Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-30
May Prove Clue In Win
throp Murder Mystery.
Miss Nathan Of Baltimore, will
Attempt to Identify
Torso Of Victim as That Of Mrs. Schapiro,
Missing for Three Weeks.

DOStoll, sept. ZJ-EllSo +Nt'Niie'li
daughter Of Mrs. Louis Nathan Of Bal
timor,. reached this city, today, and
has requested the police to show heI
the torso of the woman which was
found in a dress suit case near the
Winthrop Yacht Club, Thursday, of
last week. She will be shown the
body tomorrow.
The coming of Miss Nathan has a
POSSIBLE bearing on the winthrop
mystery. although the police do not
attach great Importance to 1t. Miss
Nathan is a sister of Mrs. Maurice
Scha piro, who has been missing 70"
nearly three weeks. Mrs. Schapiro is
the wife of a former West End doc
tor who has also been missing for
some time.
1t vas given out that the authori-
ties knew the whereabouts Of Mrs.
Scha piro and 1t was understood that
such Information had been conveyed
to Mrs Nathan. Miss Nathan now
assert, that she does not know where
her sister is.
Tonight, two fishmongers of T
Wharf. Michael Sullivan and Robert
Campbell, discovered a dress suit case
They grapplad for it with boat hooks
and brought to the surface the upper
Uortion of the case. Their attempts
to recover the other part of the case
were not successful. The police were
notified and will continue the search
From the part secured, it would APP
pear that the dress suit case was the
comparatively new one, of inexpensive
quality. although differing somewhate
in diElensions from that sold by the
Pleasant street pawnbroker The two
hshmongers say that the suit case
was very heavy.
With the exception Of the arrival OF
Miss Nathan and the finding of sec
ond dress suit case, nothing to assist
in the unraveling of the Winthrop
mystery developed. today.
chief Shaw. of the State police, an
nounccd today. that after a careful
examination he was prepared to assert
that the strap which bound the dress
sIit case i'm which the part of
womans body was found at Winthrop
was taken from the second suit case
for which the police are searching. This
conclusion not only connects the two
dress suit cases but strengthens the
pawnbrokcr's Identification of the case
which is in possession of the authori-
ties.
The body of this second dress suit
case VAS a conspicuous yellow in color.
Around II were two straps Of a reddish
brown tan. one Of those two straps
is now in possession Of the police and
was used to bind together the second
hand dress suit case in which the torso
was placed.
Convinced that in publicity alone lies
AL the hope Of solving the suit case
puzzl, the police have decided to give
all the information in their possession
to the publiC. In connection with this
policy the following circular was is
sued. today. by Supt. Pierce of the
Boston police department, calling for
the arrest Of the suspect on sight:
Tuesday noon. Sept. ~, man about
3S years old five feet, 10 inches, $50
pounds. dark compleXoned smooth
face, active. straight carriage. Amer
ic;.i. wearing gray mixed suit and
black derby bought on Pleasant street.
two dress suit cases. each % inches
long. Il inches high. and eight inches
yellow leather with two straps around
II. corners reinforced. brass trimmed
and four straps inCide.
THE other was old. Of brown leather
wcIl-worn and had hocn repaired (evi-
d,ntly 10y a harness maker) by sewing
a largo piece of leather under the ham
die inside the handle being fastened on
with copper rivets. When bought II
had no strap outside. but did have -four
straps inside.
This last mentioned suit case was
found. Thursday, Sept 81. at p. NJ.
floating in the water at Winthrop
Beach. and containing the much mutt
lated torso. or trunk Of a woman from
Is t. : years, five feet. inches. ~
pounds blonde complexion.
"Thc torso. or trunk. was wrapped II
sheet of oil cloth such as is used by
surgeons. on the back of which was tho
stain NJ the stripping Of blue and white
mattress. 1t had been in the water
probably II hours. The suit case wher
found had a leather strap two inche:
wide. with a harness makers bras:
buckle fastened with copper riVetS"