The San Francisco call., 1906-06-02
BOYS FIND
INDICATES
MURDER
Woman S Arm Discovered
in a Pond Of Water
at Preside.
BIoodstained Apron Also
Taken From Depths
Of the Pool.
Authorities VIII Make an
Effort to Drain the
Swamp.

;. Great excitement prevailed at the
Preside. Thursday evening. when
: Thomas Terry. "a fourteen-year-o old
refugee. discovered a human arm. evi.
.-dentIy..thaG Of. a woman. floating in the
pond Just below the General Hospital
a searching party was Immediately or
ganized TO drag the pond. but found
.nething further until yesterday morn
= ing, when a Skirt, a. pair of corsets and
a.handkerchief were found in trash
dump near. by, and an. apron. covered
with blood was brought TO the surface
by one of the boys who was dragging G
the pond a few feet from where the
arm was found.
Young Terry was gathering irewood
in the neighborhood of the pond and
crawled' out over the water on an old
fence TO get: some Of the boards float
. ing upon the water. when his attention
was called to the arm by a small col
ored. boy who was watching him from
the shore Terry reached down and
catching the sdeccmposed hand attempt
ed To- lift it from the water. The arm
refused 10 come. and he was obliged "a
take another grip. This time a full
arm came. 10 the surface. the upper
and in places the flesh had entirely de-
cayed from the bone: The bail of the
arm was still white. leaving the i'm
preston that il had recently been
pulled from the socket.
Carrying the arm to shore, Young
Terry covered il with a sack and then
hastened TO notify several Of the ARMY
officers who happened to be in the
camp. and volunteers were called upon
he zr1d. "
locate the rest of the body In the
meantime a couple of soldiers were de
tailed TO take: the arm to the Preside
morgue and to notify the Coroner:
As the arm was being transferred tc
the morgue. stranger approached the
soldiers with request that IL bt
given him and upon being told that i
was TO be turned over TO the police. ht
became very excited and after asklns
several suspicious questions left the
reservation. The corporal of the guard
neglected to ask him his name: but sale
he would know him should he see hin
again. He describes him as a tall. darl
complexioned man. with a dark mus
tache and had the appearance of a. doc
tor or q medical student,
The military authorities have taker
quite. an active interest in the n5attes
and should the. MEDICAL officers who now
have the arm in charge report that il
has recently been separated from. the
body. a detachment Of seldiers will bt
put. TO work. this morning Dragging .ths
pond and should. that. saethod3 fail X
bring anything to light an attempt viii
be made TO lower the. pond: several fee
by means of bitches: dug to the bay
In .spea king ;of the affair vest Y
one Of the: members of the medical de
partnlent did. not hesitate TO express
the Belief that the body would be found
within a: few feet of the arm and say:
he believes the bloed-stained apror
found yesterday. may in some way b,
conn ected with the :TaSs terry. He doe.
not believe. however. that the othei
clothes found VIII have. much bearine
upon. the case. as they were discovered
in trash dump and may have beer
hauled there. in a wagon.
The arm is supposed to be that of I
woman on. account of: its long. SLENDER
hand: and fingers and well trinnmei
nails. -.