The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-28
Important Discovery In The
Boston Suit Case Mystery.
THREE RINGS FOR A CLUE
Limbs Were in Suit Case Which Was
Picked Up Floating in the Charles
River-Torso Of Body Found
Several Weeks Ago.

Boston, Oct. 2S.-Ihe police are again
actively at work on the famous SUIT
case mystery Of last month, being stirred
BY the finding of second suit case late
yesterday.
The second dress suit case was found
Hoating in the Charles river, near the
new Charleston bridge, late yesterday.
The case contained the arms, said to be
those of woman, and the police say
there is no doubt that they are the
missing members of the torso found at
Winthrop.
With the finding of the limbs there
| il now a chance that the victim OF the
tragedy may be identified, as on one
Of the hands there were three rings.
Yesterdays discovery is closely linked
+ IN several particulars with the Win
| throp find. The torso was wrapped In
oil cloth and the limbs found yesterday
| were encased in a wrapping identical
] with that about the torso.
/ While investigating the Winthrop
mystery the police located two pawn
brokers. who had sold suit cases TO q
man answering the same description and
one of the pawn brokers identified the
Winthrop suit case on one ne had sold
the man. That case was fastened by
a strap taken from newer case.
The dress suit case found yesterday
4 was identified by the pawn broker az
one sold BY him. Although when sold
is had two straps attached to it, one
of the straps had been removed, but
the strap remaining was Of the same
size and shape, and similar in the pat
tern Of the buckle to the strap fastened
about the case found at WinthFop.
Tho limbs found Yesterday had beer
severed from the body with the greatest
care, and the manner in which every
, separation was done resembled the WORK
of a skilled surgeon.
The ghastly discovery was made b.
Edward Frazer, member OF the GREY
: Of the lighter S. A. Pike, The lighte
! was tied up at a wharf midway between
the North End gas house and the neH
CharIestown bridge. Frazer saw III
case floating down stream and pulled
Ito the deck Of the lighter with boa
4 hook. The legs had been separated a
the knees, making six pieces in all, IN
Thighs. the lower legs and the arms
n The limbs were badly decomposed, bu
K tile decomposition was internal, the ski
/ being well preserved On the right han
: were found three rings, two OF them Q
K the ring finger and one on the littl
d finger. It il by means of these ring
II that the police hope to establish Il
i identity of the victim.
10 The ring on the little finger was q
-e old-fashioned gold band. 1t had ev
IDENTIFY been worn a long time, as
ID was thin on the edges. The band WI
,e not plain. but was chased, the desif
being small pointed raised cross with
i a large cross that was depressed. ~
rings on the ring finger contained gem
a. One Of them was an opal, which hs
a originally been surrounded by a circul
re cluster Of smaller stones, but all e
Ell eept the opal had disappeared.
so This ring was very narrow and thi
and had evidently, like the band rin
been worn for long time, The settil
on the third ring held an oval gel
! which is thought to be an imitati
i garnet. On the inner side of the ba
Of the opal ring the initials II.
were stamped with die, and these
to itials, the police believe, are the ira
III mark OF the ieweler who manufactur
Iii it. The imitation garnet ring had TIN
TO small dots stamped on the inner s.
no of the band. There were no engray
initials on any one of the rings.
,r- All Of the rings were of solid gold, /
Ne were inexpensive affairs. This, accol
ing to the police, disposes OF the thec
ids that the victim was woman OF veal