The Washington herald., 1908-09-04

Boston, Sept 3-NIrs- Honora Jordon,
wife Of Jesse Jordon. the brokers' clerk.
brother-in-law Of Jesse l. LIvermore. cot
ton Spectator Of New York, was naur-
dered by her husband at their home, at
$50 8Iedford street, somerfeld. at 7.sg
O'Clock Tuesday evening. her body dis
membered. and its flesh found in a trunk
in room on Hancock street this city.
this afternoon, whitfield IN pieces from
the bones.
The head and upper leg bones were
found in their furnaces. the hair and
scalp in the kitchen stove between the
rear covers and the oven top. a part OF
the entrails had been burned
Jordon was arrested al a room he had
hired en- Hancock street early to-day.
Knocked VIE Down stairs.
He says he knocked his wISe down
stairs after she had accused him OF IN
fidelity and called him a vile name. but
pleads q period of asphasia during which
he went Co sleep in his own bed. iii he
awoke. went 10 his kitchen. where the
murder was done. and found his wife's
nude body. cut clean around -he verreb-aa
in The neck
he then began 20 Eismemrar the body.
got tired, vert out and transacted his
business as Il nothing had happened.
returned. finished his work OF dismember-
ing. then slashed The flesh from the frame
and planned 10 dispose OF II az sea by
sliding it, piece by piece. over the side Of
the steamer Yale which he would have
taken 70 New YORK on Wednesday night
II he had not arrived TOO late.
CaBman Reveals Tragedy.
Information OF the murder came 10 the
police through q cabuan. who SAYS that
Jordon yesterday afternoon hired him 20
take a trunk from the North 10 the South
station
II was the understanding. said the cab
bic, that the trunk was 10 be shipped by
boat 20 New York When the cabbie had
delivered the trunk at the South station,
however. he saws J0rdon cane to him
again and asked him 10 take the trunk
70 the lodging house in Hancock street
The Cabuan did as he was told. and
Jordon accompanied him and personally
attended to the carrying Of the trunk 10
The room where 1t was found This made
the cab5ie suspicious. and he reported
the matter 90 the police Serzt- Crowley
late this afternoon went to the Hancock
street address JOrdOn was out al he
time and the police sergeant waited FOR
him When Jor6on came in, Crowley &C
costed him in the hall
Kept Nerve 1T First.
How about that trunk 11rztz lrs -
Crowley asked
What trunk Jordon returned, quick
Iy and steadily. He pretended not 10
understand. and Crowley ordered him 10
lead The way TO his room The trunk
stood beside the bed Crowley ordered
Jordon 10 open the trunk and. after
some hesitation, he pulled a bunch of
keys from his pocket. inserted one Of
them in the lock. and, turning away.
went over 10 the bed and sat down. his
face IN his hands. sobbinE.
Crowley turned the key and raised the
cover OF the trunk Inside was the body
OF q woman. hacked To pieces. perhaps
with an axe The arms had been placed
in the bottom Of the trunk 70 one side.
with the legs also on the bottom on the
opposite SIDE The torso had been laid
over these There was no clothing IN the
trunk. the inside Of which was sneared
with blood
When the policeman turned again on
JordOn- the latter was standing close to
the door, his face white and muscles
tense. He looked ar the policeman. but
said nothing Crowley told him he was
under arrest, and, without protest OF ex-
Clamatl0n Of any kind. he held his hands
together while the handouts were at
tached-
At the joy street station he gave his
name and address, and was asked whose
body was IN the trunk
Ny wlfe's,' he said
He refused 10 say anything more about
the murder until. after long questioning.
he told the police, they say where the
head OF the body had been left. Jordon
was locked up
Parallels BIOndin Murder.
such in brief is the crime which a sus-
picious cab driver disclosed 10 the world
to-day, when he notified, ,Sergt- Crowley.
Of Station 8. that he believed that he. had
been carting about for hours a trunk
which he thought had been stolen-a
crime in which the destruction Of the
body was more grewsome than IN the case
Of Guldensuppe, the Turkish bath rubber
In New York. and more terrible than that
Of EEilfred Blondin. in Boston. which il
parallels lls al essential details.
BIon6iE simply removed the head. Jor-
don admits that he cut his victim into
shreds- J0rdon Is a giant. six feet four
inches in heigEt. weighing over 2l8 pounds.
and but twenty-nine years Old His wife.
formerly Irene Shannon. of the old How
ard chorus and the Marie ArlzUright Com
pany on the road. was small and some
years older. probably about thirty-eichf.
Her maiden name was HOnora O'Renlv-
She was born in Ireland, and had no reIa-
lives IN America
J0rdon made the following statement TO
the police IN answer TO many questions.
and without much apparent equIvocation:
I went home Tuesday evening and
found my wife IN the kitchen. We were
married four years ago in September in
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