The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-09-24

BOSTON. Sept 23.-Over one thousand
policemen and detectives in Boston and
its vicinity are working earnestly to-
right to solve the weird mystery which
still wraps the case OF the finding OF
the dismembered body Of young
woman in a suit case. discovered float
ing in the water near the Winthrop
Yacht Clubs dock
The search for. the head OF the victim
was ,redoubled today, and as result the
police learned thai what was apparent
ly the severed head OF woman was
seen floating on the ebbtide in the Wa
ters of Shirley Gut on Thursday morn
ing by Harry Green, a youth who re-
sides with his parents on Snake Island
Almost directly opposite Snake Island
is the Winthrop Yacht Club, off the
dock of which, late Thursday afternoon
was found the suit case containing the
disrnembered body of the young woman.
whose murder has provided Boston with
one Of the most fiendish and brutal muir
der mysteries IN it's criminal annals
No Hope of Identification.
without the head or one Of the arms
or limbs that may contain scars or birth
marks. there is scarcely any hope OF
establishing the identity Of the muir
dered girl. and therefore. or running
TO earth her murderer
The discovery that the olive-hued suit
case in which the trunk was found has
been twice repaired within six months
were the chief developments in the SEN
sational .-suit case murder" today
The repairs in the first instance were
made by Cummings. who sold the case
originally While he does not know the
name of the man who brought the case
| for repair. he has given the police an
accurate description of the person
/ Still later. evidently within a few
months, q new handle was put on the
case either by a harness maker or q
| cobbier. and the police are dragging the
! city TO locate this man In the hope that
/ he may put them on the track Of the
1 murderer.
Police Clutching at StrawS-
| AT such straws the police are clutch
! ing. and necessarily so. for the mur-
/ derer in this case was apparently su-
I perhumanly crafty. and went at tht
destruction of evidence that would ieaC
to his detection with masters skill
/ There are thirty or more girls reported
missing in and about Boston. and the
authorities are being flooded with let
Z tPrS from relatives OF NtlS ul4SSAAtS cAASS
asking for details. which the police ar
absolutely unable TO furnish
Clues by the dozen are being rul
down. but in each instance the detec
tives are confronted at the end OF thei
search by one of the two problem
which must be solved preliminary I
the clearing up OF the great mystery:
Who owns the suit case2
Who is the victim of the knife?
What the Chief of Police Says.
Chief of Police Mcneil. of Boston
said tonight:
by the autopsy there was shown
have been an unusual crime committed
We are not going 10 think about sue
a small thing as sleep SO long as W
can do anything TO solve the mystery.
I'VE are going over every foot of IN
territory Our little force OF. bicycles /
searching all over the town for clue
and have found some that seem good
1T does not necessarily follow tha
this physician was alone in the crim
; II was probably committed with n
connivance of another. and this ma
: as we'll as the physician is sought b
the police.