New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-30
BOSTON MYSTERY SOLVED.
ARREST IN PIITSBURG.
Mother Identifies SAT- Case Tict'm,
Actress, by Rings.

Pittsburg Oct 3O-After an examination at
Police Headquarters. lasting until after
O'Clock this morning, Morris Nathan, secretary
to the manager of the shepherd King COM
pany. was held on a charge of numbering his
sweetheart. Miss Susan Geary, the victim of the
Boston suit case mystery. which has peeh
puzzling the Boston authorities for more than
a month.
Nathan sticks to his story that he has not
seen the girl since he escorted her to a subway
station on the night of September t.
Nathan had been crying for the last week.
and was so unnerved that detectives had TO al
most carry him to Police Headquarters,
Manager Reinold of the company has the
doctors certificate, which had been received at
Lowell, Mass, explaining that Miss Geary was
i'll and would be unable to join the company for
days. An expert penman declared yes
terday that the handwriting was that of man
who had endeavored to disguise it.
Boston Oct 29-That the dismembered body
found in a dress suit case in the harbor here is
that of Miss Susan Agnes Geary, of Cambridge,
is the belief of the girls family and friends and
of the Boston Police Department.
Miss Geary. who was the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs J. D. Geary, was chorus girl of the "Shep-
herd King" company, and was known on the
stage as Ethe, Durre She twenty-one
rings taken from the right hand found in the
second dress suit case those worn by her
daughter when she left the theatrical company
on September 10 Confirmation of Miss Gearys
disappearance from the company came from
Morris Nathan. secretary to the manager of the
company Mr.. Nathan, to whom Miss Geary
was engaged, is in Pittsburg.
/ According to Nathan Miss Geary parted from
him on the best of terms the day after the COM
1tt
he supposed he said that he should see her at
the next performance in Lowell On the following
day Instead. however. message was received
by the company's manager from 'P. A. Smith,
NJ D. of Boston," which stated that Miss Dur
rell' suffering from stomach trouble and
would be unable to report for several days.
Miss Geary dropped out of sight after that,
and, so fas as the police concerned, they
have been unable to find any one who either
saw or communicated with the girl. Ten days
later on September 81, the first dress suit case
was found The three rings found in the second
case gave the police the first tangible clew in
the case. A newspaper found Mrs. Geary,
who had missing daughter, whose description
tailed with that of the suit case victim Mrs.
Geary and two daughters described the rings to
the police. and afterward positively recognized
them as belonging to Susan.
Having established to their own satisfaction
the identity of the victim the police then turned
their attention to the search for the person re-
sponsible for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the body,
but to this evening little progress in that
direction has been made
Mrs Geary declared to-day that when she last
saw her daughter the latter complained of pains
in the side. and Mrs. Geary suggested to-day
that she might have been operated upon for
appendicitis, ana that the doctor. being unsuc-
oessful in the operation cut her UP. Mrs. Geary
| expressed the opinion that the case had not been
an illegal one.
AS soon as Mrs Geary's suspicious were con-
firmed by the description of the rings, message
was sent to Nathan at Pittsburg, asking him to
come Boston and bring the note signed "P.
A Smith NJ D. Boston Nathan says that
when Miss Durrell did not join the company in
Lowell an investigation was started In order to
find Smith but that no trace of him could be
found. Since then Nathan has been in frequent
communication with Mrs. Geary, and, it is said.
urged her to the police of the disappear
ance of the daughter. Mrs. Geary objected.
however on account of the notoriety Mr..
Nathan said his suspicious were confirmed when
he read description of the rings.