The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-13
DISMEMBERED.
Body of a Woman Found OH
Mud Flats
In the Vicinity of Bridgeport,
Conn.
HAD BEEN MURDERED
And Cut in Pieces Like Gulden-
Suppe.
All the Parts Found in the
Same Locality.
Had BEEN MURDERED

Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. 1S-The
trunk of the missing portion of a dis
membered body of a supposed murder
ed woman, found on the mud flats here
last night, was found this morning at
the same place the other parts of the
body were discovered.
The upper half, with the arm attach
ed, was in one package, while the lower
part of the body was in a second pack
age.
The upper half of the body was wrap
ped in what appears to be half of a
black rubber carriage blanket. There
were two eyelet holes in it. The alb
dominal part of the trunk was swathed
in a white rubber sheet, such as is
used in surgical operating rooms.
This latter circumstance together
with the plain evidence that the body
was severed like the legs and the head,
by using a keen knife and perfect
edge saw leads the police to the con-
clusion that the mutilation and pre-
suma bly, the murder were done by a
surgeon.
3 The upper half of the trunk is intact.
The stomach, liver and other organs
located in the upper part of the human
anatomy are all in place but the alb
dominal portion of the body has been
deprived Of nearly every organ. This
suggests that the young woman was
the victim of a criminal operation at
the hands of a physician who brought
his skill into play in an effort to des-
troy the evidence of the crime as we'll
as to destroy the body of the victim of
his malpractice.
The first discovery in this tragedy
was made yesterday when two boys
found a bundle in the Yellow Mill river
that contained the legs of a woman.
They were wrapped in cloth and a
white rubber sheet such as is used by
nj irin TlT1a lao wa
chopped in two. Both were cut off at
the thigh.
Another bundle was found little
later containing the head of woman
% years old. 1t was wrapped in a
piece of mans underwear and rubber.
1t was tied with coarse bits of string.
A piece of muslin in the woman's mouth
indicates that she was gagged with it
or perhaps SmOthered
The woman may have been poisoned,
say physicians who have noted the
color of her eyes.
The head is thought to be that of a
woman about 25 years old Her fea-
lures were wan and thin. 1t is sur
missed that the woman was about feet,
inches in height. Her hair was dark
brown, and was braided in a manner
usual with many women before they
retire, and was tied with cotton cord
number of the teeth were white and
regular, and some were gold filled,
while only two or three in the back of
the mouth were missing. The eyes were
grayish blue. The pronounced charac-
teristic of the face is the short aquiline
nose.
The feet are small and shapely. The
neck and also the limbs at the knees
and thighs were severed in a manner
showing a clean cutting of the flesh
and was clearly done by some one con-
versant with anatomy
In no place was the flesh torn. The
limbs were sawed apart but the entire
work was done in a leisurely manner
and evidently with much care, as no
bruises were visible about the head
Two stout cords were wound about the
thighs so tightly as to cut into the flesh
and it was evident that whoever did the
cutting was desirous to prevent the flow
of blood. The limbs also had one leg
of a mans cotton drawers, the kind
that are worn in summer, wrapped
around them.
Two stones weighing about ten
pounds each were attached to the bun
dies They were black and grimy and
discolored from being in the water some
time and they were undoubtedly taken
from near the shore where there is much
refuse by whoever tried to dispose Of
the remains.