The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24
EEGDLES VICTIM OF MURDER
Mrrs BODY, SYRIAN PERHAPS,
IN DEEP PIT ON IITH AVE.
Arms and Legs Found IN Empty Freight
car Hair . Block Away-Hunt fer Head
ana Thighs IN Vain Italian Theory
Oriental Clue I'm Bloody Wrappings.

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ana Thighs IN vain Italian Theory
Oriental CIucs I'm Bloody wrappings.
The headless and dismembcred trunk Of q
man. believed by many Of the detectives
an the case TO be a Syrian, was found
A. daylight yesterday morning in . twenty
foot nit ~excavated for the foundation Of Q
nav huilding at the southwest corner Of
Tlev.nth avenue and Thirty-sixth street.
An hour later the forearms and the calves
N the corpse were discovered in an empty
Neipht car on the New York Central tracks
about iO0 feet away from the pit. All day
The police and detectives searched tho
neighborhood, but the head nj thighs OF
The murdered man could not be found.
shortly after Q O'Clock yesterday morning
John Esselhorn, who lives at i24O Amster-
dam avenue and who acts as night watch
man on the premises Of the Anheuser- Busch
warehouses on Eleventh avenue, near West
Tblrty-sixth street, was going over the
hot on the corner where e~xcavating work
rs being done for the erection OF a new
warehouse for the brewing concern when
his attention was attracted by a bag lying
in the bottom OF one OF the foundation pits.
There are six holes sunk in the earth there
IDT Tue IlI lO6C u ctAE " pChhA olAhD
foundations. II was in one Of these wells
nearest the street that Esselhorn saw the
sack.
Believing that a sack Of cement had
fallen into the hole the Waterman de-
scended to recover it. The sack wa heavy
and seemed to contain some bulky object.
He opened it. Within he found a wrapping
of oilcloth, such as is used to cover kitchen
tables. Inside Of this was the headless
and memberless trunk of a man, dressed
In a white cotton nightshirt.
Esselhorn, terrified. climbed out OF the
pa and hurried to the West Thirty-seventh
street station house. where he notified the
police Of his discovery. Acting Captain
Thomas Planners and a squad OF fifteen.
men hurried down to the spot, where al
ready a crowd had gathered. The police
removed the torso and Its wrappings to
the station house, whence, after exami-
nation, it was taken to the Morgue. Coroner
Aoritelli and DR.. Weston, the Coroner's
physician, were summoned to examine
kS body.
sKILFULLY DIssECTED.
They found the trunk and forearms Of .
man. together with a section OF flesh cut
away from the calf OF one leg. That was
AZ. The head had been cut on close to
The shoulders. The forearms had been
removed by dislocation Of the bones at
the elbow Joint. The legs had been taken
OF at the hips In a similar manner The
work Of amputation showed a hand more
experienced than hat Of the layman. No
hacking or breaking Of the bones was ap-
parent. The flesh was clean cut, the bones
we're separated at he articulations.
The torso showed several wounds. There
was a deep cut on the left shoulder just in
front Of the collarbone hat mad probably
-.-at-otaI tho ItVD 0a nr WaafOp Nhnnnht
A second cut, much smaller and very shall
low. was found on the left breast. Behind
the left shoulder there was a third stab
wound. penetrating the cavity Of the chest.
Either Of the two deep wounds would have
been sufficient to have caused death, DR..
Weston said,
The knife cuts in the trunk were all regis
tered on the nightshirt in which the body
was CARRIED. The shirt was bloody, but
little evidences Of blood could be found
Weston to the belief that after the body
had been dismembered the man who did
the deed had washed il before making his
effort TO conceal it.
MISSING LIMBS FOUND.
While the Coroner and his physician
we're examining the remains at the station
house, a squad Of men under Roundsman
Miller had been searching the New York
Central Railroad yards, that extend from
Twelfth avenue to the river for several
blocks in the vicinity. They came upon
a train of ten cars strung along a private
right Of way between Thirty-sixth and
Thirty-seventh street from Eleventh avenue
to an alleyway about 200 feet west Of that
thoroughfare. One of these was a car
In which terra Gotta tiles and building pipes
had been transported. About two feet OF
straw packing lay on the floor.
In one corner Of the car the policemen
came upon a bundle wrapped about with
red cloth which Miller at first Thought to
be a "hoboe's pillow" II was symmetrioally
wrapped and neatly tied. The red cloth
wrapping was taken OF the bundle, dis
closing Beneath a copy Of the city edition
tember 10, much stained. Within this
paper, 50 packed as to make almost a per-
fectly rectangular package, were the fore
arms and the lower portions OF the legs OF
the murdered man. The legs had been
taken OF at the knees The arms were
severed from the elbows.
When the policemen returned TO the
station house with this new find a force OF
fifteen policemen in plain clothes and six
detectives from the West Thirty seventh
street station house were sent out BY Capt
Flannery to scour the neighborhood for the
missing head and thighs. This force was
later Increased by Police Headquarters.
winch sert ont Detective Sergeants James
McCaferty, George Doran ana james Coy5
from the regular force and Petrostno,
aTCUTdOlO ana CdNdLlI VI buO guAoA oqN0A-
No more fragments Of the mutilated corpse
were found.
Before Coroner AcritelH and DR.. Weston
left the station a careful examination Of the
severed limbs was made. The man was OF
mail stature, it was determined. His
weight Appropriated 1855 to 14O pounds.
He was well muscled and athletic In APP
pesrance. The skin was dark to the point
OF swarthiness. The hands were small ano
without callouses, such as would be found
on the hands Of an ordinary laboring man
On the heels Of the feet there were thick
callouses. such az are developed on the
feet Of fishermen. said Detective McIvol
Of the Thirty-seventh street station house
owing 20 the constant contact OF the bar
feet with sea water.
No rings or marks OF rings were founc
on the fingers. Though the body wa
clean, the finger nails showed a man Of
anything but delicate ideas on the score
Of personal appearance.
The only clues that could be given TO thu
detectives were those furnished by the
various cloths and wrappings in which the
fragments Of the body had been found
These were:
4 square piece OF yellow and red Oilclott
OF gaudy ~coloring upon which appeared a
print of Columbus discovering America.
A piece Of blood soaked bed ticking aoou
sN feet long and four feet wide
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