The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-07-02

Eight Miles Away-Evidences If . Per.os
of Refinement The Case = My-tery to
the Police.
New York. June 21.-Part 81 the mu-
tilated trunk Of a man. who had evil
IDENTIFY been murdered. vas found in b
East river of Eleventh street yesteT-
day afternoon by boys who were bath
ing in the river. II was wrapped in
oilcloth and was headless and ieg,ess-
The hover part OF the same trunk WAS
found by two boys in the woods at One
Hundred and Seventy-ffth street and
Underclife avenue today. Il was ter
ribly mutilated.
The two pieces were found more than
eight miles apart, one in the water
and the other on land The lower part
comprised the runk from n fifth rib
TO the hips. the legs having been sever
ed from the body at the hip joints. 1t
was wrapped in three folds OF oiicloth-
The oilcloth was evidently cut from the
same piece as that which Enclosed the
upper part of the trunk. 1t VAS new
and of a cheap pattern, bright red.
with gilt figures on il.
The find Of today vas in a bulky
bundle lying against a wall next To
Underclifre venue where the shrub
berry was thick. 1t was sent to the
morgue, where it exactly fitted the
part found yesterday.
The other extremity of the trunk was
cut even with the fifth rib on each
side. There was also a slit for almost
the entire length of the trunk along
the breast, but the two cross cuts al
ways made by surgeons We're not pres
ent.
All the internal organs which are i'm
the human body from the neck to the
fifth rib We're in the trunk, nothing
having been disturbed after the slit
along the breast was made. But tart
ing just below the neck a portion of
the skin over the heart. about the size
of a man'S hand, was missing. 1t had
been cut away. The physicians ex-
pressed the opinion hat a mark Of
some sort may have been on the miss
ing kin. The arms and hands were
on the trunk.
The hands of the victim Of butchery
are soft and belong to one who has not
pNNII 49, 'liit' ~ i1aAd WI n >oio
ner Tuthill believes that he was a per-
son of refinement. His nails We're well
cared for and his fingers tapered. His
flesh was white and clean. The heart
was in its proper place and in normal
condition. All the other organs were
in good condition.
At an autopsy performed today stab
wounds We're found between the fifth
and sixth and seventh and eighth ribs,
in the region of the heart.
New York, June 2S.-The mutilated
body that was found in two sections,
one in East river on Saturday. the
other in the northern part of this city
on Sunday. has not been identified. A
number of persons have visited the
mOrgue today, thinking they might rec
OgniZe the body as hat Of a missing
friend or relative. but none could iden-
tify the body. One evening paper has
offered 81, 600 for a solution of the mys-
terry.
COrOner's Physician O'Hanlan made
another examination Of the body this
afternoon. Afterward he said that who
ever had cut up the body, while he
might not have been a surgeon must
ave known something of the human
anatomy. as he had cut the body in
parts where saw and knife would meet
with least resistance. In the case Of
the legs the cuts had been made slant
ing instead of directly across. This was
the easiest way to max the cuts. But
the physician admitted that the cutter
may have struck the easiest and sim
plest way to do his horrible work by
mere accident. Still. he did not think
that possible. and thought that eve
a butcher accustomed to the killing
and cutting up of animals could not
have don the work SO we'll as it has
been done. 1t was said by a physician
today that the parts of the body had
been boi' 1. This DR.. O'Hanlan does
not bell =. The peculiar appearance
of the agment found in the upper
part OF the city was due to it's lying in
the sun before being wrapped, ne
thinks.