The New York herald., 1879-03-03
A WELL BASED THEORY
The Trunk That Was Re-
moved by the Tramp.
IDENTIFYING THE BODY.
Probable Unearthng Of the Mystery
Within a Few Days.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

LYNN. Mass. March .. 1879.
All day long crowds Of anxious and curious people
filed in and out of the City Marshals Office trying to
get a look at tho fast decomposing body of the
victim Of the 6augus River tragedy. worshippers
In the churches thought over tho terrible Deed of
brutality they listened to the Families
enjoying the quiet of the Sabbath at home.
read the details of the past two days Investigations.
and failures; parents who were blessed with grown
up daughters and saw them safe and sound. felt
thrill of satisfaction. and could afford to pity the
poor people whose daughter sister lay still a9d
cold in the slumber of DEATH unknown and unburied
NUMEROUS cLEws
The detectives exhausted by tho fruitless search.
rested from their labors for time, but went to work
again. and every thread that could be picked up
Professionally followed by them. 1t was learned carly
this morning that physician in Boston had been re
quested about ten days ago. to perform an abortion
on Nova Scotia woman by who said that
travelling agent in New York had got her into
trouble. Tho doctor declined to do the job apd he
said he could discover the man who made the re-
quest. This Glow soon put in the hands of COM
petent Boston officers. who started to work it up
promptly.
A DETECTIVES THEORY.
Detective Pinkham. who has the largest share Of
the confidence awarded the men on the case. how
ever is not inclined to believe that the murder was
committed in Boston Salem. He holds that it was
done within o radius OF ten miles from Lynn Sau
gus He says that the girl lost her life by the bungng
of unprofessional and that the clothes
found in the trunk no just criterion by which
to form opinion of the victims standing in the
community in which she may have lived. Tho Dolly
Warden oilcoth. part old dress. &c, found in
the trunk were no claims put there for the purpose
of misleading those who might seek to prove her
to INN fhnffh fhev~
the belongings of the victim.
THE ACT COMMITTED AT LYNN.
The act Of abortion not alone. he says, the
work Of unscrupulous novices in the business, but
there arc several for believing that it
Cured in some place not very remote from tho
woman abode end the spot where the body
| found That the miscrcants should have taken tho
risk of driving over the long road betweon Boston
and this city, when they might have been stopped at
any moment by the officers Of the towns and cities
| through which they passed. seems very improbable
to him. and the additional circumstance that several
| rivers where tho body might have easily been
| dumped in would have had to be crossed helps to
sustain this theory. Furthermore. the theory that
| the body was driven from Salem, whence not few
| suppose it was taken. also seems improbable from
the fact that in this case. too deep stream Forest
Riyer haa to DO crossed and that nasmuch as II Is
| within tidewater limits and IL open to the sea.
no better chance for the disposal of body could
tating against tho idea that the body was brought
any considerable distance and the detective feels
sure that the particulars of the CRIME, the name Of
the victim &C.. will evontuay be ascertained in tho
near neighborhood OF this city.
A SUBSTANTIAL. cLEw
To strengthen further this theory to locstion 0
very substantial Glow has been found. and although
the officers extremely rcticent on tho subject It
has leaked out that u young girl named Gibbons.
who lived in Saugus, near the Cliftondale
lines is missing. A man named Churchill who re-
sides in Clftondale and was at one time City Mar
shall of Lynn has been closeed with the detectives
for twelve hours The City Marshal refused to give
any of the points that might be material. but he
limited that point had been discovered that would
THE rELLrALE BOTTLE.
A bottle Of porter. put up by Byas in London and
an exact fac-simile of those found in the trunk. had
been found in house in the village. but he refused
learned. but the detectives have gone to work vieor
ously on the clcw.
| WHO IL SHE?
man who thought he identified the body lying in
the caskct that of tho Gibbons woman has been
detained Soon after these Developments woman
and her daughter visited the City Hall and almost
positively identified the remains a. those OF Sarah
| McConnologue who formerly resided III woburn aud
later in Boston. They said she lett Woburn for Lynn
in company with a music teacher and has not been
| heard of lately She was twenty-five years Of age
and answered the general description very aecn,
| work upths theory, anu all hands have plenty to
do until morning. There is q growing belief that
twenty four hours u positive stop will DO taken.
Meanwhile the excitement is on the increase
|
| stout rather rough looking man gavo o story to
Rome OF the officers in Boston something like the
! following :-Ho said that week ago last Thursday.
| while standing street ut tho North End. good
| looking young woman came up to him
| and asked him II he would carry
| couple of trunks for her. He agreed to
do so for twcntyvo cents, and at proceeded to
house OF ill-famc. He says. after going up threo
| flights trunk answering somewhat tho description
| of that in which the body found was pointed to
| him a. one to be removed. With the aid of several
girls the house ne got the trunk on his back and
starting down stairs found it extraordinarily heavy.
II seemed To weigh fully hundred and fifty
| hounds After reaching the lower entry he refused
10 carry II further account of ts weight unless
| another man procured to help him. The woman
who hal hired hun asked him 70 be very careful
| handling IL and acted rather ncrvously,
| keeping close TO him while he was
| moving il from the building. Another man
Inc says was hired to help him on Haymarkct square,
and the trunk then taken between them
! TO n house at the West End. lie says tho
trunk heavy that they had to stop
| eight times to rest before reaching their
| tcstinasion, which but about quarter
of a mile distant. The tramp refused to give the To-
cation OF the houses in question and said he simply
called with the view yf getting an opportunity of
ing trunk found ut Lynn before lie went to ship
at Gloucester Monday He said the trunk he helped
10 carry had iron bands at the corners and he is
positive of this, because while handling the baggage
| hc had the forcfnger OF his left hand cut Tho
trunk was old fashioned aud had four strips
| of wood the top. and besides being locked was
| bound with stout strap