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Slain Girl Buried; No Clew to MurdererThousands Crowd About Little Church Where the Funeral Services of Alma Steinway Are Held-More Clews Run Down Without Success.fact that a man covered with buro and clover seed entered A..J. Goehring** cigar store in Spring Ghrove avenue and bought tobacco.The theory that both a iong and a short man are concerned is given credence by some, and receives substantiation through Edward Harnec, a watch-* man at the C. H. D. crossing of Winton road. One night early in the week a short man approached the tower in which he works and asked him to descend. Harnes refused.The short Man stood there for several minutes and finally whistled a signal. A tall man immediateley appeared, and' together they left, going up the tracks.So numerous have the depredations been in the neighborhood of Spring Grove avenue and Winton road, the scene of the crime, that it is a difficultAll that was mortal of Alma Steinway was burled in the little cemetery in Baltimore pike. North Fairmount, yesterday afternoon.The events surrounding the funeral of this beautiful girl were' pathetic in the extreme.The sorrow of the family, the grief ©f the girl's friends, the devotion of Edward, the eldest sou, to his widowed mother, and the air of grief which prevailed In the neighborhood of the little church where the last rites were performed, all served to make one of the, xnoat impressive scenes ever enacted In Cincinnati.While the tense excitement which marked the finding and burial of Lulu matter to trace them Mueller's body was not felt yesterday, nevertheless there was a quiet and subdued feeling, in its way many^times more intense than that displayed at the tragedy of a month ago.Funeral at 1 o’Clock.The funeral was held at 1 o’clock from # the Winton Place Methodist Church, of Which the Rev.' Edmond Burdsall is the pastor.The body rested before being taken to the church in the little green cottage which had been the murdered girl’s home for several years.Although it was announced that the funeral would be private, the neighborhood was thronged long before the appointed hour.At the home a simple ceremony was performed, and the body was taken to the church, just around the corner.Attired in white, four close friends and fellow workers of the dead girl at the telephone exchange acted as pallbearers.Miss May Anthony and Miss Carrie Lille walked in front by the side of the white hearse, in which had been placed the white coffin covered with flowers.Following them were Miss Mabel Armstrong and Miss Lucy Ingram.\ Big Crowd Collects.With labored and slow step the procession moved to the little church.Great crowds had collected about the entrance, but gave way as the funeral cortege arrived.Passing into the church the scene was heart-stirring. As the white coffin, carried by the four young women clad in wThite, moved up the steps and into the path leading to the church door, the relatives, who had .in the meantime alighted from the carriages, stood and {waited for the coffin to pass.Sobs and moans from the heavily .veiled women told of the agony they ,were suffering.Supported by the arm of her eldest •on, Edward, Mrs. Steinway was scarcely able to make her way to the I church, and was almost carried up the •teps and to her seat in the front pew lt;pf the church.Refers to Crime.The Rev. Edmond Burdsall, in beginning the funeral service, referred to the terrible crime which had been committed; and admonished all connected ;with the case ^nd every good citisen to do all they tould to aid the work of Jwttee' and furnish Information to pjMBose whose business It is to find and punish the perpetrator of the deed.He then referred to the beautiful character of the dead girl.The closing scenes of the ceremonies at the church were perhaps the most impressive of any. At the end of the funeral service, when the undertaker began to remove the flowers which banked the rostrum and all but hid the coffin from view, the grief of the girl’s relatives know no bounds.Girl’s Mother Faints.Mr*. Bartlett, a sister, broke down completely. Mrs. Steinway fainted and it was only after vigorous treatment that she recovered sufficiently to leave i the church.The tenderness and devotion of the | eldest son. Edward, showed itself at this point to a marked degree. He fairly smothered his grief-stricken mother with his caresses and bore her from the church in his arms.Each brother, in turn, supported a sister as the grief-stricken family left | the church.Few, if any, eyes in the neighborhood , were dry when the funeral cortege ’ started toward the cemetery in North !Fairmount.There the body was lowered into its grave after a simple ceremony.Mystery Remains Unsolved.The work of solving the mystery surrounding the girl’s fleath was pursued with renewed vigor yesterday, on account of the damaging nature of the report made by the Coroner at the postmortem examination held at the Mbrgue Thursday.Disappointment after disappointment, however, followed their investigation of the minor clews during the day.One after another the most promising scraps of evidence faded into mere rumors and were abandoned as useless.Absolutely nothing new was found during the day.,/Theories without number have been advanced by persons living near the scene of the crime, but all of them, although many appear plausible, are without fact pointing to any one in particular as the murderer.Watchman Saw Man.Victor Emerson, watchman, says he saw a man pacing back and forth in the street railway waiting room at Winton road and Spring Grove avenue alfout 8 o’clock on the night of the murder.The man was tall, wore a long overcoat and a black stiff hat He appeared nervous and greatly excited, and when Emerson attempted to look at his face he turned his head away from him.Emerson says the man had a 'long I nose and heavy eyebrows. This same ! man appeared in a saloon later in the evening further out in Spring Grove | avenue and declared, in a rambling sort of Way, that he was about to leave the city.The fact that clover seed and burs werp found in Miss Steinway's clothing, and that neither could be found in the field, led Deputy Coroner Cameron to believe that the man had been hiding in some near-by barn.This is further substantiated by theRAILROADSLittle Dish ofGrape-Nuts and Cream.Toothsome and Delicious.CniTI MEN [ACER FOR SONIISLocal Financial Interests Are Expected To Furnish Funds lor Belt Line.Fi^e financial concerns have alrady offered to finance the proposed belt line.Cincinnati's rapid advance as a money center is agai* brought to public attention by the fact that three of the-ae offers were from local concerns.One of these concerns is understood to be the Kleybolte Company. The others have not been disclosed. -Belt line bonds are, as a rule, considered gilt-edged securities, and those which will be sold in connectioh with the Clncin natl belt will be especially solid, owing
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sun, Nov 06, 1904
Page 6
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