Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-31
MURDER OF SUSAN CEARY
Days Developments Throw New Light en-
Suit Case Mystery.
CRIME WAS COMMITTED BY A WOMAN
Deed was Done "a Hide Grim
inRI Operation and Police Have
Name of Physician Per-
forming IL.

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the person who is believed to have caused
the death Of Susan Geary OF Cambridge.
the victim of the dress suit case tragedy.
it is believed tonight that the case had
entered upon its last stage and that an
arrest would be made soon
Morris Nathan, the lover Of the dead
girl, a member Of the shepherd King
company, who is under arrest at Pittsburg,
Pa, on the charge of murder, has furnished
valuable information regarding the case,
and the police now have tangible facts upon
which to pursue their investigation.
| While the Boston officers tonight refused
to discuss the latest developments Of the
! mystery, 1t is known that they are in pos
! session OF the name Of the physician who
performed the operation that caused the
death OF Miss Geary.
| Tonight Mrs. Catherine Geary and Miss
| Evelyn Geary. mothe rand sister of the
! dead girl, were summoned to the Office of
Superintendent of Police William II. Pierce
! for an extended conference. Earlier in the
| day Mrs. Geary and her daughter had been
closely questioned by Cambridge police de-
tectives.
Acting under Information ELECTED from
Morris Nathan by the Pittsburg police,
Boston detectives today searched the Tre-
mont street Office of a woman physician
: WIN HAS duNtlNloSu thltuHlNtiy III Illf
newspapers. The proprietress Of the es-
tablishment was not present and one of
! her assistants. whom the police are par
ticularly desirous of locating was also alb
sent. The records were carefully scrutin-
! lied by the officers, but It is understood
! that nothing OF an incriminating nature
was found.
Two officers one representing the Boston
police department and one detailed by the
Massachusetts district Cstate) police, left
, for Pittsburg today to bring Nathan back
to this city
Nathan Not the Principal.
! PITTSBURG, Oct. 30--It is the firm con-
viction of everyone in touch with the case
that, while a charge Of murder has been
lodged against Morris Nathan, secretary
to the manager of the Shepherd King"
| company, in connection with the Winthrop
suit case mystery, he is not the principal
in the affair and is held because it is be-
lteved he can throw more light on the
crime than anyone els
That the police have a complete story
from Nathan, telling all he knows and
suspects, is not denied but aside from a
few statements that have leaked out con-
cerning the examination the authorities
refuse to disclose the information obtained
until after the arrival of the Boston offi-
GERS, who are expected about 3 o'clock in
,brfhes mo- tpS4e IL -is known- that Nsthgn ad-
mitted to superintendent OF Detectives
Thomas A. McQuaide and Superintendent
of Police Alexander Wallace that he was
intimate with Miss Geary and in his state
ment he implicated woman who he says,
conducted a maternity home in fremont
street. Boston. The Boston police We're
Immediately notified and they started out
/ In, Of ba fbax- bo,
arrested the woman who conducted the
place where Miss Geary went for treat
ment, which may be tonight, the police
believe the mystery will be cleared up and
. the people to blame for the murder
brought to trial Nathan explained to the
police that he was not aware of the girls
condition. He declares they were to be
married. He says he overheard a con-
versation between Miss Geary and two
girls who were in Hartford. in which one
of the girls advised Miss Geary to go to
the Tremont-street house for treatment
Nathan said he was not responsible for
Miss Geary's going to hospital.
Crime Committed by Woman.
That the crime was done by woman is
the belief of the police officials No hard
ened criminal. they say, would have dis
posed of the body by cutting IL up and
packing IL III a suit case ana tnen allow
the case to float A weight would have
been placed in the case the police believe
. and the murder might have been forever
, hidden had experienced criminal done
the deed The manner of the cutting OF
! the body into parts indicates the work of
an inexperienced person insofar as hiding
the crime.
Furthermore the leaving of the rings on
the fingers is an indication that the crime
was committed by person unaccustomed
to crime. The rings were the tell-tale
marks and if they had been removed and
the body allowed to float. it is probable
that the mystery would remain unsolved.
The authorities appear to believe that
Nathan was unaware OF the murder OF the
girl and that he had no part in that crime
. but they seem to think that he is respon-
3 sible for her receiving treatment.
0 Nathan is In d very bad condition physi-
calIy For weeks he has been suffering
( mental anguish, disguised as best he could
a from the others OF the company. He is or
r the verge OF collapse.
e The members of the company still be
e lieve Nathan innocent of murder and vii
e aid him in every way possible
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