Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-03
SEEKING GIRLS HEAD.
Boston Harbor Being Dragged For
Evidence Of Murder.

Boston, Nov. 3.--Police Captain Du.
gan today obtained warrants for the
arrest OF Crawford and Howard on the
charge Of committing abortion on the
body OF Susanna, Geary. In view Of
Howards confession the harbor is be :
ing dragged today with the hope Of
recovering the head OF the victim,
which Howard says Is enclosed In a
hand satchel heavily weighted.
DR.. Percy d. Mcleod was arrested
ton. Mcleod is charged with being
the person who dismembered the body
Of Susanna Geary.
New York, Nov. 3.--William Howard
and Louis Crawford, who were arrested
In connection with the Winthrop suit
case mystery, were today identified by
Cabman Howard. of Boston, as the
two men who were in his cab with
suit cases the night when the girls
body was thrown into Boston harbor.
Pawnbrokers also identified the men
as those who purchased suit cases.
The prisoners were held on the charge
OF conspiracy.
New York, Nov. 3-Two men charged
with homicide in connection with the
Boston suit case tragedy were arrested
in this city yesterday afternoon by
central office detectives and are now
locked up at headquarters. They are
William Howard. alias Hunt SO years
old, and Albert H. Emery. alias Louis
Crawford OF Boston
Crawford Is son-in-law OF Mrs. DR..
q. Bishop, who has offices at 179 A
fremont street, Boston. He was enS-
ployed as a manager by Mrs Bishop
at the time of the murder Of Susanna
Geary, the chorus girl, the dismember-
ed parts Of whose body were recovered
from dress suit cases which had been
thrown into Boston Bay.
Shortly after his arrest Howard was
brought before Acting Inspector Steph-
en- O'Brien, who announced shortly be-
fore midnight that Howard had made
a confession, narrating in detail his
part in the crime.
Offered 500 for the Job.
Howard told Inspector O'Brien, ac-
cording to the latter. that he was In
Boston on the morning Of September
10 and called on Crawford at Mrs.
Bishops office. Howard and Crawford
had been acquainted for three years.
Howard says he was asked by Craw-
ford to assist in job for which he
would be paid $10O Crawford said that
a woman had died in a private hospi-
tai and it was necessary to dispose of
her body.
Howard returned by appointment ct
8 o'clock that night and was conducted
to the office where he saw two dress
suit cases and sandbag. 1t later
transpired that one suit case contains
ed the torso and the legs: the other,
the arms and other parts, and the
handbag the head Of the murdered
girl.
Howard says he was directed to take
one suit case, while Crawford took the
handbag.
They went to the ferry plying be-
tween Boston and East Boston, and
boarded a boat Leaving the 'Aat
there they took a trolley car to OritN
Heights, returned by a circuitousN
course. and again boarded boat for
Boston.
Hand Bag Tossed Overheard.
On the return trip Howard says.
Crawford dropped overheard the hand
bag containing the head, shortly after
the boat had left her slip. Howard
tossed the suit case overheard when
the boat was in midstream.
They hurried back to the office and
found that the suit case containing the
torso was so heavy that 1t was neces-
sary for Howard and Crawford to take
hold on either side. They found a
hackman, also named Howard, at
Boyiston ana fremont streets, and On.