The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-17
MYSTERIES OF MURDERS.
The BEST DETECTIVES ARE pow
ERLESS WITHOUT A CLEW.
icw the O'Connor Murder Mastery Was
Solved by an Accident Cases That Have
Remained Unsolved for Many Years and
Probably Always wiz.

s->ue superintendent OF fOiico Roger
y Mara Is perhaps one OF the best known
police officials In America. Il IS. therefore.
nothing 70 10 wondered az that Tho Times re-
ceiYea request TO have him give bis Vows In
regard TO mysterious murders. with especial
reference to the Whitechapel murders.
here are three phases Of murder. each
one peculiar in Itself, and not allied % the
other The irat one Is the Disappearance OF
a person who has been murdered. and vet no
| proof can be established that the person has
really been murdered
An Illustration Of this can DO found in
/ the London criminal records Of 1870 when
/ Cutom House Odicer OCounor was missed
I from his desk and never showed up again 10
was supposel for some time that be bad Do.
ccmpci with some OF the government funds.
bat his accounts tciag correct and he havin,
/ been s,an the evening previous % hs disan-
I poorance, IN good health, IL was supposed by
some persons that hc might have beou muir
dofcd Yet tho detective ability of London
40 that tune the best 10 the world. was Ter
some days doubtful concerning the fate of
OConnor. Each member 0f' the detective
agencies and each editor lad his own peculinr
theory of what bad happnei 20 OConnor
some suspected suicide in the river Thames.
some suggested sudden mental alteration.
through which ho had wandered out OF iho
eity and died from exposure Gnd privation
Some suggested murder, but could aive no
theory OF why he should be murdered, as Dc
had little or no money on his person The
murder theory had h sn opposed by a large
majority Of the Scotland Yard detectives
AMI editors Of papers. and also by tlo public
at large. as 40 boiy had been found.
FOUND BY ACCIDENT.
"ln tho course of a few days said Super
ilic1dout Ollara. "it was di covered iaat
OCouu0r had been carrying o. a criminal
Intimacy with a married lady. tIrs Maria
llauir-, v.fc RI Fred George tanning. both
husband gud wife occupying good position
u society. IAe superintendent of tle Scot
land Yard detective AGENCY visited Mu-
nl. house. and bad al interview with Mrs
Manning Sine was quite COO. and Ii pos
rss,i and readily admitted that .ho hal
Known OCma0r ucI, hut had uot .eoa h.m
lof some time Ier husband also made
similar statement. AMI O'C0nnors disappear .
auce remained unlcc0uu,ab.o for s0uc days
loneer but, as $50 insane man vos found
;lultrug either ia the city OF m tao
ilaues. tbo mIrIer theory was again
adopted. and Che detrctives called at Sian.
niurs house one morning and told Mrs Mn-
nin- they wished 20 search the house Sbo
ual cooking close on "a spit at thetImo. aud
most oJiigin-.y showed them through tho
house from the cellar to the attic. searching
trunks, presses cupboaris. etc. without
avail The detectives concluded that the
Mannngs had no lm0wlcdgo 90 the disappear .
ance Of OC0nu0r. and cx0neraied them hGt .
aa they were leaving tho house aui passing
through She Kitchen one Of thc detectives /
hr accident placed his loot 0n the llgr .G f.
mont ol tha fire, above which .Irs Manning
was cooking The goose The Cas unk i.- .
D under thc pressure OF Dds foot. ana DE- had .
itrcm0,od. and underneath the Gag. at SIC .
depth of ,lreo feet, OConnors body WIS
found in lull dress, just a5 be had bean muir /.
dcrcl
"O'Connor was a bachelor. So years Of age, F
and occupied "a sleeping room Do tenement .
house. aud bad large amount of DIS saving
n bank iu his room Mre Manning and .
ncr husband know this. and conspAel %
murder OConncr. and wrn hs privately
visited Use house slo shot hiA and Manning
buried him under tue nas IN the htchcn
III the detective had nct by puro chance,
happened % stop on DO Tag, O'C0uu0r',
murder would never bass b.n discovered. f.
THUS an accidental incident furnished a ciev .
thot was all that was necessary % une 1rtu .
The bloody mystery.
"-lls Manning TOOK ms ll'cn keF ana t.9 .
Keys to bis desks, went to IBIS room and OBJ .
famed ail tho money lepossessci. $500. Botl .
Nr anil AIRS Manning Vars hanged liz front .
oi hoi,cHon-ei Lane i.i i' 1877
PENNSYLVANIA AeHDE'.
Another case Of mysterious disappear F
anoc, continued superintendent ~ 'iiili .
"aitar"ard found 20 Boa double ninfa.i. "a7 .
that oi the t"o aian'''Ai'di'H OF " A..lih .
Showers aeel '' ears WAC i1'iD-I-A p-.l
children and buried ln-l Ia Tue garden III. F
difficulty was % establish that murder hal /
been committed hll ~A,n tA9 DoHi.' were .
found there "ae no dliclliy ~ pi-elA5 ,uo .
guilt Oh showers ITO was exec lted hi Leo"'
n0n county, H., last month.
Another phase Of murder IS where the .
dead body Is foml and mutilafol go there
....fl f..,oa ,,r.t tf,t n murder ia. boon
committed. set ao available clew 70 tLo mur-
derer. the murder 90 Dr. butd1'i' NJ 81 y. o..
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n0wn set no trace % hln Is To De lolaA
why ;Ao d-tecilyes were unable 90 .alAoiA
.le mystery oil I'D, 'AeA'ii ANA a. ''.,' i'''''
lc.s was because the nurd'tcrs IN both ca.os
nc no Clews 70 thci Identification. 10 rhe F.
case OF I1xWc-i a.i-7 ll.u ~ i,'o'''' " ,,
murdered C. Arthur ireilor and concealed .
bis body IN q ifunA, the murderer WIS we"
-aowa, and by leaving a sinslo Cow that . he
lad started on "e.' D'''u 'I''l
3thor lint was easily found. II '1s ,i.ai INK
ia the chain bad been lh-' f''Fe.el "''- '''''
would never have ben pfonTA1 % 3 .sIt..e.
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murder, M .i,..i '. a.. ,.e,. le.a- ia 10
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