The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
No Mark of Identification and No
CleW to Perpetrator of the
Horrible Deed.
Says He Saw Man Dis
pose of GreWsome Bundle and
Walk Slowly Away.

Carrying the bleeding body OF a man,
from which the head and limbs had
been hacked of, an unknown man
walked calmly down Vallejo street last
night His burden excited suspicion.
: though. and he dropped the CHASTITY
load on the stairway OF the Bellevue
lodging house, sol Vallejo street
George Olivia followed him TO Washing
ton square, where he lost sight of him
snlsng the ehrubbery
The body was zgyr6pf5edsi1 2 red blan-
ket II was still warm and quiverfng
when INV raped. The blood that
gushed from the horrible mass was alb
. sorbed BY woolen shawl that was
fastened close around it.
Two boys who saw the man drop the
bundle ran up 10 where il fell and
started 10 open II. One OF them. George
Carpertine, thrust his hand beneath
the blanket and touched something
- soggy and warm He drew his hand
out covered with blood
The boys shrieked in terror and sum-
moned Policemen Minnehan and Con-
molly, who Immediately notified the
Central station, and Detectives Braig
and Coleman and Sergeant Brophy,
with a posse, Immediately began to
scoUr the neighborhoOd. They could
not find the shadow of a cleW to the
murderer or the Identity of the muir
dered man.
The man who bore the CHASTITY bur-
Gen was first seen by George Olivia at
bout l0.30 He was carrying the bum
die on his back along Mason street He
crossed from the east side toward Val
lejo Olivia, who had been walking be-
hind him, felt some vague suspicion
when the man suddenly turned and
- walked down Vallejo. Olivia decided 10
follow him.
The man with the bundle quickened
his pace and Olivia hurried after him.
AS the man dove into the shadow of
the Bellevue House he dropped his bur-
den N the doorway and hurried down
Vallejo street
Then Olivia decided that his suspi-
ciOns we're justified and kept on his
trail. The fellow walked on rather
hurriedly until he came TO Washington
square. There Olivia lost sight OF him
behind some shrubbery- Olivia retraced
his steps TO where the bundle had been
dropped and learned that q horrible
crime had been committed
Detectives Braig and Coleman pro-
cured q lantern and tried to strike a
trail OF blood spots. but the mutilated
trunk had been so carefully packed
that the blood had been drunk by the
WrappinRs. The police secured the
neigh borhood bearing lanterns. Every
alley and doorway for blocks around
was searched, but no clue was found
The body was that Of a Caucasian
The head arms and legs had been
hacked of. The shawl was tied tightly
around IL and the red blanket cover
ing the ghastly bundle had been
wrapped closely.
within q half hour before the terrible
ind was made the man was living, as
shown By the ouivering of the trunk
when the police reached the place
where II lay. This proves that the crime
pras committed in near vicinity OF
where the bearer Of the CHASTITY burden
was first seen.
IN the short time that thev had to
consider the detectives guessed three
motives. revenge inspired by loss of a
1Vonaan's love. a maniac's work or the
hand Of the Malta How the butchery
happened where il happened, the po-
lice are working almost feverishly to
discover.
The boldness Of il leads the detec-
lives 10 think that il was a maniac s
deed. Olivia said that though the
man ouickened his pace when he saw
near. excited. He walked steadily
bending slightly under his load of
death
All description Of the man is lacking.
All that Olivia can tell is that he was
short in stature and wore dark cloth
ing
The burden he carried seemed to
have tired him. FOR as Olivia followed
him he could hear the man pant With
excrfiOn
II was shortly after 1890 O'Clock
" hen George CarDertine and Carlos
Torres, boys who live in the neighbor-
hood, saw the man drop the bundle in
the doorway, After the man had gone
about block, followed by Olivia, they
svestigate the fnd