The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-14
UNCOVERED BY ADOG
A Murdered Mans Body Dis.
covered By Accident.
THE BODY CUT UP INTO BITS.
Fate of John Whalen, Who Was Killed
By William Coy in Jealous Rage.
THE BODY CUT UP INTO BITS.

Whaien Had Intended to Elope with
Mrs. Coy, But Her Husband Suspected
and the Crime Resulted -- whalen',
Skull Crushed and Ills body Cut Up and
Buried In tho woods--A Dog Unsarths
tho Murder.
P1TTsFIELD, Mass, Oct. 14-Murdered
At midnight, cut to pieces and buried in
the woods on a lonely mountain side
was the fate Of John Whalen, whose
mangled and dismsmbered body was re-
covered last night. William Coy is
IN Pittsfeld Jail charged with the mur-
DOR, which was committed on the night
OF August 20 last, in Ooy's tumble-down
little farm house on lonely road a m le
and a half from Washington depot, II
miles east of Pitts1cld.
Nhalen lived in West Beckett, a few
miles from Washington. He worked on
the Boston q Albany Railroad and
boar led with Coy. Coy's wife, who came
from Feeding Hills and whose maiden
name was Frances Vets, favored the at
tens. IS Of Whalen and he became inti-
mate ith her. Whalen boasted of this
TO Coy md Whalen and Mrs. Coy finally
arrange | an etopemcnt, the time set be-
ing the friday before the murder.
On s.. lrdHy morning Whalen went to
Lee aud ittsield. At pittsheld he met
Coy, an ogs ther they went to West
field and ook the evening train there.
reaching darlington about o'clock In
the eyrull 3. Whalen had got off the
train and " came on to Pittsfield, re-
turning 10 Washington on the II o'clock
train W. len had gone home and was
probably cop when Coy arrived. To
Coy's JcIIo sly had been added a desire
to obtain money in Whalen's posses
sion. Hn itole home IL appears, and
about nI hight crushed in the skull of
the $. ar. man. Saturday night was
spent ia tting up the body and carry
ingiJ into he woods.
On Sul ay Coy went to Albany and
found hi. wife. That night Coy and his
wife wen. to Mrs. Geer's house, near by.
Mrs Coy laying that she could not sleep
in her ho ae. They stayed at Mrs. Geer' 8
two wee and then went to Westfeld,
where G drove a street car until he
was ar sted last Monday morning by
State Do sective Pease and Sheriff Cut-
ting. C1y was brought to this city and
IN court yesterday morning was charged
-,.,., murder. He pleaded not nh. y
81 20. .o"~ ~GGapaa55dd without bail for a
heariu, on Noven. -
The fact that Irs. Coy could not
sleeep at home aroused suspicion, and
an effort was made to find the missing
man.
Selectman Pomeroy started the search,
accompanied by his dog In a thick
growth of young naples and beeches on
the mountain SIDE, sixty rods south of
Coys house, his dog began scratching
the ground. There was nothing on the
surface TO Indicate anything wrong.
The dog kept on digging, and soon
brought to light a suspender, which
was fastened to something still under
the ground. Word was at once tele-
Rraphed to Medical Examiner Paddock
of this city and to Detective Pease.
They went to Washington, and with
several citizens of the town began to dig
at the spot on the mountain side where
the dog had found the suspender. About
two feet below the surface the remains
were found They were most horribly
mutlatel.
Coy is about So years old, short, o.
rather stout build, and untntelligent
looking He has always resided in thu
vicinity of Washing gtou