The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-10-05
POLICE SEEKING
MISSING DOCTOR
Boston Authorities Hot ON
the Trail e
LITTLE P ESS MADE
Suit Case Mystery, Though Being
Probed, Is No Nearer a
Solution.

BOSTON, Oct. 5.-Captain Shaw, of
the State police force. and the men un-
der him are securing the city and its
outskirts for a physician who has been
missing from his two offices in this city
for the last two weeks This man is
Believed 10 be the one who cut up the
body of the unidentified young woman
whose torso was found in a dress suit
case off the Winthrop Yacht Club two
weeks ago today.
While evidence against the missing
man Is not of such positive char
acter, il is said that the police could
without further investigation, in the
event OF his arrest. expect to look for
HIS conviction of malpractice, yet the au-
thorfties say that il is up TO this man
10 make certain explanations.
Hazen on the Case.
Ex-Chief William p. Hazen, of the
United States Secret Service Bureau.
who is in this city Investigating
the dress suit case mystery. has spoken
20 the police authorities about the same
man. and they have assured him that a
most careful investigation is being
made as 10 this missing physician in
connection with the case. Certainly
there is suspicion enough to entitle the
police authorities to take the man want
I'd TO the state house and apply the
third degree in his case. This physician
conducts one office in fremont street
not far from the. Hotel Topraze, and
another about six blocks away.
Chief Hazcn has visited the offices con-
Quoted by the man wanted and at both
places the attendants said that they
had not seen the doctor for nearly two
weeks.
There was a conference held at the
st;ite house this morning by Chief Shaw.
Deputy Chief Neal. and State Detectives
Smith and Rhoadcs Ii was decided
To send for the pawnbrokers who had
seen the man who bought the two dress
suit cases. 1t was also decided to send
for NJ. +. nenney. the bill collector, who
has told that the pawnbrokers assured
him that they identified photograph
shown to them by kenney as that OF
the one who bought the two dress suit
cases. The pawnbrokers We're first ex-
amined.
PLwnbrokers Probed.
They said that they remembered Ken.
ney coming TO their respective places
but they denied having made a positive
identification of the picture shown tc
them. Kenney was next called in He
told Chief Shaw and the other police Of
ficials that he had shown the picture tc
Pawnbrokers Berkman and Rubin and
while neither of them had declared pos
itively that this was the picture OF
the man VINO ala Duy the dress suit
case. that they were certain that the
picture bore a strong resemblance to
the man in question. Then the pawn
brokers were confronted with. Kenney
and the statement given by Kenney In
the presence of a stenogra pher was read
over TO the pawnbrokerS
Chief Shaw then dismissed Kennev
from the conference room and person
ally talked with the pawnbrokers II is
said that they declared that while they
would swear that this was the picture
of the man wanted, that they believed
IL looked like the man. Chief Shaw
then told the pawnbrokers to return &c
their shops and under no circumstances
make any statements for publication
4 Chief Shaw would not comment on the
the interviews he had, but IL is known
that he has not dismissed the case
but that. on the contrary, he Is still
working along these lines.
There have been several inquiries
inside for missing girls. Descriptions
have been furnished Of these persons
and in most instances positive marks ot
Identification have been furnised to the
authorities.
The police today conferred again with
DR. William Whitney. curator of the
Anatomical Museum of the Harvard
M,dical School in whose possession is
the torso of the dress suit case victim.
DR.. Whitney again said that there were
absolutely no marks on the torso by
which a positive Identification could
made. The police are still IN hopes
that he missing head may be recovered