Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-12
CHASTITY FRAGMENTS
RAILROAD MEN FIND EVIDENCES
OF ACCIDENT OR CRIME.

A human heart, lungs, particles of flesh
and bunch of hair, the hair apparently
that of a white woman, were taken from
the truck and brake rigging of cars that
arrived at the Pennsylvania railroad sta
ton in this city last Saturday night The
step of a car that arrived in the lead of
the cars marred by the CHASTITY fragments
was broken, but no blood was found upon
it, and the railroad employees have been I'M
able to associate it with the accident, in
which they think, woman was run over
and killed. 1t was not until about 10 o clock
Sunday morning that W. W. Gordon, the
local yardmaster, notified the police of the
finding of the evidences of fatal accident.
The heart and lungs were then sent to the
morgue and the particles of flesh and the
hair were turned over to Inspector Board
man.
The car upon which the broken step was
found reached the local depot at S:39
o'clock Saturday night, forming part of train
800. 1t is known that the step became
broken between Baltimore and this city,
as it passed inspection in Baltimore. The
heart and lungs were found on the truck
rigging of train 50, which arrived here at
S:45 o'clock Train 50 arrived here at 9:3S
o'clock, but it brought no evidences of the
supposed accident. Train 81, arriving here
an 9:5G however. brought the particles of
flesh and the hair upon the brake rigging
of one of the cars.
Heart a SmaIA One.
At the morgue yesterday it was stated
that the heart was a small one, and that
it was in perfect condition, but the lungs
had been torn, and parts of them were
missing 1t was impossible for the coroner
to determine if the heart was that of
woman or child. 1t is certain. however,
that life had not been extinct a great while
rx-I,o In VT ~ Cor TnSnaotor
Connors, and even after 1t had been kept
In the office of the yardmaster all night
blood was dripping from it when it was
turned over to the superintendent , OF the
heart, lungs particles of flesh and the
hair got upon the rigging of the two cars
while they were between Baltimore and
this city. The cars were inspected at Balti-
more and the inspectors reported nothing
unusual about them. 1t is know that the
step of the car Of train 329 was not broken
when the train pulled out from Baltimore,
and railroad employees feel certain that the
heart and lungs could not have been In the
rigging at that time. as they would have
shown under the light Of the torch that was
carried by the car inspectors.
Capt Daley of the ninth precinct had his
men make a trip along the line OF the rail-
road within the District limits, but they
failed to find any evidence of an accident
having occurred. It was also stated that
railroad employees made an investigation
along the tracks from the District line to
Baltimore yesterday, but without finding
what remained of the body from which the
heart and lungs had been pulled.
Case is Puzzling.
The case is puzzling both the police Off
Gals and the railroad employees, the absence
of body delaying the efforts to reach
conclusion. It is believed by most of the
railroad employees that woman was
struck by a train aid killed and that the
affair was accidental. They also realize.
however, that there is possibility that
serious crime was committed 1t was sug-
gested today that the victim may have
been murdered and her body placed upon
the tracks to be mangled for the purpose
of concealing evidences of a crime having
been committed. Another suggestion was
that the woman or child may have been
thrown or fallen from train and been
killed.
1t was suggested that the hair taken
from the car was probably that of coli
ored woman, but Inspector oBardman
made a closer examination and reached
the conclusion that 1t was dark brown hair, ]
from the head of a white person. The po-
lice regard It as rather singular that there