The sun., 1899-10-09
HUNT FOR THE BUTCHERS.
NO MORE FOUND OF THE WOMAN VINO
WIS KILLED AND CUT UP.

Hundred at Work in Houses, street. and
Ferryboats - Carriers of Bundles Que,.
toned Coal Dust and Chips of Wood
in Both Packages - Supposed News.
dealers Mark on Ono wrapping-Ciues.
The fragment OF a woman's body, hshed out
OF the North River at the foot OF Thirteenth
street late on Saturday night,was put on table
at the inorRue yesterday morning. with tho
LETT thigh OF a woman. which was picked UP Ia
the gutter in front OF 100 West Seventeenth
street early Saturday morning, and the two
fragments were found to belong to each other.
The result was to convince the police that
murder had been done and to stir tho dopart.
ment up to an activity which 1t has not dis
played since the case OF the Turkish bath.
rubber. Gieldsensupre.
Two hundred detectives were assigned yea.
terday afternoon to the West Thirtlsth street
station to work on the case and while they are
devoting their energies to the West Side Of the
city. similar number under direction Of Cant,
McClusky is working on the East Side. Almost
every precinct detective in the city has
been called into the case by Chief
Devery and the region where the first
fragment OF the boly was found has bsen COM
pletely surrounded. the surmise OF Inspector
Harley and Capt Price was that the murder
was committed in tho neighborhood OF Seven
teenth street and Sixth or Seventh avenues,
and that those concerned had not yet had time
o dispose OF all OF the fragments of the body.
The woman was alive very recently. The
police are searching houses. making Inquiries
on the streets and on the ferries. ane at
O'Clock this morning began to search the coal
cellars in the block In Seventeenth street.
Coal dust and chips OF wood wore found in
both the bundles containing the human
fragments
The murder bears so striking a resem blanco
to the Gieldsensupps murder that Deputy Cor
oner O'Hanlon stated yesterday that IL was un-
doubtedly the work Of a student of that crime
Some OF the bones In the fragments found
were sawed but others had been snapped.
Some OF the decorations show the use OF a keen
knife while others indicate tho use OF an axe
or some similar i'm plement
Taken all in all. the cutting up Of the body
was rough job. and tho work OF persons
whose main idea was to get the body into
pieces. regardless Of how 1t was done. APP
parsntly the murderers are following the lead
OF the man and woman who killed Gisldsen-
suppe. In every detail. for they have set out to
distribute the sections OF the body around the
city. and perhaps in the country. in much the
same fashion that Martin Thorn got rid OF his
victims remains.
They cannot get rid OF another OF their
bhosIiy IN tuO ivy vi NoW 1OrR WItn-
out being caught" said Capt. Price last night.
The drst fragment OF the body found was the
left thigh. 1t had been cut of at the knee and
little above the hip Joint part OF the abdom-
nal wall adhering. The cutlat the kneeIwas clean
and appeared to have been done with q nne
saw The cut at the hip was ragged. the flesh
having the appearance OF having been torn.
and looked as II . hatehst or possibly a dull
knife had been used. Deputy Coroner Wss-
tons measurements OF this fragment showed
that it was II inches in circumference at the
knee and 20 inches at the hip joint. The en-
tire fragment weighed % pounds.
The second fragment. found In the river. had
been cut from tho frat fragment 1t was part
OF the trunk, from a point about six inches
above the navel to point two inches below.
At the upper edge 1t 10 cut straight across
the body. The right aud left legs were evil
IDENTIFY hacked of In tho same fashion. for the
lower part OF the fragment 10 cut on either side.
in ourving downward lines from the hip Joints.
The cutting Of all OF this part Of the body was
apparently done with very dull knife. The
fragment 10 1S inches deep and weighs IL
pounds. The flesh OF both fragments is in
good condition and decom position had not bo-
gun when they were found.
Deputy Coroner Weston believes that tho
woman was between 35 and 40 years OF age.
feet inches tall. weighed between 14O aud
100 pounds, had chestnut brown hair and .
waist measurement OF about 20 inches.
On the inside OF the thigh at the Morgue
Detective Samuel Price discovered yesterLny
four slight abrasions OF the flesh. which he
thinks may have been caused by a man 8 finger
nails
The abrasions are in curving row. Deputy
Coroner Weston's examination OF tho fragment
found in the river showed that certain internal
organs had been removed. Whether this was
done to conceal evidences OF malpractice is a
matter OF guesswork. but that those who cut
up the body had some specific object In going
to so much extra work there is little doubt,
The police believe that tho removal was done
to conceal the history OF the case.
DIR. Weston also found bruise on this part
OF the body. which he says may have been
sustained before or after death 1t is on the
left side and 10 about nve inches long and one
inch wide.
In addition to the brown manila wrapping
paper around the first fragment was a copy Of
the journal OF Sept "a and copies OF the World
Of Oct. l. 3 and 8. also piece OF a Sunday JoW'-
nal which bore no date. The second fragment
found was wrapped In copy Of the Journal OF
Oct. 5.
It was stated by ono OF the Morgue Keepers
yesterday that there was some writing on the
margin OF the latter paper, When this paper
was seen at the West ThrtIeth street station
house last night it was in fragments. but q
careful examination failed to reveal any writ.
ing. 1t is probable that II there was any writ
ing on the paper 1t was removed by tho police
before the papers were turned over to reporters
for inspection. One report 10 that what was
written was 20 IS" in pencil. In a small hand.
which may have been a nswsdealer's mark.
Two facts which indicate that the two fra0-
ments were wrapped up In the same place arc
that the heavy twine used on each bundle is
full OF coal dust and that many small chips and
rplinters OF wood we're found inside tho news
papers in each bundle. This suggests to tho
police furnace room or fuel room. or soma.
thing OF the kind. as the place whore the wrap
ping was done.
The Sun has already told that John
Mclaughlin. who keeps grocery store
directly opposite 100 West Seventeenth street.
saw a bundle wrapped up In paper In the gutter
In front OF the house at that number Mt $3.50
o'clock Saturday morning. and that the bundle
remained untouched, although seen by mum.