The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-01-03
CHAPTER OF CRIMES.
A Quaker City Murderer COnceals HIS
Crime
By Placing the MGDgled Remains in
the Lake.
Serious Charges of Debauchery
Against DR.. Mulliksn.
Tinker, the Bay Forgerer Betrays
His Accomplish in Crime.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. pa party of
boys while playing in East Paramount
park to-day, found two small bundles
in the small lake there and in a spirit
of curiousity one of the boys cut a
string off one of the bundles and was
horrihed when a human head rolled
cHs. The police authorities were at
Once notified and further investigation
developed the fact that the bundle first
opened also contained the disInembered
trunk of q human body, the other
bundle on being opened disclosed the
nude legs belonging to the trunk found
in the other package. Evidently a
most horrible murder has been commit
ed and the conditions of the remains
indicated that the deed had been done
within twenty-four hours of the find
ing of the remains. The legs had been
cut off close to the trunk, the left one
having been cut with q sharp knife
and the bone sawed through, the other
leg was likewise cut and after the bone
had been partly sawed 1t was broken
of. The legs were intirely nude,
on the trunk were three shirts.
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dark flannel and leather strap
was around the~waist. The arms were
not severed from the body, but were
tied in front at the wrists with a stout
cord. The head was crushed in horri-
bly, at the back, and there were three
terrible knife wounds on the side of
the face. The left jaw was also broken.
The body is evidently that of a German
probably about 80 years of age. Near
the place where the bundles were
placed was found a portion of news
paper dated December 5th, the APP
pearance of which indicated that it had
been used for the purpose OF wiping up
blood. On the margin OF the
paper " as written in English. the writ
ing being evidently that of a German;
the words were ''Kohler Helab, Hobo
ken HOTEL" and right under this
Mrs" was repeated several times. A
portion of another newspaper stained
with blood was also found. There are
wagon tracks all around the spot, but
the police are OF the opinion that they
were made by wagons hauling material
used on the reservoir. One of the
tracks, however, appears to have been
made by a wheelbarrow, and those in
vestigating the case are hopeful that
this may prove clue to aid
them in unraveling the mystery which
now surrounds the crime. Last nlSnC
gardener living on the border of the
park where the remains were founC
was awakened by the furious barking
of his dogs. He seized his revolver anC
as he ran out doors he saw an object
moving from the direction of the parl
and he hailed it. Receiving no reply he
attempted to fire his revolver but the
weapon would not go off. He went tt
the reservoir hole situated at the Co
lumbia avenue entrance to the parl
and told the proprietor, John Ernst
who also went out into thu
darkness and saw maj
walking from the direction of the res
ervoir. He called. to the man to hal
but his command received no atten
ton and the mysterious visitor disap-
peared in the darkness. The spot
where the CHASTITY remains were founC
e is very lonely one and at this season
of the year is seldom visited by anyone
and the police therefore think the par
ty seen by Ernst and the gardener is
connected with the crime, which led Il
the placing of the cut up portion of the
body in the park. The chief of the de
tectives is working on the case, assis-
ted by some of his best men.