The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-02
TWO MEN WITH
NEW SUIT CASE
We're The Passengers OF a Bos-
ton Cab Driver
THE MURDER MYSTERY
REMAINS uNRAvELED BUT THE
POLICE ARE STILL TRYING
TO RUN DOWN THE PER-
PETRAToRs.

Boston, Mass. Oct l.. Baffled. but
refusing 10 admit that they are bea
en- the Boston police are frantlcaf
struggling with the mystery Of the
dress suit case murder, which grows
deeper and more perplexing every
hour.
Two new elews OF the usual sort,
conflicting yet promising. came to
| light today. A cabman has been found
who declares that on the night OF
september 90 the day before the torso
was found, he carried two men. who
had heavy suit case with them,
from his stand by the Hotel Tour.
aine to the Chelsea Ferry, which leads
TO Winthrop Beach.
A newsboy has been discovered who
declares that he helped the purchaser
of the two suit cases carry the latter
through the gates of the Pleasant
street STATION Of the Subway, opposite
Berkman's pawnshop, the day the
cases were brought. The boy says
the man asked the way to the Atlantic
Avenne L Roard. and that he distinct
~ mentioned Rowes wharf. whence
he might go to Winthrop, Or where,
on the other hand. he could board d
| steamer for either Portland or Rock.
lland3
! Tha cabmat's story is positive, ami
/ to y certain extent IL is corroboratei.
/ Timothy ]. Howard is the cabman.
/ One Of the men was large, he says:
i the other of medium size. The hour
was about 1os b clock. The place, out.
side the Hotel Tourafne, which III
lone of the fashionable notess of Bos.
ton ana not far from the Back HAY
Iaiatricf II III important als0 that tha
Thnfaina N Dniy halt aoxen hIouks
II 4 straight line from the place where
the snit cases were brought.
ia your correspondent Howard said
today rM
When one OF the men hailed me
fur the cab started To lift the bag
on the box, as Is the custom, In order
to make more room inside the carriage
but just as / took hold Of the case
the oldest and largest Of the two men
said sharply:
Don't touch Il at; It's too heavy for
you We win take 1t inside the car.
rage
Il had firm hold before he spoke
and had started TO lift It. but found ii
extremely heayy-so heavy that
couldn't move it from the sidewalk
without bracing myself
When the men went inside the car.
riage | noticed the larger man of the
two was bent over by the weight Of the
case
: When | reached the ferry house It
/, was just 1876 o'clock After pulling
! up the horse through force of habit,
and having forgotten what they said
!, about the heavy dress suit case I
!. jumped down from the box, opened the
. carriage door and reached in to re-
! move the bag. but both men thrust
their hands ont, and one of them said.
Never mind, | viii take care Of
! that
! When they alighted from the car.
! riage, ii was in the same cautious
! way and again the larger man took
4 possession of the bag. II being evident
9 that ii was too heavy for the younger
! and smaller man.
While ! stood alongside the car
rage the older man set the bag down
on the sidewalk very carefully, and
paid me. | did not attach much I'm.
ptrtance 10 the incident az the time;
. but when | saw In the papers an item
requesting carriage drivers to report
10 the police any passengers carried
4. through the city who had unusually
r. heavy dress suit cases on the night
u before the body was found, II instant
X ly flashed into my mind that | hal
taken those men to the ferry, and +
"a spoke TO an officer about III
1e THE older man was about 20. was
feet or 10 inches tall, and weighed
Of t75 Of iS0 pounds I should Judge. He
le was dressed in suit of dark clothing,
IN "The younger man was considerably
n taller. hut slight; was 20 OK "a years
old, smoothfacei Judging from his
II cations should say the older man was
I'd the leader, for he did all the business.
n | could see at glance they we're not
10 what us cabbies call riders for they
tu did no enter or leave the carriage like
~ men who are constantly riding,
They were not flashly dressed, or
IN unusually well dressed but rather me-
q dlum In that respect 7 should say,
The more | thought the thing over
the more convinced become that they
would not have taken the carriage
OF hal Il not been for the heavy ruit
sn case"
n William H. Atkins. too taker at tho