The New York herald., 1872-11-09


THEORY AS TO THE COMMISSION OF THE BLOODY
At three O'Clock in the afternoon Coroner Wei
lington appeared, with the six men which had
been summoned as a jury-viZ., Drs. 8. w. Driver
and j. T. G. Nichols and Messrs. John G. Farnum,
foreman; F. Al. Haden Thomas Stearns and
Thomas Brewer saya IS Al .f
The jury proceeded in the work OF viewing the
body and examining the clothing and other articles
found with the corpse, seizing upon every scrap
that might give a clue aud neglectng nothing that
gave the slightest appearance OF being
| valuable for Identification. As the various arti-
| cles were picked out and examined, theories were
| advanced and ideas passed from one to another.
The most prevalent belief was that the man had
been first Knocked down with hatchet or axe,
being struck upou his head with the blunt END.
The wounds were plain, and fracture Of the
skull was noticed. These injuries were thought to
have produced death before the mutilation was
begun.
Then the man was probably laid on his side
while the head was hacked off, as the cuts inclined
from the posteror part of the head down under the
chin. It seems as if a hatchet must have been
used here, as there had been number Of blows
struck before the head was completely scvereds II
The blows on the top Of the head, also. were
given with light instrument, probably the same
hatchet, as heavy weapon like an axe would have
crushed in instead Of merely fracturng the skull.
The legs were also hacked of in a bungling man.
ner, and here again the light weapon may have
It was noticed that his feet were calloused on
the bottoms, as II from long walking or business
which compelled him to stand much or the
time. The face bore crop Of grayisn whiskers
clean. Around the sides OF the head hair of the
same grayish color, while the top OF the head was
entirely bald. The nose appeared to have been In
indention as though the bone had been crushed in.
The face was calm and with pleasant, benevolent
appearance, which indicated that the deceased
was OF quiet disposition. sd
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TICKETS SERVE TO LOCATE
THE SCENE OF BUrCHERY AND PLUMBER
Although there were no letters or papers found,
they having, doubtless. been abstracted, there
lief amounting almost to Certainty that The
MURDER WAS COMMITTED IN WARD TEN, BOSTON.
Among the things which induced this belief was
the finding or two ballots in the mans pockets
one each OF the Grant and Greeley tickets, such
were used on Tuesday, the day OF election, in Ward
Ten One OF the ballots mad written In pencil on the
blank side, Grant 1o9, Greedy -, Whiting -"
giving the figures OF each, evidently copied from
9s bulletins for Tso ns
have been the. ten O'Clock count, and the
man may have deposited his vote at that time
and left the polls That he was voter In
that ward seems evident from the interest he took
in the relative standing OF the candidates. More
requesting attendance at ''republican caucus, to
be held in the Old Franklin Schoolhouse, ward Ten,
THE PACKING CAsK AND OTHER PATENT FACTS.
Other facts noticed are that the receptacles in
which the remains were found were crockery
barrel and porter cask. Three coins OF Canada
were found shilling, large penny and one OF the
new one-cent issue.
The shavings found arc similar to those used at
Priests box factory at Brighton Corners, and the
horse manure packed with the shavings might
have been Obtained at the large stables adjacent.
bakery on Mount Auburn street, Cambridge, while
on De wolr street at four O'Clock Wednesday morn
ny n.nFr tc hnarI
CRIES OF ''MURDERW
repeated three tunes, in the direction of Brighton
until he heard OF the body in the evening. Drunken
men often call out in the same way in the vicinity.
uose he saw one Of the barrels oapg sGn, m
by his shop in the early afternoon, put in the
water near Brighton they must have gone out
AID back again with the ebb and full tides.
- A BRIGHTON BUTCHER,
who saw the body at Cambridge last evening" said
he had seen the man Tuesday in Brighton at the
Cattle Fair HOTEL but the lessee and clerks of the
hotel declare that such person was guest
there. The other hotels and police tell the same
story. No one has been missed, and no one re-
members having seen man answering the de.
scripti0n given.
The fact that portions OF the body OF the mur-
IN < HARD WOOD cAsK,
somewhat larger than barrel, such as Is used for
packing English and Scotch ales, and that 1t con-
iained black walnut shavings and cloth remnants
OF billiard table has given rise to the theory that
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alteration occurred growing out Of election bets,
oi the head, as the Wounds Indicate ' and, and
being Killed, the body was cut up and
packed VITA the sweepings Of the saloon
und manure obtained from stable near by. The
presumption is that at least two men had hand
tne murder and the disposition OF the body, one
to one Of the bridges above the Charles River
basin and threw them overheard.
The perpetrators oil the crime took pains to pre-
vent the remains from telling out by mailing two
Stats across one end OF each cask, the largest of
which IL OF sufficient capacity to contain the entire
person OF the murdered man.
Arrest or Two Men.
BOSTON, Nov. 9, 1872
Two men were arrested this afternoon, named
Alley and Barrett, both teamsters, for the murder