The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-15
Some Additional Light Has Been
Thrown on the Crime.
MURDERER MAKeSASECOND TRIP
Two Other Packages Cast Into the
Pond After the First Was Discov-
cred Indications That Death
Was Due 20 Malpractice.

Clans VINO have examined the trunk OF
the body. which was found early lhls
morning In the same pond The opera
lion, the physicians believe, was perform
ed ilpOn the woman early last week ~
midwife or q physician. Blood poisoning
set in and the woman died on FRIDAY or
Saturday. Then 10 hide the cfjne the
body was cut and sawed into seven pieces
by the womans attendants. The pieces
were wrapped up in the rubber shteuhs
that was used during and after the epei-
alton, weighted with stones, taken uOnh
10 the pond IN cafri1ge ana thfoWh
off the bridge al high tide They sank in
six feet OF water. but the persons VIII
selected Yellow Mil Pond 10 help mem
IN covering up the crime were lshVia,n'
or forgetful OF the fact that II Is a TIDE
water pond. and at low tide Us Innooy
bottom lies uncovered. Who the woman
was or who performed the operation 'he
police do not know. 1870,
Two trips were made 90 the pond 10
rast away the pieces of the BODY. AFTER
the finding OF the head and seNtieu Iese
al low water on Monday AFTERNOON "a
thorough search Of the pond was maze
co. ,br trunk OF the body Scores Of men
and boys went an over the pond IN iuD-
Der boots. turning up every ,, sue .,'.,,
looking object at the bottom. = nc soti
was not difficult 20 make, Tor ihe pgIiu ~
small ana the whole bottom was ciedIiE
exposed But this morning, DeloiS y
O'Clock, Mis- Larsen. a neWsPapctt ,,Ddic
rier. riding a Dicycie, sd" " Up CO.. of
living in the Doud within Jew l'cI pL
~ brldcc Henry II. Kcddy came on lhc
bridge lust then. The TWO youhs ~,
knowing that a seafch had p.Dn t,T,
the night before for the woman Dors
concluded that the bGndle ltng IN VIZ
- Ne tbe missing trunk. Going out IN
= rOwbOat they hshed Up tho puiiulv e. 60
found that Il was the lower nan oi ~
body. Nearer the -bridse lhcy lo~,'' Me
other bundle containing the upper nan l.
,rhe bundles lay in full Wow or the pI.usc
ana could not have been thcie on N MOI,
dav afternoon. when the pIusc W.
crowded with people, without Metf -f,,,-r
sons SEEING them. They had hceh lhio"n
an during the night after the other t"o
bundles were found. 81. coorgo
ON sunday evening az ousN sc fIn,yc
HAL. an English weaver On ~ ,,.,it,
street and his brothcr-in-law TOOK WIN
5n,sn cea View avenue with thelf Two
rird dogs Nearing the long MoVuGtni
bridge across the pond they lealu - q s' ana
whistle. The dogs raised lne' , e@' srain
ron ahead The whistle rang out a5Fin
nd tbcn "a third time As the TWO men
sfauned on the bridge they saw liDi,.
where the whistle had come oNV, t,,a-
the north end Of the bridge VIZ rs ~
seated wagon drawn by one hOIso' -
man was holding the relns. No ,,' ~
else was about The dogs were snliiiins
about the wagon and trying 20 10 Juafsp ~, SSp
10 find what was inside. one OF lle
doos barled uneasily. Hall called them
away AS he and his br0thef -lh-l NV
walked bv the wagon. the man IN the
front seat kept his race turned ,, 49,
now. but he thought nothing OF II ~
the time. When be drew out OF siEh'
OF the bridge the wogan was sun theIe'
MYSTERIOUS CARRIAGE.
After midnight last night, long alter
the searchers had left the pond. came
another mysterious carriage 10 1,,e
bridge. John j. Calhoun a norshoSr,
who came here from Hartford six weeks
4 GtnI
IA stones throw Of the pond. ncafu the
carriage and so did some neltnpoIs tit
ing on the other side of the bridge. ,al-
hOun passed n restless night re hepl
fbinkinr of the severed head found all
most under his window the afternoon
before. While he was lying awake pc
tween / and o'cloeh ne heard "a caillas
40 by and heard IL rumble across INC
long bridge. Some fifteen minutes later
ne heard the carriage come back ana
pass under his window. BEFORE ne couiu
raise the window II was gone. A man l,,.i III
a house nearby. who had got up 10 close
his bedroom window, also heard the
carriage Mrs. Thomas Wills, VINO llNts
IN a frame house near the sOuih emu on
tie bridge heard a carriage come over
stratford avenue the night before. stop
for a few minutes In front or her mouse,
and then start on across the bfldke. rms
was an hour or TWO after midnight anu
several hours after the men Win the
dogs had seen the carriage standing on
tho bridge
The parts Of tho woman's body found
this morning were wrapped up IN the
same way. Each was incascd In muslin
and around this was absorbent cotton:
The same rubber shooting that Enclosed
the head and limbs was found with the
trunk. one piece was much worn ana
had evidently been used for some time
IN a sick room. The other piece was
nearly new. Around the bundle contain
ing the upper hair OF the trunk was Il
black rubber blanket OF the KIND USED IN
ell
was quite new. Around the lower NAN OF
the trunk was wound piece or a man
underParmcnt marked ON the Waislpaht
ga indeiible ink Col The garment was
a small one the size being g. Superin-
tendcnt birmingham OF the Bridgeport
police believes this mark q good cue. De-
tective Arnold. who has had a long eN-
pcfiCnce IN murder cases, Is trying 70
ind what laundry made this mark. he
has taken the garment TO New haven
thinking that II was marked there. De
.ective Cronan is there with him.
AN EXPERIENCED HAND.
The trunk was cut as surgeon Wouid
have done IL IN performing an autopsy.
All the vital organs excepting thc lungs
and heart had been removed.
'srhis woman died after several days,
illness following criminal operation
County Medical Examiner Downs sara
after looking over the body; The prlnch-
ed expression of the nose indicates mat
she was very H. She probably had sep
tic fever with a high temperature anu
may have becn deliriOus. How long she
was an 1 don't know. but ! should say
four or 1--WE days. Blood poisoning prop
ably caused her death. The dismehlpti-
ing OF the body was not all done ny one
time. The condition OF the diteien1
pieces indicates that long time num-
her ~ hours was taken 10 DO the cut
ling The slight scalp wound might nave
been received in any one OF huhuicu
ways" ,, VOW,
many of them young persons, have -sui-
"a al Caliinan's mOfgue tQ-uaN 20 looN
IA the Womans head. and many nave
said whose head IL might be. nut so lar
the police have not found any one WHO
IAN positively SAY who the woman was
Vow that 80 many Bridgeport peop'a
have been at the morSuc ara no one
has recognized the lace ~ that OF any
NonnQ woman ever seen here. the ponce
believe either that the woman was q
stranger in town or that she died III
some nearby town. Strauord. Mhbrook'
Woodmont or New Haven. How any
hodv who was at an acquainted win
the yellow Mil Pond neighbofhoOd could
have failed 10 know that the bottom OF
.he pond was free OF water at every low
tide the police are unable 20 see Meth
~ does n seem likely that II the body
was cut up in a ncighb0rlng town, the
persons who wished 10 hide the crime
would have brought the bundles through
an unsettled country into another town
10 throw them away. The more likely
way would have been to cast them away
la come lonely pond. away from "a town.
The fact that the persons who had the
body came twice 10 Che pond seems 20
Indicate that they lived nearby. The
woman may have left her home when
she was IN trouble and come 10 Bridge
port. The manner IN which the body
was cut up and the use OF tho rubber
.hceftu.- upd ahaortapf poffon Sppp con-