The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-10-30
WAS BODY OF
YOUNG ACTRESS
Mystery Of Suit Case Mys.
terry Is Solved.
VICTIM IS MISS GEARY.
Was Engaged 10 Morn, Nathan.
Who Is Under Arrest al
piiIsburs.
VICTIM IS MISS GEARY.

membcrrd Deiy found In a dr'ss sni'
case nj Winthrop GA ss-pg - b that 81
Susan 0cary 81 Cambridge " ID" sclici
Of the giri'r family aud fri.iis aud
Of IN. ilosion pollc- department
Miss Gcary. who was the daughter II
Afr. nni Mrs. ]. u. Ucary. Was q chorus
girl " The shepherd King" company
aud was known ga the stage a. Ethel
Durr-iL IN. was twenty years u
asc. Mrs, 0oary 'irniinr,i ihrr rings
taken from the right hand found In
No s~,ond dress suit ease picked uI'
hear the new ChaFi--iown bridge on
Friday last ~ tho-. worn by her
daughter when she albs.nt'Sl herself
from the theatrical company on sept.
IL. Confirmation ~ Miss Gcary's dls
appearance from the company came
from Morris Nathan. SECRETARY 90 the
manager 81 the company aud Ia whom
Miss Gcary was engaged. Sir. Nathan
IL now In Piitsburg.
According 10 Nathan. Miss Gcafy
parted from him on the best 81 terms
the day after the company closed iis
last engagement Ia this city. aud he
supposed. be said. that he should scc
her nj the next performance In Lowell
on the following day. Instead how
ever. n message was received 10y the
company's manager from ~. 4. Smith.
NJ. H.. Boston," which stated that
Miss Durrrll'' was suffering from
stomach trouble aud would bc unable
10 report for several days.
Miss Gcary dropped out Of sight aft.
or that. and 10 far Ne the police are
concerned they have been unable 10
fnd any one who either saw or CON
inundated with the girl Ten days
later. on Sept. II. dress suit case In
which was the torso Of a young wo
man was found floating In the har.
Dor near the Winthrop Yacht club.
about three miles below the city. and
on Friday last another suit case con.
timing the arms and legs Of the vic.
tim was taken from the wntcr or the
city docks. near the new Charlcstown
bridge over the Charles river.
Mrs. Catherine Geary. wife OF J. ID.
Geary OF Cambridge. Mass. said last
night that she was satisfied that the
dress suit case victim was her daugh.
ter Susan. She had been strongly sus-
plcious. she said. ever since the first
dress suit case was found AT Winthrop
that the dlsmembered body was that
Of her daughter but she had hesitated
to announce her suspicious to the po-
lice, fearing that after all they might
prove unfounded.
When she read OF the description as
outlined by the physicians she recog-
nized that the description agreed al
most in every detail with that of her
daughter. The discovery of the second
dress suit case. containing the limbs
and three rings which were on one
hand, convinced her that she had not
been mistaken. But even when she
saw the pictures of the rings and a
description OF them she did not 20 to
the police.
II had not seen my daughter for sew
en- weeks" said Mrs. Geary. "and |
have felt sure for some time that she
was the victim Of the Winthrop dress
suit case. She wore chased gold
ring on her little finger, and she had
also an opal ring and a garnet ring
which gave her as birthday present
some five or six years ago. The chased
ring is probably ten years old. When
I saw these rings had no difficulty I'm
recognizing them as those worn by
my daughter.
II know the victim Is my Susie. She
complained Of pains In her side just
before she went away, and / think she
might have been operated upon for ap-
pendicitis and the doctor having made
an unsuccessful operation cut her up.
When Susie came home at the end Of
last season, at the end of last May, she
looked the picture Of health. She had
always been delicate and troubled with
bronchitis, and physician at one time
recommended that she abandon the ex-
element Of stage life.
During the summer she appeared
at some of the pleasure resorts out
side of Boston. She did not get this
work until after some delay, and she
worried much over 1t. In July she be-
gan to get nervous, and feared that
she might have nervous prostration.
Seven weeks ago she left me- The
company had closed its Boston engage
ment and went first to Lowell When
she left she sent me letter which was
shorter than usual and clearly showed
that she was d0wnhearted. 1t made
me feel frightened, and so went to
Lynn, where the company was then
playing. She had written that she was
sick with stomach trouble. / found
that she had sent in Doctors certiti-
cate to the stage manager saying that
she was sick. Morris Nathan, MEM
Der of The Shepherd King company
and to whom she was engaged, thinks
thd doctors name was forgery, be-
e. y doctor Of the name on the pa
Id be found in Lynn or RQs-