Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-28
BOX HID AMURDER
Latest Development Of the Chi.
cago Trunk Mystery.
TWO FATAL WOUNDS ON THE BODY

Both of Them in the Head and Made with
. Blunt Instrument-Isody Said to Have
Been Identifed-shipper Remembered
at Salt Lake City. from Whence the
Package Came-woman Murdered and
Possibly Buried Alive in New Jersey.
CHICAGO, March 2S.-The body Of man
found packed in box was murdered.
This was settled definitely yesterday
afternoon when DR.. Louis j. Mitchell,
coroner's physician, assisted by DIR. HEX
toen, held a post-mortem examination on
the body ut the county morgue. Two
large holes had been made in the skull,
and either would have killed the man.
The weapon with which the blow was
struck was some blunt instrument. as
shown BY the size Of the holes. The post
mortem proved the body to be that of o
man five feet six inches high, Weighing
about 1i5 pounds. Judging from the
bones the body was that of q young man,
about 30 or 30 years of age. There were
two scalp wounds on the back and left
side of the head.
Looking for That Expressman.
Under these scalp wounds were two
skull fractures. The teeth We're all sound
and all present. The hair on tho head
was medium long, straight and dark
brown. There was no beard or mustache.
Tho internal organs were all in q healthy
condition. The only causes of death found
were the skull fractures. The police are
now endeavoring to find the expressman
who called at 1856 South jefferson street
lat l. 81 A.. Al \
to G. II. Morgan.
Box Was in Store Three Years.
1t transpires that the box was shipped
from Salt Lake City three years ago and
had been most of that time stored in
Waxem & McLaughlin's wareh ouse 1t
was shipped Feb. $, 1898. and arrived here
Feb. In. On July % it was sent to the
warehouse. A curious fact has come to
light, it is said, and is the fact that the
name c. NJ. Morgan is the same as that of
an efficient officer of the United States
secret service. He has been at Salt Lake
City, but is stated to have been here dur
ing the whole of the year 1893 At pres
sent his whereabouts are said to to be un.
known.
Body Said To BE Identified.
LATER.--It is stated now that the body
has been identified as that of Prosper
Chazal native Of Lyons, France, who
disappeared from his lodgings in Salt
Lake City in February. 1893, and no trace
of him has since been found. He had left
Chicago with 50, 600 in his possession and
had been in Salt Lake City but few days
when he disappeared.
From the Salt Lake City End.
SALT LAKE CITY. March 2s.-Investiga-
tion here has developed further facts re-
lating to the box containing the corpse
which was sold as unclaimed freight at
the auction sale in Chicago. The box in
question was delivered to the Union Pa.
cific freight office here on Feb. at a. m.
The man who paid the freight charges
(Sl7.5o) signed his name as c. NJ. Morgan,
and the package was consigned to c. NJ.
Morgan, 166 jefferson street, Chicago c.
NJ. Morgan took the train for Chicago on
the same date. He was q man of medium
height, dark hair, moustache and beard,
and wore soft felt hat. The railway
officials here remember that the man Was
excited and acted nervous while transact
ing his business at the depot.