The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-09-26
Bundle Picked Up About ! IL
Miles From Yacht Club.
GREEN SUIT CASE IDENTIFIED
West Eni Physician Said to 0m i, Is
Missing is Not Registered In Mas
sschuselts pracilcsd In Other Cities

Boston. Sept 26--The features OF yester-
DAYS investigation Of the Winthrop dress
suit case mystery were the fnding OF
bundle containing seyeral womans gar
ments. bloodstained and the ideniihca-
tion of the dress suit case in which last
Thursday was found the dismembered
hody OF woman near the float OF the
Winthrop Yacht club
While the police appear 20 be more or
less sceptical concerning the value oi
these discoveries they are, nevertheless
working along the lines suggested by
them.
The bundle was found by searchers lying
on the shore Of the winthrop peninsula
near the part known as Cottage park
about a mile and a half from the point
where the dress suit case was found.
In the bundle. which was enclosed with
strons manila wrapping paper, were a
womans under vest towel. part OF a
shirt. some absorbent cotton and several
pieces of cheese cloth, bloodstained On
the wrapping paper was label with TINS
address: 'R. o. Burnham. 2 Dalton street
city from Salter Silk Company l95 KING
st0n street, Boston
DOCTORS NAME \ SECRET.
Inquiry at the salter SILK company
failed 10 assist the case, as the salesman
was OF the opinion that the goods SOLO
20 r o. Burnham were denVerseu s iass az
Aiding OF Thea dress suit case and would
tend 10 show that the bundle may haSe
no connection with the mystery Inc
police however. are making further IN
aury before eliminating this latest pos
sible clue. .,
Tint TO which the police arc devotins
the closest attention Is the identncatlon
.f ha
tt. have been the properly OF missl,s 7
west end physician. Two persons. potu
having acquaintance Win the pnys,rros, pyfnr,,,s,
one former employe, the other q iormei
landlady, have expressed the benef thal
the dress suit case I'm the possession o.
the police had belonged TO the doo.or.
Both are very positive I'm their state
ments particularly the former of1lce boy
The landlady said that when she last sa"
H. some two weeks ago, the handle was
loose This IL corroborative OF the police
contention that the handle had recently
been repaired.
20 the effect that the dismemberlng o,
the bod, and the operation performed OF
the woman were the work OF q skllle'
surgeon. and the allegations of two wit
nesses that the dress suit case was IN,
e ,hpr physSrtn yeorts STe locate The the
ins doctor. -,
have rot divulged his name, ana nav
instructed the witnesses TO keep silence.
is NOT REGISTERED.
The physician in question is not regis
tered as such in this state, and Is liabl
10 arrest on such a charge. He is for
eigner and has resided in other cities o
this country before coming here
IL has been learned from ncighbors tina
his wife was preparing for childbirth.
Late last night the police were inform
ed that the wife OF the doctor. for WHOM
they are still seeking, had been located
thus eliminating her from the case.
The police also learned from Rebecci
O. Burnham. whose name was on th'
bundle found in Winthrop, that she ha'
used the paper 10 rewrap some goods
sold 10 a woman customer probably las
Friday or Saturday. She does not recall
who the customer was.
Search for the missing members OF th'
unknown body Is being vigorously main
tanned The police are, however. satisfied
that the head. arms and legs were no
placed In any Of the sewers. inasmuch al
they probably would have reached th'
main pump station yesterday at the la
test ii AZ
In connection with the mending of tn
dress suit case. the local police have beer
informed that John Weeks n harness
maker OF Camden. Ne, about three
weeks ago repaired dress suit case sim
liar in description 70 tho Winthrop ont
for young woman.