The sun., 1894-03-22
EIGHT DETECTIVES AT WORK
TRYING 70 FIND 1HE HURDERBR or
- aUSIE MlRTIA

MsAsurswe~ts of the Rs-siss Made st ths
Morgus-Csrczsr FnrpAirisH Not sstis-
sea that the iesaussatio, T. R'snt
The Investigation Of the murder Of the child
who IL supposed to be elsven-year-old susis
Martin. the trunk Of whose body was found on
Monday night In the cellar OF 517 West Thirty
ninth street. has passed in the natural course
OF police events into the jurisdiction OF In
apector Mclaughlin and his staff and yester-
day at least eight ZEN from HEADQUARTERS were
up in Capt. Prices precinct One OF these.
who was not engaged In the case before was
Detective Sergeant o. Brien.
DR.. Cyrus Edison said Yesterday afternoon
that he had secured small pieces OF tho dress
found on the mutilated body and was having a
mieroscopical examination made.
There is some evidence" said Dr. Edison.
that the child was assaulted, and this may
prove the motive for murder. The micro
scopical examination. 1 believe. will reveal the
fact that the child was assaulted The ex-
animation will not be completed for two or
three days. When II is. l will report the result
to superintendent Byrnes"
DIR. 0Hare and DR.. Donlin. both OF the Coro-
ners' ONCE, who made q new examination tf
the remains at the Morgue yesterday. assert
positively that II Is impossible to tell from
them whether they belonged to a male or q
female child. Careful measurements and COM
these remains could have belon ged to a child
Of susie Martins age. Both physicians ex-
pressed much doubt Of this unless she were
much under the usual size. The body OF a
Child OF ~ which was In the Morgue was used
for purposes oil com parison.
The part Of the body found in Thirty-ninth
street contained the sections OF the spine
From outside TO outside this portion Of the
spine measured los inches. In the other
ehiid % tue ni ,smo Portions measured , inches;
height would have been only about ~ inches:
sSoaf Be- Sscdsa hs9 Il.
could not have belonged to Susie Martin. for
police will make sure Of this II they can secure
areliable estimate OF the height OF the missing
Coroner Fitzpatrick thought there was as yet
great doubt az to the Identity oi the remains.
ard ne ere relasedto Issue permit Tor their burial.
the Morrue for the arrival OF DR.. o Hare 70 get
pointed. He had . promise. It was said. from
q friendly saloon keeper Of guarantee for tho
Tbs he nrss difficulty which the police met in
BEGINNING their work was In trying to get
ts HABITS SH a. the saS bsn
from outside sources that she had been en-
sssSS SnS in sSS sGPs '
soo1 10 door :' Much Of this was df denied ;, the
Indication from the condition OF the body that.
besides the Gre and caidron with which It
was scorched and boiad. only two imple-
dicated crime-s pocketknif and saw.
The two stab wounds were Just such As a
poo ketknife might have inflicted. and not
as 4 fHo wsH IN Ss
SS: SSn: which b. aid d. not rss ss and ns the
about three-quarters OF an inch; Each was
about half an inch In width. The cutting OF
the body was such as would have been done
person with butcher knife. except where tho
head and arms were severed and this may
have been done with saw alone.
Possibly these facts may have influenced the
turned their thoughts more strongly toward
tho brewery as q probable scene OF the murder
than toward the establishments where pigs
are killed and tripe and sausage castings
spent, considerable time at steven.
sons brewery yesterday. The house where the
body was found belongs to the Stevenson es-
tate and adJoins q part OF the brewery. Its
yard R separated from II only by fences which
past tenants were employees Of the brewery.
II such Q crime were committed In the brew
ery the most probable scene for 1t would be
the house where kegs are washed.
been in fire before It was put in hot water. He
believes that an attempt was made to destroy
lie Is a difieul. case" Superintendent
Byrnes .s said said. but from police nCint OF view
the easy cases; The doing away with the head
makes Identification Of the body almost Inn
possible. No effort will be spared. however. to
ind tho murderer"