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

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Woman Had Police to Open Trunk
Left by Two Lodgers, Who Had
Left Without Paying Their Rent,
and the Badly Dccomposed Body
OF n Greek Minister is Found
Within.
Rev. Father Kaspar, OF the Armen-
ian Apostolic Church, OF Hoboken.
N. j., was murdered in the CITY OF
New Yory' some time last week. The
body was found Sunday in a trunk,
which had been left as security for
their room rem by two Greeks, who
three weeks ago engaged q furnished
room Of Mrs. Henry Sherer, who oc-
cupied the third floor Of q tenement
at 1898 West T~hirty-seventh street.
The 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 muir
dered man must have been about 60
years of age. He weighed probably
16O pounds, n was about S feet 4
inches In height. A flowing beard
twelve inches long was streaked with
gray, but the long and bushy hair
was black.
An undershirt OF baibriggan and q
cum on the right wrist were all the
body wore, but on top of 1t had been
thrown three coats of clerical cut, a
white laundered shirt, two pairs OF
black lace shoes, q soft felt hat, two
roman collars n a detached cuff.
The police think 1t 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 a meal ticket, al
SO found In the trunk. This ticket
was issued by a restaurant at 1922
Halstead street, West Pullman, Chic
ago, and written in ink across it was
the firm 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-
diately apparent. Following an au-
topSy at the mogue two men were ar
reste on suspician.
Mrs. Sherer told the orone that
when h two men engaged the Don
in her home called themselves John
and Paul Sarkis, each about 35 years
OF age. John was dark and smooth
shaven n the woman understood
that he conducted a restaurant in the
tenderloin. The other resembled his
brother, but wore a 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
8 o'clock last Wednesday morning.
No one in the tenement that day
heard any unusual noises.
Last Wednesday afternoon an Ok
press wagon brought to the house the
trunk which later, was found to con
tain the body. One of the dodgers,
with the aid of a young man, who
drove the express, carried the trunk
with considerable difficulty to the
room. That night Mrs. Sherer asked
her m for the rent due. They
pointed to the trunk and said 1t
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 a
mistake had been made.
The neXt morning the left
before Mrs. Sherer was up. The next
day unpleasant doors were detected
coming from the room and to-day,
Mrs. Sherer appealed to the police
and the trunk was forced open. The
body was removed to the morgue
and the police began a minute exam
i~nation Of its hiding place, 1t was a
cheaply built affair and showed
marks Of hard usage. Inside tie
cover was printed a 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.
Coroner's Physician Leblanc declared
however, that death vas due to suf~
location. The Internal organs were
~congested and DR.. Leblanc gave it as
his opinion hat the man was 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 wore 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 a
restaurant until five months ago un-
der the name of S. Ermeylan 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 SarKlS Ermey-
Ian, 426 West Fortieth street, New
York city. 1t was shipped by a mar
who gave lis name as X. Kenesiam
Lewis b. Mcdonald, agent FOR the
Adams Express Company n West
Pullman saidthat Kenesiam told him
that the trunk contained silks valued
!, at 5000. Search was begun at once
!, for Kenesiam.
l BABY BURNED IN CRADLE.
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