The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-11-02
MAY CLEAR UP MY9TERY'
5ostan Police Arrest an5Actor . HsesG
Suit Case Murder-Was Girls

lodged against Motifs Nathan SeGretaryi
to the manager Of the shepherd King,
company. in connection with the winthrop
suit case mystery, he is not the principa1f
in the affair, mt is held because 1t is be-
lieved he can throw more light on the
crime than anyone else. That the police
have a complete story from Nathan, tell
ing all he knows and suspects. is not de-
MED. It Is known that Nathan admitted
to Superintendent of Detectives Thomas
A. McQuatde and Superintendent Of Police
Alexan nd err EYgallsee hat he wa 9 Aintt,nat
with Miss Geary, and in his statement he
implicated a woman, whom, he says. cons
Quoted a maternity home in fremont
street, Boston.
The Boston police were Immediately no.
titled, and they started out In search or
the woman. When they have arrested
the woman who conducted the place where
Miss Geary went for treatment the police
believe the mystery will be cleared up and
the people to blame for the murder
brought to trial. I
Nathan explained to the police that he
was not aware OF the girls condition. He
declares they We're to be married. He says
he overheard a conversation between Miss
Geary and two girls who were appearing
at the parks In Hartford. in which one of
the girls advised Miss Geary to go to the
fremont street house for treatment. Ma
than said he was not responsible for Miss
Geary's going to a hospital.
That the crime was done by a woman Is
the belief of the police officials. No hard
fened criminal, they say, would have dis
posed of the body by cutting it up and
packing 1t in q suit case and then allow
the case to float. L
The manner of cutting the body into
parts indicates the work Of an inexper-
fenced person., insofar as hiding the crime
is concerned.
! ! Furthermore. the leaving OF the rings on
the fingers Is an indication that the crime
was committed by a person unaccustomed
to crime. The rings were the telltale
marks, and IL they had been removed and
The body allowed to float 1t is probable that
the mystery would have remained un-
solved. 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 he is respon-
isible for her receiving treatment.
Nathan Is in q very bad condition pllysi-
,cally. For weeks he has been suffering
mental anguish, Disgusting it as best he
could from the others of the company. He
is on the verge Of collapse.
Nathan's story of having last seen the
murdered girl at the subway station at
Boyleston and fremont streets, Boston, on
the night Of September 8, is borne out by
several members of the company.
The members OF the company still believe
Nathan innocent. and will aid him in every
way possible.
P~ittsburg, Oct. 31.-After a long and
searching examination at police head
quarters, lasting until after / o'clock in
the morning, Morris Nathan, secretary to
the manager of the shepherd King" COM
pany, was held on a charge Of numbering
his sweetheart. Miss Susan Geory, the VIC
tim Of the Winthrop suit cast mystery
which has been puzzling the Boston nu-
thorlties for more than a month.
Nathan was unable to stand after ar
rest. lie had been crying for the past
week. and was so unnerved that they had
to almost carry him to police headquar-,
tiers. <
The members of the compan synpa-
thize deeply with Nathan, and believe him
innocent, but heartbroken over the girls
death. &
Nathan is Weakening.
Morris Nathan spent a restless night
in his cell at Central police station. He
was closely questioned by police Off
Gals this morning, after which Di-!
rector Moore of the public safety de-
partment said the arrest vas q very
important one, and that Nathan knows'
something about the crime and is weak
ening.
Iic IpilSoIic Will ne Htlu ulllll the ar
rival Of Boston officers tonight. 1t is
said Nathan will return to Massachu-
sets without requisition papers.
Steps nave been taken that will lead
to the location and arrest of the ply
sicians supposed to be implicated In
the case.
Operation by a Woman.
AS d. result of admissions by Nathan.
the police are almost positive the death
Of Susan Geary resulted from a crimi-
nal operation performed by 4 woman
in Boston and that the body Of the girl,
was afterwards mutilated to hide the
fact.
AS a result of information sent TO,
Boston by Pittsburg police it is ex-
Dected the woman will be arrested to-
day If she has not left that city.
Story of the Mystery.
Boston, Mass, Oct. 1.-That the Dig
membered body found in a suit case at
Winthrop on September 81 Is that of Su-
san Geary, of Cambridge. is the belief Of
the girls family and friends and OF thei
Boston police department.
Miss Geary, who was the daughter Of,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. d. Geary, was a chorus
girl Of the shepherd King company. and
was known on the stage as Ethel Durrell.f
She was Fl years Of age. Mrs. Geary iden-
tilted three rings taken from the right
hand, found in the second suit case picked
up near the New Charleston bridge on
Friday last, as those worn by her daugh-
ter when she absented herself from the
theatrical company on September II,
Her Lover Reported Disappearance.
Confirmation Of Miss Geary's disappear-
ance from the company came from Morris
Nathan, secretary to the manager of the
company, and to whom Miss Geary was
engaged.
Mr.. Nathan is now in Pittsburg, Pa,
According to Nathan, Miss Geary parted
from him on the best terms the day after
the company closed its last engagement
in this city, and he had supposed. he said.
that he would see her at the next perform
ance in Lowell on the following day. In
stead however a message was received
by the company's manager from .P. A
Smith, M. D., Boston, which stated thar
Miss Durrell" was suffering from stom-
ach trouble and would be unable to report
for several days.
Girl Dropped Out of Sight.
Miss Geary dropped out of sight after
that, and so far as the police are con