The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-09-26
Owner of Dress Suit Case
Not Yet Found.
MYSTERY AS DEEP AS EVER
Young Man Owned Suit Case Some
Months Ago, But Person He Sold
It to Not Yet Located
Diver Searching Harbor

Boston, Sept. 20. -All along the OFF
cial line today, there il even . greater
activity IN the work Of cleaning up the
mystery Of the suit casen murder than
there has been at any time since the
crime was discovered and the body of
the young woman was taken from the
water near the Winthrop Yacht Club
house last Thursday evening. The whole
power of the state, city and Winthrop
police is being exerted in an effort to
find the missing head and limbs OF the
dead woman and to capture the man
who three months ago bought the suit
case at second hand from a young woman
who had owned it several years. Nat
urally, the police will not tell the name
of this man, but they admitted this
noon that they believed they were get
ting closer to him every hour. The city
police expect to arrest him before night,
and when they do get him, they hope
to secure from him such information
and admissions as viii Immediately re
suit in the Identification of the young
woman and in the arrest of the ply
sician who performed the operation,
which caused her death, and who is sup
posed to have mutilated the body al
terward
Meantime, the winthrop police are
engaged in searching for the missing
parts Of the body, employing the SER
vices OF a diver, who il examining the
bottom Of the harbor Of the Winthrop
Yacht Club house. Besides this. police
men in boats are dragging the bay in
the neighborhood of the yacht club
house, but so far without result.
The features Of Yesterdays inyestiga
tion Of the Winthrop dress suit case
mystery, were the finding Of bundle
containing several women's garments
and blood-stained clothes, and the iden-
tification Of the dress suit case in
which last Thursday was found the dis
membered body Of woman near the
float Of the Winthrop Yacht club While
the police appear TO be more or less
skeptical concerning the value Of the
discoveries, they are, nevertheless, work
ing along the lines suggested BY them.
The bundle was found by searehers
lying ON the shore of the Winthrop pen
insllla near that part known as Cottage
park, about mile and half from
iAiC 'biAh Ailttt liit NACrS HttiA NAeE WAS
found. In the bundle, which was en-
closed with strong manila wrapping pa
per, was a womans underyest, a towel,
the part of skirt, some embroidered
cotton and several pieces of cheese
cloth, blood stained. On the wrapping
paper was 4 label with this address,
II. Burnham, 2 Dalton street, city,
from Salter silk company, 125 Kingston
street, Boston,
Inquiry at the Salter silk company
failed to assist the case, as the sales
man was Of the opinion that the goods
sold to 4. @. BuInham We're delivered
last Friday. This is one day later than
the finding OF the dress suit case and
would tend to show that the bundle may
have had no connection with the mys-
terry. The police, however, are making
further inquiries before eliminating this |
latest possible clew.
The police are deyoting the closest at
tention to the Identification of the dress
suit case, which is alleged to have been
the property Of missing West End
physician Two persons, both ae-
quainted with the physician, one for
mer employe. the other former land |
lady, have expressed the belief that the |
dress suit case in the possession Of the |
police had belonged to the doctor. Both |
are very positive in their statements, |
particularly the former Office boy. The |
landlady said that when she Hast saw
it, some two weeks ago, the handle was
loose. This is corroborative Of the po-
lice contention that the handle had re- !
Gently been repaired
The report Of Medical Examiner Har |
ris to the effect that the dismembering |
Of the body and the operation performed |
on the woman was the work of a skill /
ed surgeon and the allegations Of two |
witnesses that the dress suit case was
the property of a physician have led I
the police to redouble their efforts to /
locate the missing doctor The police
know the wanted man, but have not
divulged his name and have instructed I
the witnesses to keep silence.
The physician in question is not regis
tered as such in this state, aud Is liable I
TO arrest on such charges. 1t has been /
learned from neighbors that his wife /
was preparing for child birth
Search for the missing members of I
the unknown body is being vigorously /
maintained. The police are, however,
satisfied that the head, arms and legs
were not placed il any Of the sewers,
inasmuch as they would probably have
reached the main pumping station sun
day at the latest
In connection with the mendiag Of
the dress suit case the local police have
been informed that John Weeks, har
nes maker Of Camden, Me-, about three
weeks ago repaired a dress suit case
similar in description to the Winthrop
one for young woman.
formed that the wife Of the doctor for
whom they are still looking had been
located, thus eliminating her from the
case