New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-29
NO CLEW YET FOUND.
MANY TRY TO INDEMNIFY THE MUTT
LATED BODY. BUT NONE SUCCEED.

THEORIES ADV. Need BY TIE SCoRE7-DETEc-
TIvEs HARD AT WORK on THE CASE.
The mystery surrounding the body parts OF which
were found on Saturday in the East River. off
Eleventh-st.. and other parts near tndercine-ave,
above the Harlem. on Sunday. has not yet oeeh
solved. Relatives OF Two missing men yesterday
partially identified the muta:ed body as that OF
,heir missing friend. hi neither Of them were
quite willing to swear 20 the identity Of the body.
and the police are still regarding the case.
A rumor was circulated in some Of the uptown
cafes last night to tho effect that the victim mignt
be a man named McManus. who has been attend
FMS the In this vicinity and betting freely
This theory deduced fiom the fact that several
bookmakers McManus considerable money,
and that within the last few DAYS he has MOI
gone 10 any OF them to collect It, McManus 1t Is
.ad camc from San Francisco, where he was for
q time connected with a streetcar company. but
recently. having money on the races there,
he decided to come East. Nothing confirm the
rumcr in any way could be obtained las; night
SCAR ON THE LEFT HAND.
Louis Z I.utz called at the Morgue early In the
afternoon and said that mis- uncle. Louis A. Lutz
OF No. 40 East Eighty-sxth-st.. disappeared last
Wednesday afternoon and had not been seen since
lie said that his uncle cablnet-makcr. forty
five years old fee: inches tall and weighed
about one hundred and seventy pounds. This de-
scription agrees well with that given OF the dead
man by the doc,ors./ Louis Z. Lutz was allowed to
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the index finger Of which bears scar he said he
was sure It was the hand of his uncle. Later he
brought his wife 10 the Morgue. and She. TOO ideh-
.ifed the hand When asked II she could swear
TO the identity Of the hand. she answered IN inc
negative but declared that her unclo's finger was
SCARED in a similar fashion. Lutz was sure ms
uncle had been killed but he was at a loss TO ma
motive since the missing man had no enemies ana
had no money on his person. so far as he Knew al
the time of his disappearance.
Mrs Richard Meggs. whose husband kept a
butcher shop at No III West Fifty-second-st. also
called at the Morgue late IN the afternoon She
said her husband disappeared last Thursday. ana
she was the body was his. She could not swear
10 It's identty however. and the authorizes thhK
they are far ever from discovering VINO ''c
murdered man was.
A man who would not give his name thought the
body might be that of Edward Leunbelt. carpen-
ter. OF Orange ~ j. who disappeared week ago
last Friday, but he was not sure of it.
\ DANISH SALESMAN
1t was also thought yesterday morning that me
body might be that Of Max Weinecke Dams"
salesman. who lived with his wife and two 'h"oie"
M No 50 East One-hundred d-hfteenth-st. lie
disappeared on May Il. With his partner 'o'.'
Johnson he had an Office at NO. IS ru''o"-"'''
where they took orders for Nelson Il Co. hr"
nex, door dealing in metal specialties. Mrs VEN
lecke and Johnson looked at tho po'F' anu 'i0
woman was in doubt but Johnson said the hodE
was not that Of Weinecke
Mrs James W. Murdue of No 5iS Madison-st.'
Brooklvn wife Of a coal broker at NO. Broad
way This CITY communicated 10 the Brooklyn
polce Yesterday her for believing tha' Inc
nutilated man was Charles p. Russell. gas en-
ginecr and an acquaintance Of the MurdueS' nus
sell lived in New-York with his wife anG TWO chill
dren According to Mrs. Murdues Story NuSSe"
was about thirty years old, weighed ABOUT one
hundred and fifty pounds and about five feet
ton inches tall. He mad birthmark on his chest
resembling the shape Of large pear ana the eV'-
dent purpose Of destroying tel-'ale mark on the
breast OF the dead man led Mrs Murdue 10 hehe'e
that the body was that of Russell. ON saturday
June 10 Russell borrowed SEQ from the proprietor
Of Starck's Hotel. in South Brooklyn. Mr.. Murdue
saw Russell there on the Sunday morning 1olio"-
ire and him start for New-fo OK on liam
iljon Ferry boat. after getting change Tor nNe-
dollar bill That was the las; seen Of Russell by
the Murdues Mr. Mur,iue said last night that he
had visited the Mcrgue. and after making an eX-
animation of the body there said he d'd not be-
liove II was Russell. II too big for Russell ne
thought.
A THEORY or THE BROOKLYN POLICE.
one Of the Brooklyn police inspectors said he be
lieved that the mutilatod body was that OF one Of
the two lunatics who escaped from the hlnss
Park safe Asylum on June 3. they were William
F. O'NeI and Olaf Weir. Both were desperate
characters and had sawed their way ont Of the
asylum.
The inspector said: Il, f. odd that nothing has
from the asylum. That would indicate that they
have been IN hiding somewhere together. From
what I gather from the published reports II
Is evident 70 ne that the mutiation Of the MUIR
dered mans body Wa done b. some person VITO
was evidently n maniac. In an ordinary murder
case the murderer would not iusanely mutlate and
dlsmember the body as this mans remains were
mutilated Ny belief IS that the murder was COM
mitted by a man who was IN n homicldai frenzy
The fact that the upper portion OF the trunk was
IL Of svof
seem 10 indicate that the man came from Brook
lvn and threw the remains overheard. No man in
his senses would take such care 10 wrap up the
CHASTITY parcels 1t evident the murderer took
According to the description Of the fugitive lunatics
Il is not unreasonable to suppose that the muir
darod man may have been O'Neil. He weighed 1873
mounds and was about six feet tall Weir was $50
pounds in weight. and five feet eight inches In
height. The trunk measurements Of both men
might fit the murdered man. 1t Is wonder to
me that this theory has not suggested itself to the
New-York police before his
\ MYSTERIOUS PASSENGER
Thomas Stewart resident OF Williamsburg,
Brooklyn said yesterday that the finding of a part
Of the murdered mans body in the East River
reminded him OF suspiciOus-looking stranger with
a suspicious looking bundle. who acted IN suspi-
clous manner whom he said boarded cToss'o"H
car I'm Criggs-ave.. Williamsburg, about II o'clock
on Saturday morning The open one,
with little space between the seats. The man got
on il near or about Grand-st. lie was apparently
extrem.Iy nervous and appeared to be solicitous
about tht bundle he had with him. IT was about
Two feet square. and ne had 50 much trouble getting
{. hetWeen the that another passenger changed
his seat to make room for him Inc bundle MAS
vranned ND in some paper OF a pnklsh hue. Inc
man aDDeared nervous and III at ease during the en-
lire trip. and left the car When II rT Thi ,ho
C,eannoint Ferry. at GreenpOnt ave. ms i the
ferry which lands al Tenth-si. ms c.ty WheIe
the man after That Mr. stewart coHId not say,
lie might have gone on ferrybOat ana tossed the
bundle overheard or he might nave gone up the
river and droDped IL in the water from the snore.
Ar the time OF day mentioned not many passengers
natronize ne ferry. and il would have Deen posi-
bia Gov ne man 70 drop the bundle overheard with
0ut attracting attention particularly from the stern
tho dcnknands aIMaNs iOrWard