Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-03
In the Miss Susan Geary
Murder !|'l Mystery.
Nathan, Lover, Crawford, Doc
tor, and Another Man.
Developments Which Promise Much for
the Sensation Lover.

Boston. Nov. with three men un-
der arrest, one of whom is said to have
made a confession, and four important
witnesses on their way TO New York
to confront two of the men in custody,
the local authorities believe that they
are within n measurable distance of a
final solution of the dress suit case
tragedy and the mystery surrounding
the death of Miss Susanna Geary as
the result Of a criminal operation.
The men in custody are Morris Ma
than, to whom the girl was engaged,
who was brought back from Pittsburg,
yesterday, in "a state of collapse; DR..
Lewis w. Crawford of this city, a SON.
in-law of Mrs. DIR. Bishop" who for
merly conducted an Office on fremont
street, and a man calling himself Will
liam Howard. The last name is sup
posed to be fictitious.
Crawford and Howard We're arrested
in New York. late today, and one of
them is said to have confessed to
throwing the suit cases into the harbor
The four witnesses who started for
New York, tonight, in charge of Chief
Inspector William B. Watts and Supt.
William H. Pierce, were Joseph H.
Berkman and his partner, Louis Vilen-
sky, proprietOrs of the Shawmut Loan
Co.; Meyer Rubin. another pawnbroker,
and Timothy Howard, a hack driver.
Berkman and Rubin claimed to have
sold the suit cases in which the dis
H1embered parts of the body were
placed and thrown into the harbor.
while Howard. the hack man, drove
two men who carried two heavy dress
suit cases to the Chelsea ferry.
The police believe that the witnesses
will be able to identify Crawford and
Howard as the men who bought the
dress suit cases and carried them to
the ferry.
The office Of Mrs. DR.. Bishop" with
which DR.. Crawford is said to have
been connected, is situated on fremont
street. in the center of the theatrical
district. 1t was searched thoroughly
by the police two days ago. but little
of value was found.
The police have been searching for
DR.. Crawford ever since the arrest of
Nathan in Pittsburg, last Sunday
night. He has been missing from his
office here and it was not. until today
that he was located in New York by
Detective Sergeant O'Brien of that
city.
At the same time a man giving his
name as William Howard, was taken
into custody and is said to have con-
fessed to throwing the suit cases and
the girls body were concealed. into the
upper harbor. Two suit cases in
which were found various arts of the
body. with the exception of the head,
were discovered at different times
floating in the harbor one of them near
Winthrop and the other at the mouth
of the Charles river.
The head has not yet been recovered.
Howard, in his confession i'm New
York, today. denied that he knew any
thing about the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the
body, while Crawford refused to say a
word regarding the case.
Both men will face the four witnesses,
tomorrow, and it is expected that each
will be subjected to rigid examina-
ton by the Boston officials.
Should the two men in custody in
New York return without eXtraditiOn
papers it is expected that their ar
raignment as we'll as that of Nathan
will take place at the same time, all
three being charged with performing Il
criminal operation on Miss Geary.
Nathan, who was in such a weakened |
condition, physically and mentally up
on his arrival, yesterday, from Pitts |
burg that he was taken to the City hos
pital for treatment, shows signs Of inn |
provement, today.
The police are anxious for him to re- |
gain his strength sufficiently to an
swer a number of questions regarding |
the case.
No effort was made to take him to |
court for arrangement. A ring, which |
was identified as belonging to Miss |
Geary, has been found in loan COM |
pany Office. where it was pawned by a |
friend of Nathan's.
New York, Nov. 1.-TWO men are I'M |
der arrest at police headquarters in |
this city charged with homicide in con-
nection with the dress suit mystery in |
Boston. One of the men. William How
ard, is said to have confessed that he |
and his fellow prisoner, Louis Craw-
ford, alias Albert H. Emory. were the |
ones who took the body from hospital
on fremont street. Boston, and threw
the dismembered portions which were |
concealed in the dress suit cases and
hand satchel into Winthrop harbor.
Howard denies that he knows anything /
about the cutting up of the body. while 1
Crawford refuses to say a word. Chief
Inspector Watts of Boston, is on his
way here with witnesses who say they
saw the men throw the body from ferry
boats.
In the arrest of the two men here,
today, the police declare that the solu-
ton of the dress suit case mystery will
be reached and that the person pri-
marily responsible for the death OF
Susan Geary. the chorus girl of "The
Shepherd King" Company soon will be
in the tolls.
William Howard, who has an alias
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