St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-02
The Deoomposed Remains of an Unknown
Man Found in Trunk at
PittSburg.
Supposed to Have Been Checked a
Chicago Thursday Morning by
Three Italians.
A Reading 81 Columbia Train Wrecked
killing One Man and Injuring
Others.
Aaron Bryant of Yorlkville, 8. c.,
Called From Church and Shot at
the Threshold.
Another Trunk Mystery.

PITTsBURG. Penn, May This even
ing about o'clock Baggagemaster Jenkins,
at the union depot, upon bursting open a
trunk which gave out suspicious odor,
was Mortified to find therein the body of a
man, securely bound, and in an advanced
stage of decomposition. The face was
badly discolored and bloated, and the
stencil was so great that it kept at safe
distance the large crowd which quickly
gathered. The trunk was common wooden
one and evidently had not been in use
before it arrived here from Chicago,
over the PittSburg, Fort Wayne d
Chicago road on the morning express, and
was checked No. 4171. But no person had
called to claim it. The baggage master
noticed peculiar smell when it was un-
loaded from the train this morning, but no
attention was paid to it until this evening.
when the stencil became unbearable. After
consultation the railroad officials decided
to open it and the result was the
CHASTITY DISCOVERY.
In order to get the body into the trunk it
was bent almost double Around the neck
and arms was hemp cord, which had been
drawn so tightly that it had cut deep into
the flesh. There was no mark of violence,
and so far as could be aScertained from an
outward examination the stomach was In a
normal condition. The body was that OF a
| laboring man, probably 80 years old, of
short, heavy build, with a smooth
face. He was dressed in pair OF checked,
woolen pants, blue cotton shirt, blue woolen
stockings, and had on his feet pair of
new congress CATERS. There was nothing
on his person that would furnish any clue
to his identity, except an international
| Of
S25. The order was drawn at Chicago,
| Feb. "a, 1885. Immediately after the find
ing of the remains Coroner Dressler was
summoned and the body was placed in his
charge. A telegram was sent to the bag
gage agent at Chicago, but he replied he
had no means of finding out who had
checked the trunk. The coroner is now
holding an investigation. He is OF the
opinion that the remains were in the trunk
at least thirty-siX hours.
At the coroner'S inquest Drs. Hamilton
and Shaw, who made the post mortem eX-
animation, testified there were no external
marks of violence on the deceased. All
| his organs were healthy, except
the lungs, which were badly congested.
This could result from suffOcatiou or strang-
ulation. In accordance with this testimony
the verdict was rendered: ''That the de-
ceased came to his death from strangula-
ton at the hands of persons to the jury I'M
known" There appears to be no doubt
that he was an italian.
SENT BY ITALIANS.
CHICAGO, May 1.-Diligent inquiry here
has failed to develop any facts concerning
the supposed shipment from Chicago of the
trunk opened this evening at Pittsburg
and found to contain corpse.
The baggagemen at the Fort Wayne depot,
however, believe from the description
of the baggage and the number of the check
that it was left there yesterday morning by
three Italians, who brought it to the depot
in an express wagon. No record of baggage
is kept whereby this belief can be SUBJ
stantiated.