The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-01
N Z VS. BY THE MAILS
Stacking Murder near Philadelphia.

Shocking Murder near Philadelphia.
THE MUrILATKD REMAINS or YOUNG LEHMAN FOUND.
Ever since the sth OF January, . young named
Jacob Lehman the Of Jew pedlsr in Philadelphia,
has been mseing His body found Friday, in the
Richmond district, the Delaware. The horrible de-
tails are thus given in the North American Of Saturday
About half pact four O'clock little girls who
playing near tn. coal wharf No ID just above tho iron
works OF Messrs p Morris discovered frozen in the
Zee IN hs hats On the river at that point three sacks
close t'Bether. Tnefe chiaren informed four young
men who were chopping wood n tho shore, and they
cut out the bags with their aud partially opened
the sacks when portions OF remaas yisi-
ble The suspicion at orce flashed upon their minds In
consequence OF recent rumored apprehenons az TO the
fate OF the missing pedlsr boy jacob Lehman that his
body had been brought to light Hundreds spectators
collected and all arrived at the conclusion
ger despatched to Remington for Doctor
Godsmith the Coroner and by the time that function
AIRY reached the rcene, not less than fifteen hundred
persons assembled There the greatest excite
tent, and universal feeling Of horror prevailed Tho
sacks were removed to the hotel OF Captain George
McCulen, on Richmond street, huntington where
a Jury OF inquest was empsneled. Upon examining
the sackr most bloody aud horrible spectacle was
presented. The sight, indeed, appalling The
stoutest nerves could not view It without shuddsr
and the bare thought Of IL caused the warm blood
to run cold, and the heart to sicken. In sack
wes head and legs and feet; ia another thorax
almr, and hands, with the yscera of the chest and
IN the third the lower portion Of the trunk, and the
hips end thighs with the vscsra Of the abdominal
with parts the clothing Of The deceased fixed
tied together 70 rs to occopy this least The head
had been severed from the trunk tae body hewn in
twain, the legs chopped oil at the knees and the feet
partly cut from the legs ut the ANGLES that they
might be bent upwards There been attempt
to cut the thorax in two lenghwse On the TOP OF the
head two trishtfu wounds Featuring the skull.
The likewise broken, and the eyes blackened.
On putting the nutated parts of the body together
aud the whole out In the ice box they
form.d the perfect corpse Of youth about IL years OLD
the exact age OF the lad Lehman The hair was like
lis The body fur thermore, correspondcd 20 his in Size
height and general ppearance The clothing too,
ot the same description as his Indeed, no doubt what
ever remained that the corpse that Of young
Lehman The distracted fathec of he unfortunate boy
was present, but he overwhelmed rs 10 be in
capable OF afordirg any satisfaction as TO the identity
Of his murdered son, The clothing was cut and
torn into fragments, and oil the buttons re-
oved ire IN TIE great coat. Around the pieces of the
body, both inside and outside Of the sacks,
geese wings and feathers. In each sack was heavy
paving stone. The Coroner went into q thorough and
rigid inv estigatlon OF the foul homicide carefully
Quoting the proceedings in order to the ends OF
made by the testimony beyond vague suspicion. The
police the sert but no clue, Whatever to the
nhuman and fendh perpetrators of the alarming aesd
Of blood had been obtained The victim OF the dabo
cal tragedy the Of Aaron Lehman. German jew
pedar residing at No 497 North seventh street. above
Franklin avenue Penn District When last he had
with him about $500 worth II common watches ewelry,
stock In trade Of his father There has been
parallel to this monstrous homicide in the annals of
crime in Philadelphia 1t exceeds In atrocity the
mui der OF the Barte family in Roxborough.
At one o'clock the jury rendered the following YER
diet -" That the lad Jacob Lehm his death
ut the hand hands OF some person persons to the
jury unknown