Show WAS CHOKED TO DEATH Katherine Schara Not Hammered to Death ns Reported New York Aug 20Dr Denim Coroners Physician performed an autopsy au-topsy on the body of Katherlne Scharn today He said the young woman was not hammered to death but ivas strangled Inspector JTorlrcy who has the Scharn murder case In handgave out late today the following An undertaker under-taker who lives next door to the house where the murder occurred says ho was Bitting In front of Ills nlace adjoining ad-joining that where the murder1 occurred from 7 oclock Saturday evening until halfpast 10 During that time he saw no one enter the house where the murder mur-der was done or come out neither did he hear any unusual noise and the people peo-ple In his house heard no unusuui noise during the night The Inspector said that so far as he had Investigated he had found no evidence evi-dence derogatory to the character of the dead girl In his opinion the murder mur-der was done by some one who was then In the girls apartment without her knowledge He believed this by the lack of evidence of a struggle The only thing overturned in the room was an easychair and he thinks she was knocked over while sitting In the chair and was dragged from It to her bedroom bed-room lie thinks the murder was committed com-mitted In the sittingroom as he found a clot of blood on the carpet where the body had probably lain for a little while before It was dragged to the other room The search oC the apartments where thc murder was committed revealed an unopened bundle containing pillow slips stockings and some lace which was wrapped In the paper of Bloom Ingalca store In this city Inspector JIarley succeeded in finding the clerks who had sold these articles They at once recognized the goods and tha photographs of Miss Scharn as the purchaser pur-chaser They said that the articles were sold about 1 oclock on Saturday Satur-day afternon and that at the time of their purchase Miss Scharn was accompanied ac-companied by a welldressed man of nhout 25 years They said that they would be able to Identify him again and gave Inspector Harley a full description of Miss Scharns companion mentioning certain cer-tain peculiarities about him which they noticed at the time of the sale and said that he paid for some of the things which the girl bought They failed to i identify young Scharn and Ulsenprlce 1 and said that those men did not In any way resemble the man who had visited the store with the girl Inspector Inspec-tor Hurley said that he expected to get the man who bought the things for Miss Scharn becauseof a special de livery letter which furnishes a clue The letter was delivered at the house t on Saturday forenoon The latter made an appointment with a young man Thla appointment culminated In the trip to Bloomlngales It was to keep the appointment with the well dressed stranger that the young woman wo-man broke the engagement to meet Elscnprlca |