The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-28
SURE 1T IS A MURDER NOW.
ANOTHER PORTION OF THE HEAD
LESS BoDY FOUND.

Bushes Near washington BrIdEr-ita Wrap
pinxs EXACTLY siuaiinr 10 Those OF the Por-
tinn Taken from the East River on saturs
dny-stab wounds nsd other Indications -
Foul rlay Uncovered - Possible Give
The lower half Of tho trunk OF the headlesD
corpse found in the East River at Eleventh street
on Saturday was found yesterday in the Ogden
woods, near the Washington Bridge, over the
Harlem. II had been wrapped In a piece OF the
same cheap red and gilt table oileloth as the Easo
River fragment. Tho head and legs have NOT
been found. There are marks on one of the
fragments which suggest that the man was
murdered.
Found six miles apart, the two fragments
were fitted together at the Morgue yesterday In
y the presence OF an army OF doetors, detectives,
I and newspaper men. all of whom agrced that
they were parts OF the body OF one murdered
man. A stab wound In the heart and another
over the left collarbonc substantiatcd the muir
der theory. 1t seemed az fan attempt had boon
made to destroy the evidence OF a crime, for the
portions Of the body at the Morgue were muti-
lated In a manner showing that marks by which
the victim might be identified had boon
obliterated. Moreover, the body had been cut
into at least five parts.
Chief OF Police Coniin and Capt. O'Bricn OF
the Detective Bureau gathered twenty eight
detectives at Police Headquarters as soon al
the doctors announced their conviction that 10
was a case of murder. Then the entire squad
OF Central Once detectives available was inn
mediately put TO work on the case, and the po-
lice OF many precincts were sent out to make .
house-to-house canvass Of names of missing men.
AS told in THE Sun yesterday. it was shortly
after noon on Saturday when two boys playing
on the pier at the foot OF Eas: l1th street
noticed a package floating in the river. The
boys were John Mcguire OF 722 East 18th
street and James McKenna of l92 Avenue q
They plunged in and brought it ashore.
When they recovered from the horror inspired
by the discovery Of the nature of the contents
they shouted until a policeman came. The
bundle was wrapped in cheap red oilcloth and
tied with q piece Of rope and n piece of picture
cord. Under the oilcloth there was a covering
Of thick brown paper, and under that one Of
cheesecloth. The portion Of the body consisted
of the shoulders and the arms.
Word was sent at once to the Union Market
police station. and later the bundle was taken to
the Morgue. The police at first believed that ID
was q specimen from a medical college, but this
belief was dispelled when a dozen doctors from
Bellevue united in declaring that II was too
valuable q specimen to be cast adrift from .
medical college.
At IL O'Clock yesterday morning Coroner's
Physician O'Hanlon visited the Morgue and
made an autopsy. He found that the neck was
ota " thC ouiuC LII tudN thS hOuA q
been sawed OF close under the chin. The chest was
there. containing the heart and lungs. but tho
portion OF the trunk below the fifth rib was
as Il to remove some mark that might have led
e tds aa iSchss v hhs arms inns S Sntstre' che Ave
probably the mans height in life.
Continuing the examip n. he found e STAB
the left side OF the chest, passing into and cut
ting the apex of the heart. Above the left COLI
i iarSoh Dr. H o!R seniestHf FOUND 70 a moe hsPes stab Il v"s ied.
A dozen doctors inspected the stab wounds.
hhnds{ bs %s1e m nnse' %i9S a N knife 1hs G at issst t ten ln shhss
long and having a blade an inch wide. ,-
hours" said DR.. o'Hanlon when he concluded
his examination; He was murdered: There
i carly on a9s sstu I'd !nn morning Il "i liz p Was a man hts eSf.
IDENTIFY 5 feet, 10 inches in height and weighed.
blood under srt the left fpf thumb iSG nail ffiC% and from other
ss ssl,, for R @s. life the The o sss0nd 1hs allow t 5fst In h the
1t is clear, I believe. to every medical man here
1aat fatS rs Of 9 'e the O S6 3yrS %as a done si i%m seis tas
after death. The marks Of the saw show than
lss I fHas Of q en %sdisa the st ,NnTah a4 Tha ns nrm n.S Would %Hi
be too highly priced by 8 medical student to bs
'H The es other doctors : present. mt asrsed in in this opin-
ion, as did two of the bellevue professors who
visited ynMssia the m MOrESe an m, hour ala lSte one o Of ;h ws n,S a
fessors, addressing DR.. oHanlon. - and the hands
'heT that he e, had mott no, v, Worked ,S dl hard ,rsee aSi;t t,ov
!. also show that he has done hard work in hisday.
l They appear as if he might have handled stone
Thsn, going to the telsphone. Or. o,Hanloa
d. that a murder had been committed. He re-
5 manned some time at the instrument, and when
. he Inc put sbo up s shs s ssi he turned to those stand
"They toll me. at the ,Coroners' office that
another portien q a body has been found In the
II was found wrapped up in a piece Of red Oil:
After this announcement the scene OF ~investi-
= cation was transferred temporarily to the pre-
The lower portion OF the body was found on .
!. ledge Of the wall which runs up from the Ogden
: Undcrclin avenue. The woods AT this point arc
, very thick, and the underground makes the
8 in them. The stretch OF woods is from Morris
. Heights to the Washington bridge, the east
boundary is Sodswick avenue, running around
= the edge of the woods in a half circle. Az l7eth
( tracks, which arc just cast OF tho Harlem River.
Q and run up, at a grade to sedgwick avenue.
I is, in fact, a road right through them. From
sedswiSs a ayshn ,n,t to :u ,Rd@ ,hnr Avenue v mS., th b;
the former thoroughfarc. and they run straight
UP TO the wall Of masonry; at ;ho top Of which !.
from the ground, and about two feet from the
bottom a ledge with = surface a foot and 2 halt
: found, =,
Junus meyer rs u lhDorer. ana lives Win Ms
wife and two children, Herbert. aged IL. and
Edgar, aged =, AT 37i West l27th street, II
d has been Meyers custom for "A long time TO take
his children out in the woods on sundays. They
" run around picking berries and flowers, and he
stays near enough to them 10 soc that they don't
get lost. The three spent yesterday morning ip
the patch just west OF Sedgwick avenue, and
at about 1890 O'Clock crossed the road. and
went into the east woods. They wandered
around tor awhile and got almost over TO tho
wall. when little Edgar came running back and
m said to his father:
"Oh. papa, there's "A bundle over there
Meyer ran over and found the bundle on the
a ledge. II was wrapped in red oilcloth and tlod
with a hempen cord secured by n series OF lOOI
+ knots. Meyer had read ia tho morning paper
70 about the finding Of the upper half of a body
wrapped up in red oilclotl., and he immediately
sr made up his mind that here was another hOdl
81 which had been hidden by II murderer. Veri
II much excited, no grabbed the youngest child ii
O. his arms, and, taking the other by The arm, raj
" over to Sedgwick avenue as fast AS he could
Ha didn't slnn running NINTH he rLnIn IN Will