The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-14
TOSSED THE HEAD
IN LUMBER YARD
After They Cut Their Victim (
Body Into Pieces
pERvERT UNDER ARREST
SUSPECTED OF BEING CONCERN
ED I'M CASE RiVALlNG CELE.
BRATED WHiTECHAPEL
MURDERS.


+ out-rivallng in horror any crime com
I mitted In this city in several years
l. and equaling in its display Of fiendish
G cruelty and deprayity the worst ntrc
Y cities Of Whitechapers Jack the Rip
: per, was committed early this morn
Z ing at lf9 Third avenue, the victim
{ being Thomas Corcoran, an elevated
{ railroad ticket chopper Corcoran S
body was found TO have been dismem-
) bered in almost the same manner as
! was chat Of William Guldensuppe, who
was Killed by Mrs. Mack and Martin
Thorn a few years ago Thomas
Bauer, an elevator man in the Union
Square Hotel, the occupant OF the room
in which the body was found is under
arrest, charged with shooting Corcoran
and cutting up the body in order to
dispose of it.
The crime was brought TO light
when the police were notified by
George Lanole a professional acrobat
who occupied an adjoining room, who
had been awakened about o'clock
this morning by the voices Of men quar-.
reling In Bauer's room, followed by
! shot and the sound of a falling body.
Lanole was frightened and for nearly
four hours lay awake listening to the
men in the next room dragging the |
body around and cutting it up
When the police arrived they found |
! that the murderer had packed the legs !
and arms into heavy suit case. The |
trunk he placed in wicker hamper
used for the storage of clothes The
bead he carried from the house. wrap |
ped IN a newspaper. and tossed II into /
lumber yard in Eighteenth street,
near Avenue A, where it was found a
few hours LATER
Bauer sat on a chair In the room sui.
ienly watching the police at work.
When they attempted to question him
he very resolutely shook his head,
sienifying that he would not speak
word. He would not utter a syllable
of reply to any questions.
The severed head was wrapped in ,
half of a shirt aud half of news
paper The other half of the shirt aud /,
the other half Cf the newspaper were
found in Bauer's room.
Pressed with quest ions Bauer
srowledNout that he did nol know the
man, But identification came rapidly.
The clothing bore the trade mark of
Cahill, Googin s, Co.. tallors, Ne. AZ
Patrick street, Cork, Ireland. There
vas receipt written In the name of
Jorcoran and given by Edward Gross
Detective McKenny went to Grcss
Detective Mcenny went to Gross
nan. He was. able to give them Cor r
'oran's home address, Ne 324 Third, ID
venue, where he lived with his sister, 81
lrs. John McMurragh. n
When Bauer waS taken TO The East ="
wenty second street. station Captain III
iuesey and Inspector Schmittberger
MT him through The third degree" IN
Finally he said: when ! was out i
asst night I met three men-two men to
4 civil ans clothing and a soldier
id not meet them al any place in par n
cular-just on Third avenue. III
We walked awhile and we went in. \
many places. and got pretty drunk.
inally the men said they would like
50 up to my room with me aud have
same of cards' When we got home
was so drunk that they put me to
I'd. Then don't remember anything
zcept waking up kind of dazed like
nd hearing them all quarreling. II
Then fell asleep again Early This
orning I remember somebody slappng
e on the face and telling me to get
II OF there and go to work got
, ] went on the street
1t was very clear. 90 ! came back
the room. and then ] found these en-
ings-these parts of the body packed an
the hamper and the suit case. pf'
d not touch them" o
Bauc.- was unable to explain how cor
5 clothes and his body bore telitale by
aims
Later Bauer was taken TO The Dis b'H
Ct Attorneys Office and questioned AM
Dffu'y a sistant DlSf1ci Attorney Pfe
ryin bin
fauer con'radicted himself fatty. TO
siue at one time that he had been iioi
skened drnag shg night by a sound yea
a quarrel and then heard q shot
lie afierwsrd he said that he heard DE
shot
Bauer came FROM 'WuHtemburg. in B
rmany u years ago. His father. hs Gre
Is. Is a city official there. He is 81 /
1Wn along Third avenue ss a degeu- ban
te. wore bracelet and had evids a. MoI
spent a big sum out Of bis scans teei
nings in the purchase Of an expen
e wig 10 hide his badness. Il
he invited Corc0ran to his
n Three weeks ago BaHer was T
bed by fEo men he had taken - be
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