The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-01

New York, March 31-One of the
most mysterious murders committed
in this city since the mutilated body
of 'Old Shakespeare was found in a
dow resort near the East river front.
for whose butchery the Algerian
Frenchy'' is now serving a life SEN
tence, was discovered today shortly af-
ter o'clock a. m. The victim in this
case was a young colored woman
whose dismembered body was found
wrapped in pieces of carpeting parti-
ally hidden from view in the rear of
the building Of the New York com
pany, on the southwest corner of Sixth
avenue and Waverly place How long
the remains had been lying there is
not known. AS yet the police have no
clue to the person or persons who de-
posted the BODY there. Immediately
upon the discovery of the crime, the
police were notified, and half a dozen
OF the best detectives were detailed to
tathom the mystery. The body was
HAnd almost ait the same time by two
nSh. One of them was Joseph Phillips,
young electrician, and Patrolman
Ia smire, Of the Mercer street station.
The bundle in which the remains
C4 z IOQllQ WAS UOuIlu dL GdCn emu
with pieces of cloth and leaving the
middle portion somewhat loose. Around
her neck was tied in double knot
long piece OF cheese cloth. This had
been tied so tightly that it had caused
strangulatiOn and had forced the
tongue to protrude from the mouth.
This had been tied across her breast
with a strong piece of cord by means
of a slipknot. Her legs had been cut
n inst hll10r 1a Inn nd n
them laid on the body with the foot
toward the head. while the other was
found underneath the body. Both
members had been hacked off with
sharp axe or butchers cleaVer. Pieces
of ragged skin and flesh were hang
ing on the dismembered legs. The only
clothing the woman had on was a
chemise and chemiSette Of white ma
terial. When these were removed, a
gaping wound. nine inches long and
which penetrated to the bone, was
disclosed just above the right thigh
In q bundle there was found piece
of note paper on which was a clot Of
blood and written in pencil these
words, so far as they could be made
out:
March %. Raw Wani James Oan9
E. Surindell, Raw Way, n. j.
Beneath was the word Solomon"
and also the word brother" while
IllS MOIu OlIIO was WHICH OCbNSCA
them.
Deputy Coroner DR.. Donlin removed
the pieces of cheese-cloth with which
- had been strangled to death. He
F5Lnd that this had been tied in a
double knot and that it had been the
direct cause of death. The other mu-
tilations, he said. had been made after
death. probably with a sharp axe or
a butchers cleaver.
There was nowhere to be found any
evidence of a struggle on the part Of
the woman. The deputy coroner was
positive that the woman had been
dead more than twenty-four hours. He
said also that the woman had been
mother. The woman wore on the
third finger of her right hand a plain
bold ring and on her left breast a
porous plaster.
It is the opinion OF the police that
the woman is a member Of that class
of colored women who live on the
streets running out of Sixth avenue,
and gain their livelihood as women of
the town. They make no attempt to
explain the motive for the crime. No
one of the name of Surinden could be
found in Railway. n. J.