The Washington times., 1905-11-03
GEARY SUSPECTS
BOTH IDENTIFIED
PaWnbrOker Says Crawford
Bought Suit Cases.
WERE CABBY H0WARD'S FARE
So Hackman Tells Police-Helper Owns
Up to His Share in Dis
posing Of Body.

NEW YORK, Nov. S-Louis Craw-
ford. alias Albert II. Emery, the the
aTical agent, and William Howard
alias William Hunt. arrested here in
connection with the Boston dress suit
case mystery. were positively identified
at police headquarters here today by
Cabman Howard, of BDston. as the men
he had taken TO the ferry. in Boston.
Crawford, alias Emery, was identified
by PawnbroIler Joseph Berkman as the
man 10 whom ne sold the dress suit
cases.
Confirms Confession.
Chief of Police Watts, of Boston. after
a conference with the local detectives.
admitted that Howard had confessed
that he had a hand in disposing OF the
body. but denied that he had any con-
nection with the dismembering of the
body.
CHIEF Watts says that other arrests
viii follow, and that he is sure he
knows who dismembered the body. The
prisoners have been taken to the Center
street court for arraigument.
Four Witnesses.
chief Inspector Watts and Superin-
tendent Of Police Pierce. of Boston. ar
rived here today, bringing with them
four Witnesses to identify the two pris-
Oners.
The witnesses were r. Joseph Rerk-
man and his partner, Louis ViIensky.
of the Shawmut Loan Company; Meyer
Rubin. another pawnbrolzer, and 1jm-
othy Howard. a hack driver Berknlan
and Rubin are the pawnbrokers who
sold the suit cases in which the dis
membered body OF the girl was found.
Two Locke3 Up.
The two men arrested yesterday and
charged with homicide in connection
with the Boston suit case tragedy, are
now locked up at police headquarters in
this city They are William Howard.
alias Hunt, thirty-six years oil, and
Albert II. Emery, alias Louis Crawford
Of Boston.
Crawford is a son-in-law of Mrs. DR.. c.
Bishop, who has offices at LISA fremont
street. Boston. lie was employed as
manager by Mrs Bishop AT the time OF
the murder of Susannah Geary, The
chorus girl. the dismembered parts OF
whose body We're recovered from dress
suit cases which had been thrown into
Boston bay.
Helper Owns Up.
Shortly after Howard's S arrest, ActinE
: Inspector Stephen O'Brien announce,
that Howard had made a confession
n&TTatins his part in the disposal OF the
/ girl S body.
/ Howard told Inspector O'Brien, ac
cording TO the latter, that on the morn
/ ing Of September IS he called on Craw-
ford at Mrs. Bishops Office. Howard
says he was asked by Crawford to as,
I sist ia job for which he would be paiC
SlO0.
! Crawford said that "a woman had dice
/ in a private hospital and IT was neces
] SGry TO dispose OF htE body,
Head in Handbag.
/ Howard returned at s o'clock tha
night and was conducted to the offic,
where ne saw two dress suit cases an,
a handbag It later transpired that on,
suit case contained the torso and legs
I the other, the arms and other parts. an,
the handbag the head OF the murdere,
girl.
Howard says he was directed to TAX
one suit case, while Crawford took IN
handbag. They went to the ferry ply
/ ing between Boston and East Boston
{ and boarded a boat. Leaving the boa
there. they took trolley car 20 Orien
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