The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-30
KNOWN ON STAGE
AS ETHEL DURRELL
When Last Seen Alive She Com
planned Of Pain in Her Side.
Morris Nathan, Her Fiance,
and Member Of Her
Company Arrested
for Crime.
lEN Associated press.l

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BOSTON. October e3.-1llat the aismenl-
sbered body found in a suit case at Win
throp OH September 2lst Is that OF susan
Gcary, of Cambridge, Is the helict OIL me
girls family and friends, and OF tlc
Boston police department.. Miss Geary,
who was the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
J. d. Gcary, was ~ chorus girl OF "'Ihc
Shepherd King Company, and was known
on the stage as Ethel Durrell. She was
,wcnty-one years of age. Mrs. Gcary
to-day identified three rings taken y rom
the right hand found in the second dress
suit case picked up near the New n Charies- n IRE
ton bridge on Friday last as those worn
by her daughter when she alosented her-
self from the theatrical COMPANY on
September 10th. Confirmation OF Of MISS MISS
,Geary's disappearance.fr from the company
came from Norris Nathan, see'tt'ti secretary to
the manager Of the company, ana 70
whom Miss Geary was engaged. Mr..
Nathan s Is now In Pittsburg. Pa Ac-
cording to Nathan, Miss Gcary parted
from him the best of terms the day
after the company closed its last en- gage
ments 8in#this city, and he supposed, ne
said that llo should see her at the next
performance in Lowell on the following
day. Instead. however, q message was
received blythe company's manager from
Up. A. Smith. M. d. Boston, which
stated that Miss Durrell' was surfer
ing from stomach trouble and would be
unable to report for several days
Positive Identification.
Miss Geary5 dropped out OF sight after
| that and so far as the police are con-
cerncd they have been unable to find
lany$ one who either saWs or communicate cd
y with the girl. Tel days later.%on Septeni-
i bert 21st, a dress suit case In which was
the torso of u young woman was found
/, floating In the harbor near the TNNtnthrop
Yacht Club, about three miles below tho
city, and on Friday last another suit case
containing the arms and legs of the VIC
| tim was taken from the water off the
city docks, near the New Charleston
! bridge, over the Charleston River.
IS On the fingers of the right. hand were
| three rings, which gave the police the first
tangible clews In the case. It was then
found that Mrs. Geary had ~. missing Isl, 3
| that of the suit case victim. Mrs. Geary
and her two daughters described the rings
y and afterwards positively Identified them
/ as belonging to Susan Geary.
M The police then turned their attention
Ito search for the person responsible Tor
! the dismembermcnt of the body, but SO
| far little progress in that direction has
| been made ~
Surgeon Cut Up Body.
Mrs. Geary declared to-day that when
Eshe last saw her daughter the latter COM
iiplained of pains in the side, and Mrs
EGealy suggested to-day that she might
have been operated upon for appendicitis
and that the doctor being unsuccessful III
| the operation cut her up. e. "A
AS soon as Mrs. Geary's suspicious were
confirmed by the description Of the rings
n message was sent to Mr.. Nathan at
Pittsburg asking him to come to Boston
and bring the note signed "P, \. Smith,
NJ. D.. Boston,
Nathan states that when Miss Durrell
did not join the company IN Lowell an
inyeS II CATION was started IN order to
locate Smith, but that no trace of him
could be found. Since then Nathan has
been in frequent communication with Mrs.
Geury, and. II Is said. urged her TO notify
the police of the disappearance of her
daughter. Mrs. Gcary objected, however,
on account of the notorlety.
May Make An Arrest.
PlT'TSBURG, Oct. e9.-Detcctlves Will
likely mnke3a an arrest tonight IN this in
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