The evening world., 1888-12-15
| HORRIBLE MUTILATION.
SHOCKING TREATMENT OF THE BODY or
THOMAS D. WINCHESTER.
The Sight That Met n Friends Eye mt tho
Ninety-ninth Street HospitaI-sad Sequel
to the Sad Death of the Old Hotel Pro-
prietor-There Are No Grounds for tho
Allegations of Murder.

Ninety-ntnth street HospitaI-Sad Sequel
to the Sad Death of the Old Hotel Pro-
prietor-There Are No Grounds for tho
Allegations Of Murder.
Alan Hudson. foreman over a gang of labornra
working on Riverside Drive near Ninety-sixth
street, noticed a well-dressed, fne-looking man
walking aimlessly about at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning. He seemed to be in distress. Hudson
approached him and asked what was the trouble.
"Ive been walking all night, and am very
much fatigued. would like to rest"
Hudson saw that the man was dazed, andiwith
the assistance of one William McQuads he
Ninety-sixth street, and Riverside Drive. The
gentleman thanked him and said; Ihave,very
little change, but here is n cigar"
and called ali d0 fr a a" cup a r Of te roon He ne crank 1Ho it a 'sin 4
hstless sort of way and then said:
~ want to sleep, for l am so tired"
He did sleep, and about 4 O'Clock the landlord
heard im hi him d R?T1eathing heavily. He tried to rouse
s#t the 65nS ,IHandrsdth Ie @Stsset pp Il i stse
ninth street hospital and the still unconscions
man placed in it..
finally died at ). 4. 30 SS'cioocRt W Se%Ssofe = ffsSe aaa
Such was the sad death, Of Thomas b.. Win
ShS:'oE E,lt The . TS1 t6eTs We're h pisniE 81 e tiers Of t sns
cards on Winchester's person, not an effort WAS
made by the hospital authorities to discover his
b brought Of the his news ysio6 Of his death 70 the
who lives in. the Rossmore Hoseie. M.
Brewster immediately proceeded to the hospital.
fused to allow him to see the body. They told
him that there had been an autopsy performed.
Mr., Br1eTster went to the police station in One
Then he was permitted to see the body, or rather
what remained Of it.
riblo. "
There lay his dead friend, literally hacked to
the Hospital, and Deputy Coroner OMeagher.
ro nne 9odE lay on g wooden len SAB "a IN q barn in the
other portions Of his body were laid alongside.
Only hall, of his. head remained, the other half
Of his skull having been sawed off and the
Horror-stricken and sick Mr.. Brewster made
his way cut He saw Col; Locke Winchester.
e tell hun what he saw, broke down and cried
ING, WORLD reporter at his apartments in Tho
Bella " flats, corner of Twenty-sixth street and
Tears sprang to his eyes as he related the story
- It was a most inhuman proceeding ,"he said.
enough, but the way his body was mutlated had
broken me down completely;
better than they used my brother. Mr.. Brewster
found him lying in filthy underclothes IN a slab
THE head was sawed in two and the various
organs were lying alongside of the body. Yes
terday, morning when / sent the undertaken
ing away at it. He told them he had a permits
and was told gruffly to take it along.
My God! it is too horrible to talk about.
Why didn't they send to me. They had my ads
dress, as il was on Toms ~letters.n
AT the hospital this morning House, Surgeon
Moore denied that the body was mutilated any
more than required for an autopsy.
His only excuse for not notifying. the. friends
see no way of recompense. The expense would
have been trifling.
The stories of foul play are the workings Of an
imaginative brain. Col. Winchester said that
he. never thought of such a thing and did not
The reporter learned that it took three physi-
clans to make the autopsy; They were House
Surgeon Moore, DR.. Sheedyit another OF the
OMeagher..
The remains are now lying at the undertaking
buried from the Church of the Transfgurs.
ton to-day.