Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-04
Dr.. Percy Mcleod, Reput,
able Back Bay Physician
With Performing Opera
tion---0ther Arrests Expected.

BoStol, Nov. "a b:.2i conversation
by long distance TELEPHONE ana the
scene of developments in the famous
suit case mystery Shifted from n v
York back to Boston. As n result OF
the brief talk between Chic! Inspector
William 3. Watts of the Boston
Bureau of Criminal Investigation who is
now in New York. and Detective Cap
tain Joseph Dugan at police hcadquar-
tiers, here. DR.. Percy d. Mcleod. a re-
J putable physician of the Back Bay
! district, was arrested Oh the charge of
performing an illegal operation on
Susan Geary. the Cambridge girl whose
; dismembered body was found in two
suit cases in the waters Of Boston
Harbor.
Tonight, while the authorities admit
that other arrests may be expected
soon. they say that the case is prac-
tically completed and that it nc longer
remains Il mystery.
Through the confessions of Crawford
and Howard the two men arrested in
New York. yesterday, the authorities
received evidence which in their opin-
ion warranted the arrest of DR.. Nc
Leod. this afternoon. 1t is alleged that
DR.. Mcleod was called into the case
after the first operation was performed
III a fremont street Office. and that he
pc rforncd Il second operation of Il
desperate nature in Il vain attempt to
save the life of the young woman.
Miss Geary failing to recover. it is
alleged that DR.. Mcleod il an effort
10 conceal the crime, dismcmpcrcd the
body. These dis,nCnbarcd parts were
,pIaccd in two dress suit cases and a
small bag and. according to the con-
fcssionS of Crawford and Howard,
dropped by them into the harboT.
So far the head. which was placed in
Il small bag, weighted with shot, has
not been found in as much as the po-
lice have been told approximately
where it was dropped overheard. it is
believed that it will soon be recovered
thereby establishing beyond question
the identity of the victim.
DR.. Mcleod will be arraigned in
court. tomorrow morning. No sum had
been set, tonight, as the amount of his
bail bond. but District Attorney Sugh-
rue stated that ON ing. to the gravity of
the charge large bond would be nee
essary.
Morris Nathan. tn" lover of the dead
toiii, WIZ hhS oti Sctci III ittSDdlS
last Sunday night, and brought to this
city. i'll a state Of collapse is gradually
recovering at the City hospital. but is
not yet in condition to be brought
into court. Nathan will probably be
a1raisned. Monday.
While at first the police were of the
opinion that Nathan was not directly
connected with the case they now say
that Nathan conducted the negotiations
with the proprietors of the fremont
street establishment. the place with
which Crawford was connected and
that he was fully aware of the result of
the operation upon the Geary girl.
Tonight. the police directed their en-
orgies toward locating another member
of the band of alleged malpractitioners.
While no statement was forthcoming
that an arrest would be made mmedi-
ately. it was said that there would be
another arrest in connection with the
case
Following the arrest of DR.. Mcleod,
Captain Dugan sent out inspectors In
search Of A woman who is said to have
been nurse in the house where Miss
Geary died. The nurse, il is claimed,
was present at the second operation,
alleged to have been performed by DR..