Evening journal., 1900-10-18
Body Believed to be That Of George
y. Bailey, a Carctakcr Of
an Estate
MISSING FOR OVER A WEEK
John G. Best, a Farm Hand, Under
Arrest Suspected Of The
Crime

Lynn, Mass, Oct 1S.-That great
trunk tragedy" as &c was known
throughout all New England way back
IN 1872, when the muulated body of
Jennie Clark was found Wodged into
trunk which had been picked up In
the saugus river was I'm some re-
spects no more mysterious than the
murder which was revealed yesterday
by the finding OF @ mans body. de-
capitaLed and Genuded of the limbs.
in q gunny sack, in Glcnmore pond.
The police are inclined TO the belief
that George -. Bailey has been muir
derod ana have taken under arrest
john @. Best. 80 years old. q farm
hand, employed on the estate of which
the supposed victim of the murder was
careiaker.
Bailey disappeared on oct. 8. No
one knew the reason. but there were
persons who supposed that he had fol-
lowed his wife to Wiscasset. Me-. she
having LETT the house, it is asserted. be-
cause OF disagreement 10 is now
claimed that the woman, known as
Mrs. Bailey was not his wife. that. ale
though Bailey was married, hiss wife's
whereabouts are unknown. The w0-
man Is said to be Miss Susie Young,
and she was the hoUaekeepgr. With
these clews the police are trying to
solve the mystery of the murder.
GlenmOro pond, where the body was
found, lies between Lynn and Salem.
A bridge, which is 256 feet in length,
floats on the pond, hence the name
FLOATING Bridge pond Besides this
bridge was found floating a gunny bag,
which held the trunk of q man. Late
in the afternoon two other bags Of
similar material were grappled 70 the
surface. and each contained q missing
leg The head and arms are still MISS
ing.
After the finding Of the body # was
taken TO an undertaker's, where Medi-
cal Examiner pinkham held an au-
topsy, finding that the murderer had
terribly hacked the body in his eff
forts TO decapitato and denude &c. The
weapon used was. apparently. O heavy
knife, not sharp enough to cut clean,
but Of sufficient strength to break the
bones
The police win continue the search
in the pond for the mans head and
arms, and also try TO clear up Bailey's
disappearance and to secure a positive
identification OF the body.
The missing farmer stood over SIX
feet IN height and had red hair. SO he
would easily be identified. Best simply
says that he had no trouble with
Bailey, and does not know why he
disappeared on Oct. s. After Best was
arrested last night he was taken to
see the body. He said the clothes
looked very much like those Bailey
wore and the body, he thought. looked
very much like the missing man. lie
maintained, however, that he knew no
reason for Baiicy's Disappearance.
The interest In the body conferred In
the autopsy, for the medical examin-
er's superficial examination showed
that the man had been killed by bull
let wound, Of which there are two
on the left side Of the body. either one
of which would have caused instant
death
In the autopsy every detail about
the body was noted. AT first &c was
thought the murderer might have had /
robbery In mind by the finding OF por- |
tions Of q watch guard on the vest
and q watch chamOis ia the watch
pocket, but the robbery theory has
been abandoned
There is some doubt as to how long
the body was in the pond The medi- /
cal examiner says that the man had
been dead perhaps ten days. but that
the body had not been In the water
that length Of time. 1t might have
been put there Tuesday or three days
ago. On this point the police say it
was impossible that the bag had been
taken where it was found. prior to
Tuesday, as it would have been seen, /
and they believe that after the murder
and the mutilation of the body It was .
packed into the gunny bag. They be- /
lieve it is likely that wagon was .
used Tuesday night to cart the CHASTITY /
burden to the bridge It was dumped .
overheard with stone attached TO the .
bag, but the string connecting thestono .
and bag did not hold. Yesterday MORN
ing, therefore the bag was easily seen I
by two young men, who had curiosity /
enough TO investigate the object.