Rahway Murder

An Unidentified woman was murder on March 25, 1887. She was found on the side of the road in Rahway, New Jersey. Four young men found her on the side of the road in a pool of blood. She was dressed in a dark green cashmere dress that was trimmed in green feathers and a fur cape. She was in her 20s with brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing yellow gloves and a black hat made of straw with red-colored velvet trimmings, a black dotted veil and bonnet. She had carried a basket of eggs.

She was found laying off Central Ave and Jefferson Ave a few hundred feet from the Rahway River Bridge. Her throat was cut twice from ear to ear. Her hands were wounded and the whole right side of her face was extensively bruised from beating. There were huge footprints around her body.

Her murder was known worldwide. It was the subject of National Headlines. Hundreds of people came to view her body and her images were circulated widely but no one ever identified her nor her killer. This was an unsolved murder that is well known. Her ghost haunts the cemetery where she is buried as an unknown woman.

Of course, around this time, it was right after the Revolution. Women were married young and were only allowed to work around the house. So, what really happened to this woman? She was obviously working with carrying a basket of eggs. Did she make her husband angry to where he beat her to death? Did she go against her father, and he hurt her? Why did no one talk or even try to find out who she was? Who were they trying to hide?

There is also the story that since New York City was only a 35-minute ride away that she could have been a subject to Jack the Ripper. But do you really believe this? This woman had a name, and she was a human being that was just left there dead. Yes, she became famous and is still known to this day. Was this what she wanted?

I believe that she was a wife to a man that was abusive. She did not do what he asked, and he beat her. Then after knocking her cold from the beating, he cut her throat twice to make it look like it was just another murder from Jack the Ripper. Then, since people were scared of him, he bribed them not to tell who she was. But he must have been someone with great power to be able to get away with this.

Maybe she really was murdered by Jack the Ripper. He was a well-known killer that targeted women. But this just did not seem like a killing from Jack the Ripper. Of course, back in the day there was not the type of machines that there are today to be able to see if she might have been raped. She could have been raped and then murdered.

This woman was not a slave because of how she was dressed. People with that type of clothing were rich or wealthy in this time. So, she was of some importance or was connected to someone wealthy. This was a cover up and the person who did this to this beautiful woman got away with it. They got away with murder. This is what is wrong with the world. When you have money, you can get by with the law and then it just shows people that this is okay to do.

So, in the end of this little story I leave this, please do not let money be the root of all evil. Money is needed to make it in the world but do not use it for the wrong doings. We are all human beings and deserve a chance to live life but do not do it to wrong others. We should be helping people. Do not let another murder go walking due to having the money to bribe people. This beautiful woman did not deserve what happened to her and no one else does.