The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-01-19
A Mysterious AfFair--A Dead Man
aEnnndin a aTraHeling Trunk

dead body of q white man. IL was
brnrcht 70 the stotiOn by some mcuhers
ofthe police. accompanied BY Mr. JOHN
Stark, a hackman, IN whose house ihc
trunk had been opened. Corner Brewer
was Immediately notified, aud summoned
a Jury Of inquest, who met yesterday
moinrnQ nt tn o'clock at the station.
me k1d dshnouqht out ut- this lnyf stlga'
ton are substantially as follows: Cn
Friday -murniBy. upon the arrival OF The
unhtn r from Norfolk, a womtn, dressed
in black, heavily vciled, about forty years
OF age, engaged Mr.. STARK, hackman, to
convoy herself aud baygugc--consisling z
only OF one large trunk--tO boardtng
house, she temarking, that us sho ihich.
ded to proceed further North II would
not be necessary 10 90 10 hotel, and she
wouhn,ecfsr private house. Nc. Stark
then drove her to the boarding house o.
Mol s.. palmatory, No. . Wo,s ~
street, where he was acqrant d, ana
where tho women was accommodated
whhsroon on the second hoor. The
trunk @as aiso carried T. the apartment
Mr.. Paliustory states that the fem. lc
remained In hcr room all day. ~ din.
49, N'NAN NAAN WIS fANA.N fN
harsei, from dining, saying that she was
III and would only take a cup OF cvfoc.
This,wPs sent 10 her by d servant, who,
upon entering the room, noticcdthc wo.
man lying upon the bed, with h'r head
SO muiIed up that her features c0ull not
be distinguished. The stranger remained
at Me-. p.'s house Until about 3 O'clock,
aid then calling ono of tho household.
desired hack for the purpose, a. h9 said,
Of proceeding % the depot Of tho North
crn Central Railway, whcrc she was 10
take the cars for Chicngo. Mr.. Stark
was sent Tor, being in tho ncighbofhood,
aud again had the woman and Trunk in
his care. lie drove to the depot, whore
the female alghtcd and asked the amount
of his fare, at tho same time handing
him i've dollar bill, telling him to get
il changed, md also saying that she hod
Que or two purchases ~ make on the
eitcot. undthat she would return in few
minutes. DIR Stark then had The trunk
taken OF the hack and carried inside the
depot The woman disappeared and has
not been seen since. Stnrk remained at
the depot until nearly elcvcn O'clock, ond,
tho owner not appearing, ho placed the
truuk again upon his hack aud drove TO
his house, No. 63 Cranky street, where
he deposited il.
on Saturday Stark went to philadc!.
phu, aud before his return at night n
noighb1r visited his house on business.
While there, Mrs. stark remarked TO
Burns that there was something mystcri-
uns about the tiuuk, that IL was ycp
heavy, aud that an unpleasant oder cs
capped from il, and desired him TO open il.
d irns tried, uusucccssiully. several Keys.
He took chi.cl und pricd off tho hnsp
oc the lock. Upon raising the lid ct tie
trunk. To their amaz 'ment and horror,
they discovered the dead body, lying face
drwnward, the legs doubled up under
the stomach. The police wcro at once
made acquainted With thl circumstance,
and the body taken TO TO dead house.
The rad man was applrcnty between
SO and 40 years OF age; about D te;t b
inches high; light.bruwn, straight hair,
sandy moustachc, and beurl under the
chin; no side whiskcrs. lie had on blue
WOODEN 50 III, with extra solcs ot some
red and green material scwcd thcm; BLACK
CASHMERE pants, drawers OF coarse stun,
tod at the ankles; under shirt, muslin
shirt, aud grey army shirt over all In
tho trunk there were q pair OF top boots;
a woman's dress of half mourning cplico;
a towel: pair Of thin drawers; u blue
mud black silk crayat, aud soldiers can
teen filled with water. There wac Meth
or cap or coat-thc body barchaodud and
coatless. In tho pocket of the deceased
therc were found ANAL pcnkui'c, a.
pencil aud a comb. Tbcro were no
marks dpon tho body, or the clothing, orr
tho thinys in the trunk, 10y which any
clue could bc had t1 the idcn,ty Of the
man.
'rhere was a diversity Of opinion
among the Jury ns to the cause of death.
Some thought that the man had been
placed 10 the trunk when alive and had
smothercd to death; while others believed
the body hal been plac d in after death.
Ia the sides OF the truulS there were two
or three small holes, "A II made with a
gimblcl; one hole appeared To have been
bored from ,hc inside with the blade of 4
knife, leading some 10 suppose that The
man in his agony was endeavorlng
tl procure air. His knlIc, how
ever was found in the pocket
closed IN. On the top.of tho t,unk a
card had been tackled by the woman
while at the boarding house, with the
following inscriptions; Mrs. brown CHI
edyo." Detective Casacl yesterday u.s.
cer,nined that the woman procureda pass
at Norfolk to 20 and return from Baltimore
nader the name OF Miss Lander, This
proceeded 10 Norfolk for
the purpose, il possible, OF procuring the
ideutiiGalion Of the deceased, and other
information which may throw some ighI
upon this mysterious affair The Jury
rendered a verdict that death onsucd from
causes unknown. There were to marks
ofyiolence upon the body at all. The
skin of the forehead aud right cy .-hraW
was abrazed somewhat, but this was
caused by the jJitins and moving OF the
trunk.
Since writing the foregoing, Il has
been ascertuined that about nino o'clock
last night a woman appeared at the
Western police station and stated to
Lieut.. Chenowith that she was The woman
who had charge OF the trunk above men.
toned. She was then sent 70 the ON 'c
of the Marshal o. Police, aud in the
presence OF Commissioner lIiudcs, the
Marshal and Deruiy Marshal stated that
iIor' dame was Mary Louisa Llnder, thai
she was thrty.sevcn years of age, Il
womau'of III repule, aud had lived in
Norfolk for number OF ycars, The
name of the deceased was Samuel Frpe.
bora, member Of Co. NJ, 2O'h New
York cavalry that he enlisted about
three months ago and deserted about a
month afterwards, since which line he
had lived with her, b 'irg concealed in
her house by day aud going about at
hight. The travelling in the turk Was
his own project, and he slept IN i, all
night on Wednesday Oh, last IN order
10 test tue practicnblily Of tse adventure.
About three o'clock on Thursday after
noon he gol into the trunk, having pte-
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