Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-04

New York, April 3.-The mutilated
corpse found Sunday morning in the
area-way at Sixth avenue and Waver-
ly Place, has been positively identified
as the remains of Mary Martin, who
lived with a West Indian negro known
as William Caesar. Several arrests
have been made. Orders have been
given for Caesars arrest. Thomas
Martin, the husband of the murdered
woman, left her two years ago.
In the presence of a large number
of newspaper men, Superintendent
Byrnes told at police headquarters To-
night the story OF the circumstances
which led up to the murder and OF the
work attending the arrest OF the sup
posed murderer, the negro William
Caesar. In some respects, the story
of the crime is one of the most remark
able that has ever been told in this
city. and the account of the thansfer
of the corpse in It's rude bundle from
Caesars house on West Twenty
seventh street, by means of Sixth
avenue surface car in the early part OF
the evening, to the place where it was
found. seems hardly possible. But the
superintendent said that he had no
doubt as to the identity Of the muir
derer, and avowed the police could
prove the truth of
EVERY STATEMENT MADE.
The detectives hired apartments on
the opposite side of the street from
Caesars house and kept close watch.
This was Tuesday afternoon. Inquiry
as to the mode Of domestic life pur-
sued by Caesar and his reputed wife
revealed the fact that there were fire.
ouent uuarrels between the two, caus-
ed by the mans jealousy. On Friday
night the couple had violent quarrel
and the woman threw glass at tne
man. striking him on the head. he
then threw her down on the hoor,
after having grasped her by the throat
with 10Th hands. There, lying on the
floor. it is said, he held her throat In
such a grasp that he thought he had
killed her. But when he released his
hold he discovered that she was still
breathing.
Then. according to the police, he
secured the piece OF cheese cloth, which
was found tied round her throat and
twisted it and then tied 1t INTO
double knot and strangled her. lie
slept as soundly, it is said, as If the
corpse of the woman was not almost
within his very sight. The next morn
ing he went to work as usual, locking
the door behind him.
On Saturday evening, according 10
the story of the police, Caesar went 10
his home and prepared to dispose OF
the body of the woman he had killed.
On his way TO his rooms he borrowed
A BUTCHERS CLEAVER
from a man he knew. On arriving
home he proceeded to cut the body up.
He first attempted TO cut the legs OF aq
the hips, but failed in that, and then
cut them both off just above the knees.
Having proceeded so far, he took a
piece of the carpet on the floor and an
old rug which was in the room and
rolled the body up in them, after hav-
ing tied the hands firmly so that they
might not fall apart.
1t was at this time, not later than
$50 or S:45, so the superintendent said,
he picked up the bundle and took 1t in
his arms from the house, which is not
far from Seventh avenue, to Sixth ave-
nue.. where he boarded a Sixth avenue
horse car bound down town, and stood
on the front platform.
AS the car stopped at Waverly Place,
Caesar got off and walked over to the
west side of the street, in front of the
building of the New York Bank Note
Company. The man is not powerful.
He leaned against the rail in front Of
the building to rest and put the bundle
on
TOP OF THE RAILING,
which is some five inches in width. In
some way, however, the bundle slipped
and fell over the railing upon the
ground on the other side. To attempt
to put it together again the negro saw
would be useless and so he Nconcluded
to let it remain there and walked
quietly away.
There it lay undiscovered until 6
o'clock Sunday morning, when young
Phillips found it as he was on his way
to early morning mass in neighbor-
ing church.
Sunday evening, after having re-
turned the cleaver to the person from
whom he procured it. the superinten-
dent says, Caesar went to his rooms
and burned up the effects Of the wo-
man.
When the rooms were examined to-
day the walls were spattered with
blood. No attempt had been made by
the murderer to eradicate those tell
tale marks and the police removed the
stained wood for microscopic examin-
nation. While Caesar was at work
burning the effects there was such a
smoke that people thought the house
was on fire. Caesar refused to let any
one into the room and told all who
went up to see about the matter that
he was only starting a blaze.
Caesar is 2S years old and was born
in the West Indies.