The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-30
BUTCHERED BY A MANIAC?
sTIRTLLN0 THEORY As TO THE
BEIDLEsS BODY MYSTERY.

NJ. Prank EerEuson Hints at Cannihalisn ana
suEEssts mat the Slayer % sasis Martin
may Have Csu.-ittea THIS Latest Atreeity-
Remarkable Points Or sinrarity Assut the
TIVE Crinss-Peuos Hviasutiy Iusprs.sea
An 1dsntinoaton That May Pan Out.
The mystery Of the headless and legless trunk
OF q human body found in two pieces, one on
Saturday and one on Sunday, in widely sepa-
rated parts Of the city, IL no nearer solution
than It was when the two pieces were fitted to-
gether at the Morgue on Sunday. Tho clue
which 1t was hoped the oilcloth wrapping about
the body would furnish has proved worthless,
because Of the impossibility Of finding out the
purchasers Of that cloth. The broken finger nail
on tho index finger of tho left hand has
proved almost as useless as q clue. 1t has
merely served to render the case more in
volved, for by IL no less than twenty persons
have identified tho body as that of some person
whose body II was not and 1t has taken time to
run down and disprovo each Identification. A
moro hopeless case the police have never had.
Without the possibility OF an Identification there
does not seem to be any likelihood OF ever I'M
travelling the mystery Of the murder.
SUSIE MARTINS MURDER RECALLED.
But somewhere in this city. for 1t Ii almost
certain that the murder was committed in this
city, there Ia q room that Ia stained with blood.
There are blood-staincd garmen and blood
stained weapons and probably blood-stained
walls. In that room there is indelibly 6xod evt.
dence Of the murder and of the cutting up Of tho
body. 1t is evidence that cannot DO destroyed
except by fire. Herein lies the slim possibility
that the mystery may be solved. 1t is with
rome vague idea OF finding this room, It was said
last night, that the police were at work. They
were started on this track by DR.. Frank Fergu-
son. the pathologist of the New York Hospital.
From tho first The Sun has stated that tho
murder was very similar to that of Susie Mar
tin, the twelve-year.old girl who was killed
in March. 1894, in the cellar Of a house in
Thirty-ninth street. near Eleventh avenue. The
similarity was in the cutting up OF the bodies
and the s%calding. Susie Martins body was
scalded. 1t was dismembered as was this body,
and the head was never found. Some time after
the murder. in the cellar of q house near the ono
in which she was killed bones were found.
These bones were given to DR.. Ferguson, and he
made a series of examinations. He found that
they were certainly parts OF tho bones Of tho
arms of the murdered child. The flesh on them
had been cooked and had been Clipped off. The
doctor became greatly interested in the case.
He made several examinations OF the body. He
made careful measurements. He found that the
saw used in cutting up the child's body was one
minimetre thick. Susie Martins murderer was
never found. The doctors conclusion, from his
examination, was that her murderer was an in
sane man, probably n butcher. and a German.
The child had been in the habit Of visiting a
nearby slaughter house and butcher shops also.
DIR. FERGUsoN's STARTLING THEORY.
DR.. Fcrguson's attention was attracted in the
present case by the description in the papers of
the way in which tho body had been cut up. 1t
recalled the Martin case to his mind. He dis
missed its consideration at first, but yesterday
ne maze up MS mihu icasI 20 .otne hiorsue
an see this body, and he sent word to that eff
n'u uo ,oaai,aa ~ ,hom tha s,mi,.ritn
ohanioh. ne recaAeu u 'heih Il sl,nIi"rity
of this to the Martin case. DE-. o,hAnlon
So ~. rha ~ roro,ar AZ. oa1,od y. tho
MorEue. Inc deputy coroner nrst called at the
office OF Chief of Police Conlin, but that official
1v,s too busv m receive him. At the Norpue
m mn "a Jus, ,,unht tron, ~. hir NV ID -.
the pody was proush1 iroh inc oe U anu "as
taken to the dissecting room, where there were
tine Central Office, who had been on duty at the
Morpue all day.
POLICE MOVED TO RENEWED ACTIVITY.
n. p .u,o, ,.s.o, o,,,,,r
nnrt' He found IN one Of the ribs the marx Of
the saw that had been used in cutting the body
in two pieces. The saw had gone through one
r,b ond h,d mot .nt.r.d III. r;h h.,ow; a I,boa
~ wv nao - go ~ nnat
left a cut a traction OF an inch deep. This cut
was made by a saw one miliimetre thick, the
etiE ne tb tn ba X 81 o. S I.hie sam y ina' was useo IN cut
When It. the &c examination NnnI na MAS va, completed la,ea the
Eied to a telephone S and sent t. the Central OF;
nee for men 10. help MN; he refused 10 tell
what the examination had disclosed. Dr. Fer
guson said that his examination showed that
the head had been cut OH when the BODY was
lying on the back. The murderer had begun his
cutting in front and had carried the
knife around, and mad then used the saw.
The middle cut had been made when the dody
tha r ~ thnnd s;dn lie had ato n ~ % - Dae ~ o on
The left side of the body when he cut off the left
leg. and had gone around to the right side to cut
other doctor that il the arms of the man had
been cut Off rs Susie Martins arms had been
there would be no doubt in his mind at all.
70 the Susie Martin case, and he shut up. All he
would say after that was: II made n report in
that case to the District Attorney. 1t is on fle.
Go and look at that"
YonnIn,r sroorsr,ov ou
uanon,ad tnat ~ rau UH o " y, omnssS
he drove away with DR.. OHanlon. 1t didn't