Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-04
KILLS WIFE AND
 CUTS UP BODY
GrewSome Crime Discovered
 by Boston Police.
CONFESSION BY HUSBAND

Killing Was Accidental, He Declares
 Packed Dismembered Woman Into
 Trunk After He Had Attempted to
 Burn Head and Limbs-Suspicions
 of Hackman Employed to Carry Re-
 mains Lead to Disclosures - Slayer
 Cooked and Ate Breakfast In Room
 With Victims Corpse.
 Boston. Sept 4,-What is considered he most grewsome murder with which the police of/this city ever had to deal came to light, and the self confessed murderer, Chester Jordan, an actor, twenty-nine years of age, of Somer. vile, Is in cell.
 The victim was his wife, Honorah Jordan, an actress, aged twenty-three years. Jordan killed the woman in their home. The killing was acciden. tai, he declares. Then in order to con. ceal the deed he went out and bought . butchers knife and hack saw. with which he dismembered the body. He severed his wife's head, also the legs, and tried to destroy all trace of them by burning them in the furnace of his home.
 He put the rest of the body in a trunk and came here with the ghastly burden. stopping at boarding house m fn foGtnn for New York. It was his intention to get rid of what remained of his wife by throwing the headless torso into the water while the boat was en route for New York.
 Jordan is brother of Mrs. Jesse l. Livermore, wife of the we'll knowl stock and cotton speculator of New York. His parents, MT. and Mrs. Phi meas G. Jordan, and sister. Mrs Kendall. prominent in Somerville so cial circles, live in the latter city. Mrs. Chester Jordan was known on the stage as Irene Shannon.
 Calls Killing Accidental.
 According to Jordan's confession, he accidentally killed his wife in a guar. rel at their home. and becoming des- perate over what he had done, he went out and bought a butchers knife and hack saw, cut up the body and placed the torso in a trunk. He then plan ned to take the steamer Harvard, which was scheduled to leave for New York, and throw the parts of the body overheard. The fact that the Harvard was laid of owing to an accident disarranged his plans, and he was !. obliged to hire a hackman to take the trunk to a Boston boarding house to await a more favora ble opportunity.
 The discovery of the crime was due to the suspicious of the hackman, George Collins, who had in mind the numerous robberies which have taken place in and about Boston recently and, surmising from its weight that the trunk he was carting about con tained silverware, notified the police.
 Sergeant Michael Crowley was de tailed to go to the boarding house and investigate. When he reached the house, Jordan was not in. but the off, cer was shown the back room on the second floor which Jordan had en gagged and found the trunk. Jordan did not appear nervous or alarmed, but hesitated when ordered to open the trunk, and it was not until after con siderable argument on the part of the officer that he produced the key to the trunk and inserted it in the lock
 Sobs When Deed Is Disclosed.
 Turning his head, Jordan threw ul the cover of the trunk and then sank back on his knees, burying his face ir his hands and sobbing
 Sergeant Crowley staggered back aghast at the disclosure, for in the open trunk before him lay sickenins mass of hacked flesh, woman's torso filling the greater part of the trunk while pieces of flesh from other parts of the body were stuffed into the cor ners, the entire interior of the trunk being bespattered with blood There was no covering of any sort over the remains.
 Turning to Jordan, who was on the floor, his face ashen white and every muscle in his body quivering. Officer Crowley said. You are under arrest"
 Jordan submitted without protest tc the handcuffs and was led to station and locked up. Giving his name and address, he declared the body in the trunk was that of his wife. Then. ac corslirg to the police, he confessed the murder
 A search of the home at Somerville
 Marks of blood were also found in the washtubs. where Jordan stated he placed the dismembered parts when cutting up the body and where he washed the woman's clothes to free them from blood stains.
 Ate In Room With Dead Body.
 Jordan declared to the police that after knocking his wife downstairs and finding that she was dead he plac ed the body in the kitchen and went to bed and to sleep. When he awoke in the morning he said he went to the kitchen. where he found his wffe's body on the floor He said he did not touch the body. but cooked his own breakfast in the kitchen. eating it in the presence of the body.
 The couple had been appearing al the Pastime theater. a Boston vaude- vile house. for several weeks until last co@ hot nt nxnirad