The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-31
CORPSE FOUND.
a Horrible Crime Discovered In
New York City.
HIDDEN IN "A TRUNK

Woman Had Police to Open TRUNK
Left by Two Lodgers, Who Had
Left Without Paying Their Rent.
and tho Badly Dccomposcd Body
OF Greek Minister is Found
Within.
| Rev. Fathor Kaspar, Of the Armen-
ian Apostolic Church, of Hoboken.
! n. j., was murdered in the CITY of
new 1ory some time last week. The
| pody was found Sunday In a trunk.
which had been left as security for
| their room rent by two Greeks. who
three weeks ago engaged q furnished
room Of Mrs. Henry Sherer, who oc-
cupied the third floor Of tenement
at 333 West Thirty-seventh street.
me body was In a kneeling pos-
ture with the head bound against the
knees by a heavy strap that passed
over the back Of the neck and was
buckled under the shins. The mur-
dered man must have been about 60
years OF age. He weighed probably
100 pounds, and was about S feet d
inches in height. A flowing beard
twelve inches long was streaked with
gray, but the long and bushy hair
was black.
An undershirt Of balbriggan and
cum on the right wrist were all the
Dody wore, but on top OF 1t had been
lhrown three coats Of clerical cut,
white laundered shirt, two pairs of
black lace shoes, soft felt hat. two
roman collars and a detached cuff.
The police think it is possible that
the body was shipped by express
from Chicago and the authorities of
that city have been asked to follow
one clew, based on q meal ticket. al
SO found in the trunk This ticket
was issued by restaurant at 1922
Halstead street, West Pullman, Chic
ago, and written in ink across It was
the 1irm name IS. Ermoylan Broth
ers Through the word "brothers"
several red Ink Ines were drawn. Be-
cause Of the condition Of the body,
the manner of death was not imme-
dlately apparent. Following an au-
topsy at the mogue two men were ar
reste on suspician.
Mrs. Sherer told the coroner that
when the two men engaged the room
in her home called themselves John
and Paul Sarkis, each about 35 years
OF age. John was dark and smooth
shaven and the woman understood
that he conducted a restaurant In the
tenderloin. The other resembled his
brother, but wore mustache The
men lad been visited, she said, by a
man wearing a clerical garb, who
looked not unlike the murdered man.
She thought that this man called at
o'clock last Wednesday morning.
No one In the tenement that day
heard any unusual noises.
Last Wednesday afternoon an eX-
press wagon brought to the house the
trunk which later, was found to con-
tain the body. One of the lodgers,
with the aid Of young man, who
drove the express, carried the trunk
room. That night Mrs. Sherer asked
her roomers for the rent due. They
pointed to the trunk and said it
would be found to contain ample Sc
curity for what they owed. Later
the men said that the trunk deliver
ed to them was not theirs, but that
mistake had been made.
The next morning the roomers left
before Mrs. Sherer was up. The next
day unpleasant odors were detected
coming from the room and to-day,
Mrs. Sherer appealed to the police
and the trunk was forced open. The
and the police began a minute exam
ination of it's hiding place, 1t was a
| cheaply built affair and showed
| marks of hard usage. Inside the
cover was printed name that look
ed like Giuseppe Sarkis. On the out
side Of the chest was the name "Er-
movian."
The autopsy developed that the
neck and an arm had been broken
| Coroners Physician Leblanc declared
however, that death was due to suf-
location. The Internal organs were
congested and DR.. Lehane gave it as
his opinion that the man vas thrust
into the trunk while alive, and the
cover of the air tight trunk held
down until death ensued. The condi-
| ton Of the organs were found to be
similar to those in cases Of asphyzia-
| ton.
| A Dispatch from Chicago says at
| the West Pullman address on Hal
stead street, the Armenians kept q
restaurant until five months ago un-
der the name of S. IGrmeylan Broth
ers. The Chicago police Sunday
night learned that on February Z, a
trunk said to answer the description
OF that found in the New York board
ing house was shipped from West
Pullman by express to Sarkis Ermey-
lan 426 West Fortieth street, New
York city 1t was shipped by man
who gave lis name as K. Kenesiam.
Lewis b. Mcdonald, agent for the
Adams Express Company at West
Pullman saidthat Kenesiam told him
that the trunk contained silks valued
at 5000. Search was begun at once
for KeneSiam.