The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-23

The AIutilatsd Remains OF Woman Found
I'm . vault-supp0sed Victim OF Aboruon--
Corsner's Inquest upon the BOdy-verdAct
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The Mutllated Remains OF u Woman Found
I'm q vault-suppOsed Victim or Abortion
Corener's Inquest upon the BOdy-VerdAct
OF the Jury.
The discovery Of the mutlated remains Of young wo-
man. about twenty years Of age in the prvy vault In the
Of the tenement house No l25 Columbia street, yea
terday morning, created intense excitement In the
Eleventh and Seventeenth wards, especially among The
German population in that part Of the city. The remains
were ound by Wilhelm Besch, Of the occupants Of
the premises in question. First thigh wrapped up In
come pieces of paper and nen discovered and then
the trunk OF full grown woman, cut in halves,
also done up in paper and linen Neither the
head, feet nor arms Of the deceased could be
found, notwithstanding diligent search was made
Tor the same The rt ntmaion that Betsch had of the
presence OF the corpse Saturday morning. when
ne found the thigh already alluded He then supposed
'hat was portion Of asubject deposited there by some
medical student and did not make further until
Yesterday morning, when upon l.okng down into the
vault again he asonshed two other bundles
very near the spot where he discovered the first Aided
by Of the Eleventh precinct police succeeded in
fishing up the bundles, each Of which contained further
portions OF human body, and which upon subsequent
examination proved tn be the divided Of full grown
female. The remains not decomposed in the least,
and had evideaty been in the vault but day or two,
judging from the color of the eshy matter on the thigh
spo breasts The pc ice made dilgent inquiries the
neRbborhood, but could find clue TO the OF the
unkDo~n woman. No female found 10 be missing in
that quarter Of the CITY, which rendered the mystic
rous ana puzzled the very shrewdest Of the Metropo
tahs Coroper Jackman was notified Of the occurrence
and an investigation Was commenced by that official forth
with, but resulted IN nothing definite or satis.
factory 1t Is true one Of the tenants stated
hat about ten O'Clock Friday night he saw
strange man enter the prvy in question with . large
bupoe IN his hands, and that upon returning from
premises the stranger without the parcel. The clr
Constance DID not any the mind of the
~,tbets al the time; but the following day when Mr..
Bt,fch found the nith he incident 70 mind
ano communicated his suspicious the police Annexed
~ be found report of the Coroners inqaisition and
the verdict OF the jury
side at l25 Columbia street. yesterday morning in
formed that there was the thigh Of female lying the
mapder of the body was discovered in the
contents Of the vault: went to see the remans
and found the parts lying in the yard; they seemed to
me as though they were the upper portions Of body.
VIM Egoert, being sworn, siss-f reside at No. 1876
Columbia street; on Frioay night, about half past ten
clock saw a man coming from Stanton street with
bundle in his arms; the bundle appeared BE- covered
with black cloth was standing at my door when | saw
the nan coming down the street, he went up the alley
way which 10 Text to my house; he went towards the
prlvy and NAMED there about three minutes wsen he
retu ned be had bundle in his hands he proceeded
back by way Of Stanton street, he stranger me-
the next morning l was told there was the limb
OF q woman on the floor OF the Privy,
c,s eau be had 90 this privy through the alley way
vent 10 sec the limb; It thgn; tnis morning
these
were lying in the yard when saw them.
William Be'sch beng duly sworn, says Il reside at
No l25 Columbia street, IN the rear; Saturday
ne about bait past Blk O'Clock got up and went to the
privy, and while there bund under the seat got
rvp; 1t with thicsnesses OF paper and
wrapped the outside with piece Of linen found
il the thigh OF person; then informed the poice
when ] found this bundle there
there; this morning went on. the prvy again
more bundles lying in the same spot the
erday; then notified the pohce who aided me
in taking the bundles out of the found the last
hmm losr in
exception tba next to the oody there piece of
olcoth; am conndent that the last bundles were
put down sfter the fret taken up.
Policeman Hawks ard Frank Dholder heard the state
ment of the previous witness and fully corroborated him
in all he said.
| THE POST MoRrEM EXAMINATION.
John Beach, Nj. d., being duly sworn, deposed
| ana said Il have made post morts exsmiaa-
the neveDh pieoinct s.auon house Chloride osa Of
lime lad very recently been sprinked upon 1t; upo,
mskrg an noson into the muscles they presented the
usual fresh appearance of body three days after
oeaih; upon examination fopDo the head amputated
the neck from the tculaon Of the with axis
OF cervca region arteriorly the incision carried
around to the superior edge OF the thyroid cartilage of
iaryDx the mamma were very large; the lett
pLia'ed at be articulation the scapua the Inferior
limbs bad both been removed from in an un-
thlfu manner; the head Of the femur ia each limb
had been divided at its union With the necK,
leaving tie head enclosed within capsuar gamep.s
ID. fuLk was divided posterorly at the Articulation
upper lumbar with the lower dorsal verteba anteriory
HE ABDOMINAL walls divided four inches above the
nmbicns, thus separating the trunk parts; all
the organs OF the thorax all the aodom-
nal ad pelvic organs that could be found the uterus
with IFS sppeLsSges aud recum; the uterus externally
vieTeo appeaIto very nrge upon lay the vagina
IL was found highly coogesed internally it Dfamed
ano i,s mucous tbickened from the CART a.
gipous condition OF the sternum infer that the
deceased was quite young; from the appearance
OF the mamma uterus aud vagina, together with
The unskliul rnarrer in which the head and limbs
had been dispembered, of the opinion that
abortion has been produced when the three
or Iouf months mpespsted the result Of which produced
ueuetis, from which the woman may have died and IN
order 70 conceal tne crime ted by person
persons, the body has thus been muulated
Police Surgeon K'mbark Joborated the testimony
Of DR.. Beach, sBd gave 1t as his deceased
bao been delivered Of three or four months foetus
The case then submitted the jury, who after
due oeberaton, rendered the following verdlcts That
The deceased came 10 her death by means a. the
harcs of some person persous unknown the iuryn
Inspector Sqnres or the Eleventh precinct manifess
dtern TO solve the mystery Surrounding the fate
Of The uniortur ate woman and will be engaged
Tor week or two in seeking by every available means
to ferret the circumstances under which remains
were placed IN the privy III question. The vault will be
empted to-day and other efforts will be made TO recover
the missing portions OF the corpse. At present, all is in
volved in darkness How long matter will remain 30
is a matter OF uncertainty
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