The record-union., 1899-10-11
NEW YORK MURDER MYSTERY.
ANOTHER PORTION OF A BODY
DISCOVERED.
Believed to Belong to That of the
Woman Which Was Found
Last Saturday.

NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-Interest in
the murder mystery growing out of the
finding of the left thigh of a woman's S
body in West Seventeenth street last
Saturday was greatly increased this
morning by the discovery of what is
believed to be another portion of the
same body on the beach at quarantine
station, Staten Island.
John Heiner, u years old, while
walking along the beach at quarantine
at o'clock this morning, picked up
a package wrapped in newspapers and
manila wrapping paper. He opened it
and found a piece of a woman's body
from the waist to the neck. He re-
ported the find to DR.. Doty, the State
Health officer, who made an investi-
cation, and reported that the flesh
seemed fresh. and appeared to have
been in the water but a short time.
There was cut about two inches long
over the right breast, but this was
merely a flesh wound, and DR.. Doty
said it did not indicate the cause of
death. The cuts in the neck were
jagged showing that the. head had
probably been hacked off. and the arms
had been cut off close to the shoulders
III d clu1llSy manner.
The police were notified and took
charge of the find. and removed it to
police headquarters, whence it was
taken to the Morgue for comparison
with the parts of a womans BODY al
ready there.
The parts of the body now missing
are the shead, the arms, the legs from
above the knee down, and the right
thigh, which was found in the city
dumps.
A name that looks like 81. J. NeuA
man" and the laundry mark "J. J. N.
1S3." were discovered this morning on
one of the white skirts in a bundle of
clothing found in the basement of 219
West Fifteenth street. This house is
next door to an areaway in which
stood the ash can where the right thigh
of the murdered woman was found
The letters forming the name are not
distinct. They are partly washed out
and a little blurred. The "J. J. N" of
the laundry mark is distinct, however.
and is expected to lead to the identf-
fication of the owner. 1t will then be
easy to learn whether or not she was
| connected in any way with the crime
Chief of Detectives McClusky said
this morning that the case was as COM
plete a mystery as ever; that no point
that would go toward establishing
Identification had been made, and that
was the first thing necessary. Tt was
true. he said, that a number of clues
had been run down, but the case stands
just as it did at the first finding of
the part of the body.
Captain McClusky thinks the parts
found last night at 219 West Fifth
street have no bearing on the case. Tn
his opinion the bundle was left where
| it was found by a frightened thief
Even with the portion of the body
found off quarantine Captain Nc
Clusky thinks Identification would be
almost impossible unless the head
should be found
! The fragment of womans body
/, found at quarantine was examined at
| the Morgue by Coroner's Physician
Weston, who says it undoubtedly be-,
| longs to the other two portions there
Captain McClusky said this afternoon
that the bundle of clothing found in
| West Fifteenth street belonged to a
| professional nurse.
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