Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-29
A DEEP MYSTERY
Surrounds Finding Of MufIat-
FED Body at New York.
Mao Found in River Mss
ring PartsEound in Woods.
asmaias Horribly 1utililsd-pslies Have No
\ clss4b man's Identity.

NEW Yor1ss June 2S.-The lower part Of
iAfrunk % 4 man was found by "
S2 9aer u ss Sasenne. Ills ', city. Sunday ssiada il
~kas wrapnl In oil cloth and MANILA
Daper exa6 1tsas was the upper part ~
ID trunk G3iRd in the East river off 1lth
,br sam saT SlBy. the Two are parts q
The two pieces were found more than
eight milee Dapart. one In the water, the
other on lARd. The part found, Sunday.
compriscdshe lower part of the trunk
from the NTH rib to the hips, the legs
having ~ severed from the body at
the hip joints. 1t was wrapped In three
old Of psaker and two of oil cloth. The
oil cloth was evidently cut from the same
piece as that which enclosed the upper
part of the trunk. II was new and Of n
cheap pattern. bright red with gilt fig
ures on 1t. il is like that commonly used
for table cloths in tenement houses.
The lind of Sunday was ina bulk
bundle lying against n wall next to I'm
was very thick. 1t had not been dis
scctcd. which does ava with the belief
that il had been handled by medical stu
dents. Besides. 1t had been terribly
hacked where separated from the upper
portion. 1t was sent TO the morgue,
Where it exactly fittfd the part 0und,
Saturday.
Deputy Coroner O'Hanlon performed
ap autopsy on the upper part OF the
trunk. Sunday. before the other part had
been found. He discovered two stab
Wounds. one between the nth and sixth
ribs. and one between the sixth and sew
enth in the region ofHhe heart.
There was also a alb wound back OF
the left collar bone 3hat extended down
to the apex Of the IN lung. Or. osHan-
arm. and under the pRght forearm was a
confusion showing the shape of a heel
with the imprint OF hon nails like those
wound in the palm of the right hand
which he said was probably caused by
the victim Selling the weapon with
which he was attacked
There was no water or serum in the
lungs. The lungs were well filled with
air. There was a knife wound two
inches long in the apex of the heart cor
ribs. Numerous Commissions were also
found on the body. which DIR. O'Hanlon
thinks could not have been inflicted after
death.
The doctor states tina the man could
not have been dead more than 36 hours
and perhaps not more than "a. He cal
culated the mans age at about b years
and height at ) feet and 10 inches.
The central office detectives and the de-
tectives of the two precincts in which the
parts of the trunk were found are inves-
tigating the case. The police claim that
the tides are such that the upper part of
the trunk could not have fioated down
the Harlem river from where the lower
part was found to the point at which 1t
was taken from the East river. This
leaves them all at sea as To where the
crime was committed.
An exhaustive search was made in the
neighborhood where the lower part was
discovered. in the hope of locating the
missing portions of the pody IT is. not
believed by them that the head Will be
found, as they think it likely that 1t has
been buried or burned to prevent identi-
iication. They are specializing as to
where the legs will be found. There is
absolutely nothing abou the parts now
at the morgue by which the man can be
identified, the flesh of the breast having
been stripped off, it is thoughI. to re-
move some mark which might lead to
Identification.
The detectives have hunted up the rela-
tives and friends of every man who has
been reported missing in the past few
days and taken them to the morgue to
see If they could see in the remains any
thing which might lead them to believe
they knew the murdered man.
Some interest was manifested among
the detectives and at the morgue when
Mrs. Clara Magnussoh called and asked
to see the mutillated trunk. She said ii
might be the body of Max Carl Weinicke.
her brother-in-law. who has been miss
ing since May II. She thought the hands
and arms looked like his but found no
trace of two molcs which were on Vein
fcke's left shoulder. Weinecke's wife,
who is in the city. will be asked to look at
the body. tomorrow.
The detectives hope to locate the MUIR
derers and identify the murdered man
through the oil cloth which is of n pecr-
liar pattern. If they can find the pur-
chaser of the oil cloth they think their
chase Will be at an end.