New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-09
POLICE FIND A CLEW
NAME AND ADDRESS MAY HELP REVEAL
THIS CRIME.
DETECTIVES STILL WORKING OVER THE
MYSTERY OF THE TWO PIECES OF A
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MYSTERY OF THE TWO PIECES OF A
woMAN's BODY FOUND on SATURDAY
The police OF Captain Prices precinct and
members Of the Detective Bureau are working
hard 10 solve the mystery surrounding the dis
c0very Of two parts Of a human body on Satur-
day. which are both believed TO be those Of the
same woman. whom they think was murdered
and carved w after death They have only
one clew an address written on a piece ~ paper
Both Of the dlsmembered portions II the body
were taken to the MorGue. where they now
await Identification. and the police meanwhile
are doing their utmost 70 find other parts 81
the missing corpse which may make the idenu-
ncation easier and more complete.
The first portion Of the body was discovered
AT 80 o'clock on Saturday morning wrapped
in several newspapers and sheet II manila
paper in the gutter in front II No. Ii" West
seventeenth-st II consisted Of the left thigh
Of woman. The portion Of the body thus
found was at once taken to tho MorGue. and
although II was suspected that the fragment Of
the body found might have been the result Of n
murder. no one was strongly confirmed in this
henef until the later developments about mid
night
Az 11.4O o'clock Henry Rumpf. 81 40 4l9
West Eiehteenth-st who was fishing IN the
North River. at the end OF West Thirteenth-st.
hauled UP on his hook bundle containing the
trunk OF womans body from the breast down
the legs AID arms being missing The ponce
we're AT once informed II the discovery At > J"
o'clock the newly found fragment was taken ["
the Norgue in the city hearse IN the custody
! ~ Detective O'Donncn. OF the West Thiru'th-st
station. At the Morgue the dismemoered thlsh
,oe brought ont and the two parts OF bodies
fF.a
trained eye Of an expert anatomist TO see at
once that the two portions fitted each "'h'F
nerfcctlv. and that they We're without doubt
parts Of the same body
SEARCHING FOR OTHER FRAGMENTS
A. soon as # became apparent that they had
. murder on hand the police lost u" time in
getting 10 work Captain Prc" Immediately
called ND Chief Dcvory. Inspector Harley ana
! can,ain NcCuskv on the telephone and hastily
detailed 70 them his scheme # proposed opera
| lions. Captain Price put Detective sergeant
! Samuel Price and Detective Sergeant M''"'
! ferty - the Detective Bureau. on certain WORK
! IN the case while Detective Sergeant Rhedum"
! and Detective Davis were stationed III inc
! Moreue In addition 10 these men, 'ap'a"
! Price detailed 4 large number ~ MS o"" "''"
- mako q thorough canvass u All II the dwell
ines in the lower portion Of his precinct H'
also Put a naphtha launch into commission for
the purpose Of making "A thorough search OF
the river front Tor any other pieces Of thu body
II ia Captain Prices theory that the body was
.ut up into about ten pieces. and he believes u
extremely likely that more If these pieces VIII
ho found in the water somewhere The portion
- the body composed of the Thigh weighs TWEEN
weight pounds and the other eighteen pounds
From these data Captain Price is f the opin-