Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-30
SOLVES SUIT CASE MYSTERY.
Mother Identifies Victim 40 Daughter
Suaan Gaary.

susan Geary.
Boston, Mass, Oct 30.-Tae iden-
tity OF. the victim insi;the suit case
mystery, which has baffletl the police
since the discovery OF woman's tor
so in suit case floating in the har-
Dor September 81. was established
Sunday by Mrs. Catherine Geary, of
Cambridge, who declared that the girl
was her daughter. Susan Geary.
Miss Geary was chorus girl in the
shepherd King company. Her stage
name was Ethel Durrell, and she was
engaged to be married to Morris Ma
than. secretary to the manager of the
shepherd King company. Miss Geary
was 21 years old, and had not been
heard of by either her mother or the
members of the company in which. she
was an employe since September 1.
Police Make an Arrest.
A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa, late
Yesterday announced the arrest there
of Norris Nathan, the dead girls fl.
ance. Several other members Of the
"Shepherd King which is now play
ing there, were taken to police head
quarters and closely examined, the
dispatch adds.
Mrs. Geary yesterday identified three
rings taken from the right hand found
in the suit case, the second connected
with the 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 on September 1. Conf1rma-
ton of Miss Geary's disappearance
from the company came last night
from Morris Nathan. According to
Nathan, Miss Geary parted from him
the day after the company closed its
last engagement !. in this city and he
he said, that he shouldllsee
her at the next performance in Lowell
on the following day. Instead. howev-
er, message was received by the
company's manager from "P. A. Smith,
NJ. D., Boston," which stated that
Miss Durrelr' was suffering from
stomach trouble and would be unable
to report for several days.
Girl Missing Seven Weeks.
Miss Geary dropped out of sight af-
ter that. Ten days later, on Septem-
ber 81, dress suit case in which was
the torso of young woman was found
floating In the harbor near the Win
throp Yacht club. about three miles
below the city, and on Friday last an
other suit case. containing the arms
and legs, severed from the torso, was
taken from the water near the new
bridge. over the Charles
river On the fingers of the right hand
were three rings, which gave the po-
lice the first tangible clew in the case.
It was then found that Mrs. Geary had
a missing daughter, whose description
Tailed with that of the patched up
body. Mrs. Geary and her two daugh-
ters described the rings and after
wards positively identified them as
belonging to Susan Geary.
AS soon as Mrs. Geary's suspicious
were confirmed by her Identification
of the rings yesterday message was
sent to Mr.. Nathan at Pittsburg asking
him to come to Boston and bring the
note signed "P. A. Smith, NJ. D.. Boss
ton" Nathan is quoted as saying
that when Miss DurreH did not join
the company in Lowell an investiga-
ton was started in order to locate
Smith," but that no trace OF him
could be found.
Her Mother Long Suspicious.
Last night Mrs. Geary said that she
had been strongly suspicious ever since
the first dress suit case was found at
that the disnen,bered body
was that of her daughter. but she did
not announce her suspicious to the po-
lice, fearing that after all they might
prove unfounded. When she real the
description as outlined by the physi-