, * j wifo of a railwayman at Brooklyn. . : ' • " Slicf disappeared at Christmas after a quaiv ~■ ?] . rel with heir husband. Tho latter has been : , . ■•■] detained, but .no < chargo. has been made :<i 1 : against him.' ■■- r . ! i , ' ■, ' j ; '| The first . reference to. this,murder was con- ; ;l:.nnod.m a New York .cablegram dated Janu- ■ ! ary 1, which (stated:- " Albi.rt Thompson,- an •: , . English ..mechanic,,' ; has been ■: arrested '.on . si?s- . .piqipn 'of murdering' on Christinas'; night' a ',' V.j ■beautifulvyoung woman, and leaving tho body • J in a swamp,-at Harrison, Now Jersey. Thoinp. • '1 son gave out that lie was a bachelor, but latej. J stated""* that hip,; wife, ■ Lilian, was 1 in .JJew Zealand with a. young son. Tho statement haj . . i ■u6t" up to the. present been confirmed." ' !*'i
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 87, 6 January 1908, Page 7
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161AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 87, 6 January 1908, Page 7
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