Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-08
FOUND A BODY IN A BOX
Chicago Has a Murder Mystery
 With Horrible Details.
THE VICTIM CHOPPED WITH AN AK.
She Murlerers Hid the Result of Their Bloody Work, but It Was Brought to Lght-Two Men nArrestcd-DeveIopmcn In the Minneapolis Mystery.

CHICAGO, Dec. s.-Thc dead body of 4. D. Barnes, janitor of the Hiawatha build ing at 25S Thirty seventh street, was found jammed into n packing case, which had been thrust into hole beneath the side walk on South Park avenue between Six ty-third md Sixty-fourth Streets
 Tho body, which was naked, with the exception of n pair of socks, bnre over a score of ugly wounds, half of them suffi- cient to cause death even if the man had sustained no further injury than one blow The other wounds had evidently been i'm flicted with both the cutting edge and the blunt side of an nx and covered tho body from the right temple down to the knees.
 Two men arc in custody charged with the crimc-Edwurd Jordan, shc assistant janitor, and Lewis Jersey, a mnn of no occupation. The crime was unqucstiona- bly, committed in tho basement of the house, as the police discovered there the clothing worn by the janitor when last seen alive and the blood smeared ax. Signs of struggle were plainly visible, show ing that Barnes must have made a hard fight for his life.
 No other motive than that of robbery Is ascribed for the murder, for Barnes as far as known had no enemies, and a watch and $50 in money, which he had upon his person when last seen, are missing.
 The police arc also looking for Annie Maroney, a girl with whom Barnes was at one time very intimate. There is no especial clow leading up to the Maroney girl.
 Chopped the Body Up.
 After killing Barnes in the basement the murdcrcrs cndcavored to shove the body fncc downward into n packing casc 314 feet long , feet wide and 10 inches lppn In nr,lpr fn fNrcc tho 1.nslN i, ha legs had been bent under the trunks, and the right leg had been broken above the knee in order to facilitate the hacking op- cration. The left hip had been slashed and pounded with the ax in order to al- low the bending of the body. In addition to these wounds there was a three corner cd hole in the left temple dealt with aw- full force and which must have killed tho recipient instantly
 The body was hacked in such n manner as to make it appear that the murdcrcrs had rolled it over and over and chopped it just as though it were nothing but n log of wood. In the box with tho body were several pieces of carpet which had once belonged to the Pullman Palace Car company and q bunch of woman's hair which. however had evidently been pick cd up with one of the pieces of carpet No importance is attached to its presence
 The evidence against Jordan k chiefly of his own admission. He called at the morguc to scc if he could identify the body, thinking. he said, that il might bc Barnes, whom he had not Sccn since Tues day. He at once identified the body as that of Barnes. IL was cOnClusivcly prov Cd that he had bCcn with Barnes later than that and had been several times in the basement of the building sincc Wcdncs- day night. when the murder was probably committed. and had made no report of the blood stains.
 In box in his coat pocket were found several pieces of carpet identical with that found with the bare body. These things decided tho police to take him into GUS tody, although he and Jersey both stoutly deny having any knowledge of the crime. The police arrested MrS \. E. Wins lode of 3744 Rhodes avenue, accused by her own conversation and handwriting aS having becn on such terms of intimacy with the murdered man aS to have aroused the jealousy of her husband. The woman had also been wrongrd hy Barnes as ap- pears in letter addressed to him which was found at the IIiawatha building. Tine officers are also looking for \. B. Wins lode. the womanS husband. who they think may possibly be concerned in the crime