Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-28
Rings May Solve the Per.
picking Murder Mystery.
Second Suit Case With Legs and
Arms Are Found Floating.

Boston, Oct. 27.-Thc famous sui,
ease mystery Of Thu: Lay. Sept. =.
! When The diSmo MucIri torso nr a
woman was found III 4 ::czs suit cgs..
tlJdting i'll the harIor mar the Win
throp shore. WAS brought into pronn-
iiencc again, today, VIXEN a sc rnL
dress suit case vas fuund fio.Itfl4E i'll
TIE Chal les river near the ~ !. .rs1own
bridge. The case found, today. con-
,ained the arms and legs. said by med
zeal experts 10 bc these OF woman.
and the police say there is no doubt
they are the missing members of the
lorso found q Winthrop more than
4 meath aro.
on ono Of the hands there were three
rings, which. it is hoped, will give a
Clur To tie identity Of the wearer.
To-day s discovery is closely linked
with tho Winthrop find of month ago
The torso was wrapped in oil cloth and
The limbs found. To-Day, We're encased ir
= wrapping identical to that wound
about IT," torso. While investigating
the Winthrop mystery. the police To-
Gated two naWnbrokeds who had sold
oltSs suit cases to man ans Ncring the
dnr description. and one of the pawn
brokers identified the Winthrop case
as one he had sold the man. That
case Was fastened By strap taken
rom : newer case.
The suit case found today, was iden-
tjtl,.i hy The pay ub.CE2r as one sol / by
him. Although when sol! it had two
.tr@. 6 ATTACKED to it. one Of the strans
had hc2n removed. but the strap re-
manning was q the same Sta ana
share. ana similar in TIE pattern Of
he buckle to the strap fastened about
The cle" fOCnu at Winthrop. The
liiahs found, today. ahd been severed
lro.l the body With tie greatest care.
ana tine manner in which the separa-
tIu.l Mas dClIr reSembled the work of a
skilled surgeon.
According to Prof. Whitney Of the
Harvard hiediCa! School, who was call
Cd in consultation with the police. to-
night, the severed limbs correspond to
thc DESCRIPTION Of the victim as COM
Euted FROM the measurements Of the
torso.
Today'S CHASTITY discovery was made
about $50 o'clock, this afternoon. by
Edward Frazer, a member of the crew
'f the lighter s A. Pike. which was
Lcd up At wharf midway between the
North End gas house and the New
CharlcstoWn bridge Frazer saw the
case tloatirG down stream, and pulled
Il 70 the deck Of the lighter with a
boat nook
The legs had been separated at the
knees, and all the limbs We're badly de-
conn Cd. but the decomposition was
intrn@l, the skin being well preserved.
On the right hand We're found three
rings. two Of them on the ring finger
and one on the little finger.
The ring on the little finger was an
old fashioned gold band. 1t had evil
IDENTIFY been worn long time as it
vas thin on the edges. The band was
not plain but was chased, the design
being small pointed raised cross
within larger cross that was depress-
cd.
The rings on the ring finger con
tanned gems. one of them was an
opal, which had originally been sur
rounded by a circular cluster Of
smaller stones. but all except the opal
had disappeared. This ring was very
narrow and thin and had evidently, |
like the band ring. been worn for |
long time.
The setting on the third ring
cid an oval gem. which is thought |
to be an imitation garnet. On