The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-17
Another Chapter 10 the Trunk Mys-
terry at Salt Lake City.
PIXIES SUPPOSED LETTER.
u IL Written 10 Newspaper At nis
OLD Homs-rikss Relatives Believe
the AnAir Fake Murder Of
FrsnohmAn MiIsd In H.

iag'ltt cemetery. To the fuycti
Record he has written letter IN whic
he says.
i wish 10 inform my friends throug
your paper that I am living notwltl
standing the contrary reports. Whe
J wrote home a short time since
found some trouble in proving that
was myself. for a strange combination
Of circumstances seemed 10 prove tha
was dead ! lived IN Fresno Cal
two years; In llanford two years an.
the past year 10 Los Angeles and Red
lands.
Since leaving Puget Sound I hay,
lived under nn assumed name. and an.
one wishing 10 inquire will learn moth
Ing discreditable by writing 10 th,
places ! have mentioned and asking for
Harry Price. by which name nm
known. Of the cause which iad mo Z,
take the course did. viii say nothing
for DO not think ! could DO 4, salts.
factorily.
! am a laundryman by occupation
which business have followed for
nearly ave years"
The letters 10 the Ohio newspspsr
and his mother and friends are taken
a. authentic and they no longer doubf
MS Identity. A. explained In Pixies
letter. he had some dirlculty In estab.
fishing the fact Of hls existence 10 his
relatives. a. they had identified his
body they thought beyond the shadow
oi a doubt
Flkes reappearanee opens M the en-
tire case again and makes it greater
mystery than before
On March q Of last year phnllp
Cries and Charles Hass Of Austin pur.
chased a large box a. auction from
aueiioneers who we're selling a large
quantity of unclaimed freight for the
Chieago and Northwestern road Two
DAYS after the box was orened M Aus.
TIN and found 10 contain a medium.
sized green trunk. bound with iron
strips The space between the trunk
and the sides Of the box was hacked
with savdust Several LAYERS Of wbiis
oil cloth we're wrapped around he
trunk Within he trunk was zinc
boz. the cover soldercd tight This bo,
was also wrapped m oh cloth Within
the Inner box was found the decompos.
Cd body Of man. Il had been hound
with a lght rope. so as 20 a compac,ly
In the box and some chemicals had
been placed around il 20 destroy tho
flesh.
The box was shipped from salt Lake
Utah, on the morning OF February
1888 Il was left At the freirht om,s
OF the Union Pacific at that place the
day before by a man giving his name |
as q. N Morgan and was billed 10 q /
NJ Morgan. 1866 Jensr-on street Chi. |
caso The frsiEh, vas prepaid and the |
shipper took a train ostendhly Tor this |
city the same DAY. Il vas Skinned ss
household goods and weighed bio |
pounds. The bon arrived in Chicago
FEB. 10 and remained In the Chicsr,
and Northwestern freight demo, uBtl /
July Is. 1898. II was unclaimed ana
notices sent 20 the address on the hot
'lieited no reply. on July Is Il was do.
lVered TO the warehouse belonging IN
ne SncuoneeJe. where Il remalned for
iary three years on Feb. Q II was
iec'ded to sell the box at auction
.et back the freight and storage
harges A notice was then sent 10 m,
'ohslsnee at Salt Lake that Ne wopls
'e given until Feb. - TO nav /, I
harEes and redeem IT, No reply being
eeei'ed' the box was sold and the dis.
o'ery Of the body followed.
An eHamilatlon Of the body dlsclos.
d the fact that the skull had been
ractured In two places. plainly ipsi.
ating murder The blows were sun.
oseo TO have been struck with bat.
het
Two clews were followed hy the mn.
lee Henry Devsro and Ras Marcel
"o Frenehmsn llyins here. told a sto.
OF the disappearance OF a friend of
heirs, named joshes Prosper Chaseal
salt Lake duriag February OF iSs
20 Trace OF him has ever been found ,
haseal was a native Of Lyons France
hd was well TO DO The two Identified
he body a. being that OF their friend
ad strongly maintained that every. ,
'lns pointed to the correctness ef ,
'eir suspicious that he had been muir. /.
'Fea Tor hs Jewels lie always wore \
collection OF great value. The sec. I,
10 theory ~as that the body was that I
oliVer f'ke. and that he had been
uruered IN Seattle, Wash. Ills rel.
ives Identified the body and had II
Ken to Fevette for burial. Tie dlsap- v
AIRED IRON Seattle July 3. iSs2 and 5
Is never heard Of until a few davs v
o. when e wrote to his relatives 1
was thought thai pn,. -,
urasFed for some damaging knowl. Il
~ ne p0s' sased concerning the oper. Il