The Washington times., 1906-09-24
SEARCH FOR HEAD
OF MURDERED MAN
Torso Is Still Warm When
Found in Excavation in
New York.
SEEMS CRIME OF WOMAN
Body Dismembered by Skillful Hands
and Several Are Believed to
Be Implicated.

NEW YORK, Sept 2i.-The most
startling murder mystery that has
stirred this city since the famous Gul-
densuppe case, was discovered when
the dismembered torso of man was
found al the bottom of a twenty-fouT
loot excavation at the southwest corner
Of Eleventh avenue and Thirty-siXth
This astounding discovery was fol-
lowed by the finding Of the severed
arms and the legs. from the knees
down, in freight car in the New York
Central railroad yards, only a short
distance away.
These are the maia points in the case:
Torso Wrapped in Sack.
The torso. stm warm. was wrapped
in a piece of oilcloth and inclOsed in
piece OF sack when found in an eXca-
walton being made Tor a warehouse at
The Annhcuser Busch Brewing Com
rauy. The head. arms below the elbow.
and legs We're missing.
Later bundle was found in a freight
car about loo feet from where the torso
was discovered. In this are the two
arms from the elbows down and the
legs from the knees down.
Head Still Missing.
The head is sun missing.
A number OF deep STAB wounds we're
in the chest of the torso.
The body was that OF a man about
8 feet inches i'll height. weighing
about 100 pounds, rather slender. but
well built and muscular.
From The nature OF the stab wounds
IN the trunk the police believe the vic
Tim was slain ly woman. The cuts
al rIIE4Nr
were made by person IN frenzy OF
passion, and We're not OF the deep,
slIsHlug nature such as most probably
would have been made by man.
The wounds indicate also they were
made while tue victim was lying down. /
and the police believe the man was muir /
uered while iu bed. The fact that the /
torso was clad Iu n.ghtsh-rt, strength .
eued this theory.
Dismemberment Skillfully Done.
Corouer's Physician Weston. who ex- /
aulned the torso soon after il WAS !
found, said The man had been killed /
only a few hours before. The head /
had been severed just above the Adam s 4
apple. The arms and legs had been
amputated Al tho joints and the work
had been done skillfuily and apparently Z
with q very sharp knife Dr. Weston .
said the cutting had been done by a per
son who knew how 70 ma the joints
The hands We're small and soft and I
under the nails were grease deposits,
indicating that the man worked around
some kind of an engine
The police believe several persons were
engaged in the task of disposinE of the
body.
Making House to House Search.
Fully score of detectives and plain
clothes men today are engaged in a
house TO house search through the
nue.. between Thirty-tfth and Thirty /
sixth streets ia the endeavor % ma
some definite clue by which 10 unraVel !
the mystery
o. After JWenJy-fOur hours Of continuous
research The police today had to admit /
they were no nearer solving the mystery
jhan when they started. Until the head
of the victim is found the chances Of
even establishing his identity are
meager.
The only development this morning
was the finding of one of the missing
leg joints which was picked up al Thir- ,
ty-eighth street and Eleventh avenue,
wrapped in bundle and lying between
two freight cars.
The police believe the man was muir
deTed in a room near the place where
the JOTso was found and the house to
house search being conducted is for the
purpose Of finding this room.
Dragging River for Head.
The murdered victim was a foreigner. /
His light skin proclaimed him an 4
Oriental rather than Latin, but this
point has not been cleared up. He was ,
stabbed Ike victim Of the Black | 1
Hand The fact that the torso was
dressed i'm Il night shirt adds strength
10 the belief that the man was struck
down while i'm bed.
Dragging the river near Thirty-sixth /
street was begun today. the belief being
IhsU the head may have been thrown /
into the water. The police believe the
intended to dispose of all his ,
bundles i'm this way, but was frightened
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