Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-05-29
A woman Gus in PIECES.

The discovery OF the muiiiated remains Of a
Young woman, about twenty wears Of age, in
he Priv vault In the rear Of the tenement
house No. f25 Columbia street. Yesterday
morning, created On intense excitement IN the
Eleventh and Seventeenth wards, especially
among the German population in that part Of
he city. The remains were found BY Wilhelm
Betsch, one Of the OCCUPANTS Of the premises
10 question. First afhigh. wrapped up in some
pieces Of paper and linen. was discovered, and
then the trunk Of a FUN grown person, cut IN
halves, also done mp In paper andlinen. Meth
er the head feet nor arms of The deceased could
be found, notwithstanding diIigenf search was
made for the same. The first iniima'ion that
Betseh had of the presence Of he >orpse was
on Saturday morning. when he found The thigh
already alluded 10. He then supposed that e
was q portion n a subject deposited there hv
some medical student, and did not make furih-
er search until Yesterday morning. when upon
looking down into the vault again be was as
tonished TO see two other bundles very nesrthe
spot where he discovered he FIRST. Aided BY
some Of the Eleventh precinct police. he sue
cee8ed in fishing up The bundles. each OF which
contained further portions Of a hum7n boiy,
and which, upon a subsequert examination.
proved 10 be the divided trunk Of a fnn grown
female. The remains were not decnmnosei IN
the least, and had EVIDENTLY been in the vault
but a day or two, Judging from M color of the
Aeshv matter on the thigh and breasts, The
police made dligent inquiries in The neigh
borhood. but could find NJ cine 70 the name Of
he unknown woman. No female was found
% be missing in hat quarter sfthe CITY. which
rendered The case mysterious, and puzzlsi the
verv shrpwdest OF the Meiropolitans. Coroner
Jackman was notified n the occurrence, and
an investigation wss Commercial BY that off,
cisl forthwith. but resulted IN nothing definite
or satisfactory. L Is true. one az the tenants
stated that about ten O'Clock on Friday night
he saw a strange man enter the privy in oues-
uon with a large bundle IN his hands, and that
upon returning from the premises the stranger
was without the parcel. Tie circumstance did
not create any suspicion Ga the mind Of the
witness at the time, but the following day,
when Mr.. Betsch found The thigh, he recalled
the incident to mind. and communicated his
suspicious 10 The police.
A coroner's inquest was held, AZ which D..
Beach deposed
Ihave made a post mortem examination Of
the body Of a female now lying dead al the
eleventh precinct station house. chloride %
lime had very recently been sprinkled upon d.;
upon making an i~ncision into the muscles. they
presented The usual fresh appearance Of a body
two or rlrce DAYS after death; upoa eNamina-
ton ] found The bead amputatel az The neck
from the articulation % the atlas wifh the axis
Of c~ruyical region anteri1-lv he ircision was
carried around TO The superior edge OF the thy
roid cartilage Of the lsrynN; the mamma were
very la-g The left arm was removed with the
scapul7 the night arm had been amputatei al
TIE articulation with The scapula the inferior
limbs had been removed from the trunk In an
uEskillful manner; the head Of the femur in
each limb had been divided az ifs union with
the neck, leaving The head inclnsed within the
capsular hgameuts the trunk vas divided
nos-eroriy an the articulation OF the upper
lumbar with the lower dorsal vertebre ante
u0-ly; the abdominal walls were divided four
inches above the umbilicus, thus separating
the trunk into two parts an the organs Of he
thoraN were removed al the abdominal and
pelvic organs that could be found was the
Uterus with its appendages and rectum the
uterus, externally viewed, appeared very large;
upon LAYING open the vagina q was found
highly congested internally 60 was inhamed,
and its mucous membrane thickened from the
cartlaginous condition Of the steruum, I infer
hat the deceased was quite young from the
appearance Of thamamma, uterus and Vagina,
to-eihar with tha unskillful manner IN which
the head ana limbs had been dismembered,
am e the opinion that abortion has been pro-
iuced when the uterus was three or four
months im~preEnated, the result Of which pro-
duced m~etretis. from which the woman may
have died; and IN order 20 conceal The crime,
committed by some person or persons the body
thus been mufil7ted.
Police Surgeon Kimbark corrobora'ed the
testimony Of DR.. Beach, and gave it as his
opinion that the deceased has been delivered Of
a three or four months fatus.
The case was then submitted 70 The juTy,
who. after due elaboration, rendered the fol-
Tow NJ verdic. " That the deceased came 10
her death by foul means az the hands Of some
or persons unknown TO the lury.'-Netr
T0-k Herald.