Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-27
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BOSTON, September 27. The ra,ga .,
'le dress-suit case mystery is made much
greater today by information turned over
10 the police yesterday by Mrs. Jeremiah
Green of Winthrop Heights. While cross.
ing winthrop bay last Thursday afternoon
she says she saw floating in the water
sun case ana woman's hat. and a little
.a'ef puriap bag, such as potatoes come
IA. Inc latter 1t is now believed, con-
e'iiieo 'he mead and limbs of the murdered
"oihah' 1or which the police are vainly
searchihg and divers securing the bottom
of the bay.
Mrs. Green says that the articles were
'noaehs IN from the outer bay. and IL this
Is .rue' they might have been dropped from
SOM, some boat coming from Maine or New
sLork or any of the lines that make Boston
the center of a long radius
- .his morning the search of the bot
LON LON OF the Winthrop cove for the head and
.,.1ips tes5 oi the victim of the dress suit case
Tragedy was resumed. Diver John Dono
van picked up the work where IL was ieft
oiI tuesday, but nothing of value has heen
iouho AS on yesterday Donovan Is work
1ts uiider the supervision of police officers
w me donovan was searching the Channel.
winthrop police officers were searchinsr the
shores and flats 49,
FROM Prof. Dwight of Harvard Medical
noirooi ,, the probable measurements of the
Womans body in life were received t.,dav
py the state police. They were deluced
from the most careful mea asuremsnts oe the
lorso ana calculated by rules declared by
1TAperts TO De lnfaillble. In his report DIR.
DWignt says the woman was feet 4 inches
tail, not less than eighteen nor more than
tWenty-six, and weighed from 13O to I40
pounds. The woman, DR. Dwight finds.
was incnned to be stout, but the statement
mat she weighed not over 140 is positive
Ihe. man who bought the second hand
suit case In which the dismembered body
OF the young woman was found In the
water at Winthrop last Thursday after
noon Is being searched for in all PARTS of
the city today, particular attention being
given to the Back Bay and South End.
The police say they know who he is.
Chfef Inspector Watts has believed ever
since he first heard the suit case identi-
fed that he would soon get the man who
bought 1T, and that when he laid his hands
on him he would be in touch with soIu-
ton of the mystery. The name of the man
who sold the dress suit case which figures
in the harbor mystery is Joseph Rerkman
of the firm of Berkman & Vielensky. who
managed a secondhand store at GA Pleas
ant street, opposite the entrance of the
subway. Mr.. Berkman has positively iien-
titled the suit case. 1t was the minute prb-
lished description which called Mr. Berk-
mans attention to the case. He recalled
that he bought the case about nine months
ago and he gave the police the name of
the man from whom he bought it,
Told Of Purchase.
He told the officers the incident of the
purchase OF the suit case by himself SO
many months ago and how he had handled
it hundreds of times in showing it to pros
pective purchasers and in dusting and NOV
Ing 1t about on the shelves of his store
But the most important matter to the po-
lice was to establish. If possible the iden-
dty OF the man who purchased it from
a ma nf ,xa1
intelligence, alertness and experience In his
business. he was able to tell the desired
facts in the fullest details
1t is not certain whether he sold the suit
case on Tuesday or Wednesday of last
week, but 1t has been established that he
parted company with the famous suit case
and another and smaller one at least one
or two days previous to Thursday of last
week. when the suit case and its contents
were found.
On the day in question man in an ex-
cited frame of mind come into Berkmans
shop in a hurry and made inquiries con-
cerning suit cases. Because of his un-
usually nervous condition he attracted the
attention of the pawn broker. The man
asked to be shown some suit cases In a
hurry. He wanted two. he said, and he
wanted them badly. He was not particular
about them except that one should be large
and strong and the other of a smaller size
He was not particular whether they were
new cases or secondhand, and he said. in
fact, he would much prefer secondhand
ones II they were strongly constructed
He was shown a big second hand suit
case, which Berkman has identified as the
one containing the torso of the girl victim
of the tragedy. and without hesitating to
dicker about the price asked for 1t, and,
only examining 1t to satisfy himself of its
durability, he said he would take that one.
He next looked over the assortment for q
second and smaller case and was Obliged
to purchase new one, because there were
no second hand onels In stock which aps
peared to him as suitable for his purposes.
Quickly paying for the two cases, he took
them up and hurried from the store Now
the police are satisfied that he purchased
the two suit cases within few hours after
the death Of the girl, whose identity it is
hoped VIII be disclosed before many hours
have elapsed.