The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-14
TOSSED THE HEAD
IN LUMBER YARD
After They Cut Their Victims
Body Into Pieces
.PERvERT UNDER ARREST
SUSPECTED OF BEING CONCERN
ED I'M CASE RIVALlNG CELE-
! DRAFTED WHlTECHAPEL
MURDERS.

n New York October ia murde.
i ontrivaling in horror any crime com
{ mitted in tbs city in several years
!. and equaling in its display Of fiendish
2 cruelty ana deprayity the worst atrc.
Y cities Of Whitechapers Jack the Kip
Z per, was committed early this morn.
4 ing al l49 Third avenue, the Victim
T being TIL mas Corcoran, an elevated
railroad ticket chopper Corcorans
body was found To have been dismenl-
, bered in almost the same manner as
was that of William Guldensuppe, whn
was killed by Mrs. Mack and Martin
. Thorn Il few years ago. Thomas
Bauer, an elevator man In the Union
Square Hotel the occupant of the room
in which the body was found. is under
arrest. charged with shooting Corcoran
and cutting up the body in order to
dispose Of it.
The crime was brought to light
when the police were notified by
George I.ahole a professional acrobat,
who occupied an adjoining room, who
had been awakened about o'clock |
this morning by the voices of men quar- |
reling In Bauer's room, followed by a |
shot and the sound of /; falling body |
Lanole was frightened and for nearly |
! four hours lay awake listening to the
men in the next room dragging the |
body around and cutting 1t up.
When the police arrived they found
That the murderer had packed the legs
and arms into a heavy suit case. The
trunk he placed in a wicker hamper
used for the storage of clothes, The
bead he carried from the house, wrap
ped in newspaper. and tossed ID into
"a lumber yard in Eighteenth street,
near Avenue A, where it was found a
few hours later.
Bauer sat on chair In the room sui.
lenly watching the police at work.
When they attempted to question him
he very resolutely shook his head,
Simplifying that he would not speak Il
word. He would not utter a syllable
of reply to any questions.
The severed head was wrapped in /,
half of shirt and half of a news
paper The other half of the shirt and :,
the other half ST the newspaper were y
found in Bauer's room.
Pressed with quest tons Bauer :
grOwled out that he did not know the .
man But Identification came rapidly.
The clothing bore the trade mark of
'ahill, Gcogin s, Co, tailors, Nc a
Patrick street. Cork, Ireland. There "
vas receipt written in the name of
)orcoran and given by Edward Gross
Detective McKenny went to Gross
Detective Mcenny went to Gross
nan He was, able to give them Cor ~
Grams home address, NJ. 32i Third, oi
venue where he lived with his sister, al
lrs. John McMurragh. h'
When Bauer wa taken to the East W
'wenty second strest station Captain In
lursey and Inspector Schmttberger
ut him through The third degree" IN
Finally he said when ! was out III
lst night l met three men--two men TO
civilians clothing and a soldier.
id not meet them al any place in par. IA
cular-just on Third avenue. III
We walked awhile and we went in Y
, many places. and got pretty drunk
inaliy the men said they would like
70 m to my room with me aud have
same of cards, When we got home
was so drunk that they pm me TO
~. Then don't remember anything
Icept waking up kind of dazed like
nd hearing them all quarreling II
Then fell asleep again. Early this
orning ] remember somebody slapping
e on the face AMI telling me TO get
i of there and 20 to work got -.
}. ! went on the street
II was very clear. 80 came back
the room. and then ] found these eni
.ngs-these parts of the body packed am
The hamper and the suit case. ! pro
] not touch them" o
Bauc- was unable 10 explain how con
5 clothes and his body bore telltals by
sins.
Later Bauer was taken 10 the Dis bil
Ct Attorneys Office and questioned and
Deputy A. sisisnt District Attorney pro
ryin bill
8auer contradicted himself hatly. 10
ing al one time thar he had been ton
akened during the night b. a sound yea
quarrel and then heard a shot
iie sfierward he said that be heard DEL
shot
bauer came FROM 'wuriiemiurg. in b
-many - years ago. His father. hs Grer
s. 8 city official there. He is 81 B
'wn along Third avenue 81 a degen- bani
te. wore bracelet and had evident Mon
spent big sum out Of his scans teen
niHgs IN the purchase Of an expen
wig TO hide his badness. al
imposed be invited Corcoran to his
q. Three weeks ago Bausr was II
bed By fe0 men he had taken % fhe
feon and slseFEsId he bought z q Z