The Portland daily press., 1900-10-18

oAdIn1udOlOu Salu UnaG Un6 man nau Do0n
killed by a bullet wound of which there
are two on the left of the body, either
one of which would have caused death.
1t is judged that weapon of large
calibre was used in the Break Hill farm
house was found a 44-caIbre rifle. At
might have had robbery in mind, by
the finding of portions of watch guard
on the vest and watch chamois in 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 medical
examiner says the man had been dead
been in the water that length OF time.
1t might have been put there yesterday
or two days ago. They believe that 1t
is likely a wagon was used last night
to cart the CHASTITY burden to the bridge.
1t was dumped overheard with a stone
attached to the bag, but the string con-
Meeting the stone and bag did not hold.
Lynn, Mass, October 17.-The body OF
a beheaded man with legs cut off at the
knees, has been found sewed up in a bag
in Wenuchus pond. The pond is a dark
ater, reputed without bottom, and one
of the curioslties of the country, from
floating bridge which spans it. The pond
lies on the way from Lynn to Salem and
the bridge makes the road continuous.
The district is not thickly settled though
electric cars pass there hourly.
AT 10 a. M, today, James English and
James florence were passing and saw
sack in the water near the insids of the
bridge near the shore. They dragged it
cut and finding that it was man sent
up shout The police were notified and
the bag was taken out with ice tongs.
The sack is a large affair, sewed strongly
at the top and bottom, but through it
can be seen the body, which is that of a
man OF some 16O pounds weight. The
head is severed at the shoulders and is
missing. The legs are gone below the
knees. The body is clothed in a dark
striped shirt OF cotton material with sus-
penders over the shoulders and the
trousers which are Iooped oil at the knees
are OF dark goods. The bag and contents
were taken unopened, to the city morgue
to await the arrival of the coroner.
Medical Examiner Pinkham has opened
the bag and held hasty examination.
An autospy will be followed later in the
afternoon. The man was murdered shot
through the breast and then dismembered
after he was dead. That there may have
been an attempt at robbery is Indicated
by the discovery of u broken watch guard
chain OF black rubber broken off at the
suspender buttons.
In Saugus one George Fl. Bailey. farm
er and keeper of Breakheart Hin camp,
North Sau gus, employed by several
wealthy Lynn men, has been missing for
| two weeks past The body Wo ID CORES
pond IN size to the missing MAJ.
At $3.50 the autopsy was help. The
head had been cut off abOutshalf way
from the shoulders by a succession Of
cuts with either heavy dull knife or
hatchet The bone had been disjointed.
but the flesh was ragged. The arms
had been severed below the shoulders by
rough cuts. The legs were cut off an
inch above the knee, the cutting being
more rough and bloody than at other
places, Two bullet holes were in the left
chest. The first bullet passed through
the edge OF the sterum the other
fractured the ninth rib. One bullet was
found under the skin. 1t was of 32
caIibre from appearances, hattened on
the nose, but intact at the butt. Either
would have been instantly fatal.
The medical examiner opines that the
shots were fired while the man was
either on his knees or lying down. How
long the body had been in the water
DR. P1nkham could not say. 1t had not
been there ten days. 1t might have been
put there last night, although it was
not fresh body.
At 20 Patroiman Smith nshed up on
the same side OF the bridge as where the
body was found, small sack which con-
tained leg and foot.
Later Patrolman Kerney on the other
side of the bridge, hshed up another
sack which contained the second Leg
Both bags had been tied with hemp rope,
similar to that used on the larger one.
and In each vas good sized stone. The
shoes on the feet were of a heavy bull
do pattern and born no marks.
Tonight, Willow street cobbler named
Brewer, looked at the shoes and said that
he tapped than a short time ago for
George e, Bailey.
In the course OF their inquiry the police
learned that Elmer 4. SouthWard, Iiv-
ing on BurrOugh street, SWampscot, a
street car conductor, on Friday night
last, heard two shots fired in quick
which lies southeast of the pond. Bailey,
who disappeared from the Break Heart
hill farm on October Sth acted as lodge
keeper for the Break Heart hill camp
in the Break HearthilI forestry owned
by number OF profess o lal men OF Bos-
ton and Lynn. His employers Thought
that BalIey's disappearance was due
to his following the woman at the house
whom they took to be his wife, down
in Maine, and that he did not care to
come back without her, Bailey was 40
years old, about 6 feet inches in height
The last man who saw Bailey alive, SO
far as known, was Charles Dsary OF
North Swampscott, who says Bailey
delivered milk to his house on the
night of the 9Th inst.
Early this afternoon the police detained
John @. Best, and at o'clock tonight
he was formally placed under arrest
The officers found him In his room on
the second floor in the Break. Heart hill |
farmhouse. At the undertaken he said |
that the body looked very much like
Bailey's, and the clothing also he al