The sun., 1905-11-03
SUIT CASE MURDER ARRESTS.
DIR. JANE BISHOPS SON-IN-LAW
A PRISONER HERE.
william Howard, Taken With Him. Tells
How Body OF Girl Was Disposed or
-Aoouses Alleged Manager OF Noto-
rious Boston Incorporated Hospital"

Two arrests were made by Central ONCE
detectives last night which the police here
feel quite sure will clear up the Boston
dresa suit murder case. The prisoners are
william Howard, who is also known under
the name Of Hunt, and man who says he
is Albert H. Emery. but who, the police say'
is really Louis w. Crawford, the son-in-law
Of DR.. Jane E. Bishop, In whose house In
Boston the operation was performed on tho
chorus girl Susan Geary, whose body was
out up, packed in dress suit cases and thrown
into Boston harbor.
Howard made q statement to Inspector
O'Brien at Police Headquarters, in which
he admitted that he helped carry the two
suit cases and intimated that he knew they
contained parts Of the girls body, although
he didn't say 80 in 80 many words. In adS
dition Howard said that a satchel which,
has not yet been found was dropped by him,
and Crawford into the waters Of Boston,
harbor. This satchel was loaded with shot d
and 1t Is supposed to have contained the
girls head. nj
Howard's story OF how the suit cases andN
the satchel were disposed Of reveals welt
prepared plan to conceal the murder. He
says that he had known Crawford, who 10
nOWdTu blOiy 10 W po DChONON ""c 10y
aroh conspirator. In the thing, about twoi
years. They were engaged in the theatrical
business in various ways-at times as adj
vance agents and in smaller jobs. j,
They became friendly to such an extent
than when Howard found himself in Boston |
in the early part of September without
money or work he went to Crawford-for
there doesn't seem to be any doubt that this
L. a Howard
that Crawford was the manager for DR.
Bishops house at 17s fremont street, Bos-
ton. He says that he thought Crawford
was making enough money to help him
out.
Finally, on the afternoon Of September
10, Howard called on Crawford at the Bishop
house. He said that he was out Of work
and something would have to be done.
Crawford told him that woman had died
in the Hospital, and the body would have
to be disposed Of.
That was about o'clock in the afternoon.
Howard apparently assented to the propS
osition without much urging for when Craw-
ford told him to come back at 6 o'clock
he went. The hospital was locked, but
Howard waited and in a few minutes Craw.
ford came along.
1t appears from Howard's story that at
this meeting Crawford and Howard went
over the plans for getting rid Of the body.
Howard wanted 500 to carry out his part
Of the bargain, and Crawford agreed to
pay it to him.
Crawford, Howard says, showed him two
dress suit cases and satchel Acting
Inspector O'Brien, who questioned Howardy
couldn't get a definite statement from him
that he knew what the suit cases held!
but O'f3tien gathered that one Of the cases
had the legs and arms of the woman and
the other the, torso. Although Howard
professed not to know what the satchel,
which has not yet been found, contained
he admitted after lot of pressing that I
it was filed with shot so that it would
surely sink. The inspector then practi-
cally got Howard to say that the woman's
head was in the satchel.
1t was rather late in the evening when
they left the hospital Howard says he
carried one of the suit cases and the satchel.
They walked to the ferry for East Boston
and boarded boat. 1t was Crawford'0, ,
intention, Howard says, to drop the suit
cases and the satchel overheard as soon a.. :;
they got to midstream. But 1t was very
light-the moon was shining and there were |
a number Of people on the boat-too many !
people to make it an easy matter to get |
rid Of the cases and satchel.
/ So they stayed on the boat until they |
got to East Boston. Then they rode on o !
trolley car to Orient Heights. They walkedi
around a little, so as not to create suspicionsI
got a drink or two and then took the trolley
again back to East Boston. They had to
wait some time in the ferry house for q
boat. At last the boat came and they went
on it with their bundles.
All the passengers went to the front OF
the boat and Howard and Crawford stayed
aft. As soon as the boat got well out of the
slip-it was only minute or two-Craw-
ford grabbed the small bag-the one loaded
with shot-jumped swiftly to the side Of
the boat and dropped it over Then they
waited until the boat had gone some dis
tance, a trife more than half way to Bos-
ton, and the large bag went over as the
atchel had. Howard says Crawford did
the job.
Back in Boston again, Howard and Craw-
ford went straight to the hospital" This
time they got the other suit case, which was
heavier than the first, and in which Capt.
OBren thinks the torso was packed. Craw-
ford carried the bag and they walked down
fremont street to Boylston. On the corner
was nighthawk cabman and Crawford
hailed him.
The driver jumped of and wanted to
assist Crawford by handing the suit case
into the cab. Crawford showed him aside
He hauled the bag into the cab and Howard
climbed in after him. The driver was told
to go TO the ferry for Chelsea, a suburb Of
Boston, where there was a wait, as there was
no boat in the slip. q,
When the boat came in they boarded It,
but separated Crawford stayed aft and
dropped the bag overheard. When the
boat got to Chelsea they got into the cab
again and drove around for a while. Then
they returned to Boston on the same boat.
Crawford left the cab few blocks from
the hospital" and Howard got off at Dudley
street and dismissed the cabman.
The next morning Howard called on
Crawford for his $780, Crawford gave him
SeO Howard demanded the rest.
That's all the money there Ia in the
house it's not coming in very lively these
days" was the answer Crawford gave him,
he says.