, 1866-03-10
TERRIBLE MYSTERY,
A Body Boxed in Trunk and Sent by
Express--.Pr0bably Another
sTnmnhrfZ Case.

Fer several days psst strange ErEnoTe have been
In circulation regarding a horrid deed which is
tuppostd 10 have been perpet1akcd In this city
about week ago. These rnmo.s, originating
itnons cettai7 railway officials, have gradually ex
tended INTO other c1fcles. and although the real
mystery. enough has already come 10 light 70
warrant the eupposiIon that murder s4uaost foul,
st.anee. and unnatural. - has bcen committed.
.nd : half feet IN length, and of eonsidesable
depth, was left at the fseleht Office Of the
@ @AG1thWsase1n depot. directed to ratty In James
d'esset, and Seemed to b livery comnon. .plsee
gage. The chest WIS duly forwarded 70 liz nesd-
10 the owne4 Tke owner aId ID not fn.p pfs up
however, and the freight agent 1t Janesvflle, after
waiting fos few days, concluded TO send the Ing
SsEs sssk to &C ch!ssse 1hs boz was soecfdRgy
AID IL, there comparatively disregardsd till Two
dayt ago: At.hie ,'age q strange. sickcning odor
men resssdsd ,he Sscf Go1 0 viz eera so:pi.
con- fer the offensive odor, like that OF decaSed an
,tna! matter, arpea1ed 10 proceed from its Interior
A laet tho stencil heczme 20 tnfoeratls thas they
determined 10 break open the bo1, when to their
htsTor they discovered that II contained the body Of
The tace was uusoed downward+, and thellnbs had
lbe narrow sp.ce. The features Of the man, il Who Who
appeared 10 be Of middle Ase were 70 distorted as
almost to render recoenition impossible. No tr.ee
of nnJ1hius ahout n1s scants coh:ne. q ahout Tie
box c0nId be found shat Wis caiculaled to Lead to
me discovery Of the fcnder OF the hIdeous freight.
y hsi manner Of man or woman II Was who lett The
any oa3cial remembers The 1rcumEtance he has
probably conaded the knowledge to the proper au-
1n ih9rit{: T. 1he mailer Nas kep; p;oioaLd secret,
where II noW lies aWntllnG further Developments
The first Impression which, naturally enough,
arose m the minds OF those Who discovered The
the position Of the corpse euced to convince that
such could not he the case II bad evidently been
@c1anned can huntedty into he case: and. he.fdes, #
mcntt.
There IL. therefore, strong probability In nvor
foully numbered, and that the murderer had taken
lhis means Of eseHng suspieon. II is not the arst
time that sneh ih,pe has been done in cnscaso
pubic we're hos7orrtruck by 8 di.core1y serY
stmt1ar TO the one which we have Just recorded.
The circumstances connected with that unnatural
citizen 10 need repetition here. We aljude, Of
sc9EIe. to TIE n.emotable case Of Julnpertx, who,
IN 1ss coo1ly dssec1ed h1r victim, pseked her Into
rref umeu author Of the detd which has just been
brought 70 light does not appeal, however, 10 have
possessted such an amount Of ea'mness and self
The police have hitherto suppressed all know
Ledge Of this mrstery the better 10 facilitate tnelr
INVESTIGATION OF the circumstances. We hare no
doubt that In due time the secret uil be rerealed,
and that The perera:oE of such IN afrpcicns crime
+" II he brought to m c: his punishment,
ASSOCIATIVE THErT.-The well.known jewellers,
Sktson Hoes, whose place Of buslncss Is No, III
Lake Street. were on Thursday made the victims OF
one Of the bert couceired and most successfully eK-
ecuted fwlndes that h1s recently been perpeisated
IN this CITY, The facts In the case are these: On
-hureday afternoon two vel dressed, respectable
appearing JonnE men entered The stort aboys meu-
TONED. and nQuesfed one OF the clerks to show
them some diamond rings. A ca~e containing
number OF those precious article. was tI.pIayed On
tr1sd them on, a,kcd their price, but could moi
make choice where such i variety was to
be cboeeu from. While this Performance
Was being enacted. A couple OF ladlea entered the
store And requested the clerk who waiting npuu
The young men, to thoW them soue hracelets, BE
did as desired. and While expatistfne upon their
Ne1e. io1gos fol the nnnce to keep eye npon hi.
marking ~ the. passed him that they would call
Mlihd1es from the establishment. The clerk, after
replacing the bracelets, took up the case
o. rinEs. md Waa about 10 pnf It on
ihe shelf when he he dlssovered that
one substituted. In IN instant he saw through the
game hal bad been practlead upon him Tho men
and women were sccomplines; while the latter At
tracted his attention Id nne direction the former
hao made the exchange efectuAI and their e4cape.
He fpp1ted ahE matter 1t once 10 bis employers,
snd the detectives were notified Of the tfansactlon.
but mp to the pfetent time no arrests have been