The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-09
BUTCHERY MOST HORRIBLE.
RAGPICKER TONY ONGOO'S GHAST-
LY FIND IN AN ALLEY.

Brought TO Light by a RaEpicker's
HOOk-The Police Utterly at Fault
and Only wild Conjecture as 10
the PerpetratOr of the Probable
Murder and His Motive.
Chicago. March S.-The body OF a man
chopped to pieces, together with an in
fant with its skull crushed. was found In
a barrel in the alley at the rear OF 4S2S
Prairie avenue this afternoon. Toney Un-
goo was picking rags in the alley back
of the house OF James Nourse at 2
o'clock this afternoon when he came across
a barrel with an old shirt tied over the
top of it. Supposing it to be a barrel OF
trash, he commenced to look for rags
and the first thing he picked up was the
head Of a man with long gray whiskers.
He droped it in the interior and ran out
of the alley into the street. where he
notified the first policeman he could hnd.
As soon as the police were summoned
they sent the barrel TO the Hyde Park
morgue, ana on emptying II 1t was found
10 contain the remains of an old man,
about 80 years old, and a male infant,
about 10 days old. The body of the man
was fearfully mutilated. The head was
taken off and two holes had been bored
through the skull at the forehead appar-
emily with an auguer The right leg was
cut OF about the knee and two toes on
the foot OF the same leg had been appar-
entity severed with a clever. The right
arm was pulled out of its socket, the left
foot was sawed off at the ankle and the
nngers OF the left hand were cut of. The
body of the infant was not marred. ex-
cept the skull, which was fractured by a
blow.
The bodies are fearfully decomposed.
ana the killing must have been done at
! least two weeks ago. Where the flesh was
sawed and torn il has turned black No
articles Of clothing We're found, except a
homespun shirt, which, together with
some cotton padding, was wrapped
around the head and shoulders of the
man.
A physician examined the bodies to-
night, and said the dissecting could not
nave been done by medical student,
no matter how inexperienced, and as the
remains have not been in a picking vat
II Is almost assured that murder was com
mitted.
There is every evidence that while the
murder was committed some days ago,
as nSht P4 P9ssd PoSle in nossd the alley ley
| barrel in his alley this morning early,
but did not pay any attention to it. think
/ ing II barrel of garbage put out by
some of his neighbors. The barrel was
| noticed by no one yesterday. There is no
clew as to how II got into the alley. and
| the ground is frozen, so that no fresh
wagon wheel tracks can be discerned on
| the ground.
The theory advanced for the brutal
| packing OF the body is that some one
| has done it in the hope of creating the
| idea that II had been dissected by medical
si..5, students. The boring of holes in the
skull, II is thought was done especially
for this reason, and the police believe
that a woman did the horrible deed, as
such poor job was made of it.
Paterson, N. j., March s.-NiehoIas
Cole, As years old. of the Silk Throwing
firm Of Nightingale & Cole. was arrested
this evening, charged with having com
| mitted brutal assault on Miss Lizzie
van Ripper, aged Is years, near the cor
ner of East Eighteenth and Ellison
! streets. which is two blocks from the
place where Mamie &. Sullivan was muir
! dered on Wednesday evening. 1t is al
| legged that he followed the girl for about
100 yards and when at a lonesome spot,
caught her by the neck. She cried for
| help, but had scarcely screamed. when
he seized her by the throat and struck
her twice In the mouth with his fist caus-
! ing blood to flow. Cole, seeing some one
approaching, ran away, but was soon
! overtaken by a policeman. A crowd of
nearly 1000 persons surrounded the pris-
| oner and followed him to the station,
and threats to lynch him were heard on
| every side Cole is a married man. and
the father Of four children. He is sepa-
rated from his wife, however and is seek
| ing a divorce.
The police tonight think that Cole pos
| sibly is connected with the Sullivan muir
| der, and have begun an investigation on
| that line.
Hampstead, n. Y, March S-Stephen
! Powell, one of the wealthiest and most
| PROMINENT men oii I4OlE lSlanu was muir
deTed in a most brutal manner at about
| II O'Clock last night, as he was return
ing from his place of business, on Main
| street to his home on Fulton street Mr.
| Powell was in tho habit of carrying large
sums of money upon his person. 1t Is
| supposed thai his murder, or murderers
learned Of this fact and awaited an op,
| portunity to waylay. The murder occur
red in front of Mr. Powels home Direct
~ opposite the gate an electric light was
| brightly shining. His assailants are sup
| posed to have been hiding being the cleo
trio light pole and as Mr.. Powell passed
he was struck over the right eye, the
blowing cutting long cash. There is
also cut on the left wrist but this
wound was probably obtained while en-
| deavoring to defend his face The first
blow evidently Knocked Mr.. Powell sense
less, and his assailants then struck him
terrific blows on the back of his head
which crushed in the skull He was found
at II o'clock by neighbor, who carried
him into the house and then summoned
medical aid. Mr.. Powell died few min
gained consciousness.
Three negroes were arrested to-day on
suspicion of being implicated in the nur-
der. They are: Van Rensselaer, NJ. Simp-
son, John A. Wayne and Arthur Nav
| hew. They were held to await the ac-
tion of the coroner's jury. Several other
| men, both white and colored, are under
| suspicion.
Jacksonville, Fla, March 8.-Near Hay
wood, jackson county, Florida, Constable
| T. 4 JunAltb yNSAdIQdy SHOL william Rob-
| inson, a negro. Justice wanted Robinson
for wife beating. The latter put his hand
| in his pocket and the officer blew out his
brains. The negroes are very bitter over
the matter and trouble is feared
Jacksonville, Fla, March Sat st. Pc
tersburg, Fla, Mr.. NJ Mcdaniel, a winter
| visitor from Ohio, was sand-bagged and
| robbed. Recovering consciousness as the
| robber was making off, Mr.. Mcdaniel CALI
| ed for help. Policeman Irwin responded
and chased and caught the robber. The
| prisoner proved to be Lulu Huffman an
| eccentric woman, who lives in the sub
urbs of the town. She was dressed very
much like a man. Other hold-ups are
| credited to her.
Portland, Ore, March S.-A huge land
slide swept down ravine on Portland
| Heights at o'clock this morning, com
4 pletely wrecking the dwelling house OF
Daniel Mcdonald, killing his daughter
| Belle aged IS; his cousin, Daniel Camp
| bell, who was a guest in the house and
seriously injuring Mcdonald and his wife
and younger daughter, Mary.
Without a moments warning 2O00 cuhfc