The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-11-09
PARTIAL SOLUTION
OF BOSTON MYSTERY
Two Men, Who Disposed OF
Girls Body, Arrested in
New York.
ONE MAN CONFESsEs
Says Fe Was Hired in Bostcn to Diss
ember Miss Geary's Body and
Throw 1t Into the
Harbor.

homicide in connection with the suit
case mystery in Boston. One of the
men, William Howard, is said to have
confessed that he and his fellow pris-
oner, Louis Crawford, alias Albert B.
Emery, We're the ones who took the
body from a hospital on fremont street,
Boston and threw the disembered por-
tons, which We're concealed in dress
suit cases and a hand satchel, into
Winthrop (Massachusetts) harbor.
Howard denies that he knows anything
about the cutting up of the body, while
Crawford refuses to say a word. Chief
Inspector Watts, of Boston, is on his
way here with witnesses who say they
saw the men thrown the body from
ferryboats.
In the arrest of the two men here
the police declare that the solution Of
the suit case mystery will be reached,
II that the person primarily respon-
sible for the death of Susan Geary, the
chorus girl OF the shepherd King
company, soon will be in the hands of
the police.
William Howard, who has an alias of
Hunt, is 36 years of age. He says he
is an engineer by occupation, Il that
he has lived since he came here in a
furnished rOoming house in East Four
teenth street.
Albert H. Emory, alias Crawford, is
a theatrical agent. Howard, as soon
DIS lie NdS paced ullQei arrest, the pO-
lice say, freely told the complete story
Of the disposition Of the body, but alb
s%olutely denies that he knows who
performed the operation upon tie
chorus girl which brought about her
death, or who dismembered the body.
He was hired to help Crawford, he
SWearS, to dispose of the body, and
this is all he has had to do with the
case, although he admits that he knew
the girl had died under suspicious cir
cumstances and that her body had been
cut up.
Howard and Crawford were arrested
here. AS soon as the men were taken
to police headquarters Howard broke
down and made the alleged confession.
According to the prisoners sworn
statement, as related by the police. he
has known Crawford for more thar
three years. Crawford has been en-
ployed at various times by patent med
icine concerns throughout the United
States, but for some time past he has
been engaged in managing what the
police say is a lying in hospital con-
Quoted by his mother-in-law. DR.. Jane
Bishop, in fremont street. Boston.
On the morning OF September 10, two
days before the dismembered body of
Susan Geary was found, Howard called
at Dr.. Bishops place to see Crawford
Howard said he needed money badly at
LliC LlIlit, illu N1ell SIdN 4ttt suggest
ed that he was in a position 10 get
him Il good fee he quickly Jumped at
the chance.
Nov I've got a chance to let you
make a good piece of money Craw-
ford is alleged to have said to Howard,
only you want to be mighty careful
and keep your mouth shut. One of our
patients is dead II we have got to
get rid of the body. We have got TO
get rid of it by all means, and without
delay.
Then he went on to tell Howard
according to the confession, thai u gin
had died from the effects Of an oper-
alton. He explained in detail what was
reQuired-to remove the renlain to
some spot where they would not be dis
covered for some time.
"How much is there in it?" Howard
said he asked.
One hundred dollars answered
Crawford, and Howard says they closed
the deal. They made an appointment
to meet at the hospital on the follow
ing morning. Howard entered the re-
ception room the next day, and CraW-
ford kept Howard there until night,
when Crawford handed Howard q small
hand satchel, the latter says, while
Crawford himself carried a dress suit
case. Howard vas told what was in
the bag and the satchel, but was as
u ~ Alitl ~ 1 u ~. i"
tracted to them. Then they started for
the East Boston ferry and on the way
Crawford explained that they would
throw the body into the harbor at the
first opportunity. Crawford told How
ard not TO lose his nerve, and that they
accomplish their object without
any trouble.
When they boarded the ~ferryboat,
however, there We're more people go
ing to East Boston than they had en-
pected, Howard says, and no favorable
opportunity presented itself. At East
Boston they went ashore and rode on a
trolley car to Orient Heights and re-
turned. Upon reaching the ferry house
there We're few people in the vicinity,
and when the craft was we'll out in
the stream Crawford said, LET her
60 and Howard dropped the satchel
which contained the head OF the dead
girl, while Crawford dropped over the
stern the suit case containing the
limbs. Howard said he thought the
job was done. But Crawford told him
there was another portion of the BODY
to be disposed of, and straightWay thew
went to the fremont street hospital
and got another suit case. Howard says
he took the case and with Crawford
drove to the Chelsea ferry, where they
boarded a boat and when nobody was
looking threw the suit case into the
river. Before he left Crawford, Howard
$50. Next day he got $40,
Crawford holding out $40 and saying
they mad not taken in that much at the
hospital.
Two days later Howard was startled
when he heard newspoys calling out
about the greWsome find of a dismem-
bered body in a suit case, aud imme-
diately he went to the hospital and told
Crawford that he was scared and
to leave own Crawford gave
him some more money, he says, and
told him that he intended to get out,
too, and that he would accompany him
New York. On September % they
to New York. Shortly afterwards
the police ofSthis city received a mes
sage from the Boston authorities ask
ing them to look out for Crawford,
who, it was believed, could throw
light on the mystery. 1t was by
constantly watching the New York
agencies that the two men
COW in custody We're located.