St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-08
CHASTITY BUTCHERY.
MCTELATED REMAINS DTSCOV-
EHED BIZ CHICAGO POLICE.
They Prove to Be of a JanitOr Who
Had Been Murdered for
His Cash.

CHICAGO, Dec. THE dead body Of
A. ID. Barnes, ianitor of the Hiawatha
building at 258 Thirty seventh street,
was found this morning jammed
into case which had been
thrust into hole beneath the side
walk on South Park avenue, between
SiXty-third and Sixty-f fourth streets.
The body, which was naked with the
exception of pair of socks. bore over d
score of ugly wounds, half Of them each
sufficient to cause death, even If the
man had sustained no further injury
than the one blow. The wounds had
evidently been inflicted with both the
cutting edge and the blunt side of an
ak, and covered the body from the right
temple down to the knees. Two men
are In custody charged with the crime.
Edward Jordan, the assistant janitor,
and Lewis Jersey, a man OF no occupa-
ton.
The crime was unquestionably COM
mitted in the basement of the house, as
the police discovered there late this aft
ernoon the clothing worn by Barnes
when last seen alive, and the blood-
plainly visible, showing that Barnes
had made a
Hard Fight for His Life.
No other motive than that Of robbery
is ascribed for the crime, for Barnes, so
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 are also looking
q Irf h
Barnes was at one time very intimate
There is no especial clue leading up to
the MahOney girl.
After killing Barnes in the basement
the murdererS endeavOre0 to shove the
body, face downward, into a packing
ease three and half feet long. two feet
wide aud ten inches deep. In order to
force the body in. the legs had been
bent under the trunk. and the rig ht leg
had been broken above the knee IN or
der to facilitate the packing operation
The left hip had been slashed and
pounded with the AK in order to allow
the bending of the body. In addition
TO these wounds there was a three
cornered hole in the left temple, dealt
with awful force, and which must have
Killed the recipient instantly.
The Body was Hacked
in such manner as to make it appear
that the murderers had rolled it over
and over and chopped it, just as though
it was nothing but a log of wood. In
the box with the body wore several
pieces Of carpet, which had once be-
lOnged to the Pullman Palace Car COM
| pany, and bunch of woman's hair.
| which, however, had evidently been
| picked up with one of the pieces of
| carpet. No importance is attached
| to Its presence. The evidence
| against Jordan is chiefly of his own
| admission. He called at the morgue to
see if he could identify the body, think
ing, he said, that 1t might be Barnes
| whom he had not seen since Tuesday.
lie at once identified the body as that
of Barnes. 1t was cOnclusively proven
that he had been with Barnes later than
he said and had been several times in
the basement OF the building since
| Wednesday night, when the murder
was probably committed, aud had made
no report OF the blood stains. Also i'm
| his coat pocket were found several
| pieces OF carpet identical with that
found with the body. These things
prompted the police to take him into
| custody, although he and Jersey both
stoutly deny having any knowledge of
the crime.
Woman In 1t.
The police tonight arrested Mrs. A.
| X. Winslide, of 3744 Rhodes avenue. ac-
| cuSed by her own confession and hand
| writing as having been OH such terms
| OF intimacy with the murdered mas as to
have aroused the Jealousy OF her
husband. The woman had also been
wronged by Barnes, as appears in a
| letter addressed to him, which was
found at the Hiawatha building. The
| officers are also looking for A. r. Win
slide, the woman's husband. WHO, thew
think, may possibly be Connected with
the crime.
J at midnight Annie Mehaney was ar
| rested. She is wanted as witness only.