Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-29

the CITY ana uCcOullIS De examined, ana
a revision of the city charter as passed in 1870
and amended in 1871, is necessary to prevent I'M
due influence of political parties in the legiSla-
ture. A committee of three was appointed to
examine the city accounts in connection with
committees of the boards of aldermen and SUI
pervisors.
There was no further progress to-day in the
solution of the Hudson River railroad trunk
mystery, except the discovery of the driver,
Frank Cooper, of the carriage in which the I'M
known woman, in charge of the corpse, rode to
the depot Saturday afternoon. Cooper says he
saw the woman at the stable on Twenty Third
stree, near Third avenue, Saturday, and could
identify her should he see her again. Three
other employees of the stable also believe that
they are able to identify her. The woman was
unusually small, being less than five
feet high; was very plainly dressed, and
apparently between twenty-four and twenty
seven years old; was first noticed walking on the
opposite side of the street, in company of two
well dressed ladies, who passed on toward
Fourth avenue, while she turned and entered
and asked for coupe to take her to the Hudson
River railroad depot, saying that she was going
to Chicago, and was in a hurry. Her manner
was strange and agitated, attracting the notice
of bystandeTS. The boy, Parks, was examined
again to-day, and identified Cooper, of whom
and Of whose horse and coupe he had previously
given description, which Cooper confirms in
every particular. The officials attach no i'm
street, inquiring for missing daughter at the
police headquarters, few DAYS since.
Ldter.-Ihe mystery envelOping the case of
the victim of abortion, whose remains were con-
veyed in a trunk to the Hudson River railroad
depot, Saturday, is clearing up. There is no
reason to doubt that the principal criminal is
now in the hands of the police, and there is
every probability that all concerned in the
crime will, before morning, be under arrest All
day long the boy who saw the trunk
a-t,N
city, aided by the best detectives on the force.
At half-past two O'Clock, detective telegraphed
to Inspector Walling; 81 have the truck come
to the eighteenth precinct" AT three p. M, the
eighteenth, precinct telegraphed owe have
truckman."
1t appears that at just three, P. NJ, the owner,
who was also driver, went TO Warden Brennan,
at Bellevue hospital, told him he had taken the
trunk mentioned in the papers, found with the
dead body in it, and asked him if he thought
the police would lock him up if he delivered
himself at police headquarters. On assurance
who turned out to be William Pickett,
Of 9th street and list avenue, instead of
"Tripp," went with Mr. Brennan to the 18th
precinct station house, and told Capt, Cameron
that on Saturday, about two P. NJ, a woman
came up where his truck was standing, at the
corner of Sd avenue and 29th street. and said
she was going to Chicago, and wanted him to
take a trunk for her from 6S7 I'd avenue to the
Hudson river depot.
He asked her if she was going to ride with
him, and she answered: "No will take a car
riage, and get over there before you do" He
drove to the house given above, which is occu-
pied by Jacob RoSenzweig, physician received
the trunk, and took it to the depot, where he
met the woman. After he got the trunk on the
truck, and before he started with it, the woman
handed him q tiye-dollar bill. He did not have
change, and took it to liquor store, and
changed it and gave her all but his fare; that
was the reason she did not pay him at the depot,
At the depot, she asked him to put a rope
around the trunk, and a boy who stood there
asked the clerk twice for a strap before the clerk
paid any attention to him. The truckman said
the boy carried the trunk from the truck to the
counter, but the boy could not lift his end and
the woman helped him; so tar the stories of the
boy and truckman agree.
Capt Cameron, with the detectives, then went |
to the house Indicated on I'd avenue He in |
quired for iDr.s Rosenzweig. He was not in. |
Capt. Cameron posted his detectives, under coul-
mand of Sergeant Rooney, who knew the doctor. |
Cameron took possession of the house. and |
searched it from roof to sub-cellar. In it were
Rosenzweig's wife, her child, four weeks old, a
grown up daughter and servant. The boy and
Pickett were taken to the house, but could not
identify any present as the woman who accom- |
panied the trunk
Meantime, Rosenzweig entered the street. He
entered liquor store near his residence followed
/
and endeavored to escape by side door, but |
the sergeant grappled him, and a struggle took |
place. The officers posted in the neighborhood |
rushed into the store, and Rosenzweig was Sc. |
cured. The people then made a rush for the |
store, crowding around the doorway, shouting, |
"Hang him to a lamp post!"
The police ran their prisoner into the avenue, |
and, beating back the excited crowd, put him in |
a car and took him to the station. Rosenzweig |
is German Jew, very stout, with light, curly |
hair, square face, low forehead, and has been
carrying on the "female doctor business" about |
six years. He denies that the trunk was taken
from his house, or thar he knows anything
about il.
Later in the evening, information was received
that Rosenzweg has Il place of similar character
at II South Fifth avenue, and another under the
name Of DIR. Ascher, at N. 8 Amity place. De-
tectves were sent Immediately to seize the
houses and arrest all in them. Last year Rosenz-
weig kept at 113 Thompson street, six years ago
he kept over the corner of Houston and Broad
way. Before that, he sold lager in Chatham
street.
Three different families have reported the dis
appearance of three different women, agreeing
with the published description of the corpse, and
one photograph was handed to the inspector last
night, but did not answer to identity the cody.
Two more photographs will be presented this