The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-12
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
New York Detectives Say They Will
Solve the Murder Mystery.
BUT IT is A DIFFICULT TASK.
The Man with the Broken Neck Get
ting WcII-Big Rat Attacks
ChiId-Dr. DE Costa Will
BE Catholic.
BUT IT is A DIFFICULT TASK.

NEW YORK. oct. 11.-Special.-it seems
like hopeless task 10 solve New YORK
latest murder mystery, when as yet only
nortions Of the dlsmembered BODY nave
been found. and upon which there arc
ro marks by which the victim can be
identified The task seems to be Almost
as difficult as that assigned to the astroi-
ogers OF old By the king, who demanded
that they should not only tell him the IN
depreciation Of his dream, but recall the
dream itself which he had forgotten
But the New York detectives are very
sbrewd men. and as they solved the Gull
densuppe mystery and brought the muir
derers TO justice, so they say they VIII
identify this body and arrest the person
or persons who committed the crime.
TT WAS HORRIBLE.
II was a horrible murder. DR.. Weston.
who examined the remains, said:
I'm the cutting up of the body it IS now
apparent that the right arm was dislo-
Gated at the shoulder and the left arm
sawed off near the shoulder and the bone
broken. The head was cut off between
the third and fourth vertebrae.'
Marks of coal dust, similar to those
observed on other portions found were
visible on the section discovered yester-
day. Even the long immersion in the
water had not washed them of. The
strings with which the bundle had been
tied cut into the flesh, and at one or two
places held watersoaked fragments or the
newspaper in which it had been wrapped.
Enough OF the paper was left TO show
that ii was a copy OF the same morning
newspaper I'm which the thigh had been
found. I'm West Seventeenth street The
word October could be distinguished, but
the day Of the month could not.
Dr. Weston later sewed together the
three portions Of the body. Completed
II made a woman's trunk and left thigh.
The right thigh. both lower limbs. both
arms and the head are missing.
MAN WITH BROKEN NECK.
Walter Duryea. whose neck was bro
ken more than nine weeks ago, and upon
whom remarkable surgical operation
was performed, has so far recovered as
that he was able 10 be taken from bed
yesterday and removed from the ward
where he has been confined. His physi-
clans still have hopes Of his recovery.
Bishop Potter was not slow TO accept
the resignation Of the Rev DR.. De Costa.
within twenty-four hours after the letter
was I'm his hands he deposed DR.. De Costa
from the ministry Of the Protestant Epls-
copal church. 1t Is believed that the re-
tired clergyman will enter the Roman
Catholic Communion.
a CLEVER CHAP.
The chap who succeeded in swindlng
ex-Mayor Hewitt, and through him Mr..
Edward Atkinson, worked very clever
game.
Mr. Hewitt said the man called upon
him the day before he waited upon Mr..
Atkinson. He presented a letter OF in
PRODUCTION from q friend Of mine abroad,
said Mr.. Hewitt. Il do not know whether
the letter was forgery or not. but 1 am
now inclined to believe that it was. 1t
stated that the bearer was =. X. Mather,
Of Mather & Platt Of Manchester Eng
land. and had come here to obtain infor-
nation about shipments of machinery
10 South Africa i'm the event Of q war be-
tween England and the Beers. I have
written 10 England about the man, and
have notified the police. lie may be
discharged employe OF the Manchester
firm There is one thing about him. he
picked out men who are tolerably famil-
lar with the world. and who ordinarily
would not be easily swindled. which
shows that has great confidence I'm him
self. hope that he will be apprehended"
The police of New York are working
on the case.
New York IS asked TO appropriate Sll'-
054 glG for public schools next year. Most
OF this Increase Is I'm the item OF teachers
salaries.
One OF the New York theatres IS playing
Shakespeares "a Winters Tale. play
which is rarely produced anywhere and
has not been seen I'm New York since
Mary Anderson retired from the stage.
This play will be seen I'm Richmond during
the season with Louis James tn the role
OF Autolycus.
THE BOYS STONED HIM
\ reckless driver on Amsterdam avenue
got his deserts yesterday. lie ran over a
deaf and dumb girl. five years Of age, and
injured her. School boys IN the nelsh0or-
hood who saw the thing done ran after the
driver and pelted him well with stones.
ATTACKED BY \ RAT.
Ilt niue OdAIulcI o. MI. JOll NudA1A-
messy of Brooklyn had a terrible eXpe-
rience the other night
About week ago. while sleeping with
her younger sister. Annie, she was attack
ed in bed by a big brown rat. The rat
bit the child first on one hand and then
on the other, and then attacked her tace
and arms. The girl tried in vain to shake
the ferocious rodent off. but she feared 20
cry out lest the rat should attack her
little sister After suffering In silence
until she could stand it no longer she
screamed. and her father ana mother
who were sleeping I'm another room, har-
ried to her side. They struck a light. and
as they did so the rat jumped nut of the
bed and disappeared down a hole.
Little Katty's face hands. and arms
were covered with blood, and she was
so weak that she could not stand up
Two physicians who were called 10 attend
her found that the child had been terribly
bitten on the forehead. nose. arms md
hands, and that she had lost a great
deal OF blood. The nail on the middle
finger OF the childs right hand had been
torn away by the rats teeth. II was
feared that blood poisoning would dcy elop.
but il did not. The girls condition. how
ever. because of the great loss Of blood
she had sustained became such that for
limo her life yvag deenafre1 of She began