The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-29
MOST ATROCIOUS CRIME.
4 TERRIBLY MUTlLATED BODY
FOUND IN NEW YORK.
Head and Feet Still Missing Affair
Mystery,

NEW YORK, June 2s.-Part OF the
mutilated trunk OF a man. who had evi-
IDENTIFY been murdered, was found IN
the East river Off Eleventh street Satur-
day afternoon by boys who were bathing
in the river. 1t was wrapped in oiIcloth
and was headless and legless.
The lower part OF the same trunk was
found by two boys in the woods at one
Hundred and Se%venty-nfth street ana IN
dercline avenue yesterday. 1t was terri
bly, mutilated.
The two pieces were found more than
eight miles apart, one IN the water ana
the other on land. The lower part com
prised the trunk from the NTH rib 10
the hips, the legs having been severed
from the body at the hip joints. 1t was
wrapped in three folds of 0ilcloth. Inc
oilcloth 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, with gilt fg-
ures en- it.
The find OF yesterday was In Il bulky
bundle lying against Il wall next to IN
dercliife avenue, where thc shruboery
Was thick. IL was sent 20 the morgue,
's''t ~ tNONAtJ
/ Saturday.
The police supposed at first that the
part found in the river came from some
| anatomical laboratory and that the stu
! dents, having completed their study OF the
| body. disposed If IL by throwing II into
| the river. a dozen physicians OF Bellevue
| Hospital and later Coroner Iuthill, WHO
examined the CHASTITY object, took an en-
tirciy different view. All OF the medical
men who agreed that whoever cut up
| the body was neither a surgeon nor a
| student. They found that the head had
| been taken off at the neck. The cut
appeared 10 nave been made for the
most part with a saw, and thcre were
| Indications that the instrument had slip
| ped and gashed the flesh slightly In
places.
THE WOUNDS.
The other extremity OF the trunk was
| cut even with the NTH rib ON each side.
! There was also a slit for almost the en-
| tire length OF the trunk along the breast,
| but the two cross cuts always made by
| surgeons were not present.
All the internal organs which are in
| the human body from neck to the nftn
| rib were in the trunk. nothing having
been disturbed after the slit along the
| breast was made. But starting Just be-
| low inc lttk u POl VI NHN
the heart, about the size of a man
hand. was missing. IL had been cut
away. The physicians expressed the opln-
ion that a mark of some sort may nave
been on the missing skin. The arms ana
hands were on the trunk.
The doctors said the trunk had been
| cut up only a few hours before the iirst
piece was found. They arrived at THIS
| conclusion from the condition OF the fesh.
| More thar this. the physicians said there
was still air in the lungs when the body
was discovered. There must have been
| air in the lungs or the trunk would have
sunk when it was thrown into the river
DELICATE HANDS.
The hands OF the victim Of butchery
| are soft and belong to one who has not
been accustomed to hard work. Coroner
Tuthill believes that he was a person
of refinement. His nails were well cared
for and his fingers tapered. His nesh
was white and clean. The heart was IN
its proper place and in normal condition.
All the other organs were in good con-
dition.
At an autopsy performed yesterday
stab wounds were found between the
fifth and sixth and seven and eighth
RIBS, in the region Of the heart. Deputy
Coroner O'Hanlon states positively that
the man was murdered.
DR.. OHanlon also found a stlD wound
| back Of the collar bone that extended
| down into the apex of the left lung. There
was no water or serum in the lung. In
his opinion the man had been dead about
thirty-six hours before the autopsy was
performed.
On the left forearm was a bruise, ana
on the the inner side of the right fore
arm was a confusion showing the shape
Of a heel. with the imprint Of the hob
nails of a heavy boot. In the palm or
the right hand was an incIsed wound,
caused, Or. O'Hanlon believes, by the
victim seizing the weapon with which the
crime was committed. DR.. O'Hanlon
| said he had seen many cases of mutiia-
ton, but this one was the worst.
The police are investigating the mys-
terry.
NO CLUE TO THE MYSTERY.
So far to-day no real light has been shed
on the Ripper mystery. Two sections OF
the horribly mutilated corpse lie at the
morgue. The head and legs have not yet
been found. The police are searching
| everywhere as the two finds were ten
| miles apart, indicating that the murderer
| sought TO conceal his crime by disposins
OF the corpse in as many and remote
places as possible.
The friends OF five missing men have
sought to identify the two portions or
the trunk. but without success. There
are only a few tri.ing marks which may
furnish clues.
The police believe hat more than one
man was concerned in the murder and
that the crime may have been the out
| come OF a Malta plot or something of the
kind.