The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-08-23
BENNETTsvILLE,1s, S, q, FRIDAY AUGUST 28, 1907.
TRUNK MYSTERY.
0f Monte Carlo Solved at Last
by nfession

of3thc Man and Woman In Whose
Possession 1t Was Found Over in
France.
III INe authorities OF France were
confronted by a perplexing problem
IN trunk mystery, unearthed in
Marseilles, some ten days ago. Mr..
and MIS- GoOld an elderly couple
We're: travelling with the dismembered
pody OF N woman In their trunk and
hers head and feet in satchel, were
subjected to process of cooking
In the hope that they would tell about
Inc 5srime.A The woman is French,
the man English, and the murdered
WoIlaa.t a SWede.
FINALLY Goold broke down and
confessed to the magistrate. He re-
lated coolly all the details Of the
horrible crime. He alone had slain
the woman, he declared, and 1t was
heSWho cut up her body, although
his wife helped him pack it away in
their baggage. After this had been
uone they both agreed to iourney to
Mafseflles, where they planned to
cast5the body into the sea.
Mrs. Violet Goold also confessed
her part In the crime. she said her
husband had promised to give Emma
L.eeYin& the sum OF 500, but she de-
manded 500 more To this Mr.
Goold objected, and said he wom,d
not'pay the extra hundred. Tharst3p
on Hnma Levin abuseu nin. RefeTfz
Ing to what happened next, Goold, In
his confession, says:
- had been drinking and becom-
ing angry seized hunting knife
and buried 1t In Emma's back. She
fell dead. The next day | dismem-
bered the body with saw and a
knife, and placed the torso in a
trunk and the head and legs In a
Vaiise. only stabbed the woman
once. The other wounds on her body
must have been caused by packing
her In the trunk"
tReferring to his family ,GOold said
his grandfather was baronet and
his father an Irish magistrate He
sa1d$he had at one time served secret
~ on the Irish Land Commission in
dublin. In 1898 he moved to Mon
treal, whore he says he made q for
tune. He then went to Holland. and
later moved to Monte Carlo. Mrs.
Good corrobratcd everything her
husband said
The murder was unearthed by ac-
cldent. Blood oozing out OF trunk
at tpe Marseilles railroad station at
tracted the attention Of porter. He
summoned the police and the old
people were arrested after an inspec-
tions of their baggage 1t contained
the body Of a woman. The head and
lowhr parts Of the legs were missing.
These were carried in hand bag.
NJ .and Mrs. Goold said the murder
1.easl>oen committed by man named
Burkes, who escaped, and that they
were taking the body to London, Eng
land, to bury 1t without causing any
commotion at Monte Carlo.
The victim proved to be Mrs. En-
ma Livey, Swedish woman, widow
of rich Jewish trader Of Stock
holm She had been residing at
Monte Carlo for some time and had
been an associate Of the Goods, at
whose invitation she went to their
home on the afternoon Of the murder
She was never seen afterward alive
Within three hours she had been kilt
ed, cut to pieces and packed IN
trunk and made ready for shipment
a niece who returned home TO find
her aunt and uncle ready for a trip
to England. says she sat on a trunk
and chatted with the aged couple for
some time and that she noticed
strong scent Of lavender water, for
which her aunt accounted by saying
she had upset a bottle.
Death was caused by deep stab
In the breast. 1t is not believed by
the police that the old man was able
to inflict the wound or that the eld-
erly couple were able to do the cut
ting unaided. For these reasons, it
is believed. there is Il third party in
the case. Robbery was evidently the
motive for the crime. Jewels known
to have belonged to the dead woman
were found on Mrs. GOold S person.
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