The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-04
Dsmembers the Body and Places it in Trunk
to Throw Into Ocean
IcUT HAIR FROM HEAD AND
SLICED STRIPS or FLESH
FROM BONES.
COUPLE HAD QUARRELED
In Fit of Jealousy Man Killed Her
Claimed She Had Taken to
Drink ard Associated
Win Other Men.

Rtatcn, Mass, Sept 3.-chester
Jordan. an actor, of Somervillc, Mass,
was arrested by Boston officers. late
this afternoon on charge OF having
murdered his wife, Honorah Jordan,
whose body, minus head. WAS discnv-
cred In d trunk at rs Hancock street,
Eeston
The body was "~' hehea,led but dis
memheret y FIRE II was placed II tho
trrnt Which Jordan. 1t is alleged. in
vied 10 take with him on the
8teamer Harvard when she left Bosom
last night for New York.
Hackman Became Suspicious.
The Harvard however did not salt
on account of an accident and the
hackman who handled the trunk b.
came suspicious tat It contained
stolen plunder and notified the pelf ~
The search revealed the dsnem-
bered body and this evening lnrda
Mas arrested. The pclice say he at
mitted the crime.
When the police went to Jardaa's
room he was absent. They f0u'd the
trunk but did not open IT, and waited
for Jordan. When he came they ccm.
nelIed him TO produce the key and
opened the trunk. As he turnet the
key and threw up the cover n sa1k
hack on his knees. huryIng hts face IN
HIS aau.ls ana sohbinr-
Grewsome Sight.
| Sergeant Crowley staggered hark
agbayt at the disclosure for IN the
open trrnk before him lay the s'cks
oning mess % hpclted flesh, woman's
torso filling the crater part OF tSe
trunk while pieces OF flesh from
Other parts Of the body were stuffed
into the corners. The head aud limbs
were missing.
The entire interior Of the trunk was
bespattered with blood. There wa
M covering of any sort over the re.
mains.
Jordan submitted to arrest without
protest and was led to station NJ.
aud locked IN.
Bones Found in Furnace.
The head and bones of the limfs
were found later i'm the furnace of the
Jordan home at Someyille and the
scalp. hair and other grewsome re-
mains were taken from kitchen rang
of the house.
According TO the police Jordan con
fessed the crime After telling OF the
stage life of himself and wife since
ther marriage four years ago. Jordan
Is alleged to have said that Mrs. Jor-
dan had taken to drinking of late a-d
he claims was assoeiating with Other
men and became jealous. 1t was In
a Jealous quarrel that the trouble
started. which ended in the death Of
his wife
Jordan declares his wife struck him
first that he then knocked his wife
down stairs. and was terrified to hnd
he had killed her This haprencd at
7.an Tuesday night. Fearing liseoy-
cry he conceived the idea OF cutting
the body Up. taking Il away on one
NJ the steamers and throwing the
ra-.s overheard and then reuorting tn
Nt ponce NNdI us wiz NNN tf'8t if IT,
Used Butchers KNIFE.
Jordan. according to his ALLEGED
cor fession. went cut and bought ?
heavy butchers cuttingup knjfe.
with this anil a razor ami shears he
severed the head from the BODY AM
after putting the scalp and hair in tie
kitchen range. placed the skull In the
furnace IN the cellar
The legs aud arms we're cut from
the body and the flesh Sliced Of IN
stripg leaving the bones rf the limbs
practically bare The bcnos wcce
placed IN the furnace and chu0Fs ~
Tech piled into the trunk With the
torso The trunk was taken 70
Someryille station and shipped fo
Boston some time Welnesdav
J,r-ian declared 20 iha rolic@ that
after knocking his wife down s'sirs
s1i finding she was dead. he placed
rho body I'm the kitchen ami wnt
20 bod and IN sieep. wen n awrke
N the morning be cooked his cWn
hrcaEfast IN the kitche7. ea'ing Il n
the presence Of the body of his dead
v-ife In the afternoon Jordan sail
he Iismemhered the hady