The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-11-06
IN GOOD STATE
OF PRESERVATION
Find Was Made Through Per-
SiStence ola Boston News
paper. The Principals In
the Case.

Boston, Mass, Nov 6.The Suffolk
grand jury today considering the evi-
dence upon which indictments of the
accused principals in the dress suit case
crime will be found. The mother of
the girl will this afternoon view the
head which was recovered from the har-
bor bottom yesterday.
Finding of the Head.
The head was recovered in a leather
bag from the bottom Of the harbor yes
terday. 1t was dragged up to the sur
face very near the point where Louis
w. Crawford and William L. Howard,
who have confessed to disposing Of the
dismembered body Of the girl, and said
they dropped it from the stern of the
East Boston ferry boat.
The head completes the entire body
of the unfortunate girl. The trunk of
the body, which gave the first intima-
ton of the crime, was found on Sept.
81, in a dress suit case floating near the
Winthrop Yacht club, three miles be-
low the city. Another suit case con-
tanning the limbs was discovered at the
mouth Of Charles river, a quarter of
a mile above the ferry, October 81. The
leather bag in which the head has been
placed, together with thirty pounds of
loose shot, did not move apparently
from the place where is sank.
The bag with its grewsome contents,
was taken to Howard street undertak.
ing establishment. The head was in a
good state Of preservation.
Due to Local Newspaper.
The recovery Of the head yesterday
was through the efforts of diver en-
ployed by local newspaper. Ever since
the alleged confessions Of Crawford and
Howard, the police boats have been drag
ging the harbor in the vicinity Of the
East Boston ferries. Yesterday their
search was continued, beginning at 9
o'clock and ending about o'clock, with
the usual result. The newspaper boat,
however, continued after sunset, the
work being conducted by moonlight, and
about 6 o'clock its efforts were rewarded
by the finding Of q bag about 100 yards
of the South ferry dock on the East
Boston side.
The bag was Of leather. somewhat
larger than satchel, being about two
feet in length, a foot wide and eighteen
inches in height. When opened, the
head of woman was found, wrapped
III piece Of black cloth and also a
piece Of oil cloth similar to that in which
was wrapped the torso Of the woman and
che limbs.
The finding Of the girls head was
the only event Of Importance in the
case during the day. The police CON
tinued the search for Mary S. Dean,
who il said to have had charge Of the
Roxbury home in which Miss Geary died,
after being removed from the fremont
street resort. The hunt for the woman
was without result, and it is believed
that she left the city as soon as she
learned of the arrest of Crawford and
Howard. Crawford and Howard viii
probably remain in New York for sew
eral days until the necessary papers
are approved by Governor Higgins
Chief Watts said last night: All
| win say is that the confession Of these
two men Is the most startling and SEN
sational story I have ever heard
10 not like to think of it. It is a
terrible story and the most remarkable
tale in all my years Of service ever
heard Of. | believe that both men have
told the whole truth, for never before in
nv life have ! ever heard the confes-
sion Of a criminal so complete in detail
and vivid in its description. II it is
ever given in its entirety to the pub
liz and / hardly think it will be unless
& comes out at the trial, the effect upon
the people will be stunning.
The New York prisoners, Morris Ma
than. who was brought here from Pitts
burr. Pa, and DR. Percy d Mcleod,
who was arrested in Boston Friday, are
III charged with the same criniey that
of M abortion, and, according to the local
authorities, there can be no mitigation
"a "a this charge, as it holds against any
bodv who may be involved in any way
;n sueh q case. According to the laws
~ this state charge Of being an ac-
cessory in such case cannot be made
y warrant against any person. Where
! death occurs the penalty in this state
Z not less than Ave nor more than
twenty years in state prison.