The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-29

performing autopsics, in, less than a half or
three-quarters OF an hour" -,
asked the reporter.
IT might have been done by one replied DR..
But said superintendent Murphy. II DO.
licve that two men did II. II the body had been
cut UP by one, person there would almost Ger.
caused by the saw. The arms must have boon
held w. Don't you think 80, Doctor 2
Yes. I think there's n good deal In that
And said Superintendent Murphy, "ono
man took one part and the, other the other part
and they went In opposite directions. That &c.
counts for the Two portions having been found
such q distance apart
YELLOW JOURNALISM cRAwIs IN.
DR.; John McAllister of the New York School
Of Clinical Medicine, DR.. +. f. Sheehan. and pr.
Ervine of the Sing Sing prison. who were In the
Morgue at the time, agreed with Dr. o,Hanlon
up the body, Whiio they wcro giving their
U S1ew Hi,s q dYo nSi, ioG w + ss,oT Ss%9 70 Tn re,a w tbe
lines on the dead mans hand. Tho fakir said
that the man, was 81 years old, that he was, Of
genoc, and hid got into trouble about a woman
recently. When the pair departed some ono
had cut OFT the legs below the hip, instead Of dis.
~jointing them at the hip. did not show that the
murderer, was not an expert surgeon: They
of where he did was a shorter and
easier Job than cutting down to the hip Joint
anu InklnR IntIn VII III UNIT way. Ah cABCll ia
hands who examined those Of the mar, said that
they were those of n man who worked in water
and who had been working recently.
WHAT THE POLICE II DOING.
The police realized yesterday the difficulty OF
tho undertaking they had on zthcir, hands, and
they worked but didn't talk. The hrst thing TO
do was TO trace the oilcloth' and the second TO
The Central Oiiice spent the whole day looking
wasted. The police in Capt. Kill!lea's precinct,
where the, second part OF the body WIS found.
assisted by a hundred or more residents Of that
The spot where the second half Of the body
was found Is about 200 yards north Of 10th
avenue there is a bluff about fourteen feet high.
OF m Of this slope there IS n great
deal Of underbrush, and the chances
would hin Disappear sa ope an in tho S%y' undssrbrush.. ' This '1 Was
thrown thp y" to fall into tic "nderSrush. where It
on a stone ledge and remained where II, fell.
There are two houses In sight of this spot.
One ID the Marshall mansion away up on the
hill. and the other a blacksmith shop. Under
cliff avenue hegins at Scdgwick avenue on ono
side of t the a1 Was bbTj1dgS; "I Rr; enas at f siG &c sn hn.
necessary street. and 1t is not used much, while
Scdgwick avenue is a popular road.
must uso have mSe0e come tns' through sedsWfPct avenue M U and
turned into Underclitf avenue. Diligent inquiry
avenue %"s m" Where it joins se sHsW cE. but IT NOBODY %%SfS Was
found who had seen any sort Of n rig drive into
Undercliff avenue on Saturday or on Friday
Tho people in the neighborhood had a theory
that the wagon was driven across Washington
part Of the body. which was found In the East
River. was thrown into the Harlem River. while
the wagon drove on across the bridge and around
to Underclih avenue, where the second half was
The 6oatmen around there said that If the
River was thrown into tho Harlem at that point
It would have been carried out into the Hudson
Changed aiSns o. sln nee th hes sni fld ssn as M shs b SnffontS have
vALIsE FULL OF CLOTHING FOUND.
Yesterday afternoon Walter Palmgren Of Asa
Third avenue found a big black leather valise in
to a policeman. who took it to the Highbridse
station house. In one side of the valise was a
size. 1t is made Of black corkscrew, the coat he
ing a sack, with the mark Tailor Made inside
the collar.
In the some compartment OF tho valise were
little barrel-shaped box. such as is used to hold
shirts. a suit Of underelothins and a pair OF
stockings; There were also a c9py Of the Pre-
June IL, and a piece OF hempen cord. about -four
and q, half, feet long. like that that was TIED
around the bundles In which the portions Of the
paper with The Emporia, Virginia" on it.
The spot where the valise was found Is two
part of the body was found on Sunday. The pc
lice do not belieye that the valise is connected
with the case. 1t will be sent to the property
clerk at Police Headquarters.
PROBABLY KILLED IN A HOUSE.
One thing is almost certain, and the polio,
have reached that conclusion. namely, that tn,
murder was committed In a house and that tn,
body was cut up there. 1t Is almost certain tina
the man was not dressed when he was killed
Had he been. 1t Is more than likely that Their,
| would hn w hpan anna RiDn nf rlnfh n - lnur.
stain about the wound that caused his death
There was none.
been in the mans own house and some OF hi
relatives may have killed him. or it may hav,
S bign m pe sts h a sSso oil snot t6at e ieal ON tna Wa posi- ss'
motive. Perhaps a jealous husband was tn,
murderer.
Another thing that is almost certain is tina
the oilcloth in which the body was wrappe,
was purchased expressly for that purpose. as /
was brand.new. The white piece Is as new a
the red.
ATTEMPTS AT IDENTIFICATION.
The various attempts to identify the mutilate,
body began in the early morning, and. with tn
exception OF one or two. were concocted by tn
yellowest OF the yellow journals. The on
which for a time looked to be the most likel.
East Eighty-sixth street. LutZ disappeared las
Wednesday. He had been at work In the Siegel
Cooper Company's store until a couple Of week
on Wednesday ostensibly to look for work. AM
has not been seen since. A, nephew OF his wen
10 the SlOTkue carly yesterday anu looked AZ IN
two pieces of the body. He was seized imme
diately by n reporter for one of the new journal
and was lugged off SO that the officials did no
have a chance to talk with him..
Later In the day he returned with his wife an,
baby and the slster-in.law of the elder Lutz
After much %man9uvring the party was pilote,
into tho deadhouse, and one after the othe
looked at the body. Lizzie Flick. the ~sister.in
law, was first. She looked at the forefngcr wit
the broken and protruding nail. She held tn
hand a moment and declared: THE finger look
like his" She was as cool as a cucumber abou
IT. Then the nephew came up. "Of course It.
his" he said. There can't be any mistake abou
II. Don't you sec 1t isf'
YELLOW JoURNALIsM's JAcKALs.
The woman looked again and shook her head
why. that's his finger, you know" said Ia
new journalist and some dozen or more from tn
same paper who were In the job and had accom-
panied the party into the deadhouse nodded.
Yes. | think It's his finger said the woman
The two women then went out and the ma
made another examination. There's no doub
about It," he said; that's the finger, and tina
bruise there Is one he got the last week h
worked at Siegel-Cooper's.
What bruise T. demanded Deputy Corone
OHanlon, who was there.
why, that there" said Lutz, pointing to
spot on the hand Just below the thumb.
u don't see any bruise," said the Deput
We'll, l see II. " said Lutz; "it's there"
The new iournnlIata all aaid a was inn nh