New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
MURDERER CUT UP BODY.
HIS CRIME OVERHEARD.
Acobat in Nert Room Feared to
Girc 4Iarm.r

George Lanoe an acrobat. lay awake for
four hours in the furnished room house at No
149 3d-ave., yesterday morning. listening to
the shooting of a man and the Acknowledgement
of his body. He did not dare leave his room
for fear OF meeting similar fate. The first
the police knew of the murder was shortly
before O'Clock, when Larole told them of his
awful experience. In a short time the police
had found the various pieces of the body of
the murdered man, which was identified as
that of Thomas f. Corcoran, a motorman OF
the 3d-ave. surface line. The trunk Of the body
was found in wicker hamper in a room of the
5d-ave. house the legs and an arm in the hall
way of the house. The head was found in
pile of junk by four ironworkers at No GA
East 19th-st. The right arm is missing
Jacob Frederick Bauer, who for two years
has occupied the room where the trunk was
found has been arrested. charged with the
crime. He came from Wurtemberg thirteen
years ago, and for five years has been an ele-
vator man in the Union Square Hotel.
LanoIe recently moved to the house. which is
kept by Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Schrieber Bauer
lived on the top floor. with window looking out
3d-ave. In the rear separated by the thinnest
Of partitions. which served only to magnify
sounds, was the room occupied for about a week
by Lanole. The acrobat went 10 sleep about 10
near as he can fix it about ESQ o'clock He
heard some one. presumably Bauer. swearing in
German. Cursing at being awakened Lanole
turned over for another nap. Then one OF tina
men called the other liar This was followed
by pistol shot and the loud talk ceased
What followed was far more discomposing Il
heard somethin' what sounded like bones
crackin'," LanoIs told the police. Then there
was a creechy. tearin SCUM and I heard the
p ilyo 1ahO
tryin' to stuff somethin' in it what was too big
I4anole who likes to be IN the centre of atten-
ton, baked for some time at telling what fol-
lowed. The tearing and crunching sounds con-
tinued. and there was the noise of feet moving
quickly and heavily across the room and the
sound of running water Then he either tainted
or went to sleep, he isn't sure which When he
awoke it was daylight, and he lost no time IN
running to the East 22d-st. station and telling
Captain Hussey what he had heard
Detective Martin Kenney went back with
Lanole. Bauer was just leaving his room He
is effeminate in appearance despite his heavy
black eyebrows nustache and hair, and has an
unhealthy complexion. The detective recognized
him and dragged him back into the room, which
is about 5x10 feet, and more than half filed
by a small bed and bureau.
On the bureau was good revolver with one
exploded cartridge The detective opened a
wicker hamper in the middle or the uOor, ana
closed It without a second glance. On the basket
was a heavy, dull razor In the hall, as the
men passed out, taking Bauer to the station.
was q suit case, which was found to contain the
legs and one arm The police are now looking
for the other Bauer said not single word all
this time.
While this was happening the head was found
by chance. In the rear of the foundry Of John
J. Radley, at No. 624 East 19th-st, was pile
of casting boxes. The foreman needed, for the
first time in weeks one at the very bottom Of
the pile. Four workmen went to work tearing
needed and the fence they found the head,
wrapped in piece Of blue shirt and a German
newspaper. The men would not open the bun
die and sent next door for a butcher. After one
look the butcher called for the police.
When the head had been brought around to
the station Bauer spoke for the first time. He
said he had met three men about midnight at
8d-ave. and 20th-st-, who had gone home with
him Dot soCher shoot him." was the only
explanation he would give of Corcoran's death
When the prisoner was stripped the police
were satisfied they had made no mistake. The
underclothes were bloodstained and there We're
other stains on Bauer's arms.
The room had been thoroughly cleaned after
the murder, but when Coroner ScholeT rubbed
his finger along the damp carpet it came away
stained red. The coroner says Corcoran was shot
while lying down. There a bullet hole
through one nostru and the eyes had been
burned by powder. Around the severed left
arm was a blood stained rag. which had been
used apparently, a tourniquet The flesh
had been cut with the razor and the joints torn
apart by main strength