The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-03-28
THB TRUNK MYSTERY.
Investigation Proves That It Was
a Case of Murder.
TWO BIG HOLES IN THE SKULL.

The Body That of Man Iietweeu Thirty .
and Thirty-flve Years Old d-Another Box .
Shipped to the Same Address Two
Weeks Ago
CHICAGO, March 2S.-The police began .
yesterday the attempt TO unravel the .
mystery surrounding the body found in
box sold at a storage sale of unclaimed I
goods here on Thursday The body, it has /.
been learned, was shipped by g. NJ Nor
gan from Salt Lake City, Feb 8, 1898, and |.
consigned to himself at No. 1876 jefferson |
court, Chicago. The shipment was made
over the Chicago and Northwestern rail
way The box arrived in Chicago Feb. 16.
1893, and after lying unclaimed in the rail
way freight house for five months, was
taken to the storage warehouse of Wakem
& Mclaughlin, on North Water street.
There is no such number as 1865 Jeffer-
son court. Mrs Frederick A. Mueller
keeps lodging house in No. 16 jefferson
street. She said that two weeks ago an
expressman said he had been to Jefferson
avenue and Jefferson court, but could not
find any trace of Morgan. Mrs. Mueller
had never heard of him, and the express
man left He had box of some sort for
Morgan. The police are now endeavoring
to find this expressman.
The man whose body was found packed
in the box was murdered This was set
tied definitely yesterday afternoon when
DR.. Louis j. Mitchell, coroners physician,
assisted by DR.. Hektoen, held post NOR
TEN examination on the body at the
county morgue. Two large holes had been
made in the skull and either would have
killed the man. The weapon with which
he was struck was some blunt instrument,
as was shown by the size of the holes.
The post mortem proved that the body
was that of man five feet six inches high,
weighing about 145 pounds. Judging from
the bones the body was that of q man
about 30 or 30 years of age. The teeth
were all sound and all present. The hair
on the head was medium long, straight
and dark brown. There was no beard or
moustache. The internal organs were all
in healthy condition. Around the body
was truss.
A singular circumstance is that the
name G. NJ. Morgan belongs to one of the
most efficient officers of the United States
secret service He has been in Salt Lake,
and was quite we'll known there, being on
intimate terms with the officials of the
Mormon church. Still it is quite certain
he was not in Salt Lake at the time of the
! shipment of the body, for he was in Chi
cago during the Worlds fair.
Last winter Mr.. Morgan was in Chicago,
and was at that time an invalid. He quite
often ridiculed the idea that detectives
were unravelers of mysteries, and one day
said that he had often made failures, and
the failures were at the times he was most
sure of success. 1t may be that the ship
ment from Salt Lake was made by some
one knowing him to be in Chicago at the
time. Then there is possibility that the
name was chosen at random. At present
none of his Chicago friends know of Mr..
Morgan's whereabouts. Whether he can
help solve the mystery is doubtful.
Henry Devere and Bas Marcel appeared
at the Armory police station last night
and said they believed the body in the
Wakem & Mclaughlin box is that OF
Joanes Prosper Chaseal, who disappeared
from Salt Lake City in February 1893
They have seen the body and feel reason
ably certain it is that of Chaseal. Chaseal
supposed to be the man in the box, livet
with woman named Miss Rolande, OF
Franklin avenue, Salt Lake City, up tt
February, 1893, at what number the French
men do not remember