Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-04
HORRIBLE BUTcHERY
''' ,','.' 49, ReyfAlEo sy POLICE
Continued From FRS, ,'ase)

| Continued From FIRST I'aye.p
whatever preceded the actual killing,
the most careful plans were laid for
the disposal OF the body and the COW
ering up OF the crime.
Jordan's story of the murder was
substantially as follows:
Murderer Tells His story.
He stated that he was married In
lSeptember 1904 to Mrs. Honorah Ed
los. whose maiden name was OR'illy
and whose home was In Som"rF!ll"
He did not know who his wi;e's FIRST
husband was or what had b"com" or
him. The couple went on the vand"'
vile stage. Mr.. Jordan taking the
part OF o tramp and his wife that o.!
a nurse. in a sketch. They went
first TO Butte. Mont four years ago.
but only remained th'"" or four
weeks. Later they went TO Chicago
land appeared In some of the smaller
theatres there remaining thrr"
months.
! About three years ago they return
led to Somerville AID took fiat In
the house at 900 Mcd!ord street
Mrs. Jordan. according TO her nus
band had taken to drinking Of late.
and he claims she WAS associa;inE
with other men and he became 1eai-
ous. 1t was Jealous quarrel that
started the trouble. which ended In
the death Of the wife.
Knocked Her Down steps.
Jordan declares tina, his wife struck
him first: that he then knocked her
down stairs, apd was terrified to find
that he had killed her. This hap
pened at 100 o'clock tuesday night
Fearing discovery he conceived the
/ idea of cutting the body up, taking
il away on one Of the steamers ana
throwing the parts overheard and
then reporting to the police the fact
tina. his wife had left him.
Jordan, according to his comes
sion went out and bought heavy
butche KNIT. With this and a razor
and shears he severed the head from
the body. and after putting the scalp
and hair in the kitchen range. placed
the skull in the furnace In the Gel
lar. The legs and arms were cut
from the body and the flesh sliced
in strips. leaving the bones of the
limbs practically bare, the bones were
placed in the furnace and the CHUNKS
of flesh piled into trunk with the
torso. the trunk was taken 10 the sta
ton and shipped to Boston some
time Wednesday.
Intended Casting Body In River.
Some time Wednesday. Jordan
came to Boston and endeavored. to
secure passage for New York on the
Harvard, but learned that the steam
or was not running that day. The
body remained at the north station
over night.
| Early today Jordan engaged hack
man George w. Collins. to take the
trunk to the South Station where Jor-
dan intended to board New YORK
train. He changed his mind. how
lever. and purchased a ticket on the
ICuna-d steamer Ivernia. which was 10
sail tomorrow for Liverpool. He again
lcalled the same hackman and had
him take the trunk to the Hancock
street house.
| Jordan then went of and bought
a roll of wire. wire nippers and eishl
window weights which he described
las "sinker;" ard several sheets OF
heavy wrapping paper. With these
Inc stated. he intended 10 wrap up
the parts of the body OF his WIFE,
: weight them with the WINDOW irohs
and threw them into the Charles
trlver. The weights, paper aul wire
we're ;olnd in the room with the
trunk
Jordan declared TO the police that
latter knocking his wife downstairs
land finding that she was dead, ne
placed the body in the kitchen ana
went 70 he'd and TO sleep. When nc
awoke in the morning he cooked MS
Iovn breakfast in the kitchen. eating
lin the presence Of the body Of
dead wife. In the afternoon JORDAN
said he dismembered the body.
Jordan told the ofRcers tonight that
lhe was born at sea.