The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-30
VICTIM WAS
 CHORUS GIRL Susan Geary's Remains in
 Suit Case. FRANCE IS UNDER ARREST Treasurer of "Shepherd King Theatrical Company. Morris Nathan Who Was Engaged to Woman Breaks Down When Ap- prehended in Pittsburg and
 Accused of Crime.

Boston, Mass, Oct 29.-That the dis membered body found in a suit case at Winthrop September 21, Is that of Susan Geary of Cambridge Is the be- lief of the girls family and friends and of the Boston police department. Miss Geary, who was the daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. D. Geary, was 2 chorus girl of the Shepard King Company, and was known on the stage as Ethel Durrell. She was twenty-one years old.
 Mrs. Geary today identified three rings taken from the right hand found in the second dress suit case picked up near the new Charlestown bridge on Friday last as those worn by her daughter when she absented herself from the theatrical company Septem- Der 10. Confirmation of Miss Geary's disappearance from the company came from Morris Nathan. secretary to the manager of the company. and to whom Miss Geary was engaged. MT. Nathan Is now in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
 Story of Her Fiancc.
 According to Nathan, Miss Geary parted from him in the best of terms the day after the company closed its last engagement in this city, and he supposed. he said, that he would see her at the next performance in Lowell on the following day.
 Instead however, q message was re- ceived by the company's manager from "P, A. Smith. M. D.. Boston" which stated that Miss Durrell" was suffering from stomach trouble and would be unable to report for several days.
 Miss Geary dropped out of sight af- ter that and so far as the police are concerned. they have been unable to find anyone who either saw or com municated with the girl. Ten days la- ter. September 21. dress-suit case in which was the torso of young wo- man, was found floating in the harbor near the Winthrop Yacht Club. about three miles below the city, and Friday last another suit case containing the arms and legs of the victim was taken from the water off the city docks, near the New Charlestown bridge over the Charles River. On the fingers of the right hand was three rings, which gave the police the first tangible clue in the case.
 Rings are Identified.
 It was then found that Mrs. Geary had a missing daughter, whose de- scription tallied with that of the suit case victim. Mrs. Geary and her two daughters described the rings and af- terward positively identified them as belonging to Susan Geary. The police then turned their attention to the search for the person responsible for the dismemberment of the body, but so far little progress fin that direction has been made.
 Mrs. Geary declared today that when she last saw her daughter, the latter complained of> pains in the side and Mrs. Geary suggested today that she might have been operated on for ap- pendicitis and the doctor, being unsuc- cessful In the operation, cut her up.
 AS soon as Mrs. Geary's suspicious were confirmed by the description of the rings. message was sent to Mir. Nathan at Pittburg, asking him to Bos- ton and bring the note signed "P. A. Smith. M. D.. Boston," Nathan states that when Miss Durrell did not join the company in Lowell, an investigation was started in order to locate Smith. but no trace of him could be found.