New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-28
A QUEER MURDER MYSTERY.
PART OF BODY FOUND IN THE EAST
RIVER AND PART IN THE WOODS.
marks ON THE CORPSE INDICATE THAT THE
MAN WAS FIRST MURDERED AND THEN
CUT UP-No cIEw TO THE IDEN-
T,TY or THE VICTIM

IL now appears that a revolving murder which
bids fair 10 battle tie skill Of the detectives has
been committed In the case OF the person whose
headless and legless trunk was found floating in
the East River. or Eleven:h-st on Saturday. as
told In vest tarGay's Tribun, II was thought By
some at first that the body had been cut up by
medical students and discarded by them. Yes
teEdays developments In the case however
leave little joubt that the parts Of the body
found on Saturday were those Of n man who had
been brutally butchereI by unknown persons
What are declared to be the lower parts OF the
mutilated trunk were found yesterday in the
woods above Washington Bridge.
A CHASTITY DISCOVERY
Julius Meyer. mechanic living at No s74
West e-hundred rd-twenty ty-seventh-st with
MS two young sons. went for a Sunday outing
up across the Harlem River early yesterday af-
ternoon In the nelchborhood Of rndarclfre-
ave. about two hundred feet south Of One-hun-
dred-aAd- nty-s.xth-st.. there Is a woods. In
which wild berries grow. The Meyer boys were
hunting for berries when they noticed a bundle
IylnR against wal. Uppercliffe-ave. runs
along close by the high wall against the bottom
OF which lay the bundle 1t was wrapped IN
heavy manila paper fastened with thick wrap
ping twine. The boys were prompted by curl
osity to open the bundle They loosened one
end Of the bundle, when a sickening odor that
came from the package caused them TO desist
from further investigation. They left the
bundle lying exactly where they found t. and
. Mr. Meyer stood guard over IT. while the two
boys went In search OF policeman. They soon
returned with Policemen Andrew Drummer and
Thomas Farley. who tore off the paper. be-
meath which was n covering Of oicloth. that was
a!so fastened with heavy twine When this and
another roll Of oilcloth had been removed the
policemen saw at glance that they had made
shastly discovery 1t was part Of the trunk OF a
mans body. and to the policemen IL seemed 10
be complete. patrol wagon was summoned
from the Highbridge station. and the body was
removed in II TO the station
There IT was examined by Captain Killlea and
MS detectives. There were arms on the
trunk and the legs had been cut off close 20 the
hips The police thought from their examination
that the upper part of the body had been sev-
cred AT the neck The parts of the body were
incased in ollcoth of red pattern of the same
design as that wrapped about the portion OF the
trunk found in the Fast River
PARTS OF THE SAME pODy.
superintendent Murphy Of Bellevue. az .oon
as Informed Of the ghasty discovery uptown
Of the beheaded body found in the Eas, River
that was at the Morgue. In order TO get It down
to the deadhouse as possible. he ordered
a wagon to go for 1t from the Harlem Morgle
1t was taken down TO the lower morgue abou,
o'clock laSt evening. The two portions Of the
trunk were placed together and were found 70
nj together so as - form a complete BODY That
settled the fact that there was only one mystery
to be solved instead Of two The lower portion
or the body had not been mutIated except where
the work Of severing it had been done
Detectives Alonce and Arthur Carey. both OF
whom did former good service in the Detective
Bureau. and are now detailed a the Highbridge
station, took the case in hand They went
down TO the Morgue the trunk as IL was
fitted together. and got all the information they
could from the Morgue officials. Superintendent
Murphy informed them of the result OF the au-
topsy made by Deputy Coroner O'Hanl0n before
the Highbr1ge discovery had been reported on
the portion OF the trunk that had been taken
from the river. He became assured that a mur.
der had been committed when two stab wounds
between the fifth and sixth ribs and between
the sixth and seventh ribs. in the region Of the
heart were discovered. The Deputy Coroner
also found stab wound back OF the left collar
bone that extended down into the apex OF the
left lung. There was no water or serum in the
lung. DR.. OHanlon declared that the man had
not been dead for more than thrty-six hours
before the autopsy was performed.
MARKS on THE BODY
on the forearm he 70 md bruise and on the
under side OF the right forearm there was a con-
tusion showing the shape Of a heel. with the i'm
print of hobnails similar 10 those in heavy boots
In the palm Of the right hand an incsed
wound. caused, DR.. OIIanlon believes. by
the victim selling hold OF the weapon with which
the crime was committed.
Or. O'HanlOn, when the autopsy was COM
pleted. said he had seen many cases Of mutila-
ton during his experience. but this one the
worst he had ever looked at. There blood
under the thumb nail Of the left hand Dr.
O'Hanlon also contends that there are numerous
contusions on the body that could not possibly
have been inflicted after death. From his eY.
animation Of the body and measurements made
DR.. O'Hanlon figures that the murdered man was
about feet 10 inches in height, and about thir.
tyiive years old
THE MYSTERY DEEPENS.
The two portions Of the butchered trunk hav.
ing been found in such widely separated locali.
ties puzzle the police in forming a theory as to
where the dreadful work of murder and butch
cry committed. Neither .he police OF Ell
drdge-st. nor Of Highbridge are willing 10 ad-
nit that the crime committed In their re-
spective precincts. The Eldrdge-st police oP
course. maintained that the upper part OF the
trunk having teen taken from the river. might
have hoated from almost any place. They think
the lower limbs Will be found somewhere be-
fore long but do not think IL likely that the
head will ever pe found They believe the muir
derer has either buried it or burned +, In a
furnace in order to keep secret the identity Of
his victim
A CALLER AT THE MORGUE
Mrs. Clara Magnusson. Of No 333 East Twen.
ty-eighth-st.. called at the Morgue last night
and asked TO look at the body She had been
induced to call. she said, by some one who
thought the body might be that OF her brother.
in-law. Max Carl Weinicke. who had been miss
ing since May II. The woman thought that the
hands and arm Of the dead man looked like
those OF Wenicke but she found no trace OF two
moles which had been on Weinicke's left Shout.
der Mrs. Wenicke who now lives with Mrs.
Magnusson. refused 10 go to the Morgue She
had been asked 10 go there Saturday night
shortly after the upper part OF the trunk had
heen removed from the river d The Mnrn,,,o Sha