The New York herald., 1879-03-01
ANOTHER MYSTERY.
A Young WOman's Remains Dragged
from the SauguS River.
MUTILATED AND DISFIGURED.
damned Into a Narrow,
Shallow Box.
MEDICAL AND POLICE THEORIES.
Was She the Victim OF NAL
practice in Boston?
MEDICAL AND POLICE THEORIES.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

which has come upon the city in so startling and un-
expected a manner. The body Of the young woman
which was found in a trunk last night doubled up
and horribly mutilated Is in charge Of the under
taher and not exposed to the public gaze.
The only topic of conversation all day has
been the awful horror. and police and pri-
vate citizens doing everything that Is possible
to unravel the mystery. The spot where the trunk
was found has also attracted large concourse Of
spectators 1t is just on the boundary line between
Lynn and Saugus. the marshes. about twenty rods
from Fox Hill bridge There is doubt that
the poor victim killed by gang Of abortion
sts carried the bridge in the trunk and thrown Off
into the water below. Here the body hoated up
and down with the tide until it finally became
stranded on the marsh. where it was discovered by
Daley, the coal screener. In an interview with
Daley he stated that he had been working away on
the wharf Of william NJ Newha. close to the waters
edge. and noticed the trunk which he thought at
first to be large block Of wood. He determined to
haul it in and use 1t for frewood. and set
about doing promptly. What was his hor-
ror when he touched the trunk to discover
q human hand protrudingl Paralyzed with fear and
dreadng any complications which might follow, he
called another workman named Reardon to his as
s.stance and they together dragged the floating
to the shore. The trunk fastened by strong
And on lifting the lid most CHASTITY spectacle was
presented The body Of young woman was found
doubled up within, the legs and arms being
twisted about in every conceivable position. The
booy almost naked. the only garment being
nightgown, which Of such texture to give evil
deuce that the woman moved in rather good society
DocroRs EXAMINE THE REMAINS.
The two men having hastily viewed the remains
and noted the circumstances just mentioned. gave
the alarm and the other workmen Aocked to the
scene Of the horror. The police were at
once notified and the news spread the
town. The body brought to the station house
and DR.. Lovejoy. careful examination of the
ternal appearance Of the body first made. 1t
found on washing the face which covered
with heavy coating of clotted blood. that the
had been cut clean off. and, Us the missing member
could not be found, the fact soon be-
came apparent that the mutilation had been
performed before the body was packed in the trunk
The trunk measure feet 43s inches in length. 151
inches deep and 1s,t inches wide. When it was
opened by the physicians the body found doubled
up; the right leg was drawn up under the body and
the left drawn over the Breast the head inclined to
one side.
The result of the examination made by the doctors
the internal portions Of the body showed that the
there slight congestion of the lungs; the
uterus and bowels were considerably infamed and
death undoubtedly caused by abortion. 1t
also appeared that the woman had been preg
nant about six months when the operation
was performed. There was no sign of putrefaction.
and death must have resulted about forty-eight
hours previous to the finding of the trunk. Hero,
then. terrible tragedy enacted probably in the
city limits of which no person knew anything and to
the perpetrators of which there seemed to be the
slightest clew.
AN ARREST ON SUSPICION.
About midnight young man named Cough
arrested and locked up ON charge of being
sorry to the procurement of an abortion. The
rest was made on & rumor a that hat young girl
known to be intimate, was missing 1t
subsequently learned. however. that the GIRL
instead Of being mutilated corpse was quietly
sleeping in her bed, sound aud healthy. Ciough was
therefore discharged This left the authorities with
out a cew to begin on. No person has as yet been
agree. Ono who came down from Boston
Is confident that the crime was committed
in Lynn, while Lynn and Salem detectives
respectively feel equally positive that the abortion
was performed in Boston. A Salem detective says
he IL convinced that the victim came from some OF
the lying.in hospitals OF the "Hub; that the trunk
carried over the Marshes as the most unfre.
quented section of the country in the vicinity Of
Boston. and thrown into the Saugus River. He says
the trunk will serve rs very good help to the
officers in following up the guilty parties 1t is of
peculiar construction and of such shape and style
are not often seen. An express label was found on
the end which had evidently not been on long, and
certain Innings and wraps inside regarded as Of
material assistance. The detectives started out this
morning to follow up these trails, and the wires
have been busy while carriages and horses freely
used. The town is excited, and no effort is to be
spared to hunt down the perpetrators Of the awful
crime.
Some five hundred people from different parts of
the city and surrounding towns have viewed the body
to-day but not one could identify it. and the imprcs
sion is fast growing the authorities that the
fortunate girl was brought from some other town,
the trunk carried over some railroad by some ex-
press, and that the bricks and bottles used
'blind" to deceive the parties who handled
the trunk The trunk as has been stated. is old
ine was strapped around t To- hold the a
Ordinarily IL would not attract special attention aud
IL when being moved noise should be made by the
brfa
the baggageman to handle II with care and also
lead to the belief that II emigrants or
woman is question Of some doubt. some think
she is of Irish and some OF German parentage. II il
almost certain that her nose was cut OFF by down
ward stroke OF razor, her upper lip was Scared
and the cut was very clean. II Is the opinion of
Medical Examiner rnkham that the act OF cut
TIM of the dono alter death, thcro
was no blood from the wounds; but 1t prob
ably done before the body was packed In the
trunk. The earrings which may lead to the identi-
ncation Of the woman probably overlooked in
tho haste OF the parties concerned in the transaction
The physician who made the autopsy thinks tho
death only a fow hours. and that she was
packed in tho trunk in tho same garments
sn" mao wne She ,n trunt and Ssnoss nf
by one person. and two more persons must have
been connected with the affair Her murderers knew
that they could not obtain permit to place the body
In tomb, and as the frozen ground prccluded the
possibility of burying they were obliged In order
The constitution OF tho deceased was very delicate
aid in the opinion OF tho physician who made the
autopsy, death must have soon followed the opera
ton.
FAINT cLEw.
The first clew of any importance is obtained from
man in the town Of Revere who says that at about
midnight ON Tuesday span OF clipped horses. at
tached to double sleigh. containing man and
woman, was driven rapidly through Revere toward
Lynn. and that about an hour later the team
seen returning. not having had time to reach
Lynn and return This information was given
by one William Hosper, clam digger by
cupation who standing In the horse car station
at Revere when tho team drove by. and when IL
turned Hospor, who lives tho turnpike road near
the augus river bridge also stated that ne saw the
trunk in which the body was found sticking up In
the bridge ON "Wednesday morning, and that he
thought IL was piece of old lumber. According to
this story IL may be probable that the midnight ride
of the and lady In the sleigh may have some con-
nection with the trunk and crime II Hosper really
the trunk on Wednesday morning the theory OF
the detectives that IL thrown into the water ON
"Wednesday night is exploded. Tho excitement oc.
casioned by the murder increases.
A sfCKENIN0 PICTURE.
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