The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-06-12
Possible Now 10 Identity Woman
Murdered at Chelmsford.
WRAPPED IN WAIST AND SKIRT.
Heavy Stone Put Into Bundle 10 Garry Il 10
Bottom Of Brook Victim Apparently Be-
tween 35 and 40 Years Old.

Lowell. Mass. June 15.-The missing
yesterday in brook not far from the
wood lot in Chelmsford where the body
was found Sunday.
The murderer, after he had severed
the head from the trunk and wrapped
the waist and skirt taken from the wo-
man about IL. tied a heavy stone to
the bundle and dropped II over the side
of the bridge on the Bilerica road with
the expectation that IL would sink be-
meath the bridge and escape notice in
three or four feet of water. This was
just what happened up 10 yesterday.
The head was found by Harry G.
Greene. private detective, who has
gone TO work upon the case. He made
the discovery yesterday morning. but he
did not make IL public until afternoon.
for he was obliged To walt until the state
police arrived from Boston.
The head had certain things by which
It should be identified without difficulty.
In the were earrings OF spiral pat
tern, containing small moonstones. The
lower part of the mouth contained
complete set of false teenth in good re-
pair
The upper part OF the jaw contained
n partial set of false teeth and two eve
4
| up I'm a pug" kept I'm place by four
hair pins with an ordinary hair comb
| of light color in place beneath II.
The long exposure TO the water had
whitened the features beyond easy iden-
tihcation, but the nose Is small and the
| hair Of the head is black In color.
The waist found with the head is OF
| white flannel, buttoning I'm front with
! four plain gilt buttons, but fastened with
hooks and pins. IL Is well made. with
narrow tucks in front and in the back.
The skirt is an underskirt OF red satine
with four rows of black braid al the bot
tom and single row seven and n half
| inches above. The overskrt is still MISS
ing.
After placing the head with the body
Dr. Neigs was obliged 60 revise his pre-
\ vious opinion as to the woman's age.
and said that she might have been from
80 TO 40 years old. Her height appears
10 have been from feet inches to 5
| feet A.
The medical examiner also made this
| important statement after an examina-
tion OF the head: "The head was SOW
cred from the body by several blows.
probably as many as six or seven Tho
indications are that they were delivered
with an axe. The blows were probably
delivered on the right side and II Is
! quite possible that the body was In q re-
clining position at the time.
1 Tncre are bruises dDCut me fnce4 nut
some are post mortem ones. Ono blow
OF the axe carried away the lower part
OF the chin. There is also briiiScapvcr
the forehead that was probably made he-
fore death There was no fracture of he
skull The only blows that are certain
TO have caused death are those at the
throat. one OF which severed the top OF
the spinal column.
SHE RECOGNIZED THE CLOTHING
Lawrence Mass. June 12-Miss Mar
| garet Casey OF Chestnut street was at
the police station last night in conference
with State Officers Rhodes and Durham.
and she was shown certain articles OF
clothing found upon the woman whose
body was discovered in Chelmsford on
Sunday
She had no doubt. whatever. that the
murdered woman was her aunt. Mrs.
Margaret Blondin of Boston.
Mrs. Blondin. whose maiden name was
Margaret O'Rielly of Lawrence, married
Frederick w. Blondin. French-Canadian
several months ago in Boston She had
previously been employed in the mills
at Chelmsford.
Two months ago her relatives I'm Law
renee lost track of her. tt Is understood
that she and her husband went to live
somewhere I'm Boston.
II is not known here where Mr. Blon-
|, din Is.