The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-11
TORSOOF THE BODY FOUND.
HEAD, ARMS AND LOWER LINES ONLY
MISSING NOW.

day MOrntnR-t bfclObss i"p"r's"'
Facts, but Police Have Not Made Much
Headway Ystin Clearing In the hys-
t.ry-Tbres Suspicious Persons Arrested.
Another portion OF the body Of the woman
who was murdered somewhere In this city
last week aud fragments OF which were
found on Saturday was picked out OF the Lower
bay about two hundred yards west OF the
Quarantine station on Staten Island yesterday
morning II was floating n short distance
from shore and It's character was easily dis
serned for the action OF the water had re-
moved all but two or three scraps az the
manila paper and newspaper In which 1t had
been wrapped. The fragment was the upper
norton OF the trunk OF the body and whom
brought TO the morRus in this borough later
in the day 1t fitted exactly the lower portion OF
the trunk which was found In the North River
at the foot Of West Thirteenth street on Satur-
day night 1t had been hacked and sawed
In much the same way as the other fragments
and ground into the Gesh was great deal OF
coal dust, coal dust having been found In the
packages In which the other fragments we're
wrapped
The finding Of this section OF the body leaves
only tho head. arms and lower portions OF the
legs unaccounted for. Yesterdays search OF all
ash heaps in this city and Bayonne. where much
OF the refuse Of the city Is taken. failed to dis
cover the right thigh. which hrs. Billings the
janitress OF 22l West Fifteenth street. says she
saw in an ash barrel in front OF that address on
Friday morning. but the police are confident
that this portion will be found in time. and
they have marked it Accounted For on their
diagram.
Two men were locked up in the West Twen-
tieth street police station yesterday. and oppo-
site the name OF each ON the station house
hlottsr is written. Suspicious person"
They wsrs taken In custody at different times
during the day by Detective Hamilton. who
was in consultation with Capt McClusky and
Capt Schmittberger several times. and uhe
has been working OH the murder case since
Monday night.
The fragment OF the body found yesterday
was seen floating in the water by John heine-
mann. atwelNe-ysar-oId Staten Island boy. who
had been walking along tho beach collecting
driftwood. 1t was o'clock in the morning
when he noticed good sized bundle bobbing
up and down in tho water a short distance
from shore. The lad had heard OF the murder
in this borough and OF the search being con-
Quoted for the missing portions OF the body.
He made one or two futile efforts to
drag the bundle ashore and then ran to
the Quarantine Station and got two men
10 help him. When the men reached tho
beach the bundle had drifted in so far that
they were able to reach It with pole. One
glance satisfied them that 1t contained part Of
Awoman'a body.
The Staten Island authorities were notified
at once and the fragment was placed in a box
and taken to an undertaker's establishment at
Clifton. A telephone message was then sent to
Chief Dsvery at Police Headquarters and he
ordered Capt MsClusky to send two detectives
to Staten Island for 1t at once. The officers
found the bundle Just as 1t had been taken out
OF the water There were several small
pieces OF manila paper clinging to it. and
two pieces OF Worid OF some day
this month. The word October was made out
on the paper. but the rest OF tbs date line was
missing The exact date will be learned from
some other part OF the newspaper whom the
pieces has been dried out. Cord which looked
very m uoh like stouthshinR line was tied nd
and across the fragment. so tightly that In
places il had sunk into the flesh The frag-
mont had been wrapIs in two layers OF paper.
the manila paper inside and the newspaper
outside. and the whole securely tied with the
cord.
The action OF the waves. however. had
washed away most OF the paper. and almost
reduced what was left to pulp.
The detectives brought the fragment to this
city after 1t had been examined by DR.. Avah Fl.
Doty. Health Oficer OF the Port. and one or two
other physicians. all OF whom agreed that the
severing OF the other parts from the fragment
was the work OF a clumsy person. who had
used an axe or a heavy duh knife. for most OF
the work. After the fragment reached the
MorRue hare it was carefully examined by
Deputy Coroner Weston.
A slight knife wound in one breast and two
deep cuts in the heart at first seemed to e1-
plain the cause OF death. but further examina-
tion showed that they were all Of post r
tom charactAr Altar hia aton
Weston gave THE Sun tho following descrip-
ton OF the fragment:
This portion extends from the neck down to
point three inches below the breasts. and
fits the other portion OF the trunk exactly The
head was severed at tho third or fourth GER
vical vertebra. 1t was cut of roughly and the
small portion OF the neck remaining on the
torso 10 considerably hagEled. The left arm
was sawed of at the shoulder and the right
disarticulated at tho shoulder. There Ia moth.
ing about the portion to make me change my
opinion OF the age. weight height or genera
appearance OF the deceased.
There 10 nothing about this upper portion
OF the trunk to indicate whether the woman
had been mother or not still adhere to mi
opinion that the woman had borne children.
do not think there 10 any doubt about IT, ! d.
not expect that the head win be found. II /
was thrown overheard. as seems reasonable,
think it would sink whether it was weighted o
not | do not think that the eItremties would
float II they were thrown in the water. although
there are conditions under which they might
The right thigh would float
Il find over the left breast OF the fragment
wound ee-fourths Of an inch long. 1t doe
not penetrate the chest cavity and was proba
Div made after death. 1t was most like
caused by the slipping OF the knife. witt
which the body was being mutilated. My frs