New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-15
a MYSTERY SOLVED.
THE STORY OF THE INITIATED BODY FOUND IN
THE EAST RIVER IN 1864.

THE STORY OF THE INITIATED BODY FOUND IN
THE EAST RIVER IN 1864.
The Times yesterday published what purports
to explanation Of of the most remarkable Of
New-York murders The facts in brief follows:
In October 1864 five different packages, containing
the mutilated remains Of human body were found
IN une Es e 1e a hsyS S haen fopd "S
the Sd of october and the last on the 18TH All these
mere %TRPed cd e Ge RrG pSe
of furniture and carriages the whole having been tied
line These discoveries created great deal Of excite
ment at the time not only because OF the horrible ma
the carriage stolen on Mercer-st the night of the
murder and of the certainty in the public mind that the
subsequently surrounded the case, defying the utmost
exertions Of the police 10 unrayel it,
The dismembered limbs were carefully put together
by surgeons and found TO correspond III every par
tcuar, nothing being wanting the arms, which
eh eSry % coni he disroyersd as 10 his
identity That horrible murder had been committed
certain first because the body had been cut up ny
t ~ No. q frat on te mart az medical students:
and, secondly. because two buet-wounds, evidently
inflicted by Smith & wesson revolver were found in
the skull The police both Of this city and Brooklyn,
left plan untred by which the perperaor OF TINS ter
ribe crime might be detected but their abors were in
vain The head photographed, and copies were sent
10 all police stations throughout the country.
On the night preceding the finding OF the first package
Patrick Flood Brooklyn hackman drove three soldiers
10 No 81 Mercerst in this city, and entered with them to
drink. While he was IN the mouse Two men came up,
eaped the box of his carriage and drove furoqsly
AWAY Several hours later severe storm Wds aDdt-
ing the carriage was driven into livery stable on Full
ton-ave Navy-s, IN BROOKLYN, by man who was
closely wrapped in thick gIay shawl, under which he
velvet coat DrOadclOth panalOOns patent leather
boots white linen, all new and large diamond pin.
reeking with Precipitation, and had evil
IDENTIFY been driven furiousy, of them having been
lamed stranger left the carriage at the stable and
away, saying lie would return. Prom that day he
was not SEEN
parently solved thus; According 10 letter re-
Gently received by friend OF the murdered man, III
March last three quarreled al sydney in Australia
fight ensued which man was fatally stabbed, the
second and dangerously wounded and the third ter
man In prison made a confession, duplicating himself
and his companions In many crimes aud among others IN
the murder Of Joseph smith, deserter from the goth
regiment in this city in October, 1894.
From his story it appears that he with his two com
panons and smith, the night OF the % or October
were engaged Ia a debaucn tiey having maue lafSe
sum of money by "bountyjumping" snlJh had S5OO IN
his DOssessiOn and his NilldnOns companions RESOLVING
10 get this at all hazards induced him to leave the saloon
where they drinking, IN Prnce-st, ana enter q
large carpenters shop, OF carriage factory III Grhces
where smith lay down on bench ana soon 1cI INFO
drunken sleep. one Oi the men tneh bnot Nun
Through the head, after which they cut up Inc
body with the tools in the place, ana ued NJ Inc
fragments in the manner described above Two OF me
men then went out TO look for wagon leaving ~ is
supposed the third 10 clear away the traces OF tEer
crime Then followed the theft of Floods carriage, IN
which the CHASTITY parcels driven to lonely wharf,
i'm Wiliamsburgh ana then thrown INTO the INeI Inc
murderers Immediately shipped for Australia ana nave
since remained in that country leaulhe rotOus anu
vicious lives, until their arrest in March,
The photograph of the murdered man mas Dcen SHOWN
10 the widow of Joseph Smith, who Is stu nVng at Dan
tho1e the features we're terribly distorted Other per
sons however. who knew smith Intimately, are con
WINGED of his identity with the murdered man. ana that
this dark riddle has at last been solved