THE CRUEL MURDER
OF
MINA MILLER
BY
KENKOUWSKY, alias “KETTLER”
Wedded and Murdered Within an Hour!
THE CRUEL MURDER
OF
MINA MILLER
BY
KENKOUWSKY, alias “KETTLER.”
The Guttenberg-Hoboken Tragedy.
A THRILLING AND REMARKABLE CASE, WHICH
RECALLS THE MURDER OF MARY RODGERS,
“THE SEGAR GIRL,” WHICH TOOK PLACE ON
THE SAME SPOT, THE SCENE OF OTHER
MURDERS OF A LIKE CHARACTER.
THE ONLY LIFE OF MINA MILLER PUBLISHED
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THE MINA MULLER MURDER.
MURDERED BY HER HUSBAND OF AN HOUR.
On Friday morning, the 13th of last May, a German, whose purposewas to gather green leaves to sell to florists in N. Y. city, entered thepath leading from Bergen avenue, in the district known as Bull’s Ferry,north of Weehawken. He had followed it eastward toward theriver about 100 feet, and had turned aside to the right about twenty feet,when he was appalled by almost stepping upon the dead body of a woman.He hurried away to inform the police.
Early in the afternoon Coroner Wiggins, of Hoboken, visited the spotand made a careful examination. He judged that the woman had not beenover 25 years old. Along the top of the head, on the left side, was a deepgash, and beneath it the skull was fractured. There was another gash overthe right eye. Both of these gashes were apparently made with the edgeof a stone. The nose was broken in the middle. The right side of thehead had apparently been crushed by a stone. The left ear was injured asif an ear-ring had been torn from it. Search was made for the missingear-ring, but it was not found. Her face had become blackened by thesun, which shone upon the spot where the body lay. The features weresmall and symmetrical. She wore number one or number two buttonedshoes.
An investigation was at once begun by the coroner, but without muchsuccess.
On the 18th the young woman was completely identified as Mrs. PhilomenaMuller, the wife of Simon Muller, a tobacconist, at 502 West20Thirtieth street, N. Y. Mr. Muller called at the Morgue at 3 o’clock onthe afternoon of May 18th, in company with a lady whom he introducedas Miss Maria Schmidt, his wife’s sister. He said they desired to look atthe body. They were led into the damp vault, and at sight of the bodyMiss Schmidt was overcome, and she retired to the adjoining basement.Mr. Muller gaze