The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11
CUTS UP |A[ BODY Of
MS A|F[,, Con.
F[SS[S
INTERIOR Or HOUSE A SHAM
BLES-COOkS MEAL BESIDE
CHASTITY CORPS.
Boston Actor Attempts to Hide Crime
by Dismcmbcring the Remains
Uses a Butcher Knife.

Boston, Mass.-A brutal crime
was disclosed Thursday in the dis
covery OF the corps OF Mrs. Honorah
Jordan, an actress, aged 23 years, of
Somerville, in a trunk in boarding
house at Z Hancock stereet, on Bea-
con Hill, in this city. Later the head,
and bones Of the limbs, were sound
in the furnace of the Jordan home
at Somerville, and the scalp, hair
and other remains were taken from
the kitchen range Of the home.
Chester Jordan, aged 80 years, an
actor, Of Somerville, is held by the
ponce charged with the murder, and
tonight, according to the officers, he
made a complete confession of the
crime
Jordan is a brother of Mrs Jes-
sic l.. Livermore, wife of the well
known stock and cotton speculatol
of Nsw York. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. p. j. Jordan, and a sister, Mrs.
&enda4l, prominent in Somerville So
ciety live in the latter city.
on the stage as Irene Shannon.
According to Jordan's confession,
he accidentally killed his wife on
Tuesday night in a quarrel at their
home, and becoming desperate at
what he had done, he went out and
bought a butcher knife and with this
knife, a razor and shears. he cut
up the body and placed the torso in
a trunk. He. then planned to take
the steamer Harvard for New York
and throw the parts of the body over
board. The fact that the Harvard
arranged his plans and he was
obliged to hire a hackman to take
the trunk to a Boston boarding.
house to await a more favorable OPP
portunity.
The discovery of the crime was
man, G. w. Collins. who had in mind
the numerous robberies which have
taken place in Boston lately, and,
surmising from it's weight that the
trunk contained silverware, notified
the police. Collins reported that ne
had taken the trunk from the north
station that morning, it having come
from oomerville on local train.
The hackman stated that he left Jor-
dan and the trunk that afternoon at
No. Hancock street.
Sergeant Michael Crowley was de-
~ in
vestigate. Jordan was not in but the
officer was shown the back room en-
the second floor which Jordan had
engaged and found the trunk. AT
$3.50 Jordan returned and was COM
manded to open the trunk. He did
not appear nervous or alarmed but
hesitated, and it was not until after
much argument that he produced a
key to the trunk and inserted it in
the lock- Turning his head Jordan
threw up the cover Of the trunk and
then sank back on his knees, bury,
ing his face in his hands and sob
bing.
Sergeant Crowley staggered back
a5Aast at the disclosure, for in the
open trunk before him lay sicken
ing mass of hacked flesh, woman's
torso filing the greater part of the
trunk while pieces of flesh from
other parts of the body were stuffed
in the corners.
The entire trunk was bespatteret
with blood. There was no covering
Of any sort over the remains.
Jordan submitted to arrest with
cut protest and was taken to station
No. 3 and locked up. Giving hi
name and address he declared tha
the body in the trunk was that o
his wife, and said that he was per
icctly willing to tell everythin.
concerning the case.
Jordan's story Of the murder wa
substantially as follows: He state
that he was married in September
1904, to Mrs. Hororah Eddy, who's
maiden name was O'Reiley, an
whose home was ia Somerville. H
did not know who his wifes frs
husband was or what had become {
him.
The couple went on the vaudevill
stage, Jordan taking the part of
tramp and his wife that of nurs
in a sketch. They went first
Butte, Mont, about four years a !;
but only remained three or fot
weeks. Later they went to Chicae
and appeared in some of the small
.saatres there, remaining three
,fclr months. About three yeal
ago they returned to Somerville a,
toe,s a fat in the house at 500 Me
ford street. Mrs. Jordan, accordil
tn '.er husband, had taken to drin
inc of late, and he claims, was
# So. ating with other men and he b
cane Jealous. 1t was in jealo
querrel in which the trouble start
", lch ended in the death Of his vii
Jordan declares that his wi
struck him first: that he then knoc