The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-12
MYSTERY DEEP AS EVER.
NO IDENTIFICA TTON OF THE HUMAN
TRUNK FOUND IN THE BAR.
Coroner's Physician Hartung and Capt. Rey


Coroner's Physician Hartung and Capt. Rey-
noIds Think n Propeller Cut 1t Up-iten-
sons Against That Theory Advanced -
Case of Missing staten Island Man.
The trunk NJ a mana hodv found in the bnv
at tho foot ~ Eigbtv,ightb straat Brooklvn
ON Saturday morning wns examined by three
different men who were looking for missing
relatives vesterdav but was not identi0ed
The BrookIvn authorities have little hon. that
II will oy.r he identified AZ there ia not a mark
of any kind ON II NV which one who had known
the man in life could toll the trunk from TINT OF
any other man Of similar s,ze and build
Coroner's Physician Emil f. Unrtung pcr-
formed an nutopsy ON IN, body Yesterday. and
the result was such az to make him ard many
other officials bcley. that the man was not
murdered hut that the dismem berment was
caused nv the propeller blade of n staamship
The exact cause of dsath could not be deter
mined on account of the absence Of tho lungs
The man NAV have been drowned or he
NAV have bean dsad whom bis bodv went
into the water That We cannot deter
mine "a only n ANAL norton of the
right lung Is left" said DIR. HartunG
to a St'N reporter Yesterday THE examine
ton 81 the trunk revealed to me several fncts
which seem IMPORTANT in view of the uuccr-
tanty as to how the man met his death The
bones were sawed ia without foundation The
ends of the bones are splintered. showing that
they were snapped. and the muscles are badly
torn The two lower ribs were broken, not
sawed az has been reported.
"One can make what deductions one likes
from these facts. I wouldn't saw that II was
not a murder, but I think the damage to the
body might have been done by the propeller
n, n sts,,oar Tho .L;n ia out nc oIa,nIv
VI stealher' me SKIN Is cu' US creamy
as II 1t had been done with knife which is
Of tho muscles im.t hslow The alin Tbe
WV n.us e''u 'us' oeIo" Wv. sHIa "o
ina,tsd rnm Vi ,b ma'es ca~sad v de
composition; l found no signs OF poison. but
sary to establish the presence of poison |
shon,d saw from the oenar,l condition ~ tb.
trunk that it had been in the water for about
forty-eight hours. Unless there are further
developments. such as the finding Of the miss
ing parts of the body. shall report that the
man died from causes unknown and give q
burial permit"
Capt. Driscoll of the Fort Hamilton police
hnnt. rootoraa,, ,r,,i,r, - Al ,,o a-,,. laos
a'1 'os'e,ua' '.SInk " hnu VIC a'nis' . ,ess
IL steamers propeller cut up the body tho
rio .in, 80. o,,,,h. 60 "a s'r,o..ar, 80
MISSING menu ers oueh' 10 pe somewhere r neur
went IN and down the Bav Ridge shore all dav
without nnding onvthing Thano,ice ~ Conev
Island and staten Island were also on the
lookout. but nothing was discovered at either
,l.,o Cant ni,.-u .,o1 - ,.,,., -
pace. capt. priscoll refused TO venture an
opinion as to how the man came to
.,'o r. ~ sou "o"''et' '"'' ~ vas 'eiy
strange II the pouy was disinemp ered by
steamers propeller. that the missing parts had
not drtted ashore somewhere.
Capt Reynolds OF the Brooklyn Detective
Bureau said YESTERDAY that lie felt certain a
lated condition OF the trunk,
said. "ani / am even more convinced OF It
1t is nothing remarkable for propeller blade
to maxi. clean cut in the skin. l can recall
two similar cases right now, About year ago
the body Of a sailor was picked up in the lower
bay and the throat was cut as ceanly as III had
was murder. but We atterward learned from
men who saw the sailor jump from his
drowned 1t couldn't have been anything but
propeller blade that did that. some time
and another in the head The autopsy showed
positively that this man had been drowned and
thn iu great msortane That phe Body
was not picked up when it was first seen at !,
then or. # not. the miss ing parts NAV have been
tE nearly. huttwo hours ELAPSED before
passed, l know that the Cqmpana came up
about that time and the body may have been
cut up 10y her screws. OF course the body
was too close in shore when seen for the
Campana to have touched 1t. but she may
have struck it earlier out in the channel ] am
convinced that propeller blade cut up the
body. although will not presume to say how
the man met his death"
Three men called at the Brooklyn Morgue at
trunk. The first two came from Coney Island.
and each was looking for a missing brother
The third. German, didn't say where he came
from. hut was looking for his son, who dieap-
peared six weeks ago. None OF the men could
identify the trunk and all declined to give their
names.
The Brooklyn police officials. excepting Capt.
selves one way or the other about the case yes
terday. II was remarked by several Of them
however. that il steamers propeller dsmcm-
bered the body. il was strange thing that il