The times., 1898-02-09
GREW50ME RIVER FIND
Dismembered Body Found Be-
tween Ferry Slips.
MURDERED AND MUTILATED
Crime Bea ing Resemblance to the
Guldens ippe Tragedy Discovered
BY Co iector Of Driftwood-
Another Mysterious Tragedy for
Solution by the New York Police.

New York, Feb. S.-The dismembered
body of a man was found floating in
the inclosure between the ferry slips
| of the Roosevelt street and the James
slip ferries about 10 o'clock this morn
ing. 1t is almost certain that the man
! was murdered, and that his murderers
| endeavored to conceal his identity and
their crime by destroying the body be-
fore they disposed of it in the river
The body was discovered by man
who was collecting driftwood He sum-
moned the police and with number of
| men who hang around the docks fast
ened a rope about 1t and drew it out of
| the water.
The trunk was entire, but both arms
were gone at the shoulders, the right
| leg was entirely gone and the left leg
| had been choppd off just above the
knee There was eleven and a quarter
inches of it left. About two-thirds of
| the head had been chopped off, begin
ming at the throat under the chin and
cutting aslant upward taking off the
left ear and leaving about one-half of
the right ear. There was little of the
skull bone left and patch of skin from
the back OF the neck. perhaps two and
half inches up the skull. On this
patch of skin there was fringe OF hair
dark brown in color and mixed with
gray. There was an oval OF bare scalp
above this fringe of hair showing that
the man had been bald.
Two or three policemen examined the
body. They made up their minds that
a murder had been committed and no
tilted headquarters.
Inspector Cross and Detective Ser
geant Reap came, down and examined
the body. A physician who examined
the body said it was not possible that
the work had been done by any medical
student.
The body was that of large mar,
probably nearly six feet tall. and
weighing between go and 240 pounds.
Around the neck there was a COM
plete circle where the flesh was dis
colored, and it almost warranted the
assumption that the man had been
choked to death. There was blood left
in the body, showing that it had not
been in the water a very long time
There were no marks on the body itself
On the part of the leg remaining there
was wound very near the spot where
the leg was amputated. This wound
apparently went through the leg and
there was a mark on the other side At
had the appearance of a bullet wound
The cutting had been done with very
sharp knife and probably by some one
who knew nothing of anatomy, as the
cuts were not straight
The condition of the little bit of skull
that was left indicated that the skull
had been fractured by blows or by a
bullet or something Of that kind before
the effort to remove the head had been
made. In fact the appearance of what
was left of the head Indicated that the
only thing the mutilator was anxious
to do was to cut off the face so as 10
remove the possibility of Identification.
Deputy Coroner Donlin. after com
pleting an examination of the body.
said he did not care to express an
opinion as to how the man came to his
death. In his opinion il had been in the
water about three days.
Bad as the condition of the body is
the police have strong hopes that it
may be identified.