The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-28


and Undercliffe avenue this city to-
day. It was terribly mutilated and
shows plainly that a murder has been
committed. 1t was wrapped in oil
cloth and MANILA paper, exactly as was
the upper part of a trunk found in the
East river off Eleventh street on
Saturday. The two parts are 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 TODAY 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 oil cloth.
The oil cloth was evidently cut from
the same piece as that which inclosed
the upper part of the trunk. 1t was
new and of a cheap pattern, bright
red. II is like that commonly used for
table cloths in tenement houses. The
find of today was in a bulky bundle
lying against a wall next to Under
cliffe avenue, where the shrubberY is
very thick. 1t has not been dissected,
which does away with the belief that
the body had been handled by medical
students. Besides, it had been terri
blv hacked when separated >-om the
upper portion. 1t was sent to the
mOrgue, where it exactly fitted the
part found Saturday. Deputy Coroner
O'Hanlon performed an autopsy on the
upper part of the trunk today before
the other had beer found. He dis
covered two stab wounds. one between
the fifth and sixth ribs, and one be-
tween the sixth and seventh, in the
region of the heart. There was also
a stab wound back os the left collar
bone that extended down TO the apex
of hl Ice I'm 10 Lon.
TOO, bruise on the left forearm and
under the right forearm was a con-
fusion showing the imprint of a heel,
with hObnails like those in heavy boots.
He found an incised wound in the palm
OF the right hand, which he said was
probably caused by the victim Selling
the weapon with which he was at
tackled. There was no water or serum
in the lungs, which were well filed
with air. There was a knife wound
two inches long in the apex of the
heart, corresponding to the wound be-
tween the ribs. Numerous Commissions
were also found on the BODY. which
wounds DR., O'Hanlon thinks could not
have been inflicted after death.
The doctor stated that the man could
not have been dead more than Sc
hours and perhaps not more than "a.
He calculates the mans age al 30 years
and his height at feet, 10 inches. He
was a laborer and the nails We're down
10 the quick, as If from a habit of
biting them. The condition of the body
indicated a well nourished healthy man.
The decUves of two precincts and the
best central office men are working on
the case.
The second portion of the butchered
corpse was found north of the Harlem
river, seven miles from where the other
part was discovered. Two boys found
the first part of the body and TWO boys
came across the portion of the truak /
in the woods. The boys were hunting
for berries when they noticed the
bundle lying against a wall. 1t was
wrapped in heavy manila paper, fast (
ened with thick wrapping Irvine. The (
boys We're prompted by curiosity to /
open the bundle They loosened one /
end of the bundle when 2 sickening /
oGOr from the packing caused them 10
desist from further inves legation. They
left the bundle lying, exactly where
they found it, Their father stood guard
over il while Tire two bows went and
called tive policemen, who opened the
package.
When the paper was removed the
policemen came upon oilclOth which
was fastened with heavy Irvine. That
was unrolled from the bundle and
then another covering Of MANILA pa
per was removed. bur still the contents
Of the strange package were not re
Vealeo. II vas still covered with
roll Of OilclOth. and beneath that was
another wrapping Of manila paper
When thu shsstIy fragment OF 4 corpse
had been uncovered the policemen sent
for stretcher and the bundle was
conveyed 10 a police station for ex-
animation The Ices had been Cut off
close 10 the hips. Ihe section of tine
body was taken 10 the TaOrgue and
here il was fouad 70 Il. the pee
picked UP in Fast river. The lower
Hated eXceI- -vneTe The work of sever
ng it had been done
Tfe sccrl5 C cutting off the lower ,
inlfos had been done very Clearly.
vishugt h1si-irg. In the wound be
liad the left collar hone there was an !
sca2c ~ blood beneath the fascia ard 5
-igh1 pleuTal ca'1tv. and as blood does /
presses he belief that ~ wound must 8
lave been made BEFORE death. and nor
-fter. There is also blood under the g
humid nail of the LEFT hand. DR. j
)'Ranlon also contends hat there are
numerous ccn,usiOns en- the BODY that
ould not possibly nave been inflicted
tier death. !
AecorC;ag to the deputy coroner's
t2tement Is is to be presumed that y
he man was stabbed TO death. and the v
olice are trying 10 form theory as c
D where the dreadful work Of murder 7
nd butchery was committed
II the murder was committed in the
Of High Bridge and the
pper part Of the trunk thrown into c
ne Harlem river, it would have first n
dated into the East river. on account I
the condition of the tide. Il might I
ave been thrown into the sound from '
Ome point in the annexed distrln..
he police are wondering in what srot !,
ne limbs of the corpse will be found =
hey think they Will turn I'D some j,
lace before long, but do not think it y
kelly that the head viii ever be found
hey think the murderer has either
uried il or burned il in a furnace in
der to keep secret the identity of his 4
ctim. This would hardly be done. =
1wever, unless the identity of the =
ordered man would easily lead to the 7
entity OF the murderer. No surgical f,
,iu was employed in Remembering D
lie body. On the breast of the trunk q
large piece of the flesh had been o
icked away. This may have been
me to prevent Identification by means
tattoo marks. The murder was pos
bly, done on board OF a vessel but if 81
is was the case enc portion Of the Il
,dy would hardly have been placed \
land and the other in the water Y
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