{"id":7555,"date":"2024-11-30T23:17:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T04:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/?p=7555"},"modified":"2024-12-01T12:10:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T17:10:56","slug":"murder-map-cape-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/murder-map-cape-may\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cape May County &#8220;Murder Map&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While exploring the history of capital punishment in pre-World War II, New Jersey, I stumbled upon an elusive artifact during a visit to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capemaycountyarchives.com\/prodoprslite\/cmchome.aspx\">Cape May County Archive<\/a> in August 2024. As I inquired about 19th-century judicial documents and outlined the scope of my research, the Records Room Supervisor casually mentioned the \u201cMurder Map.\u201d<sup data-fn=\"32857718-98e6-4e53-912d-efe307af4f28\" class=\"fn\"><a id=\"32857718-98e6-4e53-912d-efe307af4f28-link\" href=\"#32857718-98e6-4e53-912d-efe307af4f28\">1<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/murder-map-cape-may-20240825_194057a.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/murder-map-cape-may-20240825_194057a.jpg?resize=640%2C504&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cape may county murder map\" class=\"wp-image-7556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/murder-map-cape-may-20240825_194057a.jpg?w=950&amp;ssl=1 950w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/murder-map-cape-may-20240825_194057a.jpg?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/murder-map-cape-may-20240825_194057a.jpg?resize=768%2C605&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Map of the crime scene, February 1894 (Cape May County Archive)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Naturally, that piqued my curiosity, prompting me to ask, \u201cWhat\u2019s the murder map?\u201d The Deputy Clerk responded by guiding me to a liber in the Hall of Records containing old property maps.<sup data-fn=\"fe362cc1-e261-435f-9591-efe93579b9c2\" class=\"fn\"><a id=\"fe362cc1-e261-435f-9591-efe93579b9c2-link\" href=\"#fe362cc1-e261-435f-9591-efe93579b9c2\">2<\/a><\/sup> There, I found myself viewing a unique item stored between sheets of mundane land surveys from the 1890s&#8211;Exhibit A for a 130-year-old capital case. It was labeled the \u201cMap of the locality of the MURDER of Sarah Pierce in the vicinity of Goshen,\u201d February 1894.<sup data-fn=\"221bbe2c-a015-48af-bd3e-5b5eacf7b863\" class=\"fn\"><a id=\"221bbe2c-a015-48af-bd3e-5b5eacf7b863-link\" href=\"#221bbe2c-a015-48af-bd3e-5b5eacf7b863\">3<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This meticulously hand-drawn map, once crucial evidence in a high-profile Cape May County murder trial, was produced by Leaming M. Rice, Jr., a civil engineer. Following the murder on February 19, 1894, the county prosecutor commissioned him to create an accurate survey of the crime scene.<sup data-fn=\"69ec847f-1b95-46ad-beaf-7a2fae96750a\" class=\"fn\"><a id=\"69ec847f-1b95-46ad-beaf-7a2fae96750a-link\" href=\"#69ec847f-1b95-46ad-beaf-7a2fae96750a\">4<\/a><\/sup> This surviving drawing offers a rare glimpse into the intersection of emerging forensic science, cartography, police investigative methods, and legal proceedings in the late 19th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examining the map\u2019s detailed annotations, which include the precise location of the victim\u2019s body, the arrangement of structures, the placement of furniture, and other relevant markers, provided a visual representation of the crime scene for the jury. For 21st-century researchers studying the past, it offers valuable insight into the slowly emerging investigative techniques of crime scene investigation in the late 19th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially presented as evidence at the trial, this haunting map\u2014professionally sketched and measured at a scale of 10 feet to the inch\u2014does more than chronicle a harrowing event; it highlights the nascent stages of systematic criminal investigations in late 19th-century South Jersey, a time when investigations were only beginning to use systematic practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This artifact not only sheds light on the specific case of Sarah Pierce but also situates it within a larger framework for understanding the development of crime scene investigations and judicial practices.\u00a0 This serendipitous discovery, with its meticulous rendering, underscores the significance of archival research when investigating the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Endnotes<\/h5>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes\"><li id=\"32857718-98e6-4e53-912d-efe307af4f28\">On February 19, 1894, Sarah Pierce was murdered and her husband, Richard PIerce, Jr. was charged.  The court found him guilty, and the sheriff hung him in July 1894.  <a href=\"#32857718-98e6-4e53-912d-efe307af4f28-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"fe362cc1-e261-435f-9591-efe93579b9c2\">Liber refers to a specific type of record-keeping book used in legal contexts.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalbriefai.com\/legal-terms\/liber\">Legalbriefai.com<\/a> writes: &#8220;Think of it as a logbook or ledger where important documents are recorded.&#8221; <a href=\"#fe362cc1-e261-435f-9591-efe93579b9c2-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 2\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"221bbe2c-a015-48af-bd3e-5b5eacf7b863\">Rice, Leaming R., Jr. <em>Map of the locality of the MURDER of Sarah Pierce in the vicinity of Goshen<\/em>. February 1894. Cape May County Clerk of the Court&#8217;s Office, Cape May County, New Jersey. <a href=\"#221bbe2c-a015-48af-bd3e-5b5eacf7b863-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 3\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"69ec847f-1b95-46ad-beaf-7a2fae96750a\">Fulginiti, Rita Marie. &#8220;The Pierce Murder: A Goshen, NJ Tragedy in 1894.&#8221; <em>Cape May County Historical Magazine<\/em>, Special Deputy Clerk, Cape May County, 1990. <a href=\"#69ec847f-1b95-46ad-beaf-7a2fae96750a-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 4\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While exploring the history of capital punishment in pre-World War II, New Jersey, I stumbled upon an elusive artifact during a visit to the Cape May County Archive in August 2024. As I inquired about 19th-century judicial documents and outlined the scope of my research, the Records Room Supervisor casually mentioned the \u201cMurder Map.\u201d1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Naturally,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"On February 19, 1894, Sarah Pierce was murdered and her husband, Richard PIerce, Jr. was charged.  The court found him guilty, and the sheriff hung him in July 1894. \",\"id\":\"32857718-98e6-4e53-912d-efe307af4f28\"},{\"content\":\"Liber refers to a specific type of record-keeping book used in legal contexts.  <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.legalbriefai.com\/legal-terms\/liber\\\">Legalbriefai.com<\/a> writes: \\\"Think of it as a logbook or ledger where important documents are recorded.\\\"\",\"id\":\"fe362cc1-e261-435f-9591-efe93579b9c2\"},{\"content\":\"Rice, Leaming R., Jr. <em>Map of the locality of the MURDER of Sarah Pierce in the vicinity of Goshen<\/em>. February 1894. 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