The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-30
Officers Now Have TangIbI; Clue in the Famous BOs-
 ton Murder Mystery
SWEETHEART ARRESTED
 CHARGED WITH MURDER
Mother Says Girl Complained of Pains in Her Side on the Day She Disappeared From
 Home.

Boston, Mass. October 29.-That the dismembered body found in suit case at Winthrop on September 21 is that of Susan Geary of Cambridge. is the belief of the girls family and friends. and of the Boston police department
 Miss Geary, who was the daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. D. Geary, was chorus girl of the Shepherd King company. and was known on the stage as Ethel Durrell. She was 21 years of age.
 Mrs Geary today identified three rings taken from the right hand found in the second dress suit case picked up near tho New Charlestown bridge on Friday last. as those worn by her daughter when she absented herself from the theatrical com pany on September 10. Confirmation of Miss Gearys disappearance from the company came from Morris Nathan, sec- retary to the manager of the company. and to whom Miss Geary was engaged. MT. Nathan is now in Pittsburg. Pa.
 Parted on Best of Terms.
 According to Nathan. Miss Geary part ed from him on the best of terms the day after the company closed it's last en- gagement in this city, and he supposed. he said, that he would see her at the next performance In Lowell on the following day. Instead, however, message was received by the company's manager from "P. A. Smith, M. D., Boston, which stated that Miss Duddell was suffering from stomach troubles and would be un- able to report for several days"
 Miss Durrell dropped out of sight after that and so far as the police are con- cerned, they have been unable to find any one who would either say they saw or communicated with the girl. Ten days later, on September 21, dress suit case fin which was the torso of young woman was found floating in the harbor near the Winthrop Yacht club, about three miles below the city, and on Friday last anoth- CT suit case containing the arms and legs of the victim was taken from the water off the city docks, near the New Charles town bridge over the Charles river
 First Tangible Clue.
 On the fingers of the right hand were three rlgns, which gave the police the first tangible clue in the case It was then found that Mrs. Geary had a miss ng daughter whose description tailed with that of the suit case victim Mrs, Geary and her two daughters described the rings, ana a1terWaruS posltlVely loen~ tifed them as belonging to Susan Geary.
 The police then turned their attention to the search for the person responsi- ble for the dsmemberment of the body. but So far little progress in that dlreo- tion has been made.
 Mrs. Geary declared today that when she last saw her daughter the latter com plained of pains in her side and Mrs Geary suggested the same day that she might have been operated on for appen- dcitis and the doctor. being unskilled in the operation, cut her up. As soon as Mrs. Geary's suspicious were confirmed by the description of the rings, q message sent to MT. Nathan at Pittsburg. asking him to come to Boston and bring the note signed "P. A. Smith. M D., Bos- ton" Nathan states that when Miss Durrell did not join the company in Low ell an investigation was started in order to locate smith. but no trace of him could be found.