Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-10-18
HeadIess and LimbIess Human
Trunk Found Near Lynn.
Belief That Murdered Man Was Geo.
{. Bailey, a Carpenter.
Bloody Axe Found In Barn CeIlar-Iohn G.
Best Arrested.

Iennie Clark was found wedged into a
trunk which had been picked up in the
Saugus river, is in some respects. at
nresent, no more mysterious than the
murder which was revealed, today, by
the finding of a mans body, decapi-
tated. and denuded of the limbs. in
sunny sack in Glenmore pond. 1t may
turn out to be another instance where
rival affections for a woman have led
10 a quarrel and then in revenge, the
murder was committed.
The police. tonight are inclined to
the belief that Geo. f. Bailey has beer
murdered and 50 have taken under ar
resi- John c. Best. % years of age, a
farm hand employed on the estate of
which the supposed victim of the mur-
der was carpenter Furthermore the
nolice in searching the Breakheart Hill
farm. where the men live. found in the
harm cellar an axe which bore blood
stains. but it is not certain that they
are of human blood: similar stains on
4 window sill and on a piece OF card
hoard in the room which Best occupied
in the house Bailey disappeared on
Oct. Sth. No one knew the reason, but
there were many persons who suppos-
Wiscasset. Me. she having left the
house il is asserted, because of a dis
agreement with Bailey. 1t is now
claimed that the woman. known as
Mrs. Bailey. was not his wife. that al
though Bailey was married, his wife's
whereabouts are unknown. The wo-
man is said to be Miss Susie Young.
and was the housekeeper.
Glenmere pond. where the body was
found. is a small dark body Of water,
between Lynn and Salem. \ bridge
which is 256 feet in length. floats on the
pond. Beside this bridge. about 10 o'clock
this morning. was found floating a gum
ney bag which held the trunk Of a man.
Late in the afternoon. TWO other bags of
similar material were Grappled UP, ard
each contained missing leg. The head
and arms are still missing. Medical EX-
aminer Pinkham had an autopsy. finding
that the murderer had terribly hacked
the body in his efforts to decapitate and
denude it. The weapon used was, appar-
entity. a heavy knife. not sharp enough to
cut clean but Of sufficient strength -
disioint the bones of the neck and to as
sist in crushing the femurs of the legs.
The Bailey clue is undeniahy good
one. The trunks answer the description
haas would be ascribed TO Bailey. down 10
the color Of the hair. Best says that he
had no serious trouble with Bailey ana
does not know why he disappeared. on
Oct. s. After Best was arrested. tonight,
by City Marshal Durches. 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. tn
medical examiner in his superficial eX-
amining said that the man had been
killed by a bullet wound of which there
are two on the left side of the body.
either one of which would have caused
death 1t is judged that weapon OF
large calibre was used and in the
Breakheart Hill farm house was found
44-calibre rifle. At first. it was
thought that the murderer might have
had robbery in mind, but the finding
OF portions of n watch guard on the
vest and watch chamois in the watch
pocket has caused the robbery theory
to be abandoned.
There is some doubt as to how long
the dead body was in the pond. The
had been dead perhaps 10 days. but
the body had not been in the water
that length of time. 1t might have
been put there. yesterday or two days
ago. They believe it is likely that a
wagon was used. last night. to cart the
ghastly burden to the bridge. 1t was
dumped overheard with a stone at
1ached to the bag but the string con-
mo ba nd h1 did NOT hold.
At $50. the autopsy was held. The
head had been cut off about half way
from the shoulders by a succession Of
cuts with either heavy dull knife Or
hatchet The bones had been disj1inted
but the flesh was ragged Ihe arms
had been severed below the shoulders
by rough cuts. The legs We're cut OF
an inch above the knee. the cutting pc
ing more rough and bloody than al
other Places Two bullet holes We're in
The left chest. The first bullet passed
through the edge of the sternum; the
other fractured the ninth rib. one pui-
let was found under the skin. 1t was
of 32-calibre from appearance, fatteh-
ed on the nose but intact a t the butt
This wound would have been instantly
fatal.
The medical examiners opinion j.
that the shots were fired while the mar
was either on his knees or lying down
How long the body had been in the
water Dr. Pinkham could not say. i
had not been there 10 days. 1t NIGH
have been put there, last night az
though il was not a fresh body
AT 1925, Patrolman Smith tished up
on the same side of the bridge as Whert
the body was found a small sack whicl
contained leg and foot. Later
Patrolman Mckerny on the other sld'
of the bridge fished up another saci
which contained the second leg. Boti
bags had been tied with hemp rop
similar to that used on the larger am
in each was a Soodsized stone. IN
shoes on the feet We're of heavy Dull
dog pattern and bore no marks.
Tonight. a Willow street copble
named Brewer looked at the shoes an
said that he tapped them short tim
ago for George l.. Bailey.
In the course of their inquiry the po
lice learned that Elmer X. South
worth, living on Burrough street
Swampscott. street car conductor
on Friday night last, heard two shot
fred in quick succession toward tn