The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-28
And the other Discovered by Boys in
the Woods North of the Harlem
i'm New York Citys
NO CLEW TO IDENTIFICATION
THE BODY MUTILATED WITH MANY
CUTS AND DISMEMBERED.
Both Pieces Wrapped I'm Oil Cloth OF
the Same Pattern and Depos-
tied Eight Miles Apart.

NEW YORK, June 27.-The lower part of
the trunk of man was found by two Toys
in the woods at ne-hundred-and-sevent
sixth street and Underclffe avenue, this
city, to-day. 1t was terribly mutilaJed and
shows plainly that a murder has been COM
mitted. 1t was wrapped in oilcloth and
MANILA paper, exactly as was the upper
part of trunk found in the East river
off Eleventh street Saturday. The two are
parts of the same body The two pieces
were found more than eight miles apart.
one in the water and the other on land.
The part found to-day comprised the lower
part of the trunk from the fifth rib to the
hips, the legs having been severed from
the body at the hip joints. 1t was wrapped
in three folds of oilcloth The oileloth was
evidently cut from the same piece as that
which inclosed the upper part of the trunk.
1t was new and of q. cheap pattern, bright
red, with gilt figures on 1t. 1t is like that
commonly used for tablecoths in tenement
houses. The find of to-day was in bulky
bundle lying against wall next to Under
cliffe avenue, where the shrubbery is very
thick. It had not been dissected, which
does away with the belief that the body
had been handled by medical students. Be
sides, it had been terribly hacked where
separated from the upper portion. 1t was
the part found Saturday.
Deputy Coroner OHanlon performed an
autopsy on the upper part of the trunk to-
day before the other had been found. He
discovered two stab wounds, one. between
the fifth and sixth ribs and one between
the sixth and seventh in the region Of the
heart. There was also stab wound back
of the left collar bone that extended down
to the apex of the left lung DIR. OHanlon
found, TOO, a bruise on the left forearm,
and under the right forearm was contu-
sion showing the imprint of a heel with
hobnails like those in heavy boots. He
found a wound in the palm of the right
hand, which, he said, was probably caused
by the victim Selling the weapon with
which he was attacked. There was no
water or serum in the lungs, which We're
wen filled with air. There was knife
wound two inches long in the apex of the
heart, corresponding to the wound between
the ribs. Numerous contusions were also
found on the body, which wounds, DIR.
OHanlon thinks, could not have been in
nicted after death. The actor stated that
the man could not have been dead more
than thirty hours and perhaps not more
than twenty-four. He calculates the mans
age at about thirty-five years. and his
height at five feet ten inches He was
laborer, and the nails we're down to the
quick, as if from a habit of biting them.
The condition of the body Indicated a WELL
nourished, healthy man. The detectives OF
two precincts and the best Central office
men are working on the case.
THE SECOND PORTION
The second portion Of the butchered
corpse was found north of the Harlem
river, eight miles from where the other part
fhn firQf
part Of the body and two other boys came
across the portion of the trunk in the
woods The boys were hunting for berries
when they noticed bundle lying against
a wall. 1t was wrapped in heavy MANILA
paper fastened with thick wrapping twine.
The boys were prompted by curiosity TO
open the bundle. They loosened one end
of the bundle, when a sickening odor from
the package caused them to desist from
further investigation. They left the bundle
lying exactly where they found it. Their
father stood guard over it while the two
boys went and called two policemen, VINO
opened the package. When the paper was
removed the policemen came upon oAGioln
which was fastened with heavy tW1ne. Ihat
was unrolled from the bundle and then
another covering of manila paper, but
still the contents of the package We're not
revealed. 1t was still covered with roll
Of oicloth, and beneath that was another
wrapping of MANILA paper.
When the ghastly fragment or q corpse
had been uncovered the policemen sent Tor
q stretcher and the bundle was conveyed
TO a police station for examination. The
legs had been cut off close to the hips. The
section of the body was taken 10 the
morgue and there it was found TO mt the
piece picked up in East river. The lower
portion of the body has not been mutuated
except where the work or seVerlng IL mad
been done The work OF cutting etr the
lower limbs had been done very cleanly,
without hacking. In the wound behind the
eft rnl1
blood beneath the fascia and right pleural
cavity, and as blood does not now atter
death the deputy coroner expresses the be-
lief that the wound must have been made
before death and not after. There is also
blood under the thumb nail OF the left hand.
DR.. OHanlon also contends that there are
numerous contusions on the body that
could not possibly have been inflicted after
death.
DEPUTY CORONER's STATEMENT.
According to the deputy coroner's state
ment, it is to be presumed that the man
was stabbed to death and his body az once
dismembered. There are no marks On the
trunk that can give any clew to the identi-
fication OF the butchered man. The condi-
ton Of the abdomen shows that he was
we'll nourished at the time of his death.
It is believed that the murderer purchased
the oilcloth especially to wrap the pieces Of
the body. The detectives have already set
TO work to find out where the oilcloth was
purchased and who bought 1t. The person
who disposed of the part Of the trunk found
in the shrubbery did not take any pains 10
conceal it and it was in plain view OF those
who passed near it, The police think IL
was carried in a wagon to the spot where
IL was found. 1t would have been an easy
matter TO throw the bundle from wagon
into the shrubbery without attracting OBJ
seryation. The police are also satisfied that
the body was not In the shrubDery Satur-
day afternoon as there was a large num-
Der of boys in the vicinity on Saturday,
and they could not have failed TO notice it
II is thought by the police that 1t was LETT
there some time Saturday night. The
MANILA paper that next to the body
was damp This inclines them to think
that the horrible object was soaked in some
preserving fluid, probably chloride CT lime.
10 keen the odor from attracting attention.
The two portions of the butchered trunk
having been found III such widely sep
arated localities puzzles the police in form
irs q theory as to where she dreadful work
of murder and butchery was committed.
If the murder was committed IN the neign-
horhood Of High bridge and the upper part
of the trunk thrown into Harlem river tg
wo,lld have first ficated into the East river.
on account of the conditions of the tide.
II might have been thown into the sound
however. from some point In the annexe@
district The police are wondering in whQk
SPOT the limbs OF the corpse Will be 1ouna.