Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-01
WORK OF A STRANGLER
New York Police Trying to Un-
 ravel a Murder Mystery.
BOY DISCOVERS A CORY BUNDLE.

OU4 D1SGUN hhS A JURY BUNDLE.
 The Body of a Young CoIOred Woman, Chopped to Pieces, Found Wrapped In
 Clothes Near Business BuildinG-The Police Working on Slight CIews.
 NEW YORK, April 1.-Tho police arc trying to throw some light on one of tho most mysterious murders done in this | city since the mutilated body of old shake spcare was found in n low resort near tho East river front. for whuSo butchcry tho Algerian Frenchy is now serving a life sentence. The murder was discovered Sun day morning shortly after 6 o'clock. The victim in this case was a young col
 orcd woman, whose diSmembCrod body
 was found wrapped in pieces of carpoting
 and partially hidden from view in tho
 area of the building of the New York Bank Note company on tho southwest corner of Sixth avenue and Waverly plaCC. How long the ghastly remains had boon lying there is not known. As yet the po-
 lice have no clew to the person or persons who deposited the bundle there. but it is surmiSed, for various reasons, that tho body was taken to the spot where it was discovered in n wagon. for the bundle was
 altogether too bulky and unwieldly for ono person to have carried it without assist
 ance Immediately upon the discovery of
 the crime the police of tho central office | were notified, and Detective Sergeant Mo Cluskey and half a dozen of the best de-
 tectives werc detailed to fathom the myS- | tery If possible.
 The body was found at almost the same
 time by two men. One of these was Jo- seph Phillips, n young elect rician of 3l2 West Twenty-firSt street. and the other Patrolman Edward ., kasmire of tho Mercer Street station. According to Phil I lips story. he was on his way to St. Jo- seph's Roman Catholic church to attend the o'clock mass when his attention was
 attracted to largc and peculiarly shaped bundle lying just against the heavy iron | fcnco which separates the small yard in front of tho Now York Bank Notc com pany's building from tho street whcro it
 lay partially concealed ly tho massive posts with which tho fence is formed. Phillips loaprd over the railing and pokCd at the object W:;h a stick and became sat l isticd that n human body was inside tho carpet covering. He then ran with all speed to tkc Charles Street police station
 and reported what ho had s,tn.
 The other sidu of sixth avenue, which is in the precinct covered by tho police of | tho Mercer Street station, was patrlllcd ; at that timo by Patrolman Kasmiro who
 wont on what Is known as the dog watch" at 6:l0 o'clock. kasmire was
 walking along lcisurely on his post when
 ho was hailed by n boy. who ran from I across the way and told him that thCro
 was suspicious looking bundle in the | area opposite. kasmiro lost no time in l making an examination.
 Pulled Out a Human Leg.
 
 with pieces of clotheslinc. leaving the mid l dle portion somewhat loose He put his hand Inside and drew out the lower part
 of a human leg. Then ho knew that
 murder had been committed, and he has l tily placed the leg in its place again, and was about to report the matter at his sta ! tion when Court Officer Bernard J. Con ! molly of the Jefferson market squad chanc- | cd to pass kasmiro told him of his dis I covery, and the lattcr notified tho police
 of the Charles Street station by telephone Roundsman Maguirc and two other men from the station house were sent to the place, and they took tho remains to the station house on stretcher.
 The body proved to be that of an un-
 known colored woman between 2l and 25 years old. She was feet 9l, inches in
 height and weighed about ll0 pounds | She was well formed, with a flat nose and | high cheek bones, and her skin was of a | dark coffee color
 Around her neck was tied in a double knot long piece of cheoScclOth. This had been tied SD tightly that it had caused strangulation. and had forced the tongue | to protrude from tho mouth, and had | cause the checks to pun out unnaturally. Tho woman's hands had hecn tied across | her breast with strong piece of cord by # -If r. II
 cut of just above the knecs and one of
 them lay on tho top of the body. with its
 foot toward her head, while the other was
 found underneath the body. Both nem- | bers bad beon hacked of with a sharp ax l or butchers Cleavcr, and pieces of rag 1 ged skin and flesh were hanging from tho diSmembered legs.
 The only clothing the woman had on was chemiSe and ChCmisotto of whitc material. When these were removed, a | gaping wound nine inches long and which 1 penetrated to tho bone was dis losed just l above the right thigh. It was evident that
 this, too. had been made with an instru-
 ment similar to that which had been used
 in cutting of tho legs. It was apparent
 that the murderer first attempted to cut l the legs off at tho hip, but that he had not 1 found tho articulation there and that the l task was too difficult to be performed in | that way. The intention was to cut up
 the body so that it might be readily pack 1 ed into the smallest possible compass for | removal.
 The stuff in which tho body was wrap | ped was composed of an old brown table | cover, which some thought to bo piano l cover, piece of carpet and an old rug.
 Along with the remains there were a l small piece of blue silk which might have l hpan Of 1 md a Sl-; ;rf of
 some woolen material. This had appar-
 sntly been much worn and had been made 1 smaller at some time to fit its last wearer. | The police looked upon these two pieces of
 clothing as possible clews to the identity
 of the murderer and his victim.
 | A Possible CIew.
 In the bundle there was found piece
 of note paper, bearing some evidence which
 the police concluded 10 conceal as being
 of some importance. On this paper was | Q clot of blood and on it was written in
 pencil these words as far as they could be
 made out: March 25. Raw Way, N. J.
 James tor Janel F. Surindel, Raw Way, | N. J" Beneath was the word "Solo- | mon" and also the word brother" while
 the-word ditto" was written between.
 The body was laid on the floor of tho
 station house and was viewed by Coroner | DSAoS anu SubSCNluSAiAg DS Dcput9 OoTO-
 ner Donlin, who made a careful inveSti-
 gation and examination of the wounds
 and of the woman, in order, if possible, to
 determine how she came by her death. l Dr. Donlin first removed the stout cord
 which bound the hands together This
 cord had been tied so tightly as to mako
 great creases in the flesh.
 He next unlOosened the long piece of
 cheeseoloth with which tho woman has
 been choked to death. He found that thi
 had been tied in a double knot, and tha
 it had been the direct cause of death.
 The other mutilatiOns. he said, haC
 been made after death had come Thor
 was no blood on the woman's person anC