The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-08
chopped UP With AN AXE
Shocking Murder of JanitOr Barnes
in Chicago Flats.
THE SUSPECT IS ARRESTED
Body of Murdered Man Is Found in an
out.of.thc.way Place Horribly Mu.
tilated and Packed in
Shipping Case.
By the United Press.

By the United Press.
Chicago, Dec. 7-Hacked and man
gled in a frightful manner, the body
of a. d. Barnes, janitor of the Hiawatha
flats, No. $50 East Thirty-saventh
street, was found in pine board ship
ping case early this morning in the
alley back Of Woodlawn avenue, be-
tween SiXty-third and Sixty-fourth
streets. The pine box apparently had
been dumped into the alley from
wagon, which had been driven through
during the night.
The wounds on the body are be-
lieved to have been inflicted with an
axe. The blows We're directed against
the trunk, and the head and features
escaped injury. The most important
clue is the box in which the body was
found. 1t had been used number of
times, and showed evidences of hav-
ing been torn open and re-nailed on
various occasions. 1t was marked sc.
p. Peterson" numbered 2162, and
stamped Made in France" The mans
clothes had been removed, and the
body was wrapped in an old piece of
carpet. Another clue that interested
the police at once was bundle of
womans hair found in the box. The
hair was wrapped in bundle and was
heavy and dark.
When the body reached the undertake
ing rooms a further examination of the
box was made. Another bunch of dark
hair was found, this being slightly
tinged with gray. The first package
was wrapped in a paper that some
thought had been used in curling the
tresses, and the theory gained some be-
levers that the hair had been violently
pulled from its owners head.
The clippings of carpet which were
wrapped around the body have been
identified as remnants from the Pull
man shops and as having been cut
from goods used in furnishing palace
cars.
Arrest of Suspect.
The police tonight have arrested the
persons they believe to have been
guilty.
The circumstantial evidence so far
secured against Edmund Jordan, the
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is of the strongest character.
The material witnesses are: Edmund
Jordan, assistant janitor, Hiawatha
flats, the alleged murderer; John Ben
son Jersey, alias New Jersey" boon
companion of Jordan and the man who
| Is suspected of being on the wagon seat
with Jordan A. r. Winslade, engineer
and fireman of "a fiat building at 374i
Rhodes avenue: Mrs. Andrew r. Wins
! lade, his wife, who is said to have been
! intimate with Barnes, and Annie Ma
roney, mistress of Barnes, who loaned
| him 81. 500 and did not get it back.
The police are trying to find another
woman who called at the Hiawatha
flats last night early and was anxious
to see Barnes, who was out at the time.
| This woman is believed, by the police to
have accompanied the two men who
drove the body to its place of con-
cealment, and Mrs. Winslade or Mrs.
Jordan may have been that woman, the
latter more likely. Robbery on the
part of Jordan, who was a good-for-
nothing fellow, may have one Of the
motives. But the police believe more
than anything else that Jordan wanted
to get rid of Barnes for the sake Of
getting his job and that in this view of
the case his pail, Jersey, was willing to
aid in the hiding of the body and be in
stalled by Jordan as his assistant.