The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-21
BARBAROUSLY MURDERED.
TIE oHILD WAS STABBED TWICE AND
IRIS THROAT WAS cur.

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rect the Foiiee 60 = Search OF SinuEh-
ter Ho-res ssd fsauiry About who
Night Have Used Their Csidrozr.
There is no reason to doubt that the child.
the trunk OF whose body was found night be-
fore last in a woodhouse in the cellar OF the
tenement at SIT West Thirty-nlnth street. was
murdered. There lie also strong reason for be-
lisving thu the child was year old Susan
Martin. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Martin
Of $50 Eleventh avenue. who has been miss
ing since ab6ut 1 O'Clock on March &
Coroner's Physician OHare made an autopsy
yesterday afternoon. All that there was OF the
body was the trunk from the neck to the lower
part Of the abdomen. Where the head and
arms had been cut of there were plain marks
OF saw on the bones. The body had boon
boiled after disme mberment and exposed. In
places at least to the direct action Of fire.
The autopsy also showed that two atab
wounds had been inflicted before death. One
OF these was on the left side. about an inch
from the spine. between the eighth and ninth
ribs. and the other between the ninth and
tenth ribs on the same side. Each wound was
made with blade about half an inch In width.
and the lower wound extended three-auarters
Of an inch into the lower lobe OF the left lung;
This wound. DIR. Hare said. would have caused
Before. the chiid's. death her throat was cut,
drawn Into the, lungs. There were no cuts in
the correspo ndinR parts Of the clothing which
There Is no doubt. in the minds OF any one
that this clothing belonged to Susie Martin.
a part OF a waist. ana some underciothing. All
day. even 70 storn.out buttonhoie in the waist
II the body is that Of her child. the child was
yery small OF her age-only feet inches tall.
long IL was since the child was Killed. DIR.
Cyrus Edison also saw the body. and he was
point MIR. Martin will have the remains
buried II he can raise the money. They are at
Shortly after he saw IL he paid a visit to
Stevenson's brewers, part OF which adlolns
The yspe he senp we're
tors stan met him there. They said afterward
that they only went there to see the Zoe ma
The cellar could be entered by any one The
the closet on top OF some firewood: Then the
door was closed and fastened. but instead Of
isstened the door before, a silver Of wood was
thrust through the staple that held the hasp
nf . y" G pot the 10 e Sssss pH he
Acting Captain welsine said last night that
III not SeS to vins what SR these are For
. completion Of crime It was necessary that
a saw. and oaudron OF hot water. In that
neigh porhood there are a number Of places
where all OF those things can be found.
First there 10 the brewery. Then there are
the slaughter houses in the blocks between
Eleventh avenue and the river in Thirty
that during tho winter Susie Martin,
with many other persons grown people and
and lambs are killed TO get the hasleta At
those houses there are no hot water yats. but
10 the four big killing establi shments and
sage castings are prepared all OF the requisite
conditions exist All OF these places are
number OF hours each night An Italian fruit
dealer at Forty -second street and Tenth ave-
yesterday. He was said to have frequently
given the girl bananas and other fruit and
interviewed him. He acknowl edged having
given away fruit when 1t was turning but as to
picSeIs; never ny 10Y enOGgn i4 t Tan,i,
girl and Inspector Mclaughlin Instructed
Crowley to drop that line Of inquiry.